As Dreamers Do Part Deux

With the polls having closed on the west coast, the 2000 Presidential Election has a winner...
Harvey Weinstein, the Republican from California and overseer of the film division of Phil Anschutz's corporate empire. Serving as his vice president will be outgoing Texas governor and former Houston Oilers owner George W. Bush.
... Looks like all hell's gonna break loose soon. Just as bad as Trump becoming president IOTL but not as bad as Ted Bundy becoming president ITTL.

At least we have Mr. Bush as Vice. For better or for worse...
 
The Infancy of High Definition Television in North America

HDTV, just like OTL, had its humble beginnings in the United States in 1998. However, the US wasn't the first country to adopt HDTV, as it already had been the standard in Japan since the 1980's.

ITTL, Fox affiliate KSPO in Spokane, Washington became the first local station to implement an HD signal at a time when most homes still had standard def TV sets.

The first HD sports telecast on an experimental basis was a regular season NBA showdown between the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks from Madison Square Garden. The game was shown nationwide on April 2, 1998 on TNT. On January 30, 2000, the first championship game to be presented in high definition was Super Bowl XXIV between the Los Angeles Rams and Houston Oilers on ABC.

The first awards show presented in HD was the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, which were held on September 9, 1999, hence the "9.9.99" logo.

Microsoft is currently developing technology in collaboration with Comcast to bring UPN into the Hi-Def era with HD programming starting sometime in 2002.

Kim Possible, The Proud Family and the third season of Casper and Molly McGee will each be Disney's first animated series produced for HDTV in 2002.
COOL!
 
With the polls having closed on the west coast, the 2000 Presidential Election has a winner...
Harvey Weinstein, the Republican from California and overseer of the film division of Phil Anschutz's corporate empire. Serving as his vice president will be outgoing Texas governor and former Houston Oilers owner George W. Bush.
I feel that the Wineistine presidney will diffently be the last nail in the coffin for the GOP. I hope he get impeached with in a year and that Lowell wicker will become the reform parties first president in 2000. Is it possialbe that Goeroge W bush gett impeached too.
 
Six Flags bought out the Walibi group in 1998. You didn't mention anybody buying Walbi in 1998 but that dosn't mean that a sale didn't happen. So please tell me if someone bought Walbi in 1998 or if they stayed indpent till 2000. If somebody buought them in 1998 then please tell bought. If they were bought Six king then I feel most of the parks would have wonderland in their name because all of six kings forgin parks have wonderland in their names
 
Now that's seriously cursed
I assume that the winestine will cause the republican party to colloaspe . The more moderate republicans will jump to the reform party. The more converstive republiacan may may join the constitution party but I am not sure if that party would exist in this timeline. The constitution party originally called the tax payer party was formed in protest of George HW breaking his promise to not raise taxes. It still possible that lee iacco made a promise to not raise and broke leading to formation of the consiton party constitution
 
With the polls having closed on the west coast, the 2000 Presidential Election has a winner...
Harvey Weinstein, the Republican from California and overseer of the film division of Phil Anschutz's corporate empire. Serving as his vice president will be outgoing Texas governor and former Houston Oilers owner George W. Bush.
 
Entertainment News for November 2000
Entertainment News for November 2000

Weinstein Wins the White House


America is frozen in shock as Harvey Weinstein pulls off a shocking upset over Al Gore and John McCain to win the White House.
- The Washington Post

Did foul play help elevate Weinstein's victory? Australia claims Bond villain wannabe Vladimir Putin helped Rolf Harris become Prime Minister in 1998.
- Reuters

During his victory speech, President Elect Weinstein vowed to "...take out Bin Laden" in response to last month's attack on the USS Cole.
- CNN

Other News

Disney confirms that production has begun on the live action Carmen Sandiego movie. Director Rachel Stone-Abbott said that because of Angelina Jolie's prior commitment to a Tomb Raider film, the role of Carmen will instead be filled by Salma Hayek. Another last minute casting change involved the role of Sara Nade, one of Carmen's minions. Canadian singer Avril Lavinge was rumored to play the part, but decided to focus on recording her major label debut. Instead, Sara will be played by Rachael Leigh Cook.
- The Hollywood Reporter

