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The Walt Disney Companyis an American multinationalmass mediaandentertainment conglomerateheadquartered at theWalt Disney StudiosinBurbank, California.Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by brothersWalt DisneyandRoy Oliver DisneyasDisney Brothers Cartoon Studio;it also operated under the namesWalt Disney StudioandWalt Disney Productionsbefore changing to its current name in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in theanimationindustry with the short filmSteamboat Willie.The film usedsynchronized soundto become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularizedMickey Mouse,who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon.

After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, Disney diversified into live-action films, television, andtheme parksin the 1950s. However, following Walt Disney's death in 1966, the company's profits, especially in theanimation division,began to decline. In 1984, Disney's shareholders votedMichael Eisneras CEO, who led a reversal of the company's decline through a combination of international theme park expansion and the highly successfulDisney Renaissanceperiod of animation in the 1990s. In 2005, under new CEOBob Iger,the company continued to expand into a major entertainment conglomerate with the acquisitions ofPixar,Marvel Entertainment,Lucasfilm,and21st Century Fox.In 2020,Bob Chapekbecame the head of Disney after Iger's retirement. However, Chapek was ousted in 2022 and Iger was reinstated as CEO.

The company is known for its film studio division, theWalt Disney Studios,which includesWalt Disney Pictures,Walt Disney Animation Studios,Pixar,Marvel Studios,Lucasfilm,20th Century Studios,20th Century Animation,andSearchlight Pictures.Disney's other main business units include divisions in television, broadcasting, streaming media, theme park resorts, consumer products, publishing, and international operations. Through these divisions, Disney owns and operates theABC television network;cable television networks such asDisney Channel,ESPN,Freeform,FX,andNational Geographic;publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions;direct-to-consumerstreaming services such asDisney+,ESPN+,Hulu,andHotstar;andDisney Experiences,which includes several theme parks, resort hotels, andcruise linesaround the world. (Full article...)

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Treasure Planetis a 2002animated science fiction filmproduced byWalt Disney Animation Studios,and released byWalt Disney Pictureson November 27, 2002. The 43rdanimated featurein theWalt Disney Animated Classics,the film is ascience fictionadaptation ofRobert Louis Stevenson's adventurenovelTreasure Islandand was the first film to be released simultaneously in regular andIMAXtheaters. The film employs a novel technique of hand-drawn 2Dtraditional animationset atop 3Dcomputer animation.The film was co-written, co-produced and directed byRon ClementsandJohn Musker,who hadpitchedthe concept for the film at the same time that they pitchedThe Little Mermaid.Treasure Planetfeatures the voices ofJoseph Gordon-Levitt,Brian Murray,David Hyde Pierce,Martin Short,Roscoe Lee Browne,Emma Thompson,Laurie MetcalfandPatrick McGoohan(in his final film role). The musical score was composed byJames Newton Howard,while the songs were written and performed byJohn Rzeznik.The film performed poorly in the United States box office, costing $140 million to create while earning $38 million in the United States and Canada and just shy of $110 million worldwide. It was nominated for the2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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The entrance toDisney California AdventureatAnaheim,showing the large letters spellingCALIFORNIA

