Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort

Disney heeft een schets vrijgegeven waarop een paar details van de renovatiewerken voor Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort in Walt Disney World te zien zijn. Men heeft voor het populaire thema van de Pirates of the Caribbean gekozen.

De bedden lijken op schepen, de kasten hebben de vorm van oude kisten en wie de gordijnen bekijkt, denkt dat men de wind in de zeilen heeft.

Disney plant om zo’n 384 kamers in de Trinidad South Village Area klaar te hebben in de loop van volgend jaar. Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort heeft in totaal 2.112 kamers.

80ste Oscarnominaties

Op 24 februari 2008 worden de Oscars, dé filmprijzen, uitgedeeld tijdens een show in de the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood & Highland Center. Ook dit jaar is Disney in een aantal categorieën genomineerd.

Best animated feature film of the year

“Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird
“Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in make-up

“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
“Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
“The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
“3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Falling Slowly” from “Once” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“Raise It Up” from “August Rush” (Warner Bros.)
“So Close” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney)Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Achievement in sound editing

“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)Skip Lievsay
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)Matthew Wood
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing

“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
“3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate)Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects

“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Original screenplay

“Juno” (Fox Searchlight)Written by Diablo Cody
“Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM) Written by Nancy Oliver
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)Written by Tony Gilroy
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)Screenplay by Brad Bird Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
“The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Tamara Jenkins