âGrannyâ. Ellen Weatherall, or better known as Granny Weatherall, was an eighty year old woman who was waiting death. While waiting in her bed in her room, with a beautiful view outside her window, she recalls the different events in her life that defined her character. Of the many things she recalled, her broken heart was the worst for her, as it impacted the person she was.
Beyond the Book. Allende was approached by John Gertz, who owns the rights to Zorro, to write a literary book about the famous character. Gertz's father had bought the rights to Zorro from McCulley in 1920 and, in conjunction with Disney, had developed Zorro into a TV series, comic book and feature film.
Post; Walt Disney (again, who knew?) which owns ABC; Viacom, whose only news venture appears to the an Indian media company, Global Broadcast; CBS; and finally, Time Warner which owns CNN. I researched the stock market to see who owned them. While each has individuals, like Rupert Murdoch, who own large stakes, it is the institutions which own the lionâs share. As I looked through these institutions, I saw an eerie pattern of ownership emerge.