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Image 1One of Disney's first animated characters Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which Disney lost the rights to in 2006. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 2Disney in 1954 (fromWalt Disney)
Image 3Disney (left) with his brotherRoy O. Disney(right) and then Governor of FloridaW. Haydon Burns(center) on November 15, 1965, publicly announcing the creation of Disney World (fromWalt Disney)
Image 4Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
(Star Wars:Millennium Falcon – Smugglers Runin 2019) (fromDisneyland)
Image 5Map of the resort as of May 2015 (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 6Monorail Red travels over theFinding Nemo Submarine Voyagein Tomorrowland in 2008. (fromDisneyland)
Image 7Disney family atSchiphol Airport(1951) (fromWalt Disney)
Image 8Disneyland aerial view, 1963, which includes the new Melody Land Theater at the top of the photo (fromDisneyland)
Image 9The "Happiest Homecoming on Earth"celebrated the 50th anniversary of the theme park.Sleeping Beauty Castlewas altered for the occasion. (fromDisneyland)
Image 10Walt Disney (left) with his brotherRoy O. Disney(right) and then Governor of FloridaW. Haydon Burns(center) on November 15, 1965, publicly announcing the creation of Disney World (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 11The original logo of Walt Disney World from 1971 to the mid-1990s (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 12TheWalt Disney World Monorail Systemprovides free transport across the resort.
Image 13The original animation building at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, which they fully moved into in 1940 (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 14Fantasmic!finale on July 4, 2010 (fromDisneyland)
Image 15Bob Iger became CEO of Disney in 2005, expanding the company's properties (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 16Walt Disney's business envelope featured a self-portrait,c. 1921(fromWalt Disney)
Image 17Michael Eisner replaced Ron Miller as CEO. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 18Roy O. Disney inspecting design plans on-site in Florida (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 19Jeffrey Katzenberg was chairman of the Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1995. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 20An aerial view of Disneyland in 2004 (fromDisneyland)
Image 21Roy E. Disney, Roy O. Disney's son, was head of the animation department until 2003. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 22Tomorrowland
(Space Mountainin 2010) (fromDisneyland)
Image 23Main Street at Disneyland, as seen from a horseless carriage (fromDisneyland)
Image 24Fantasyland
(Peter Pan's Flightin the foreground and theMatterhorn Bobsledsin the background) (fromDisneyland)
Image 25The 1996 version of The Walt Disney World logo (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 26Hollywood Studios' park icon, the Chinese Theatre (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 27Walt (center) showing the plans of Disneyland to officials from Orange County in December 1954 (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 28Disneyland Railroad Engine 2 at theNew Orleans Squarestation. (fromDisneyland)
Image 29Frontierland
(Big Thunder Mountain Railroadin 2008) (fromDisneyland)
Image 30Disney's video streaming subscription service Disney+ was launched in 2019, which has a total of over 135 million subscriptions as of June 2022. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 31Mickey's Toontown
(pictured in 2010) (fromDisneyland)
Image 32The Sherman Brothers in 2002. They composed many Disney songs in the 1960s. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 33Main Street, U.S.A.
(2010) (fromDisneyland)
Image 34One of four arches welcoming guests to the resort (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 35Disney boughtThe Muppetsfrom the Jim Henson Company in 2004. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 36Characters fromAlice in Wonderlandhost "Disneyland Musical Chairs" at Coca-Cola Refreshment Corner, accompanied by a ragtime pianist in 2005. (fromDisneyland)
Image 37Overlay of Walt Disney's original 1966 plans for Disney World and the proposed EPCOT city (orange) and contemporary situation (blue) (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 38Disneyland fireworks from Sleeping Beauty Castle (fromDisneyland)
Image 39A portrait of Disney with cartoon representations of different nationalities on a 6-cent U.S. postage stamp, 1968 (fromWalt Disney)
Image 40Adventurelandentrance
(2006) (fromDisneyland)
Image 41Team Disney – The Michael D. Eisner Building, the main building at the Walt Disney Studios, which houses the offices of Disney's CEO and several other senior corporate officials. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 42An aerial shot of Walt Disney World in 1982 (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 43Disney's childhood home (fromWalt Disney)
Image 44Disney MagicatPort of Venice(fromDisney Cruise Line)
Image 45Disney security vehicle, picture taken July 2, 2009 in front of Epcot (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 46Disney's promotional logo for its centennial. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 47New Orleans Square
(theHaunted Mansionin the background andFantasmic!viewing area in the foreground in 2010) (fromDisneyland)
Image 48The 2018 version of The Walt Disney World logo. (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 49Critter Country
(Splash Mountain;1989–2023) (fromDisneyland)
Image 50A Disney Cruise Line bus which takes guests to and from Terminal 8 from Orlando International Airport; as well as around Walt Disney World. (fromDisney Cruise Line)
Image 51View of Disney Springs (fromWalt Disney World)
Image 52Walt Disney (center) showing Orange County officials plans for Disneyland's layout, December 1954 (fromDisneyland)
Image 53Disney drawing Goofy for a group of girls in Argentina, 1941 (fromWalt Disney)
Image 54Walt,Florida Governor W. Haydon Burns,and Roy announcing the plans for Disney World in November 1965 (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 55Grave of Walt Disney at Forest Lawn, Glendale (fromWalt Disney)
Image 56Walt Disney introduces each of the seven dwarfs in a scene from the original 1937Snow Whitetheatrical trailer (fromWalt Disney)
Image 57Excerpt ofSteamboat Willie(1928), the first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)
Image 58Wedding Pavilion at theSeven Seas Lagoon(fromWalt Disney World)
Image 59Disney shows the plans ofDisneylandto officials fromOrange Countyin December 1954 (fromWalt Disney)
Image 60Walt (right) dressed as a gaucho next to Donald Duck inArgentinawhile on the company's South American goodwill trip in 1941. (fromThe Walt Disney Company)

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Jeff "Swampy" Marsh(born December 9, 1960) is anAmerican television director,writer,producer,storyboard artist,and actor associated with severalanimated television series.Marsh was born inSanta Monica, California,where he grew up with a heavilyblended familydynamic. Marsh has been and continues to be a driving force behind several animation projects, working for over six seasons on the animated television seriesThe Simpsons.Marsh continued to work on other animated television series, includingKing of the HillandRocko's Modern Life,before moving to England in 1996. While in England, Marsh worked on several animated programs, includingPostman PatandBounty Hamster,and worked for BKN New Media Ltd. to produce several feature films. After six years living in England, Marsh was asked by his longtime partnerDan Povenmireto help producePhineas and Ferbin 2007, a concept the two had while working together onRocko's Modern Life.Marsh accepted and moved back to the United States; the series has since garnered Marsh twoEmmy Awardsnominations for songwriting.

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... thatJohn Oliverdared Disney to sue him overhis version of Mickey Mouse?
... that Disney once createda political advertisement for Dwight D. Eisenhower(featured)?
... that someTikTokersmake videos about whether tosmash or passDisney characters?
... that a revival of the comedy seriesLizzie McGuirewas ordered in 2019, but canceled mid-production after Disney deemed it not family-friendly enough?
... thatScarlett Johanssonfiled a lawsuit againstThe Walt Disney Companyalleging that the release strategy forBlack Widowbreached her contract?
... that the ferryGeneral Joe PotteratWalt Disney Worldis named in honor of Major GeneralWilliam Everett Potter?

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Let me go! Let me go! Please... don't hurt me! I'll do anything! Anything!

—Gaston,Beauty and the Beast

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...thatHarriet Burnsdesigned the originalprototypemodels ofDisneyland'sSleeping Beauty Castle,Pirates of the CaribbeanandNew Orleans Square?

...that the 1935DisneycartoonThree Orphan Kittenswas latercensoredfor having negative portrayals ofAfrican Americans?

...that as a result of her performance inMary Poppins,Julie Andrewswon the1964 Academy Award for Best Actressand the1965 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
... thatElsa the Snow Queen,a protagonist in Walt Disney'sFrozen,was originally written as a villain?
... that in 1989, a black-and-white drawing fromWalt Disney's "Orphan's Benefit"(USA 1934), depictingDonald Duckbeing punched by an orphan, raised $280,000 atChristie's London,England.

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