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Ginny Tyler dies at 86; voice actress was Disney legend
When episodes of "The Mickey Mouse Club" were repackaged for syndication, a new head Mouseketeer held court from the Main Street Opera House at Disneyland in 1963. For a year, Ginny Tyler hosted new segments of the television show that were woven...
Tags: Bambi (movie), Amusement and Theme Parks, Los Angeles Times, Rex Harrison, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Passenger, revenue figures continue to slide at Burbank Bob Hope Airport
Passenger traffic and parking revenues at Burbank Bob Hope Airport in June each tumbled by more than 7% compared to the same period last year, according to figures released this week, even as other regional airfields experienced growth. In June 2012,...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation, Travel, Air Transportation
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Disney: Help wanted for high-risk, low-reward job as chairman
Wanted: Experienced executive who can turn around an unstable film studio and manage the egos of some of Hollywood's biggest power players including Pixar animation guru John Lasseter, DreamWorks partners Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider, mega-...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Wanted (movie), Los Angeles Times, Johnny Depp, Animation (genre)
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Walt Disney, the maverick: A guest essay by Jon Favreau
I was born in 1966, the year Walt Disney passed away. He would’ve been 110 this week. I’m too young to have had a first-hand memory of him. In fact, I didn’t even know Disney was a man until late in my childhood. Disney was a place...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Greenwich Village, Snow White (fictional character), Mickey Mouse (fictional animal), Walt Disney
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Burb's Eye View: A fanboy's homage gets the phone ringing
It’s a scene that I’ve watched a dozen or so times, even relived at Disneyland: Indiana Jones and his partner snake through a jungle temple to find a lost golden idol, then are chased out again by booby traps and a giant boulder. The iconic...Tags: Celebrities, Syfy (tv network), Media Industry, Toys, Steven Spielberg
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Disneyland and union settle long labor dispute
Ending a four-year dispute, the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim reached a five-year contract agreement with 2,100 hotel workers.
The dispute had bogged down recently over healthcare cost increases in Disneyland's proposed contracts.
The labor union,...Tags: Labor Legislation, Amusement and Theme Parks, Collective Contract, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Los Angeles Times
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Burbank accountant accused of stealing from assemblyman's campaign fund
A Burbank accountant who has worked as a campaign treasurer for many prominent California Democrats is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the election fund of Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana), according to a criminal complaint...Tags: American Express Company, Corporate Crime, Justice System, FBI, Democratic Party
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Disney finishes 2010 strongly
A healthier media advertising market and greater theme-park traffic drove Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. to increased revenue and profits in the last three months of 2010 compared with a year earlier.
The first quarter of Disney’s 2011 fiscal year...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Toys, Entertainment, Companies and Corporations, The Walt Disney Co.
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Burbank High seniors brace for the future
As the first measures of "Pomp and Circumstance" echoed throughout the Starlight Bowl on Friday, a large cheer erupted from the nearly 600 Burbank High School graduates waiting their turn to take to the stage. "It is about time," said Jeremy Labertew....Tags: High Schools, Schools, Education, Facebook, Burbank (Los Angeles, California)
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Local Rotarians host district luncheon
Members of the Burbank Sunrise Rotary welcomed fellow Rotarians from surrounding districts as they hosted this year's Rotary District Foundation luncheon at the Castaway Restaurant this past week.
Co-chaired by Sheri Polak and Suzanne Cox, members and...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Family, John Burroughs, Dining and Drinking, Government
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Obligations that come with fatherhood
I discovered very early on that obligations are an integral part of being a father. And when I mean early, I mean literally minutes after becoming a father. In the hospital when my daughter Shannon was born in 2001, they cleaned her up and brought her...Tags: Health, Sports, Restaurants, Kobe Bryant, Hospitals and Clinics
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Service Clubs: Models are pretty as a picture
The Foothill Civitan Club of Burbank's Philanthropy Fundraising Event on May 8 at the Castaway Restaurant was a great success. The fashion show, "Pretty as a Picture," with members of the club and families as the models was very well done and the...Tags: Fashion Shows, Christianity, Ronald McDonald House Charities, John Burroughs, Dining and Drinking
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