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Walt Disney World Resort

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    R.L. Stine: The Lost Interview

    Sometimes in the nonstop world of blogging you do something that takes a little more time, and which you're very excited about. But because of the nonstop world of blogging, and because you want to do it right, and because it takes more time to do that, the idea or scoop or interview you were so exc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Fried Turkey Legs! WTF?

    Why did no one tell me about this before? Apparently, people unself-consciously run around Disney World -- and in fact, the entire state of Florida -- chomping on gigantic fried turkey legs!!!

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Disney World Sucks, Actually

    Some years ago, I got to finally live my lifelong dream of going to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I was horrified. I knew the place was going to be blandly generic, but it didn't know it was going to be that blandly generic.

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Which Brand of Flosser Will Save Your Life? We'll Tell You!

    ​Each week, Death by Science kicks down science and technology's door and demands to see where they're hiding the primo goods. Often terrifying, sometimes humbling, our discoveries will make you run to the nearest 7-11 and stock up on canned goods and doomsday porn. This week, we examine the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Il Matto's Replacement to Look a Lot Like Every Other Restaurant in New York

    Sarah DiGregorioFarewell, vermouth-soaked rocks and prosciutto-rimmed vodka cocktails.​During its ten months of life, Il Matto offered its customers gin martinis with vermouth-soaked rocks, grenade-shaped salt and pepper shakers, and seats seemingly modeled on Disney World's Mad Teacup ride. E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Google Launches Magazine, Sort Of; Florida Newspaper Wants Cursing, Crazy Reporter

    ​"Is Google a Media Company?" the New York Times asked in the summer of 2008. "Critics say each new Google initiative in [content hosting] casts more doubt on the company's claims that it is not a media company." On Monday, David Carr updated us on the company's progress in three action-packed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Disney World Replaces McDonald's With Vegan BabyCakes Cupcakes; the First Lady's New Healthy-Eating Target Is Restaurants

    ​The New York blizzards have helped extend Restaurant Week until Sunday, February 27. [Examiner] The Savoy hosted a Gogolian dinner Friday night, featuring pig's tongue slivers, blinis with caviar, headcheese, and smoked sardines. [City Room/NY Times] Disney World has kicked out McDonald's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Celebration, Florida, a Town Created by Disney, Gets Its First-Ever Murder

    Ooh -- awkward.​Creepily, Disney built a town in central Florida, just five miles south of Walt Disney World, 14 years ago. It is called Celebration, Florida, and, you might expect, it has a certain Stepford quality, with "manicured lawns and classic movie theaters." It is also a town where, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Gap's Mistaken Redesign, Plus 9 Other Logos No One Needed to Mess With

    ​In the wake of the Gap logo brouhaha, a/k/a, the making of an already ugly logo into an uglier one "circa 2010," allow us to present you with nine more of the most unfortunate logo redesigns we've lived through. There should be a T-shirt attesting to this, except there's no way in hell we'd w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Florida's Modern-Day Slavery Museum Spotlights Plight of Florida Farm Laborers

    yomi955/FlickrDuring the winter, the product of modern-day slavery.​Though it's unlikely to compete for crowds with Disneyworld, the Modern-Day Slavery Museum may be Florida's most important new attraction. Barry Estabrook, who wrote a haunting and horrifying story about slavery in Florida's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Cruelty-Free Pre-Thanksgiving with Lou Reed, Others at Tavern on the Green

    ​Planning to tuck into a nice, fat turkey this Thanksgiving? What are you, sick? Turkeys are your animal companions. Repent of your carnivorism in the traditional way -- with celebrities! On November 22, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Russell Simmons will host "Celebration FOR The Turkeys" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Russell Simmons Celebrates Our Feathered Friends

    ​The Def Jam co-founder will host a Celebration FOR the Turkeys (i.e., not AGAINST) on Sunday, November 22, accompanied by like-minded blowhards Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson. Jonathan Safran Foer, a/k/a the guy who ruined Thanksgiving for thousands of families this year with his new Eating Ani ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Is Auschwitz The New Disney World?

    ​Madonna has announced that when her "Sticky & Sweet" tour hits Poland, she just might take her four kids on a day trip to the Auschwitz concentration camp to remind them how very lucky they are.

  • Columns

    May 20, 2009

    Free Will Astrology: May 20 through 26

    ​Madonna has announced that when her "Sticky & Sweet" tour hits Poland, she just might take her four kids on a day trip to the Auschwitz concentration camp to remind them how very lucky they are.

