Universal Orlando affords its first sneak preview of J.K. Rowling's realm
"I would love for him to be here and experience this all," she tells PEOPLE
Here are a few tips on separating truth from fiction in Los Angeles, the city of dreamers.
Come on. Let's have some fun. We deserve it.
The new owners of Michael Jackson's ranch clearly want to make money, but also heed the concerns of neighbors and his family
"He looked like he was just laying there sleeping," a cousin at the viewing and the private funeral tells PEOPLE
Forget Disneyland! Costa Rica is the happiest place in the world, according to an independent research group in Britain with the goal of building a new economy, "centered on people and the environment."
With South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford dominating the news, let's look back at a five other so-called virtuous figures who became embroiled in sex scandals -- and this list just scratches the surface.
For 20 hours Gao Ying lay in the rubble of her school in China's Sichuan province last spring. The May 2008 earthquake that struck southwest China had leveled many buildings across the region.
"I love night shoots. Everybody else is [tired] by like two," says the self-proclaimed "old guy"
Universal Orlando affords its first sneak preview of J.K. Rowling's realm
"I would love for him to be here and experience this all," she tells PEOPLE
Here are a few tips on separating truth from fiction in Los Angeles, the city of dreamers.
Come on. Let's have some fun. We deserve it.
The new owners of Michael Jackson's ranch clearly want to make money, but also heed the concerns of neighbors and his family
"He looked like he was just laying there sleeping," a cousin at the viewing and the private funeral tells PEOPLE
Forget Disneyland! Costa Rica is the happiest place in the world, according to an independent research group in Britain with the goal of building a new economy, "centered on people and the environment."
With South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford dominating the news, let's look back at a five other so-called virtuous figures who became embroiled in sex scandals -- and this list just scratches the surface.
For 20 hours Gao Ying lay in the rubble of her school in China's Sichuan province last spring. The May 2008 earthquake that struck southwest China had leveled many buildings across the region.
"I love night shoots. Everybody else is [tired] by like two," says the self-proclaimed "old guy"
The Ghost Whisperer star, who dates Jamie Kennedy, shows off her svelte figure in Maxim
A weekend of packing, painting, cleaning – oh, and Disneyland – for Nadya Suleman
Indian authorities are moving the youngsters from Mumbai slums to new residences
The child cast members celebrate their film's Oscar victory with Mickey Mouse
Justin Gaston serenades her and she got a new puppy
While Copenhagen is a thriving metropolis, when you travel out into the Danish countryside, you find yourself saying "cute" more than you know you should. When I'm in the Netherlands, I have a running joke with my guide friends. We say, "Everything's so ... Dutch." Now, in Denmark, I'm saying, "Everything's so ... Danish."
"Something bad on the road," says Cyrus, who has her Sweet 16 party at Disneyland in October
Her gala Sweet 16th birthday bash will rock – and benefit a good cause
It's hard to imagine that a team that plays just down the road from Disneyland and is one of the most fan-friendly in baseball could be scary, but the Los Angeles Angels have been frighteningly good this season. At 71-43 they have the best record in baseball, are on pace for the franchise's first 100-win season and lead the AL West by 10.5 games -- an advantage more than twice as big as that of any other first-place team -- and yet everyone associated with the Angels believes they can play even better.
As if rising gas and food prices weren't enough, a ticket to the Magic Kingdom will soon cost a few bucks more.
