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...right to attend screenings of cartoons in development. "These were big screenings with like 100 people in the room, and he didn't want me there for some convoluted reason," Disney told TIME. "I griped about it, and we had some words." Then, like one of his Uncle Walt's animated boilers, Disney exploded...
Eisner, 61, has crushed numerous revolts in his 19-year reign as chief of the Walt Disney Co., but he has never faced a rebel quite like this--an angry major shareholder who bears the company's name and a deep sense of betrayal by the chief Mouseketeer. Claiming that Eisner made his life "intolerable" at the company, Disney last week resigned from his posts as chairman of the animation division and vice chairman of the board. With his longtime ally, Stanley Gold, who also quit the board, Disney plans to mount a public fight to boot Eisner from...
...issue is a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the Walt Disney Co. by the estate of a 23-year-old woman from Spain who died of a brain hemorrhage sustained on the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. "I'm pushing to have the amusement parks warn unsuspecting guests that even if they believe they are in good health, there is a risk they could suffer a serious injury," says her attorney, Barry Novack. Theme-park officials are not atingle at the prospect of being lumped with common carriers. "We're in the business of thrilling people and having excitement," says...
...members of the WALT DISNEY CO. board resigned last week with a call to oust CEO Michael Eisner. Long gone are the days when Eisner, a TIME cover subject in 1988, was seen solely as the company's rescuer...
Maltzan, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the GSD, has returned to the GSD this semester as a visiting design critic. Before beginning his own firm, he worked for architect Frank Gehry as an designer for the winning competition entry for the Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall (although the Hall, which opened in Los Angeles last month, bears little resemblance to the original design). Looking at Maltzan’s work, it is clear that Gehry has had a strong influence on his formal and professional maturation as a designer...