Your Daily News from Around Disney 4/20/15

It's Monday and it certainly was a busy weekend with Star Wars Celebration wrapping up in Anaheim. Next years celebration will be in London. The weekend went by quickly and it seems the days are just flying by. I can't believe we are already three quarters of the way through April. Anyways lets get into your daily news from around Disney.

Live with Kelly and Michael Will be Live from Disneyland for Diamond Celebration:

"Live with Kelly and Michael" will help celebrate Disneyland's 60th anniversary with shows from Disneyland May 18-22. Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan will bring their show in which Disney hopes will boost park attendance in time for the Diamond Celebration which begins on May 22. The morning show duo will broadcast live from in front of Main Street, USA and Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Guests for the show will include Mariah Carey, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Christina Aguilera, "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Kimmel, "Scandal" star Scott Foley, and "The Middle" star Patricia Heaton. More guests will be announced at a later time. Live with Kelly and Michael will also look into the park's history as well as new attractions at the park.

"Live with Kelly and Michael" is distributed in national syndication by Disney/ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution. It is produced by WABC-TV in New York and airs in more than 200 markets.

Bob Iger Named One of Time Magazine's Most Influential People:

Disney CEO Bob Iger has been named to Time Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People. As written by Rupert Murdoch, Iger is described as a mogul mouseketeer. It says that Iger could have been haunted by the past but has instead created a powerhouse for Disney's future by diversifying the portfolio and not traducing the tradition of Disney. Murdoch continues that instead of being like many of the Hollywood "characters," "Bob is thoughtful leader and earnest individual, decent and dignified, farsighted and focused."

It goes on to talk about how the business of Disney is family whether it be through its family of networks, its movies, theme parks, shows on Broadway, and cruises. Murdoch also writes how ESPN is a juggernaut as a part of the Disney family and business. He writes how Hollywood balked at the idea that Iger spent $15 million on Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm. In turn the transactions turned into brilliant investments that have kept Disney out in front. Murdoch ends with this, "Under Bob, Disney is hardly Frozen in time."