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Previously, we reported on Scott and Diana Anderson, the Arizona couple who sued Disney over their dismissal from Club 33 and lost. Now, they are talking to The Hollywood Reporter and dishing on the drama, expenses, celebrities, and alleged violations by other Club 33 members. Diana told THR that “It is a cult, and Walt’s the messiah.” This was interesting, given that when she lost her case, she allegedly told the LA Times she would sell a kidney to get their membership back.

The Hollywood Reporter has an interview in which the couple spills about Club 33, and we are going to take a look at some of their claims.

The couple reports that it took them 12 years to get off the waiting list and into Club 33. This is likely true as the list is very long. But when they got in the sticker shock was a bit much because the costs were higher than they expected.

Scott and Diana Anderson only want one thing: to be let back into Club 33. But Club 33 definitely doesn’t want them as members.

Since 1967, the club has served Disneyland’s highest-rolling VIPs — an in-the-know oasis over the Pirates of the Caribbean ride that purports to make the happiest place on Earth even happier. (Much of that is due to the fact that Club 33 was for decades the only place inside Disneyland proper to get a hard drink.) In 2012, the club opened a satellite location available to its Platinum-tier members, the 1901 Lounge, in California Adventure.

The Andersons, both 60, have been together for 44 years. They waited 12 of those years to receive their Club 33 invitation, shelling out $50,000 for their first-year dues alone. They got their money’s worth, however, using the clubs upward of 80 days per year.

By their fifth year of membership, however, the magic was fading: They say new managers had taken over,...

Disney Adults is a term that people use to describe those obsessed with Disney. While many people love Disney for a reason, there are some who feel they can’t live without it and will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get more time at a Disney theme park or elite Disney club like Club 33.

Club 33 is an elite, private club that costs $35,000 to join and $15,000 annually in dues. The waitlist to get in can be five to ten years. An Arizona couple claims to have waited over ten years to get into the club and initiated a lawsuit against Disney when they were kicked out—a lawsuit they just lost.

Scott and Diana Anderson, both 60, claim they visited the Disneyland Resort 60-80 times a year, spending almost $125k annually to do so.

They became members of Disney’s Club 33 in 2012 but were kicked out in 2017 due to claims...

Face the Nation, the long-running news interview program, presents its latest episode on CBS this Sunday morning. The episode features guests Gov. Doug Burgum, R-n.D., Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney in New York, and Scott Anderson, director of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency’s operations in Gaza. In this episode, host Margaret Brennan engages […]

Face the Nation: Gov. Doug Burgum, Preet Bharara, Scott Anderson...

We were recently able to catch up with Finger 11 vocalist Scott Anderson as he was gearing up for the release of the band’s greatest hits compilation. The album features various hits from throughout the band’s extensive career and also boasts an unreleased cover of Pink Floyd’s “Welcome To The Machine”. Finger 11 has also included a brand new single on the album titled “Together Right”! The new song is about unity. It’s about the bonds between people and how far that bond can extend before it’s broken.

You just don’t know how excited we were to hear that Finger 11 was releasing a greatest hits album! We can only imagine what that must feel like for you?

You know what? It feels good…it feels like a long time coming! It feels like only big bands get greatest hits albums and now it’s like ‘Alright,...

The Hollywood Reporter‘s designers in 2022 commissioned more than 100 illustrations from more than 80 artists for stories across all genres. Below is a selection of the art team’s favorite pieces over the last year.

Beverly Hills Spy: How a WWII-Era James Bond Betrayed the Allies

Illustration by Barbara Gibson

Art direction by Peter Cury

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Immunity Building: Hollywood Doctors on Upping Your Well-Being Amid Omicron

Illustration by Maite Franchi

Art direction by Nicholas Brawley

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Why Rihanna, Kevin Hart and More Stars Are Rushing to Buy the House Next Door

Illustration by Audrey Malo

Art direction by Kelsey Stefanson

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Guest Column: How ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’ Revealed the Power of Collaboration

Illustration by Ana Miminoshvili

Art direction by Kelsey Stefanson

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2022 Oscars Issue Cover

Illustration by Yadi Liu

Art direction by Peter Cury

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Former Sons Of Anarchy executive producers Art Linson and John Linson are developing Lawrence In Arabia, an HBO period drama series set in the Middle East. The project is based on Scott Anderson’s bestselling book Lawrence In Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly And The Making Of The Modern Middle East, published in 2014. Written by Oscar-nominated Anthony McCarten (The Theory Of Everything), the drama is described as chronicling the adventure of T.E. Lawrence, David…...

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Vacancy (2007)

Directed By: Nimród Antal

Written By: Mark L. Smith

Starring: Kate Beckinsale (Amy Fox), Luke Wilson (David Fox), Frank Whaley (Mason), Ethan Embry (Mechanic), Scott G. Anderson (Killer), Mark Casella (Truck Driver), David Doty (Highway Patrol)

“Vacancy” is a commendable effort to restore thrills and tension in modern horror, which is something lost in films of this genre now. It takes on a modern take of “Psycho” with a lone motel scenario with fewer characters. It manages to merge themes from the exploitation sub genre to fit with a modern audience. “Vacancy” is a refreshing horror film that avoids heavy gore as the selling point.

A married couple, whose relationship is on the fritz, car breaks down near a small isolated motel in hopes to stay overnight until they get their car fixed the next day. Unfortunately, what was seemingly a harmless visit...

One of the positives of Vacancy 2: The First Cut is that its existence suggests that the efficiently scary original, a box-office disappointment in theaters, found a wider audience on video—enough to encourage the production of this Sony Pictures direct-to-disc follow-up. Another is that as DVD sequels go, this one doesn’t shame its predecessor.

It no doubt helped that producer Hal Lieberman and scripter Mark L. Smith both returned for the second round (while foreign import Nimrod Antal was replaced by domestic indie-film stalwart Eric Bross as director). This is another in the reductive trend of prequels that attempt to explain just why their murderers do what they do, but for the first 20 minutes, Smith seems to be onto something as he traces the evolution of his villains from voyeuristic pornographers to snuff purveyors. Gordon (David Moscow, the boy who became Tom Hanks in Big, now grown up and styled—intentionally,...

Anchor Bay Entertainment gave Fango the scoop on final specs for its DVD of The Alphabet Killer. The fact-based, Rob Schmidt-directed serial-murder thriller streets January 6.

The film, in which Eliza Dushku plays a police officer who slowly loses her mind while investigating the child slayings, will be presented in 16x9-enhanced 2.35:1 widescreen with Dolby Surround 5.1 sound. Special features include:

• Audio commentary by Schmidt and producer Isen Robbins

• Audio Commentary by writer/producer/actor Tom Malloy

• A to Z: The Making of The Alphabet Killer featurette

• “First Victim”—alternate scene

Retail price is $26.97. Schmidt talks about The Alphabet Killer, which will have limited theatrical play next month, here and in Fango #279, on sale in December.

In addition, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment sent along details on Vacancy 2: The First Cut, its direct-to-dvd prequel to last year’s big-screen snuff-motel shocker. This movie finds the villainous Mr. Smith (returning Scott G. Anderson...