Periodic exceptions — last year's "Enchanted," say, or even "Juno" — have a way of proving that, especially in the world of franchised, big-budget, big-screen entertainment, boys rule.
"If you want entertainment, hey boys, we've got entertainment," said Cockerill.
Lest their wilderness adventure lack total home entertainment, the boys brought a video: "Reservoir Dogs".
For quieter entertainment, the boys loved the town's No. 1 rainy day attraction, Caddyshack City, an indoor, 18-hole golf course that winds its way through an imaginative city of 500 model buildings and sculptures.
Disney is relying on her insights to create new entertainment for boys 6 to 14, a group that Disney used to own way back in the days of "Davy Crockett" but that has wandered in the age of more girl-friendly Disney fare like "Hannah Montana".
And don't bother asking people who work for Mr. Combs's Bad Boy Entertainment about Mr. Combs, either.
Combs established Bad Boy Entertainment in 1993, and began to build a fortune that Forbes has estimated at five hundred million dollars.
Wells was born in Falkirk in 1963, and would make his own musical entertainment as a boy.
But mentor is how he is viewed by Francesca Spero, senior vice president at Mr. Combs's Bad Boy Entertainment, his record-label and management company.
They snicker and occasionally hoot as the shooting victims testify how they reluctantly brought multimillion-dollar lawsuits against Mr. Combs and his Bad Boy Entertainment record label.