  • Books

    May 13, 2009

    Lit Seen: James Hannaham's God Says No; Mark Z. Danielewski Exposed at PEN Fest

    A longtime critic offers up his first novel; a rare author sighting at the World Voices Festival

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Web Extra: Elite youth basketball's throwback mentor

    In the course of reporting our youth basketball story in this week's Voice, we met many interesting people. Unfortunately, we couldn't get everyone into the paper. So here's our piece on Hammer Stevens... In a world where 9-year-olds compete in "national championships," where rich guys form their ow ... More >>

  • Film

    March 18, 2009

    We Pedal Uphill

    In the course of reporting our youth basketball story in this week's Voice, we met many interesting people. Unfortunately, we couldn't get everyone into the paper. So here's our piece on Hammer Stevens... In a world where 9-year-olds compete in "national championships," where rich guys form their ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Village Pourhouse Among Crain's Best Places to Work

    In the course of reporting our youth basketball story in this week's Voice, we met many interesting people. Unfortunately, we couldn't get everyone into the paper. So here's our piece on Hammer Stevens... In a world where 9-year-olds compete in "national championships," where rich guys form their ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    New Magnolia Bakery Opens; Northward Tourist Migration Expected (Updated)

    In the course of reporting our youth basketball story in this week's Voice, we met many interesting people. Unfortunately, we couldn't get everyone into the paper. So here's our piece on Hammer Stevens... In a world where 9-year-olds compete in "national championships," where rich guys form their ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Things I Learned Watching Hannah Montana 3D

    In the course of reporting our youth basketball story in this week's Voice, we met many interesting people. Unfortunately, we couldn't get everyone into the paper. So here's our piece on Hammer Stevens... In a world where 9-year-olds compete in "national championships," where rich guys form their ow ... More >>

  • Film

    November 27, 2007

    Good Grief!

    A Marine mom dies in Iraq, but don't let Grace Is Gone get to you

  • Screens

    June 12, 2007

    From Mongolia or Outer Space?

    Idiosyncratic sci-fi films Sans Soleil and La Jetée hit DVD. Plus, good directors gone bad and bad directors gone worse.

  • Music

    June 5, 2007

    Another Brave New World

    Glenn Mercer's solo debut could be a Feelies reunion. He's just too nice to make it one.

  • NYC Life

    March 13, 2007

    Shopping with The Secret

    Buy what you want! The universe will pay your bills

  • NYC Life

    August 1, 2006

    Saturday 8/12

    Buy what you want! The universe will pay your bills

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2006

    Live: Mates of State Make Grocery Shopping Fun

    Buy what you want! The universe will pay your bills

  • News

    February 1, 2005

    CGI Joe

    How the military and private tech contractors are training a new generation of soldiers

  • Film

    August 17, 2004

    Man With No Name Tells a Story of Heroics, Color Coordination

    How the military and private tech contractors are training a new generation of soldiers

  • Film

    June 15, 2004

    Eviction Notice

    Stolen election, bogus war: Moore finds footage and lets it burn in anti-Bush agitprop

  • Film

    January 27, 2004

    Feeding Frenzy

    Stunts, moguls, buffed-up people, and sharks—fitting for a film festival at a ski resort

  • Art

    October 28, 2003

    Ugly Americans

    Accidental Tourists Stumble Abroad

  • Columns

    September 30, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Accidental Tourists Stumble Abroad

  • Film

    April 15, 2003

    Taking Wing

    Heights of Achievement

  • News

    January 7, 2003

    For Adults Only

    Radical Revisions of the Spiritual Life

  • News

    September 17, 2002

    Plane Truths

    Radical Revisions of the Spiritual Life

  • Film

    July 30, 2002

    Ursine Minor

    When Animatronics Attack

  • Music

    July 16, 2002

    It's in Her Kiss

    When Animatronics Attack

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    How to Fix the Knicks

    When Animatronics Attack

  • Film

    December 4, 2001

    All as It Had Been

    Hollywood Revises History, Joins the Good Fight

  • News

    October 23, 2001

    The Choke Was on Them

    And Then the Mariners Hurled

  • Film

    July 17, 2001

    Abuse Your Illusion

    And Then the Mariners Hurled

  • News

    June 12, 2001

    Inside Edge

    The Councilman and the Crooked Building Consultant

  • Music

    December 5, 2000

    Heart-Shaped Box

    The Councilman and the Crooked Building Consultant

  • News

    November 28, 2000

    Features

    The Councilman and the Crooked Building Consultant

  • News

    January 25, 2000

    Immigrant Minors

    Despite public and political outcry for one child, thousands of others face detention

  • News

    July 13, 1999

    Summer of Smith

    How Ben Blew Into (and Out Of) Bloomington

  • Film

    June 15, 1999

    Tarzan

    How Ben Blew Into (and Out Of) Bloomington

  • Books

    June 1, 1999

    Suburban Scrawl

    How Ben Blew Into (and Out Of) Bloomington

  • News

    January 19, 1999

    Die, Yuppie Scam

    How Ben Blew Into (and Out Of) Bloomington

  • Theater

    December 8, 1998

    Cagey

    How Ben Blew Into (and Out Of) Bloomington

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