News on Ebenezer Scrooge

Disney Studio

2010-03-12T17:00:56Z

FILE - In this film publicity image released by Disney, Ebenezer Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey, is shown in a scene from "A Christmas Carol." To further cut costs at its movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. said Friday March 12, 2010 that it will shut a ...

Making Money Without Making Enemies

2010-02-22T19:05:28Z

There is never a wrong time to talk about making money and gaining wealth without making enemies. Occasions, such as Christmas, provide a special reason. The best example is Charles Dickens? ?A Christmas Carol.?<br><br>If you have not read the book I am sure you must have seen a version of a TV movie or even a cartoon about the story of a stingy businessman named Disney's "A Christmas Carol" to top the box office, final figures showed Monday.</p><p>The big-budget "2012" reduced its competitors to rubble as it racked up 65.2 million dollars, accounting for roughly half of all box office receipts in an impressi...

'2012' gets ahead of rivals at US box office

2010-02-24T05:09:03Z

<div><p>North American film-goers favored the apocalypse over Christmas this weekend as disaster flick "2012" beat Disney's "A Christmas Carol" to top the box office, according to early estimates Sunday.</p><p>Trend-trackers Exhibitor Relations said the loosely Mayan-inspired t...

'Christmas Carol' hits high note at box office

2010-02-24T07:42:13Z

<div><p>The festive season lured North American movie-goers at the weekend to leave "Disney's A Christmas Carol" on top of the box office rankings, final figures showed Monday.</p><p>The latest adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale, featuring Jim Ca...

'Christmas Carol' beats the dickens out of box office rivals

2010-02-24T08:11:13Z

<div><p>With more than 40 shopping days left until Christmas, North American theater audiences already had enough holiday cheer to put "Disney's A Christmas Carol" at the top of the box office this week.</p><p>Early estimates on Sunday by box office tracker Exhibitor Relations ...

Ahead of the Bell: Disney earnings hurt by Scrooge

2010-02-24T07:59:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Disney's fiscal 4th-quarter earnings will take a hit from Scrooge, analyst warns</div><div><p>Walt Disney Co.'s new version of "A Christmas Carol" got a Bah Humbug from Deutsche Bank, which predicts a disappointing $31 million in o...

AP News in Brief

2010-02-24T10:54:59Z

<div id="subtitle">AP News in Brief</div><div><p>Democrat senators divided on government health insurance, so House's bill has nowhere to go</p><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill the...

Carrey's 'Christmas Carol' wraps up $31M weekend

2010-02-24T08:14:46Z

<div id="subtitle">Carrey's 'Christmas Carol' wraps up $31M weekend; 'Precious' opens big in limited release</div><div><p>Jim Carrey's Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on "A Christmas Carol," which took in $31 million to open as the weekend's top movie.</p><p>The

2010-02-24T10:30:47Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Take a classic Christmas tale, a dollop of Jim Carrey and a sprinkling of innovative movie technology.</p><p>Bake for 96 minutes, Hollywood style, and you've got the latest version of "A Christmas Carol", arriving in movie theaters around t...

Carrey stars in 'Christmas Carol' remake

2010-02-24T10:40:32Z

<div><p>It is 166 years since the publication of "A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens heartwarming seasonal story of redemption wrapped up in a biting indictment of 19th century capitalism.</p><p>Yet in the era of global financial crisis and multi-billion-dollar fraud, Jim Carrey believes Dickens's tale about how the miserly

Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit

2010-02-24T10:41:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood's holiday spirit; season also has vamps, aliens, doomsday</div><div><p>Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?</p><p>The latest version of <...

Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge

2010-02-24T10:42:52Z

<div id="subtitle">Carrey, Zemeckis' `Christmas Carol' captures 21st century Scrooge through digital technology</div><div><p>Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination.</p><p>Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take ...

Scrooge comes to Cannes for snowy Disney blockbuster

2010-02-27T08:59:11Z

<div><p>Scrooge came to Cannes in a horse-drawn carriage Monday to promote Disney's 3D holiday special "A Christmas Carol" starring Jim Carrey and a host of other Hollywood A-listers.</p><p>Carrey plays the eponymous Disney offers Cannes preview of new `Christmas Carol'</div><div><p>Jim Carrey has multiple personalities in his next movie.</p><p>Carrey and director Margaret Atwood Bloomsbury, £9.99, pp. 230, ISBN 9780747598497 £7.99 (plus £2.45 p&amp;p) 0870 429 6655</p><p> Timing is all. In 1969 Margaret Atwood's An Edible Woman was published, and its iconic portrayal of women moulded into object...

scrooge roundup

2009-04-24T14:28:32Z

***File Photo*** * LLOYD JOINS BAH HUMBUG GANG BACK TO THE FUTURE star CHRISTOPHER LLOYD is the latest star to play 'humbug' onstage as EBENEZER SCROOGE in an all-star version of CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL. The actor will play the Victorian miser in a production that will also feature Gene Wilder,