Saturday, March 10, 2007

Disney's dreams (Finding nemo) on your budget

Walt Disney World has officially launched its Year of a Million Dreams, with new attractions and oodles of daily giveaways, including the ultimate dream for a Disney fan -- an overnight stay in a suite at Cinderella Castle. But dreams can't come true if you don't have the means to visit the central Florida resort in the first place, so ...
A Celebration of the People of Mwimutoni Village, Kenya, an exhibition of oil paintings by local artist Jill Rudzik, along with African bronze sculptures by Stephen LeBlanc, opens today at Gallery B, 109 Walton Avenue. Works are on display through March 17. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call (859) 233-0843 or ...
Here's the lowdown on some popular locations:
CHAZY Each February, Chazy Central Rural School students in grades 7 to 12 compete with one another during the Chazy Lions Club Winter Weekend. "The kids get pretty excited trying to outdo one another," said Student Council Adviser Justin Frechette.
Toy Story 3 is coming in 2009, but John Lasseter won't be the director, Variety reported. In an unusually candid presentation, Lasseter and Disney Animation president Ed Catmull provided extensive details on their upcoming slate at Disney's investor conference on Feb.
Its hard to take seriously any institution that purports to be an awards show for the best of anything, like screenwriting, when it cant even manage to nominate the best screenplay of any kind this year, Stranger Than Fiction by Zach Helm. This isnt an exaggeration either.
If you'll forgive me for asking a rhetorical question, why doesn't anyone have parties to coincide with Sunday's telecast of the Grammys? What I mean is, what's with the double standard?