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Posts Tagged ‘disney’

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Cash

By Denis Campbell • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Business

Memorial Day weekend in the USA, a similar 3-day Bank Holiday weekend in the UK and a Pentecost holiday week across much of continental Western Europe meant this was the ideal weekend to launch the biggest blockbuster film of the 2008 summer season. After a long absence, Harrison Ford dusted off his Indiana Jones character […]



Miley Cyrus All Growed Up

By Denis Campbell • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Innovators

There is a furore in America as Disney’s Hannah Montana’s alter ego actress Miley Cyrus, a genuine idol to pre-teens and younger, had a grown-up photo shoot with Annie Lebovitz for Vanity Fair.
The 15-year old was shown in one shot wrapped only in a bedsheet and in another sprawled, fully clothed, across Billy Ray Cyrus, […]



Yang’s Bluff Called, Microsoft Blinks

By Denis Campbell • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Reflections

14-years ago Yahoo! started in a Silicon Valley trailer. Saturday night Microsoft proved that yes, theirs was indeed bigger and walked away after saying $47.5 billion dollars(!) was enough money and $52 billion was too much to pay.
Today, analysts are saying Mr. Yang has a few months to convince investors that this was the right […]



Bambi’s Father Dies

By Denis Campbell • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Living Abroad

Yes, in the movie his Mom is shot by the hunter, but the real life creator and the last of Disney’s Nine Old Men died last week. Ollie Johnston, passed away at the age of 95. His creations are legend, and his book The Illusion of Life is considered an animator’s bible.