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The Walt Disney Co was founded by Walter Disney, who is best known for creating such cartoon characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and for pioneering theme parks. The group has theme parks in the US, Europe, Japan, China and Hong Kong.
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27 August, 2024
As an homage to the 2007 film Ratatouille, Bistrot Chez Rémy is brilliant. But is the food, which is not cheap, worth the US$59 theme park entry? Photo: Disney
Food and Drinks

Why one of Paris’ hardest-to-book restaurants is in a theme park

Bistrot Chez Rémy pays homage to the 2007 film Ratatouille. If it’s so hard to get a table, is the food worth the Disneyland entry?

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Disneyland postcard service adds some magic to charity drive

Stocks

Chinese toymaker Pop Mart’s 370% surge fuelled by blind box collectibles

Australia

Australia’s mega-hit kids show Bluey is becoming a film

The Walt Disney Company says a feature-length outing of the popular animated series will hit cinemas in 2027.

A Bluey balloon floats in New York’s annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade last month. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
American cinema

15 new Hollywood movies to watch this winter, from Sonic 3 to Snow White

Other films being released from December 2024 to March 2025 include Paddington in Peru, Captain America: Brave New World and The Brutalist.

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China property

Shanghai Disneyland tightens wheelchair rules to curb misuse

Change follows complaints that able-bodied guests were renting powered wheelchairs to bypass queues and speed through the park.

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Alibaba

Alibaba entertainment group head regrets belittling video-gaming unit, Cantonese

Alibaba’s Fan Luyuan admitted he was ‘out of line’ with controversial remarks that he said during a meeting with employees of Lingxi Games.

Fan Luyuan, chairman and chief executive of Alibaba’s Digital Media and Entertainment Group. Photo: SCMP
Asia travel

Disney opens bookings for 2025 Asia cruises on its biggest liner

The Disney Adventure, a floating theme park, will make her maiden voyage from Singapore next December. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday.

Fame and celebrity

Auli‘i Cravalho, the voice of Moana, calls sequel ‘a source of Polynesian pride’

The voice behind Disney’s titular Polynesian princess is thrilled about indigenous representation in this year’s Moana 2, adding that reprising the role felt like ‘coming home’.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Josh Allen’s ex Brittany Williams, who claims her Instagram was hacked?

Josh Allen’s ex Brittany Williams claims her Instagram account was hacked after she appeared to call him a ‘brain-dead CTE athlete’ the same week he got engaged to Disney alum Hailee Steinfeld.

Who is Josh Allen’s ex-girlfriend Brittany Williams – who he dated for 10 years before proposing to Hailee Steinfeld? Photos: @brittwilll/Instagram
Americas and the Caribbean

Mexico raids stores selling counterfeit Chinese goods, vows national crackdown

The operation comes soon after Trump’s tariff threat, and amid concerns that Chinese goods are flowing through Mexico to flood the US market.

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Members of the Mexican Navy keep watch outside the Mexico Mart shopping centre in Mexico City during an operation to seize Chinese counterfeit goods on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Architecture and design

The unlikely story behind Mr Potato Head

Before Disney’s Toy Story films, the Hasbro product was the first toy advertised on television, and also the first marketed directly to kids – Baby Boomers, to be precise.

Wellness

How Inside Out 2 writers looked to own pasts and kids for inspiration

‘That feeling of not feeling good enough is where a lot of this began,’ says director of starting point for record-grossing animated film.

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China economy

Shanghai banks on top international artists to draw tourism spending

A recent month-long arts festival drew 20,000 visitors from abroad, according to organisers, boosting officials’ confidence in the strategy.

A scene in dance drama Azure After The Rain, staged during the China Shanghai International Art Festival in 2024. Photo: Handout
Fame and celebrity

Who is actress Skai Jackson’s baby daddy, the controversial Deondre Burgin?

