Ellen
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"A magical constellation of wishes and dreams." ™® The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.
I think I'm a fairly well-read person who had a pretty darn solid high school reading list, but you will notice some gaps (which are on my shelf and waiting!). Red means I had to read it at school (and several I have reread for my own interests), blue means I've read on my own.
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I think I'm a fairly well-read person who had a pretty darn solid high school reading list, but you will notice some gaps (which are on my shelf and waiting!). Red means I had to read it at school (and several I have reread for my own interests), blue means I've read on my own.
I read this article without throwing my phone at a wall, and I think I deserve a little treat for that.
The most important story of 2025 that we're not talking about enough (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I read this article without throwing my phone at a wall, and I think I deserve a little treat for that.
Vile, disgusting, appalling.
It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement. n.pr/44ph9KC
Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters
It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement.
n.pr
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Vile, disgusting, appalling.
6 times ever? Piece of cake. This one MAY be on for the 5th time since the week before Thanksgiving right now.
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
6 times ever? Piece of cake. This one MAY be on for the 5th time since the week before Thanksgiving right now.
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I don’t understand why people attempt to denigrate Hallmark Christmas films by referring to them as “too cheesy”, as if that is a bad thing? I mean, have you *had* cheese? It’s not exactly the insult that you think it is.
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I don’t understand why people attempt to denigrate Hallmark Christmas films by referring to them as “too cheesy”, as if that is a bad thing? I mean, have you *had* cheese? It’s not exactly the insult that you think it is.
Why yes, I did get Bob Iger's book (secondhand) to have quotes handy for moments like "what do we think of the 3rd anniversary of his return from his already-postponed retirement?"
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Why yes, I did get Bob Iger's book (secondhand) to have quotes handy for moments like "what do we think of the 3rd anniversary of his return from his already-postponed retirement?"
"We all want to believe we're irreplaceable. The trick is to be self-aware enough that you don't cling to the notion that you are the only person who can do this job." - Robert A. Iger, "The Ride of a Lifetime" (2019)
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
"We all want to believe we're irreplaceable. The trick is to be self-aware enough that you don't cling to the notion that you are the only person who can do this job." - Robert A. Iger, "The Ride of a Lifetime" (2019)
It shouldn't be so complicated.
CONFIRMED: Walt Disney World & Disneyland to Debut Airline-Style Dynamic Ticket Pricing
CONFIRMED: Walt Disney World & Disneyland to Debut Airline-Style Dynamic Ticket Pricing
Disney CFO Hugh Johnston has confirmed our earlier reporting that Walt Disney World will have dynamic airline-style ticket pricing
blogmickey.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It shouldn't be so complicated.
I've seen very few, but Beauty and the Beast soured me forever. Another teacher showed One Jump Ahead from the new Aladdin during homeroom today and it started my day on the most horrible note. I'd never seen or heard it, and that arrangement was SO BAD.
What live action Disney remake made you never want to see another one? Mine was Dumbo
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I've seen very few, but Beauty and the Beast soured me forever. Another teacher showed One Jump Ahead from the new Aladdin during homeroom today and it started my day on the most horrible note. I'd never seen or heard it, and that arrangement was SO BAD.
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The really depressing thing about AI is it proves how little most people care about art. This is very funny, but also, so many people will have had to look at this and not one of them stopped and said "what is this absolute shit?"
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The really depressing thing about AI is it proves how little most people care about art. This is very funny, but also, so many people will have had to look at this and not one of them stopped and said "what is this absolute shit?"
The Disney company, as it exists in the year 2025, losing rights to play in the sandbox of others' creations seems like a win for creativity as a whole. Look at the treatment of their own work! Reading this on Mickey Mouse's birthday and on the heels of a Moana remake teaser is weirdly satisfying.
I wrote on @boingboing.net about Disney losing the rights to Roger Rabbit - they reverted to the author of the original novel
boingboing.net/2025/11/17/d...
boingboing.net/2025/11/17/d...
Disney loses the rights to Roger Rabbit characters, as they revert to original author of novel
Gary K. Wolf, the creator of Roger Rabbit in his novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? on which the hit 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit was based, says he has…
boingboing.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Disney company, as it exists in the year 2025, losing rights to play in the sandbox of others' creations seems like a win for creativity as a whole. Look at the treatment of their own work! Reading this on Mickey Mouse's birthday and on the heels of a Moana remake teaser is weirdly satisfying.
