Mickey News provides you with the latest news on everything Disney. From the latest news on your favorite Disney theme park, to corporate news, you will find it at Mickey News.http://www.MickeyNews.comCopyright 2009 Mickey Newsen-useditor@MickeyNews.com (Gavin Haubelt)http://www.mickeynews.com/banners/mn88_2.gifhttp://www.MickeyNews.comhttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_739Obama Call it Faux-bama. Or perhaps Robobama. After a long renovation, the Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom reopens this Saturday, July 4, and inside is a new guest: an Audio-Animatronic version of President Barack Obama. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_739Obama Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_739Archive On June 27, 2009, the Walt Disney Company opened the doors of its normally-off-limits archives to a small, lucky group of people who belong to the official Disney fan community, which is called D23 (in honor of the year 1923, when a young and ambitious Walt Disney moved to Hollywood to begin his storied career.) http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_739Archive Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_739Plans The Hong Kong government and the Walt Disney Company have reached an agreement on the expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_739Plans Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_749Plan It is sure that the US Walt Disney Co. will locate a Disneyland park in Shanghai, the financial hub in China, and the park is expected to be one of the most important projects for the city's twelfth Five-year plan in the period from 2010 to 2015, according to top executives of the China Society for Promotion of Industrial Economic Research and Development. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_749Plan Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Close Broadway tuner "The Little Mermaid" will shutter Aug. 30, after a run of less than two years. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Close Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Game 3-D arrives to this generation of home console gaming. Disney Interactive Studios will be bringing two of its upcoming movie-based games to current generation game systems in stereoscopic 3-D. G-Force (on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3) and Toy Story Mania! (Wii) will feature 3-D effects in their games with the use of the included anaglyphic 3-D glasses (red and cyan lenses). There will be 2 sets of the 3-D glasses included in each game package, for use during two-player games. That's a first for this generation of gaming. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Game Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729ESPN The United States' 3-2 loss to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final was seen by 3.9 million people on ESPN, the most-viewed non-World Cup game for the American team on the cable network. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729ESPN Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Drea Drea (DRAY) de Matteo (duh-muh-TAY'-oh) is moving to Wisteria Lane. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Drea Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Fireworks Guests celebrating the Fourth of July at Walt Disney World Resort will have a choice of fireworks shows as Magic Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios present special pyrotechnics and Epcot adds a patriotic "tag" to its famous "IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth" spectacular. Here's what's in store: http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Fireworks Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Princess Disney Channel delivered the year's most-watched scripted program on cable, drawing 8.5 million viewers with Friday's premiere of its original movie "Princess Protection Program." http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_729Princess Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_719Launch Disney.com and Walmart have created a unique online promotion tied to Disney's U Rock 2, a user generated content event that invites fans to create their own music videos set to songs from popular Disney artists and post their original videos on Disney.com. Targeted to tweens, teens and moms, 'Rock Out Your Zone' (www.disney.com/rockout) is an integrated promotion created by Disney.com that brings together the music of U Rock 2 with Walmart's popular new teen home furnishings line, 'Your Zone.' http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_719Launch Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_719Game In line with its increasing tendency to release films theatrically in stereoscopic 3D projection, Disney plans to adopt the technology to its video games, starting with two titles releasing in the coming months. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_719Game Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_719Star Ashley Tisdale knows it sounds silly, but her new album has a lot to do with the color of her hair. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_719Star Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_6309Expand Disney and the Hong Kong government have agreed a plan to expand the struggling Hong Kong Disneyland theme park. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_6309Expand Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_6309Movie Disney Channel's June 26 premiere of its new original movie Princess Protection Program drew 8.5 million viewers, the highest performance for a network original movie in more than a year. http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_6309Movie Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT