Author: Murray the Bellhop
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Salt and Straw Ice Cream Coming to Downtown Disney
Salt and Straw ice cream is coming to Downtown Disney according to Disney Parks Blog. The unique ice cream store will be part of the ongoing redoing of the “promenade-wide” area. What is Salt and Straw? Salt and Straw has a few locations on the west coast including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland.…
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Party For The Planet: Animal Kingdom’s 20th Anniversary
Animal Kingdom not only celebrated Earth Day on April 22, but its 20th anniversary as well. The park was bustling with debuts and ceremonies. Ceremony Over at the Lion King Theater in Africa, a special 20th anniversary presentation had the Vice President over Animal Kingdom, the Vice President of parks at Walt Disney World, and…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring Cosmic Ghost Rider
Marvel Comics news from Ghost Rider Frank Castle to an April sale on digital comics! Here’s what was announced for April 2 – 6, 2018 COSMIC GHOST RIDER: Punishment By Fire! A brand-new series from Donny Cates and Dylan Burnett! New York, NY—April 4, 2018—He’s commanded the page in a blaze of glory…and now,…
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Knott’s Hangtime Grand Opening Announced
Knott’s Berry Farm is getting ready to open a brand new roller coaster on May 18, 2018. Hangtime will be the first dive coaster on the West Coast. It will have a 15 story, 96-degree drop before sending guests through several twists and turns. The official Knott’s statement is below: Buena Park, Calif. – Knott’s…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring Fantastic Four
THE FANTASTIC FOUR RETURN TO MARVEL COMICS! The new monthly series will begin this August New York, NY—March 29, 2018—As revealed by Editor in Chief C.B. Cebulski in an official video from Marvel, FANTASTIC FOUR will return this summer in an all-new monthly series, written by Dan Slott (Amazing Spider-Man, Silver Surfer) with art…
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Secrets of the Making of Marvel and Star Trek Films and Shows from Award Winning Creatives
Emily Coutts and Ariel Barer moderated a panel of several of the creative visionaries behind music, make-up and costumes for Marvel shows, movies, and Star Trek. Emily Coutts stars on Star Trek: Discovery, and Ariel Barer is on Hulu’s Marvel’s Runaways series. Among the panelists were Ruth Carter – costume designer for Black Panther, Jeff…
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Effects Supervisors & Art Director From Marvel and Star Trek Films Share Insights into Creating the Blockbusters
WonderCon has a wide variety of panels that highlight behind the scenes of comics and movies, and even when those are combined. At the Sights and Sounds of Animation, CG, and VFX, panelists described work they do and how it comes together. Among the panelists were Bryan Grill and Jordan Crockett who have worked on…
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Highlights of WonderCon 2018 From the Show Floor to Panels
WonderCon is a great gathering of geekdom whether comic books, sci-fi, anime, or even some video games. It’s a great time to see what’s new in these avenues and to check out something different. Here’s some highlights from this year’s convention. Show Floor A main feature of any of these cons is the show floor. …
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Nichelle Nichols Delights Guests at WonderCon
Nichelle Nichols is best known as the iconic “Uhura” in Star Trek the Original Series and in the feature films starring the original cast. She has a broad career that even includes singing with Duke Ellington. She’s appeared in other television series including Heroes on NBC. At WonderCon 2018, Ms. Nichols spent three days signing…
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Recap of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Panel at WonderCon 2018
Jeph Loeb moderated the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel at WonderCon 2018. It celebrated the 100 episode mark for the show with a great sizzle reel of past seasons. Almost all the cast were on hand for fans, except Clark Gregg who was in Washington DC. He eventually was able to FaceTime with Chloe Bennet to…
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Star Trek: Discovery Visionaries Explains the Making of a Modern Trek
Mary Chieffo, who played L’Rell, moderated the panel of visionaries who have shaped the new Star Trek series. The Executive Producers, Gretchen Berg, and Aaron Harberts headed up the group. Mario Moreira – property master, Gersha Phillips – costume designer, Glenn Hetrick – special f/x makeup, James MacKinnon – head of prosthetic and special f/x…
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Voice Cast Announced for Lego Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda
VOICE CAST ANNOUNCED FOR LEGO® MARVEL SUPER HEROES – BLACK PANTHER: TROUBLE IN WAKANDA Special to Premiere this Summer on Disney XD ANAHEIM, CA (March 24, 2018) –Marvel Entertainment announced at WonderCon today, the voice cast for the upcoming special, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda. The voice cast includes: James…