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no one ever talks about how bad the emma watson beauty and the beast is, but i remember. i remember how bad that movie is
What live action Disney remake made you never want to see another one? Mine was Dumbo
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
no one ever talks about how bad the emma watson beauty and the beast is, but i remember. i remember how bad that movie is
So, so good.
Davy tangles with Mike Fink-"King of the River"-Davy needs to beat Mike in a keelboat race to New Orleans and shenanigans ensue. Tonally this episode is more comedic than the original trilogy, but it is still quite enjoyable. Jeff York as Mike Fink steals the show with his over the top performance
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So, so good.
"A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Miserables
"... and rain will make the flowers grow..." 😭
"... and rain will make the flowers grow..." 😭
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Miserables
"... and rain will make the flowers grow..." 😭
"... and rain will make the flowers grow..." 😭
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100 years of Disney films and at no point have I ever seen one that I wish had been made by robots instead of humans
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
100 years of Disney films and at no point have I ever seen one that I wish had been made by robots instead of humans
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“Hey we could put all the OOP Disney Treasures DVDs on streaming”
“Nah, let’s let our users generate AI slop”
“Nah, let’s let our users generate AI slop”
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Hey we could put all the OOP Disney Treasures DVDs on streaming”
“Nah, let’s let our users generate AI slop”
“Nah, let’s let our users generate AI slop”
Me, age 9ish, learning that Elton John would be writing the music for a new Disney movie, The Lion King: "... Oh, the guy who sang with Minnie Mouse!"
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Me, age 9ish, learning that Elton John would be writing the music for a new Disney movie, The Lion King: "... Oh, the guy who sang with Minnie Mouse!"
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JB Kaufman's latest epic, about the making of Fantasia, is out today and I Am Very Very Excited: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTXB439...
Worlds to Conquer: The Art & Making of Walt Disney's Fantasia
Worlds to Conquer: The Art & Making of Walt Disney's Fantasia [Kaufman, J.B.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Worlds to Conquer: The Art & Making of Walt Disney's Fantasia
www.amazon.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
JB Kaufman's latest epic, about the making of Fantasia, is out today and I Am Very Very Excited: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTXB439...
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Monday December 8th is rapidly approaching.
Have you got your copy of SCOUNDRELS, VILLAINS, and KNAVES yet??
amzn.to/3JEsCyQ
Have you got your copy of SCOUNDRELS, VILLAINS, and KNAVES yet??
amzn.to/3JEsCyQ
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Monday December 8th is rapidly approaching.
Have you got your copy of SCOUNDRELS, VILLAINS, and KNAVES yet??
amzn.to/3JEsCyQ
Have you got your copy of SCOUNDRELS, VILLAINS, and KNAVES yet??
amzn.to/3JEsCyQ
Not more than any others, but boy has my appreciation of them increased with time. Love them. Melody Time is my personal favorite.
I just love the "package" films. If I'm honest, I probably watch them more than any others....
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Not more than any others, but boy has my appreciation of them increased with time. Love them. Melody Time is my personal favorite.
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This pretty much sums up why Disney Parks are being ripped up to shove up random franchises in every corner. Just a stunning lack of awareness of what makes these things special, why they work.
Sometimes, most of the time, it ain't about storytelling.
Sometimes, most of the time, it ain't about storytelling.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This pretty much sums up why Disney Parks are being ripped up to shove up random franchises in every corner. Just a stunning lack of awareness of what makes these things special, why they work.
Sometimes, most of the time, it ain't about storytelling.
Sometimes, most of the time, it ain't about storytelling.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It's November here, but I'm playing "Masquerade" and remembering the time I worked wristbands at Not So Scary and a guy came in wearing an INCREDIBLE Red Death Phantom costume. The best thing about the Halloween parties was always the guest costume creativity.
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It's November here, but I'm playing "Masquerade" and remembering the time I worked wristbands at Not So Scary and a guy came in wearing an INCREDIBLE Red Death Phantom costume. The best thing about the Halloween parties was always the guest costume creativity.