As one who lives within the gravitational pull of the San Francisco Giants, I know I commit blasphemy by praising anything Dodger. But the first time I set foot in Dodger Stadium, just two Aprils ago, I felt giddy, expectant -- as though I had just pushed through the turnstile into that other mid-century southern California landmark, Disneyland. It's hard to say why I got such a happy vibe from the place. Was is the Googie roofline on the outfield pavilions that zigzagged just like the roof at my elementary school (also early '60s vintage)? Was it the other mid-century modern details, like the hexagonal scoreboard in rightfield, the leftfield videoboard with the starlite-lounge sparkles adorning the "Welcome To Dodger Stadium" message, the flying-saucer planters in the parking lot? Was it the spectacular vistas of downtown LA and the San Gabriel mountains, clearly visible through hardly-hazy skies? Was it the fact that I had arrived for a night game unburdened by extra coats and
Joel Stein checks out L.A.'s hot liberal fund-raising scene -- and falls for The Fall Guy's girl
The couple at the next table in the upscale restaurant eyed the two little kids in our group with decided distaste. Their mom was upset, but I convinced her we should simply ignore the dirty looks.
The singer flirts with her husband during pretrial arguments in his case
Gas prices hit another all-time high of $3.50 a gallon - and that's bad news for businesses that rely on the summer travel season.
Affairs of state took a backseat to those of the heart in Paris Tuesday, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy used a nationally broadcast press conference to speak for the first time about his six-week-old relationship with ex-supermodel Carla Bruni.
On a trip to Disneyland, Marco McFarren and his girlfriend participate in a program that allows them to buy a CD of photos taken by cast members for $59.99. But wait! The CD actually costs $124.95 when it's ordered from the Disney Web site. Is Mickey holding their vacation photos hostage, or was McFarren given the wrong information?
Jennifer Love Hewitt's now-famous "bikini blog post" and her critical comments about a celebrity culture obsessed with weight continue to reverberate.
Banksy is Britain's most wanted artist -- his art sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he continues to use public spaces as his main canvas, while all the time keeping his identity a secret.
My first attempt to build a business was raising Morgan horses, a breed with its own circuit of equestrian shows. That was when I was still working at General Motors, overseeing an assembly line that upholstered cars. The job was miserable, but I kept it because selling horses never made me any money.
Many consider Germany's Rothenburg to be the best-preserved medieval town in Europe. Many also consider it a horrible tourist trap. Everyone in the town makes their living off tourism. The place is stampeded midday with visiting tour groups. The town even created its own traditional pastry -- the schneeball (or snowball) to compliment all the faux traditional Christmas ornaments it sells. Yet when I pass through its medieval gates, I feel like a kid who just got a three-day pass for all the rides at Disneyland. I love Rothenburg and I've long wondered why.
Zac Efron forever!
Worldwide online voting to select a new list of the Seven Wonders of the World ended July 7.
Marian Goodell, 44, is a no-nonsense blond with a voice that sounds like it's barking orders out of a walkie-talkie. She's a veteran of seven industries, including law, advertising, software development, and Department of Defense contract work.
French police are investigating the death of a 14-year-old Spanish girl who lost consciousness while riding a roller coaster at Disneyland Paris, park officials say.
Here's to dads! With Father's Day almost here, Monster.com surveyed hundreds of working fathers and found that 58% think their employers should do more to accommodate the demands of fatherhood; 71% of those with a child under age 5 took a paternity leave when it was offered. The poll also found that, if money were no object, 68% of fathers would consider being stay-at-home dads.
The room rate for a discount hotel near Disneyland is $60 a night. The "upgrade" fee for accommodations with two queen-size beds: $50 a night. Something doesn't seem right about that to Michael McKernan. But getting Priceline to help him is proving impossible, despite assurances from its executive office. What should he do?
Until last fall, Jessica Jaquez-Trejo and Willy Trejo seemed to be living an idyllic life. The El Paso couple had good jobs - Jessica, 30, teaches reading at an elementary school; Willy, 32, is a p...
Until last fall, Jessica Jaquez-Trejo and Willy Trejo seemed to be living an idyllic life. The El Paso couple had good jobs - Jessica, 30, teaches reading at an elementary school; Willy, 32, is a product engineer - and together earned a comfortable $90,000 a year.
In annual White House tradition, President Bush on Wednesday granted a reprieve for a turkey -- and its alternate -- so that they can spend the rest of their lives at Disneyland.
