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When the Walt Disney Company presented the grand opening of Celebration, Florida, two weeks ago, the masters of make-believe showed that they could build a real-life town. Set on 1,900 acres south of Orlando, Celebration is the name of a large-scale housing development which Disney built and will manage. The town was especially designed to facilitate community gatherings and neighborly interaction. Houses have front porches, picket fences and other amenities often overlooked in modern construction. Years before "family values" hit the limelight of the political scene, Disney had already begun planning this $2.5 billion project...
...shareholders approved the merger and they now demand strong action to finally lift the value of the stock. Since Time and Warner merged in 1990, its share price has appreciated by just one-third, seriously lagging the rest of the market. In the last six years, Disney has seen its stock rise by 130%. General Electric's has advanced by 180%. And Microsoft, while not in the same line of work as Time Warner, has pleased investors with a 1,260% jump in value. Thus the pressure now builds on Levin and Turner to drive the moribund stock higher...
...possibility has already sparked censure from the religious right and clamorous support from homosexual activists primarily because Ellen Morgan would be the first gay lead character ever on TV. Disney, the show's producer, and ABC remain silent on the sitcom's plans. All the network will say is that it has yet to see a script with a lesbian story line. Some industry executives speculate, however, that the network leaked the notion of outing Ellen to test advertiser reaction. DeGeneres has reportedly never been comfortable with the dating subplots of her TV vehicle, and now that rerun rights have...
...formats range from traditional work (Popeye for President, 1956) to mixes of live action and animation. Ford includes his own nicely rancid vaudeville about Richard Nixon to the tune of No Substitute, the hilariously solemn Nixon-Lodge campaign song for 1960. Disney artists contributed to a crude, perky 1952 TV commercial for Eisenhower ("I like Ike, you like Ike, everybody likes Ike/ Let Ad-l-ai go the other way,/ We'll take Ike to Washington...
...also has a big bargaining chip: Lucas owns the copyrights to the Empire and Jedi installments, but Star Wars belongs to Fox. A friend says Lucas wants to complete his collection; Fox might be willing to trade its copyright for an international film- and television-distribution deal. But Disney also has something to barter: Lucas has his theme-park deal there, and a source familiar with his thinking says the terms could be sweetened. Star Tours remains one of the most popular attractions at the Disney parks...