The Walt Disney Co.

Products are cheap, lives are not

2013-05-06 03:00:00

Deadly industrial accidents in the developing world are tragically common, but the recent collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh that took the lives of more than 500 workers has captured the American public's attention, and no wonder. Knowingly or...

Judge rules former ESPN Zone workers due additional compensation

2013-01-03 19:19:00

Employees at the former ESPN Zone restaurant in Baltimore who were laid off without notice when the Inner Harbor attraction closed in 2010 were not compensated correctly under federal law and are due additional payments, a federal judge ruled Thursday....

Liguori named CEO of Tribune Co.

2013-01-17 19:46:00

Television executive Peter Liguori was named the new chief executive of Tribune Co. Thursday, taking the reins of the reorganized Chicago-based media company weeks after its emergence from bankruptcy. In a widely expected announcement, Liguori, 52, a...

Tribune Co. to emerge from bankruptcy Monday

2012-12-30 20:48:00

The last day of 2012 is the first of a new era for Tribune Co. After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the reorganized Chicago-based media company will emerge Monday under new owners and a newly...

O'Malley reports Hollywood income, vehicle and student debt

2012-06-06 13:28:00

A review of financial disclosure statements sheds light on how Annapolis lawmakers make their money and whom they are indebted to — at least for the sort of debt that's marked in accounting ledgers. Gov. Martin O'Malleyreports that in addition to...

Filling empty bowls to combat hunger in Laurel

2012-04-18 11:37:00

An empty bowl can hold anything, but too often, for those who are hungry, it remains empty. That's what Rebecca Adams, a special education biology teacher at Laurel High, said she hopes participants will remember as they leave the Empty Bowls dinner at...

Snow White is sooo yesterday

2012-04-22 03:00:00

"Someday, my prince will come." -- Snow White, 1937 In a hotel in Canada hangs this picture, someone's mischievous take on Snow White a few years after happily ever after. She is posed in an anonymous suburban den. Behind her, Prince Charming slouches in...

Steve Jobs, old-fashioned visionary

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died this week after a long battle with cancer, is rightfully being lauded as a visionary, a person who brought technology seamlessly into our lives and who could all but see the future in his development of new ideas that...

Phillips Seafood move to be discussed next week

2011-07-07 19:20:00

Phillips Seafood is scheduled to present its exterior plans for a new restaurant at the Inner Harbor's Power Plant at a July 14 meeting of Baltimore City's Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel. The meeting's agenda, released Thursday, confirms a...

Voltaggios ditch competition for collaboration

2011-10-24 12:53:00

When the doctor's office receptionist summons her, when she flashes her credit card at the grocery store, when she leaves a phone message — the reaction to her last name these days is always the same. Voltaggio? "They say, 'Are you …?' And...

The Fairy Food Post

2009-08-16 16:22:09

NotableM, Joyce W. and Sean did a good job of trying to stave off the Fairy Food Post, but somebody, not mentioning any names, was still a teeny bit grumpy. Too bad for the rest of you, but you know......

Clock running out on ESPN Zone

2010-06-09 16:22:11

Hate to break your hearts, foodies, but it looks like ESPN Zone in the Inner Harbor is closing.At least that's what an unidentified source tells the LA Times. The source tells the Times that Walt Disney Co., which owns the chain,......

A lawman-turned-masked-vigilante and his partner, a Native American warrior, battle greed and corruption in the Old West. With Armie Hammer, Johnny Depp, Tom Wilkinson and William Fichtner. Written by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Directed by Gore Verbinski. Walt Disney Pictures

2013-04-25 16:01:00

At a college for scary creatures, a one-eyed green monster's newfound rivalry with a furry blue beast jeopardizes both their career paths in this prequel to the 2001 animated movie "Monsters Inc." With the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and Helen Mirren.

2013-04-25 13:11:39

In this animated film set in a world of anthropomorphic aircraft, a plane with a fear of heights dreams of competing as a high-flying racer. With the voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett and Teri Hatcher. Written by Jeffrey M. Howard. Directed by Klay Hall. Walt Disney Pictures

2013-04-23 22:03:54