Airline officials have accused the British government and airport authorities of mishandling new security measures in the wake of an alleged terrorist plot.
CNN.com asked readers to tell us how the foiled terrorist plot to blow up passenger jets flying from Britain to the U.S. has affected their lives. We asked you to share your travel stories, or give us your thoughts and opinions. Here are more of your responses, some of which have been edited:
Here's the scene: It's 3 P.M., Wednesday, Jan. 25, in Sound Stage 7 on the studio lot of Walt Disney Co. in Burbank. Five hundred cartoon people - artists, producers, voice artists, etc. - are jammed into the warehouse-like building, murmuring and fidgeting in anticipation.
Jurors at Zacarias Moussaoui's death penalty trial heard wrenching accounts Monday about the 9/11 attacks' youngest victim and the World Trade Center firm that suffered the largest human toll.
Twenty-five miles from Shanghai, scores of Chinese workers are putting the finishing touches on a little bit of Britain.
Back from vacation and back in the saddle ...
Check out The Scene's recommendations for the Chinese city and send us your own suggestions and ideas below.
ALCOA: Can't wait ... to cut its costs. It's now latest FORTUNE 500 firm to end its pension plan -- but in this case only for new employees. That effectively creates a two-tiered workforce. Newbies will get a 401(k); oldies -- all 129,000 of them -- will get the defined plan. Look for Alcoa stock to get a one-day bounce on the news. So if you're a day trader, you know what to do. (And what's with the company calling itself the world's "leading" producer of aluminum? Guess that means it's not the biggest.)
Your bodyclock is in one time zone and you're physically in another, at some point during a business trip, you are going to need some help.
Katie Holmes says she's ecstatic about being pregnant -- even if she's not jumping on couches.
Just after one o'clock on a steamy afternoon, hundreds of Chinese sprinted down Main St, U.S.A., past the Corner Cafe and Sweet Store in their Disney T-shirts and caps, gripping their cameras.
Disneyland flung open its gates in Hong Kong on Monday in its first foray into the massive China market.
Phillippe de Villiers is the leader of the campaign to vote "No" in Sunday's referendum on the European Union constitution.
When singers and performers set out to sharpen their skills, some attend music conservatories, some go to a university with a strong performing arts program, and some take private lessons.
The property begins a few yards from the Mediterranean, wanders through fields and orchards, then climbs up a talus slope before ending at the base of a marble cliff.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Magic Kingdom is adding some pop back into its theme parks.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO FIRST EMBLAZONED T-shirts with slogans like "Born to Shop" and "I Shop, Therefore I Am." But we do know the starting point for the modern shopping culture that gave rise to those...
The Walt Disney Company, the world's No. 2 media company, reported Tuesday solid gains in quarterly profits from growth at its U.S. theme parks and improving advertising sales at its cable television networks.
Forget the lights of Las Vegas. Look past the Big Apple's mouth-watering sights. Distinctive destinations abound in the United States, far beyond the perennial favorites.
TALE OF TWO BUYOUTS Cingular ups its offer and wins AT&T Wireless, while Comcast tries to hold the line, refusing to increase its hostile bid for Disney. A weak spinoff of AT&T earns a premium whil...
A week or so before Thanksgiving, a film editor at the Walt Disney Co. asked Roy Disney, the company's longtime animation chief, if he planned to attend a screening of ideas for new animated films....
PARIS WITHOUT THE WAIT Just how long is that line to see the Mona Lisa in the summertime? Buy a Paris Museum Pass and you'll never have to find out: It gets you in without having to stand in the to...
Fox's American Idol was so successful that the other TV networks are trying to develop copycats. The Hype Index is not immune. This month, our American Idol Edition takes a look at some icons, past...
The calamities of Sept. 11 struck New York and Washington, D.C., but as the country mobilizes, spiritual leadership is coming from 3,000 miles away. BEVERLY HILLS HAS SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE WAR ON...
