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• 'Chimpanzee' is compelling and cute

  scenes are irresistible: You can almost hear Freddy sighing as he dutifully hands over his food to the saucer-eyed kid. Walt Disney himself couldn't have scripted "Chimpanzee" any better. PLOT An orphaned baby chimp struggles to survive in the African jungle.   Read more »

• Hollywood warms to China's new openness

  a new breach in China's great cultural wall and Hollywood is cautiously moving in. Disney 's announcement Monday that it will make " Iron Man 3" in partnership with a Chinese company is the latest sign that movie studios are warming to China's new openness.For   Read more »

• Disney says 'John Carter' to lose $200 million

  of the company's profits come from its pay TV channels such as ESPN , so the studio loss is not a huge debacle. Analysts expect Disney to post $9.62 billion in revenue for the period.Disney shares fell 44 cents to $43 in extended trading Monday. The stock   Read more »

• 'Small World' songwriter Robert Sherman dead at 86

  the planet. It plays on a continual, multilingual loop every few minutes at Disney theme parks across the world a fact that Disney employees are only too well aware."We've driven teenagers crazy in every language," quipped Robert Sherman.Away from the piano,   Read more »

• Bringing 'John Carter' to the screen

  sci-fi animated feature " WALL-E " -- became enamored of the pulp-fiction adventurer John Carter of Mars, hero of the new Disney movie "John Carter," opening March 9."It makes complete sense to me that as an 11-year-old nerdy kid, I would fall in love with   Read more »

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• Must-Fee TV

  Hulu is still too good. It’s been getting worse, bit by bit, but not fast enough. The video website, which lets you watch a vast array of network and cable TV shows for free, in high resolution, anytime you like, remains so far superior to actual televis 6:18 PM from Slate Read more »

• Dina Lohan Will Star In A Reality TV Series Called ‘DramaMamas’

  It looks like a reality TV mash up of NBC’s Smash and Disney’s High School Musical could be hitting the small screen — starring Hollywood’s most well-known momager Dina Lohan. Celebuzz has learned the mother of Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has signed 5:15 PM from Pink Is The New Blog Read more »

• We're Officially Uncomfortable: Bruno Tonioli Grabs His Manhood on the Red Carpet (PHOTO)

  at Shrine in MGM Grand... » Are you ready for a Team Kanenball komeback? Well, don’t get too excited, you might not get it. Disney star Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas took... » We love to see our TV women being publicly honored. Rockin' female celebrities like 5:06 PM from wetpaint.com Read more »

• Bridge to Engineering: HDD Attends 2012 Calgary Expo Q&A with Star Trek's Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Wil Wheaton

  TW: Are you having a good time so far? TW: My name is Teddy and I'm the one of the hosts of Innerspace on the Space Channel (inaudible) this weekend so far and your con is about to get a whole lot better (inaudible) especially for me, I fell in love with TNG. 4:48 PM from High-Def Digest Read more »

• Disney CEO Bob Iger Criticizes Dish Network's Ad-Skipping DVR

  “I’m confident in our position legally.” The CEO also defended ESPN’s rising carriage fees, and the notion of bundling cable channels in general as opposed to the a la carte approach that he said would not save the average consumer any money. In doing so, 1:56 PM from Hollywood Reporter Read more »