Tag: Oscar
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Ub Iwerks Academy Award | DISNEY THIS DAY | April 4, 1960
On this day in 1960, Disney creative genius Ub Iwerks won an Oscar for Technical Achievement at the 32nd Annual Academy Awards. The award recognized Iwerks’s design of an optical printer for special effects. The device was essentially a camera that worked together with at least one projector to take pictures of photographs. This made…
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Honorary Oscar at Carthay Circle Restaurant at Disney California Adventure
The honorary Oscar given to Walt Disney by Shirley Temple for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is temporarily on display at Carthay Circle at Disney California Adventure. The Oscar and seven miniature accompanying Oscars are on display in the entrance of the Disney replication of the theater where the movie premiered. This display is…
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Alan Menken Earns Coveted EGOT Status with Daytime Emmy Win
On Sunday night, Disney Legend Alan Menken earned a daytime Emmy for composing “Waiting in the Wings” from Tangled: The Series: Rapunzel and the Great Tree. This means that Alan Menken has officially achieved EGOT status after he has been an active musician since 1972! To earn an EGOT is no easy feat! The earner has…
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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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Time to Celebrate! – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to another edition of DISNEY Reporter! This week Mr. DAPs reports on location at Knott’s Berry Farm while covering the Knott’s Peanuts Celebration as a hosted guest. This week’s news revolves mainly around the Disney Parks with the return of Mickey’s Soundsational and the Lunar New Year celebration to the Disneyland Resort. The Disneyland…
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Here’s Why Black Panther is One of the Biggest Disney Stories of 2018 – Top 5 Disney Stories of 2018
Before the movie came out in 2018, Black Panther was a somewhat known Marvel Comics character that first appeared in Captain America: Civil War. Now he’s one of the most popular. Here’s why Black Panther became the second from the top story of 2018 for Disney. Hype Marvel didn’t have a lot of diverse characters…
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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…
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Whoopi Goldberg Inducted as Disney Legend Becoming First LEGOT Recipient
WHOOPI GOLDBERG NAMED A DISNEY LEGEND AT D23 EXPO, MAKING HER THE ONE AND ONLY LEGOT RECIPIENT! Whoopi Goldberg is one of a very elite group of artists who is an EGOT, which is an acronym for a person who’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. She has won Emmys (as host of AMC’s…
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Treats, Trailers, and Talent – Geeks Corner – Episode 537
This week on Geeks Corner it is all about Finding Dory treats with our very special guest, Kellie from Pretty Little Bakers! She brings with her a fun treat based on the new Pixar movie, a “doryeo” pop. Along with these delectable treat, she also brought a recipe! This week also marks the release of…
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The Star Wars Explosion – Geeks Corner – Episode 416
Star Wars is exploding all over lately. New movies, new tv shows, and a new half marathon at the Disneyland Resort have Star Wars fans geeking out all over the place. This week it seems only appropriate that we kick off and focus on the Star Wars explosion that is happening in the geek universe. Is…
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DisneyNature – CHIMPANZEE on Blu-ray & DVD 8/21!
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Meet Oscar, the Young Chimp Whose Playful Curiosity and Zest for Discovery Light Up the African Forest Experience the Spectacular Imagery and Stunning High-Definition Visuals on Disney Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Digital & On-Demand August 21, 2012 Disneynature Will Donate a Portion of First-Week Sales to the Jane Goodall…
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A Look in the Disney Archives, Courtesy of D23
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Recently, D23 – the official Disney fan club, invited several members of the online media up to the Walt Disney Studios to look at the events coming to D23 members in 2012. Things got started off with a look around the lobby of the Frank G. Wells building.…