When the official mourning period ended 12 days after the terrorist attack on America, the Stars and Stripes on Disneyland's Main Street was returned to full staff. Fifty white doves soared into th...
It was a wondrous place and a heady time, the great Exposition of 1904. It was the Meet Me in St. Louis fair, where, as Judy Garland would one day sing, "Don't tell me the lights are shining any pl...
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At Disney World, a land of predictable fun and scripted surprises, the creation of a $1 billion theme park starring 1,000 live animals--lions, tigers, rhinos, and gorillas, all with minds of their ...
Imagine a President of the United States wrestling with the challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly chaotic world--among them, new global competitors rising in both the East and West, fic...
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror may or may not sound like someplace you would like to plunge from the top of. Knowing it's a new ride at Disney World might cause you to feel more secure; making t...
Consider the tumultuous epic known as Walt Disney -- CEO Michael Eisner's quadruple-bypass heart surgery, movie boss Jeffrey Katzenberg's departure, President Frank Wells's heli-skiing death, the E...
More evidence that bigger isn't always better: While Walt Disney's huge new theme parks have run into major snags -- Euro Disneyland is hemorrhaging, and Virginians are up in arms over Disney's Ame...
Keith Kidd, 29, a scout for the Phoenix Cardinals football team, has always known the value of a dollar. "When he was 14, his aunt wanted to take him to Disneyland," says Keith's wife Laura, 28, a ...
Wholesome enough for a church outing. As antiseptic as a modern theme park. Able to attract free-spending families in a single swoop. Look, it's a Disneyland. It's a futuristic fun world. No, betch...
Too often, travelers seem to leave their street smarts at home. ''There aren't any new scams,'' says Bob Louden, a 21-year veteran of New York City's police force who trains cops at John Jay Colleg...
You've probably watched a video news release on TV and never even known it. These one- to two-minute tapes resemble original reporting by a news crew. But companies produce them to display their pr...
ELAINE M. KAUFFMAN, 38 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS To Kauffman, the three R's are Reading, Writing -- and Recorded Responses. As business manager for the company's educational products division, she introduc...
Six years after he forced Disneyland to give up its ban on dancing by same-sex couples, activist Andrew Exler is attacking another form of gender-based exclusion: a diet program for women only. Ups...
At 9 a.m. the rope is dropped, and suddenly a hundred people are charging down the thoroughfare. Teenagers take an early lead. But kids of all ages are doing fine -- like the man and woman in their...
The unofficial recession watch: According to Sindlinger & Co., the respected Wallingford, Pa. pollster, 23 states, or roughly 21% of American households, were in a recession in September. The compa...
Next time you see a TV news anchor nodding wisely at what a chief executive or somebody else important or famous has to say, remember that the newscast footage, prepackaged as video news releases (...
The golden goose may not be as fecund as she once was. Theme and amusement parks, those incredible cash machines, reported record attendance of 249 million and gross receipts of over $4 billion in ...
In the early 1980s, Walt Disney Co. ran out of pixie dust. Under the management of Ron Miller, Walt's son-in-law, earnings fell for three straight years as the company released a series of losing f...
CARMAKERS and dealers in the U.S. are scrambling for better ways to sell. The proliferation of makes from all over the world, the development of new car technologies, and car buyers' increasing sop...
ANY SPANIARD still wondering why Walt Disney Co. suddenly switched the site for its new Euro Disneyland theme park from Spain's balmy Mediterranean coast to a featureless sugar-beet field 20 miles ...
PARIS -- Earlier this month, the in-house magazine for France's left-wing intellectuals came out with a cover that showed a jubilant Mickey Mouse flying over the Eiffel Tower. ''American Cultural I...
Can Minnie and Mickey Mouse find happiness in suburban Paris? Disneyland International thinks so. The company signed a letter of intent with the French government to build an amusement park for an ...
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