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Google discloses ex-Pixar CFO's legal trouble — but Disney doesn't

Owen Thomas — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:40:00 EDT

The stock-options backdating scandal, which bored Silicon Valley the day the SEC first announced its investigations, continues. The latest to disclose a brush with the law: Google. Google has not been accused of misleading investors by moving up the grant date of stock options, making them more profitable for the executives who received them. But Google board member Ann Mather, the former CFO of animation studio Pixar, has, and the SEC is now initiating legal proceedings against her.

Here's what's odd: Pixar is now owned by Disney, which cleared everyone "currently associated" with the company of wrongdoing. That includes Steve Jobs, Pixar's former CEO, now a Disney board member, but leaves Mather out in the cold. So far out that Disney itself hasn't disclosed her legal jeopardy to its own shareholders — the people whose Mather's Pixar backdating most affected.

Disney Resorts Wants More Visits From Perverts, Chronic Masturbators

Moe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:20:00 EDT

What's that banner ad getting the way of your Kristin Davis porn? Oh look, it's for Disney Resorts. Maybe you should take the kids this year! Anyway, this screenshot, and many more if you click, come to us courtesy the investigative journalism of the DrunkenStepfather, who found them surfing the putrid site Egotastic and emailed us with a typically inimitable missive (actually, you should click for that alone.) And to think we were just posting how great minds think alike! Enjoy!

The email:

You all know that I love you. I try to help you out where I can and I jerk off to your successes but when I saw a Disney Ad next to the Kristin Davis Blowjob pictures on Egotastic, I had no choice but to do a post. Reality is that I have no issue with his site, sure he's a virgin, but I love virgins, just ask my stepdaughter's friends.
I thought it was funny and newsworthy and hope you can link it because I am in the mood to get someone at Disney fired....I want to see this story on CNN so help.

And part of his post:

The most wholesome family corporation fucks up again. First, Walt Disney was caught molesting kids after taking them to his magic kingdom and showing them special cartoons he drew for them on his penis, true story my grandmother told me he did it to her. Then they made Nazi propaganda videos for Hitler to help kill the jews who were stepping on Disney's Waspy toes in Hollywoo. Then they were accused of subliminal messages in they movies trying to program kids to hate black people and gays and now they advertise next to porn.

Now, we should point out that these allegations are mostly untrue. Walt Disney produced anti-Nazi propaganda and led the anti-Communist effort in Hollywood, and the rest of it...well, it's the Drunken Stepfather. They have committed some evil.

I was scoping out some celebrity smut site that pretty much only posts celebrity nudity, sex tapes, nipple slips and upskirts next to some seriously desperate, virginal commentary and I was pretty shocked to see Goofy staring back at me.

Apple lands all six major studios for movie rentals

Nicholas Carlson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:39:30 EST

Just confirmed at Macworld: all six major studios are onboard for iTunes movie rentals. That's Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal.Variety thought Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. were unlikely to sign on for "various competitive reasons." Maybe there's hope for the flailing Apple TV yet. Why? It's all you need to access the films. No computer required. (Photo by Boereck)

Blu-Ray backed site responds to criticism, now less deceptive

Tim Faulkner — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:08:18 EDT

Although fans of high-definition video had already been deriding the Hollywood in Hi-Def site, created by backers of the Blu-ray disc format, for days, it appears our Friday post may have helped provoke a response. The site's masthead now clearly states "Built for Blu-Ray, Powered by Blu-Ray Supporters" and the About Us page has been thoroughly revised, removing any doubt that this "forum" is actually an advertisement. Although much of the site still uses generic "hi-def" headers which could fool newcomers, we are happy to have contributed a small part to the eventual demise of this deceptive promotional campaign. The site description from the About Us page, before and after our post, following the jump:

Before:

HollywoodinHiDef.com is a new Web site dedicated to leading the discussion on the latest in high-definition home entertainment and the Blu-Ray Disc format. The site is a comprehensive online resource created for consumers interested in high-definition home entertainment — from the enthusiast to those intending to create a high-definition home entertainment content library. HollywoodinHiDef.com, which is supported by Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios among other companies, provides a wide variety of news, features, exclusive interviews and information about the future of high-definition home entertainment.

After:

HollywoodinHiDef.com is a new Web site developed by Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios, among other companies, to provide an open platform for the discussion of the leading high-definition format, Blu-ray Disc. Sony, Fox, Disney and other companies providing funding and resources to the site are also among the primary supporters of Blu-ray Disc products. The site is led by veteran Hollywood journalist Scott Hettrick who is being paid to provide independent original editorial content in the form of blogs and interviews. HollywoodinHiDef.com is a comprehensive online resource created for consumers — from the enthusiast to those intending to create a high-definition home entertainment content library. The site provides a wide variety of Blu-ray news aggregated from other sites, reviews of recommended Blu-ray releases by third-party contributors and other web sites, exclusive interviews and information about the future of high-definition home entertainment on Blu-ray Disc.