Birthday party? Yesterday might have been Disneyland’s 53rd birthday but we all know 7/17/55 was the invite only grand opening celebration. So, for all us regular folks, today marks the 53rd anniversary of the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’. Rumors, from the most untrusted source in Disney gossip, say that Disney will announce a new Hong Kong park after the Olympics. I’ll believe that when Al Lutz at Miceage.com leaks that, or its officially announced.

Amazon on Demand. Thursday Amazon launched the beta version of its new VOD service. It will have 40,000 movies and TV shows to rent only. No subscription charges are connected to the service and no special software is needed to play the videos. Each film will carry a rental fee and all of the major studios except Disney (including ABC) have agreed to provide videos. Disney isn’t about to turn their viewers away from their own sites, and from the highly lucrative set-up they have with iTune’s.

‘The Dark Knight.’That’s right, it’s here. Reviews claim it to be one of the best super hero movies of all time. Christopher Nolan is getting great acclaim for his direction and work on the script. Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker is also being heaped with praise. Both Jason T. and Jason D. will be seeing the movie on Imax tomorrow morning. It was the only showing not sold out.

Top of the Wii. Nintendo’s Wii console has now outsold the older Xbox 360 from Microsoft. 10.9 million units of the Wii console have now been sold since its launch back in November 2006 (has it really been that long?). The Xbox is hanging close behind at 10.5 million sold. Sony’s Playstation 3 might have gotten a boost from ‘Metal Gear Solid 4′ but is not even close in the race at around 5 million sold, but given the price they only have to sell about half as much to make the same amount.


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