Category: Entertainment
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Disney to Retire Shop Disney Parks App on May 31st As It Streamlines Guest Shopping Experience
Disney will soon be shutting down the Shop Disney Parks app. This is part of an effort to help streamline the guest shopping experience. Instead of using the Disney Parks app, guests are being encouraged to instead begin to use shopDisney. Guests visiting shopDisney will discover that it has become a comprehensive online shopping hub…
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Tony Hale (Forky) Introduces Sneak Peek at “Toy Story 4” Coming to Disney Parks As Soon As Next Week
We are a little over a month away from Toy Story 4 hitting theaters and we just can’t wait! Disney and Pixar share our excitement and want to bring us a little something while we eagerly await the newest addition to the Toy Story saga. As early as next week, we will be able to catch a…
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Animated Shorts Coming to Disney+ Streaming Service Next Year through Disney’s Short Circuit Program
Who doesn’t love animated shorts? Fans of the Walt Disney Company have come to love the short stories that unfold before them, especially before Pixar films. Disney has decided to pursue creating more animated shorts, even creating the new Short Circuit program that will bring us all new shorts to the streaming service next year.…
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The Walt Disney Company’s Live-Action “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” Gets a Director in Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer
As Disney continues to move forward with films, we see new imaginings of old stories. With Beauty and the Beast behind us and Lion King ahead of us, we are excited to see stories that we know and love come to a new generation in an exciting new way. Now, we are excited to see…
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Disney Releases Triptych Poster for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
On the heels of the “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” teaser trailer which arrived earlier this week comes a special triptych poster from the sequel to the global box-office hit “Maleficent.” Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning reprise their roles as the dark fairy Maleficent and Princess Aurora, respectively, and are joined by Michelle Pfeiffer, Chiwetel Ejiofor,…
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Alumni of the Mickey Mouse Club Visit Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom!
Alumni of the Mickey Mouse Club were at the Magic Kingdom for a very special reunion. Cast Members from all seven seasons of the ‘All New’ Mickey Mouse Club reunited for a special cavalcade at Walt Disney World. This is the cast who filmed their show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on the Disney Channel which…
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Disney Releases New Aladdin Featurette: WORLD OF ALADDIN!
A new featurette from Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation “Aladdin” is now available. “World of ‘Aladdin’” takes you to the bustling streets of Agrabah that production designer Gemma Jackson (“Game of Thrones”) brings to life, as well as to the stunning desert vistas of Jordan where the “Aladdin” production filmed for several weeks in order to capture…
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Disney Announces 11 New Disney Legends That Will Be Honored at The 2019 D23 Expo
This morning Disney announced that 11 new Disney Legends will be honored at this year’s D23 Expo. This will be done during a special ceremony, hosted Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger. The 11 honorees are: Wing Chao, Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, James Earl Jones, Bette Midler, Kenny Ortega, Barnette Ricci, Robin Roberts, Diane…
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Game of Thrones Duo Behind Next Star Wars Movie Bob Iger Confirms
This week Bob Iger confirmed that the next installment of Star Wars will be helmed by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the duo behind Game of Thrones. The announcement came while Iger was speaking at the MoffetNathanson Media & Communications Summit. The movie will be arriving in theaters in December of 2022. “We did a deal…
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The Walt Disney Company Reports Second Quarter and Six Months Earnings for Fiscal 2019
BURBANK, Calif.–The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today reported quarterly earnings for its second fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2019. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations for the quarter increased 81% to $3.53 from $1.95 in the prior-year quarter. Excluding certain items affecting comparability(1), EPS for the quarter decreased 13% to $1.61 from…
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How DisneyResearch|Studios’ Technology and Industrial Light & Magic Artistry Helped Reinvent Hulk in Marvel Studios’ ‘Avengers: Endgame’
For as long as The Hulk has appeared on the silver screen, he’s been either Bruce Banner or “the other guy”—never both. But Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame, the epic conclusion of the Infinity Saga, introduced a character who’d managed to marry the two. “One of the biggest challenges of Avengers: Endgame was the creation of the new Hulk,”…
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Disney to Assume Complete Control of Hulu after Deal with Comcast
Effective immediately, Disney has total operational control of the Hulu streaming service. Today, Disney and Comcast announced that they reached a deal, that gives Disney total control of the platform. Within five years, Comcast has agreed to sell its stake to Disney for at least $5.8 billion. With the new deal, Comcast’s NBCUniversal will license…