Kurt Cobain hints at a possible Nirvana reunion for 2002.
- MTV News

The Screen Actors Guild welcomes the entire WCW roster into its membership.
- CNN

TNT pulls the plug on Glamazon after GLAAD complained the show was "botched from the beginning."
- TV Guide

Two and half months into principal photography, Universal releases a teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which comes out in exactly twelve months.
- Variety
 
Weinstein Wins the White House

America is frozen in shock as Harvey Weinstein pulls off a shocking upset over Al Gore and John McCain to win the White House.
- The Washington Post

Did foul play help elevate Weinstein's victory? Australia claims Bond villain wannabe Vladimir Putin helped Rolf Harris become Prime Minister in 1998.
- Reuters

During his victory speech, President Elect Weinstein vowed to "...take out Bin Laden" in response to last month's attack on the USS Cole.
- CNN
So am I, no thank you very much. And the involvement from Putin here does not help one molecule.

However, if he actually does go and off Bin Laden, thus potentially butterflying the 9/11 attacks, perhaps President Weinstein could actually do something right. But I heavily doubt that...
Other News

Disney confirms that production has begun on the live action Carmen Sandiego movie. Director Rachel Stone-Abbott said that because of Angelina Jolie's prior commitment to a Tomb Raider film, the role of Carmen will instead be filled by Salma Hayek. Another last minute casting change involved the role of Sara Nade, one of Carmen's minions. Canadian singer Avril Lavinge was rumored to play the part, but decided to focus on recording her major label debut. Instead, Sara will be played by Rachael Leigh Cook.
- The Hollywood Reporter

Kurt Cobain hints at a possible Nirvana reunion for 2002.
- MTV News

The Screen Actors Guild welcomes the entire WCW roster into its membership.
- CNN

TNT pulls the plug on Glamazon after GLAAD complained the show was "botched from the beginning."
- TV Guide

Two and half months into principal photography, Universal releases a teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which comes out in exactly twelve months.
- Variety
The recastings of Carmen and Sara Nade do lead to some good replacements here.

With that said, a Nirvana reunion would be much obliged in this timeframe.

And between WCW represented as Screen Actors, Glamazon getting the axe after so long of its overdue cancellation, and Universal's Harry Potter teaser trailer, it looks to be quite a brave new decade.
 
The Emperor's New Groove (2000 Film)
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The Emperor's New Groove
Released by Walt Disney Pictures on December 10, 2000

Cast and Crew
Same as OTL

Notes
ITTL, The Emperor's New Groove did better than IOTL at the box office, mainly with ticket sales coming from adults needing a short break from the constant post-election chatter.​
 
Well this is very good! Let's move forward with the following films of December 2000, which are Carolco and Alcon Entertainment's (OTL 20th Century Fox made the film) Dude, Where's My Car?, Touchstone Pictures' (OTL Universal Pictures made the film) The Family Man, Carolco and Village Roadshow Pictures' (OTL 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Pictures made the film) Cast Away, Columbia Pictures and Village Roadshow's (OTL Paramount Pictures and Icon Productions made the film) What Women Want, New Line Cinema's Thirteen Days, Hollywood Pictures and AEG Films' (OTL Columbia Pictures and Miramax Films made the film) All the Pretty Horses, Gramercy Pictures' (OTL USA Films made the film) Traffic, and Turner Pictures' (OTL United Artists made the film) The Claim, and January 2001's films, which are Carolco's (OTL MGM made the film) Antitrust, United Artists' (OTL Paramount Pictures made the film) Save the Last Dance, Touchstone Pictures' Double Take, Hollywood Pictures' (OTL Warner Bros. made the film) The Pledge, New Line Cinema's Sugar & Spice and Paramount Pictures' (OTL Columbia Pictures made the film) The Wedding Planner.
 
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The Emperor's New Groove
Released by Walt Disney Pictures on December 10, 2000

Cast and Crew
Same as OTL

Notes
ITTL, The Emperor's New Groove did better than IOTL at the box office, mainly with ticket sales coming from adults needing a short break from the constant post-election chatter.​
Aww...and here I was hoping for Kingdom of the Sun.
 
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