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Sunday February 14, 2010

Disney Magic Finally Returns to Port
Justin Haythe to Write 'The Lone Ranger' Movie
Five people hurt when fans flock to see Disney star
Rage’s guitarist leads protesters by Disney hotel

Disney Magic Finally Returns to Port

WFTV - The Disney Magic finally returned to port Sunday morning after rough weather delayed the return by one day.

The ship was scheduled to return to Port Canaveral Saturday morning from its seven-night Western Caribbean cruise.

Friday night, strong winds forced the ship to stay at Disney’s private island Castaway Cay in the Bahamas.

The Disney Magic was scheduled to depart for its next cruise, a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise, Saturday
afternoon. That cruise will be shortened by one day and will now depart Sunday afternoon.

Guests scheduled for that cruise were given the option of spending Saturday at Epcot and a Disney spokesperson says
the were able to find hotel rooms for all of the guests to stay in.

Guests should contact Disney Cruise Line at 1-800-939-2784, if they have questions about their cruise.

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Justin Haythe to Write 'The Lone Ranger' Movie

CelebrityCafe - Justin Haythe, writer for the adaptation of Revolutionary Road will be penning Disney's new The Lone
Ranger movie. Bruckheimer is producing the new movie with Johnny Depp as Tonto.

Pirates of the Caribbean screenwriters Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio were supposed to write the script originally but are
no longer associated with the film. Hopefully they're taking their time and putting in proper work for the new entry in the
Pirates franchise.

The story for movie apparently centers on the Lone Ranger's origins as a justice-rendering cowboy. It begins with a group
of Texas Rangers chasing down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, the Ranger's primary nemesis. An ambush
seems to wipe out the rangers, but an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health, finds The Lone
Ranger alive. The Lone Ranger and Tonto join forces to bring outlaws to justice.

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Five people hurt when fans flock to see Disney star

Turn to 10 - Police say five people were injured, during an appearance by Disney star Selena Gomez at the Emerald
Square Mall Saturday afternoon.

Witnesses told NBC10 large crowds overloaded an escalator, as fans tried to get a glimpse of Gomez.  Police say in a
report the people were injured as they were riding
the escalator near the Sears store..

The Sun Chronicle reported the escalator suddenly lurched to a stop, throwing several people off their feet.

Mall officials shut down the escalator as a precaution.

The injured parties were treated.  Three were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
Gomez stars on the Disney cable show, “Wizards of Waverly Place.“

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Rage’s guitarist leads protesters by Disney hotel

OCRegister - Outside the Disneyland Hotel, Rage Against the Machine' guitarist put on an expletive-filled performance
of rebel songs and joined a rally with hotel union supporters that shut down a street Saturday.

Musician Tom Morello performed about seven songs from a flatbed truck parked on Magic Way to support the hotel
union that is in a contract dispute with Disney, mostly about health care. About 150 people attended the show that was
tied to a hunger strike by nine union members, who were in their fifth day of consuming only water.

“The friendliest place on Earth should also be the friendliest to the children of employees,” Morello told the crowd as he
concluded his half-hour show with “This Land is Your Land.”

Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman, said Disney officials prefer to meet with a federal mediator. The parties
have yet to set a date.

“We’re ready to meet at the table. We think this is the most productive course of action,” Brown said after the event.

Representatives from the union, Unite Here Local 11, met with Anaheim Police Department officers beforehand to figure
out the logistics of the event. On Saturday, police closed Magic Way between the Disneyland Hotel entrance and Walnut
Street for about two and a half hours.

Drivers looked at picketers as they went by, some flipping off the protesters, while other visitors walked by the event that
was far from the busiest parts of Disney property. “From the guests’ perspective, I don’t think it was a disruption,” Brown
said.

Morello, a longtime political activist and union supporter, said in an interview that he was asked to perform at the Disney
event when he met a hotel union official at another show recently.

“I do believe we’re all in this together. Wherever there needs to be more justice, I’m happy to do a show,” Morello said.

Performing as his solo act, The Nightwatchman, Morello played the acoustic guitar and harmonica, starting off his set with
song about unions. He also dedicated other parts of his show to the hunger strikers, including “Guerilla Radio” by Rage
Against the Machine. During his last two songs, he invited protesters to join him on stage, rousing all but the hunger strikers
to jump.

“Power to the people,” Morello said. “Take it easy, but take it.”

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