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Disney’s Live-Action Aladdin Cast Continues World Tour in Berlin
Follow Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Guy Ritchie & Alan Menken on their Magic Carpet Ride around the World at #MagicCarpetTour The cast and filmmakers of Disney’s live-action adaptation “Aladdin,” including Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, director Guy Ritchie and composer Alan Menken, participated in a photo call and…
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Disney Releases Official Teaser Trailer for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Disney has released the official teaser trailer for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. The sequel to Maleficent has Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning reprising their roles as Maleficent and Princess Aurora. These are characters that first appeared in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. They are joined in this film by Michelle Pfeiffer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Harris Dickinson,…
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Pixar to Pursue All Original Storylines and Films After Release of “Toy Story 4”
When Toy Story 4 hits theaters this July, we may leave hungry for more Pixar storytelling. You may be anticipating more sequels after we’ve seen The Incredibles Story and Dory come to life with prequels and sequels. Today, Pete Docter announced that in the future, when you sit down in theaters to watch a Pixar…
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Stars of Disney’s Live-Action Aladdin Continue World Tour With Stop in London
WILL SMITH, MENA MASSOUD, NAOMI SCOTT, GUY RITCHIE & ALAN MENKEN ATTEND EUROPEAN GALA AT ODEON LUXE THEATRE On the heels of Wednesday’s gala screening in Paris, the stars of Disney’s live-action adaptation “Aladdin” including Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, director Guy Ritchie, producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich and composer Alan…
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Happy 90th Birthday Margaret Kerry!
Not too many people can say that they practically share a birthday with Mickey Mouse. Mickey recently turned 90, and today Margaret Kerry celebrates her 90th birthday! Born Peggy Lynch on May 11, 1929, she worked as an actress and dancer on the “Our Gang” comedies, which were part of “The Little Rascals” shorts by…
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Marvel Studio’s Captain Marvel Coming to Digital on May 28 and Blu-Ray on June 11
It’s time to go higher, further, faster! In just a few short weeks, you’ll be able to bring the power of Marvel Studio’s Captain Marvel into your own home. The film will be available on digital on May 28 and will come to Blu-Ray collections on June 11. Spend your summer with one of the…
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ZAYN and Zhavia Ward to Perform Oscar and GRAMMY-Winning Song A WHOLE NEW WORLD as Featured in Disney’s ALADDIN
ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK TO FEATURE CLASSIC SCORE AND ORIGINAL SONGS BY COMPOSER ALAN MENKEN, LYRICISTS HOWARD ASHMAN AND TIM RICE, PLUS A NEW SONG WRITTEN BY MENKEN, BENJ PASEK AND JUSTIN PAUL WILL SMITH AND DJ KHALED TO PERFORM NEW UPDATED RENDITION OF OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG “FRIEND LIKE ME” DIGITAL ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE MAY…
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Cast from Disney’s Live-Action ALADDIN Kick Off Magic Carpet World Tour in Paris with French Gala and Photo Call
Follow Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Guy Ritchie & Alan Menken as They Continue Their Magic Carpet Ride around the World at #MagicCarpetTour The cast and filmmakers of Disney’s live-action adaptation “Aladdin,” including Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, director Guy Ritchie and composer Alan Menken, participated in a photo call and attended a…
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Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Announced for December Release
This last week the world celebrated Star Wars day on May 4th. There were multiple Star Wars announcements and festivities happening around the globe. One of these announcements focused on multiple books arriving ahead and around Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. One of these books that was announced was Art of Star Wars: The…
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VIDEO: Sony Releases New Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer
An official trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home arrived today. In it, Spider-Man is excited to go on vacation and see Europe. Of course, things never seem to go as they should and soon Spider-Man finds himself enmeshed in an adventure he really wishes he wasn’t a part of. Check out the trailer below. Be…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ is Fastest Ever to $2 Billion
Avengers: Endgame’s historic run continues this weekend. The blockbuster film from Marvel Studios has crossed the $2 billion mark at the global box office, earning an estimated worldwide gross of $2.189 billion in just 11 days of release—the fastest any film has reached this threshold. Avengers: Endgame is now one of just five films ever to earn…
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Disney Brings ‘Avengers: Endgame’ to Troops in Afghanistan
U.S. troops stationed overseas in Afghanistan who had been resigned to avoiding spoilers until the end of their deployments were surprised with special screenings of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame this week. The Walt Disney Company brought the record-shattering film to Bagram Air Field on Wednesday, May 1, and Thursday, May 2, with showings planned for Kandahar…