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Roger Broggie Jr. dies at 73; audio-animatronics whiz for Disney
The son of Disney's original Imagineer, Roger Broggie Jr. began working for the man he called "Uncle Walt" as a boy in 1950 when he tended the backyard railway at the studio mogul's Holmby Hills home. Broggie was 11 when he and his younger brother,...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Summer Olympics, Abraham Lincoln
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Shanghai Disneyland: Uncovering secrets about the new Chinese theme park
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe blurry, fuzzy concept art of a Shanghai Disneyland, filled with fireworks, spotlights and a great big castle, paints a picture short on details and vague on specifics about the planned project in China. So why all the secrecy on Disney's part?...Tags: Shanghai (China), Theme Park Vacations, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Travel, Walt Disney
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Blogroll: Funland amusement & theme park blog
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Los Angeles Times Funland blog covers news, trends, issues and changes at major amusement and theme parks as well as the latest information on new rides, attractions, shows, parades and Halloween events. Funland categories: Theme Parks |...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice, Tourism and Leisure, Festive Events, Theme Park Vacations
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New Dodgers Ownership Off to a Lively Start
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Making their first official appearance on a gray morning in a nearly empty stadium, new Dodgers owners lighted up the place Wednesday with raucous promise, defiant hope and only one certainty. Hang on to your blue, because it's going to be...Tags: Dodger Stadium, National Basketball Association, Washington Nationals, Basketball, Branch Rickey
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Pixar, safe for âboy directors only?â Chapman fired from âBraveâ
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe writer-director of the animated adventure “Brave,” about an archer-princess, was to be that rare Pixar outing with a decent female role in it. And that first Pixar film to be built a female character. News that writer-director Brenda...
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