Jackson was seemingly pen pals with Burgin while he was in prison and paid his bail; he’s made several controversial statements online and has had his sexuality called into question by a TikTokker.

Skai Jackson and Deondre Burgin. Photos: @skaijackson, @richnviolent/Instagram
Hong Kong

Warner’s Max launches in Asia, taking on Netflix in Hong Kong

The US streaming service is gunning for the top-three position in its new Asian markets, WBD CEO JB Perrette says.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 movies and TV shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, Nov 8-10

New Hong Kong cinema release The Last Dance, Netflix film Babylon and Disney+ Korean drama series Gangnam B-Side all make our list this week.

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Tourism

What sets Disney cruises apart from its parks? The luxury experience

By 2031 the company will have 13 ships, up from its current five. These are billion-dollar investments – but Disney thinks they’re worth it.

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Disney Cruise Line’s ship the Disney Wish in Germany, 2022. By 2031, the company will have 13 ships, up from its current five. Photo: TNS
From our archives

On This Day | Hong Kong inks deal to build Disney theme park in 1999 – SCMP archive

Twenty-five years ago in 1999, the creation of a Disneyland resort in Hong Kong was announced.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Maria Cahill, wife of Wizards of Waverly Place star David Henrie

Cahill was an avid dancer growing up and went on to win beauty pageants; she suffered 8 miscarriages but had her first child 9 months after receiving a blessing from the Pope – now she’s a mum of 3.

American cinema

He wore out his Tron VHS tape. Now he’s making his 2nd Tron game

Mike Bithell of Bithell Games talks about Tron: Catalyst, whose 2025 release ties in with Tron: Ares, the next film in the sci-fi saga.

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Tron: Catalyst features the same retro-futurist ambiance that made the original 1982 movie so popular. Photo: Disney
Trending in China

Outrage as China tourist strikes Winnie the Pooh actor at Shanghai Disneyland

Disneyland costumes have a lot of metal support bars, increasing likelihood of injuries.

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A wave of outrage swept through social media after a Chinese tourist struck the beloved Winnie the Pooh actor at Shanghai Disneyland. Photo: SCMP composite/AFP/X.com
Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong Disneyland to raise ticket prices by as much as 13%

One-day tickets will cost 5 to 7 per cent more and annual membership prices will increase by 3 to 13 per cent starting Wednesday.

American cinema

Joker 2 to Wicked, 12 Hollywood movies to watch in autumn 2024

Blockbusters, sequels and prequels, from It Ends With Us to Wicked and sequels to Moana, Joker and Gladiator – here is a selection of the Hollywood films coming to cinemas near you this autumn.

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Get to Know

Meet Bella Thorne: Zendaya’s Disney co-star, who was on OnlyFans, is moving on

Thorne ditched Disney for horror films and shows like American Horror Stories; these days, she’s starring in a new film with Ryan Phillippe, while preparing for her wedding and calling out Ozempic

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She was a Disney Channel star alongside Zendaya and a source of OnlyFans controversy, but now Bella Thorne is planning her wedding and stars in the new film Saint Clare with Ryan Phillippe. Photo: @bellathorne/Instagram
China economy

Shanghai woos tourists with 700 shows featuring top global artists

Shanghai targets 20,000 extra overseas visitors with high-profile China Shanghai International Arts Festival, aiming to boost the city’s economy and international standing.

Shanghai has been actively developing cultural tourism, banking on concerts and operas to lure visitors. Photo: Bloomberg
Fame and celebrity

Who is Skai Jackson, the pregnant Disney star who was recently arrested?

The Jessie star has a history of controversy, having feuded with Bhad Bhabie and Azealia Banks – during her arrest, she told police she was happily engaged and expecting with her boyfriend

United States

Disney drops bid to have restaurant death suit tossed over victim’s Disney+

The firm earlier argued that a widower, whose wife died of a food allergy, couldn’t sue because of a clause in his TV streaming agreement.

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