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Funko Pop and Marvel Premiere Second Season of Shorts With Spider-Gwen
Funko Pop has an iconic visual way of presenting characters we’re all familiar with. Marvel has many of these characters, and the two have collaborated on several shorts. In a second season beginning, Spider-Gwen takes to the rooftops and fights Venom! The video and press release are below: Marvel and Funko have collaborated to create…
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The Best of Knott’s Boysenberry Festival 2018
Knott’s Berry Farm’s Boysenberry Festival is always a great event to go to. This year is even better! And here are some of the highlights… Great Shows The Boysenberry Festival has some unique entertainment that is fun to watch and even gets the audience involved. One of the shows worth stopping by is Snoopy’s Boysenberry…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring Wakanda Forever
The Black Panther’s Dora Milaje Meet The Marvel Universe in WAKANDA FOREVER! Hugo and Nebula Award winner Nnedi Okorafor brings Wakanda’s most fearless warriors to Marvel! New York, NY—March 16, 2018— After their scene-stealing theatrical debut in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, Wakanda’s fiercest warriors are traveling outside of their country to fight new threats…
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New Avengers: Infinity War Trailer Shows More of How They’ll Come Together
Avengers: Infinity War has a new trailer to build up anticipation for a movie that is premiering sooner than originally expected. Where trailers before have had narrations from various Avengers members, this one features Gamora explaining who Thanos is. It looks like she’s telling Tony Stark, but it’s yet to be seen if this is…
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Disneyland Resort Update 3/12/18 Featuring Construction & Some Food and Wine Reviews
This week at the Disneyland Resort saw rain, but not much in the way of updates. So, included in this edition is some review on Food and Wine fare. Pixar Pier First, some slight construction updates on Pixar Pier. Mickey’s Fun Wheel had some scaffolding all up and down. The top third of the scaffolding is…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring New Black Panther & Captain Marvel
This week was jam-packed with a lot of Fresh Start news. Black Panther, The Life of Captain Marvel, Deadpool, Tony Stark: Iron Man, and Sentry are all going to re-introduce some longtime characters. In addition, variant covers for International Women’s Day and Venom are some great things to take a look at. The March schedule…
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Even Better Food and Treats at the 2018 Boysenberry Festival at Knott’s
It is almost time for the Boysenberry Festival at Knott’s Berry Farm! This year the event is expanded to be from March 16 to April 8, and the menu has greatly expanded as well. Return of the Boysenberry A tasting preview allowed me to get an early look and taste of the items this year. …
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Disneyland Update 3/5/18 With a Last Look at King Triton’s Carousel
The Disneyland Resort is hopping with the California Food and Wine Festival happening. A special Annual Passholder area features photo ops and a special button. Construction continues for Pixar Pier. At night lights are present on the sun for the sun of the former California Screamin’ and Mickey Mouse on Mickey’s Fun Wheel. Sunday was…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring Fresh Start Spider-Man, Captain America and Thor
This week contains more previews of Fresh Start Marvel beginnings including Captain Marvel and Amazing Spider-Man. More info on the wedding event of Kitty Pryde and Colossus. Also a Marvel Television panel schedule for WonderCon, which will be later on this month. We will be covering the annual comic convention, so be sure to follow…
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David Ogden Stiers, Voice of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Dead at 75
David Ogden Stiers has passed away at age 75 due to battle with bladder cancer. He is most famous for starring in MAS*H, but to the Disney world he was the voice of some key characters in animated films. Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film that he lent his voice. He was…
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Walt Disney Studios Paris to Begin Multi-Year Expansion in 2021
Bob Iger has announced a multi-year expansion to Walt Disney Studios Paris, the park right next to Disneyland Paris. Already announced is the Iron Man roller coaster taking Rock N’ Roller Coaster’s place. It will be part of a Marvel area that Iger announced. Other areas include a Star Wars land and Frozen area. A…
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Bud Luckey, Pixar Animator Behind Woody’s Cowboy Design, Passes Away at 83
Bud Luckey was not as much a known name in animation as Pete Docter or Andrew Stanton, but he still was a great animator behind many characters we know. He was the man that came up with Woody being a cowboy in Toy Story. Among other contributions were voicing Rick Dicker in the Incredibles, Chuckles…