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  • Football player elbows vampires on Turkey day

    11/27/09 Thanksgiving auds chose football over vampires, making Warner Bros.' "The Blind Side" the top film at the holiday box office with $9.5 million off 3,110.  |  Variety
  • Warren Miller films soar at 60

    11/26/09 It's one of the most durable franchises in film, seemingly impervious to the whims of the industry.  |  Variety
  • Lightcap named Disney Channels president

    11/24/09 Carolina Lightcap has been named president of Disney Channels Worldwide.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • 'HSM' China shooting in Shanghai

    11/21/09 "High School Musical" will graduate to college in China, where Walt Disney Motion Pictures International hopes to finish a Mandarin-language feature film version of the global franchise by year's end.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • Disney profits up 18%

    11/12/09 Entertainment congloms have posted better-than-expected numbers this earning season, and the Mouse House didn't disappoint, with the last of the majors reporting an 18% jump in profits over the last three months.  |  Variety
  • Ross shuffles Disney execs

    11/11/09 Walt Disney Studios has unveiled a major restructuring of its marketing, distribution and operations division, an overhaul driven by newly appointed chairman Rich Ross. Ross has essentially appointed a single executive to oversee each key division at the studio, with those areas not only covering film but TV in some cases, as well.  |  Variety
  • DGA to honor Robert Iger, Barry Meyer

    11/10/09 The Directors Guild of America has tapped Disney topper Robert Iger and Warner Bros. chief Barry Meyer as recipients of the DGA Honorary Life Member Award.  |  Variety
  • Travolta Family Makes First Red Carpet Appearance Since Jett's Death

    11/09/09 **EXCLUSIVE** Barbra Streisand, John Travolta, Ella Bleu Travolta and Kelly Preston at the World Premiere Walt Disney Pictures "Old Dogs" on November 09, 2009 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.  |  Popeater Movies
  • Walt Disney film topper resigns

    11/09/09 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi has resigned.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • Cool book alert: 'The Art of Osamu Tezuka'

    11/09/09 OK, so Astro Boy hasn't exactly taken the box office by storm.  |  Pop Candy