5 Fantastic Things

5 Fantastic Things to Watch This Week

By Zach Johnson Nat Geo WILD will celebrate the “Pol-idays” this year with a 12 Days of Dr. Pol Marathon, beginning December 21 and continuing through the New Year. As an early present, two of our favorite holiday films—Home Alone and The Mistle-Tones—will air this week before Freeform’s “25 Days of Christmas” comes to a …

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Muppet Babies

Muppet Babies Returns on January 4—Plus More in News Briefs

By Courtney Potter Season Three of Disney Junior’s Muppet Babies Debuts This January They’ll make your dreams come true—with all-new adventures, starting next month! Season three of Disney Junior’s Emmy Award®-nominated series Muppet Babies will premiere Monday, January 4, at 5 p.m. EST on Disney Junior and in DisneyNOW, and will introduce a new Muppet …

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Soul

Exclusive Q&A with Soul Musician Jon Batiste

By Zach Johnson Jamie Foxx may provide the voice of Joe Gardner in Soul, but Jon Batiste provides his hands. “When you see Joe’s hands playing in the film, that’s Jon’s playing,” producer Dana Murray says. “Our animators studied reference footage of Jon at the piano to capture details of how he plays—everything from how …

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On Pointe

7 Things You Need to Know About the Disney+ Docuseries On Pointe

By Beth Deitchman Only the best of the best young dancers are accepted to New York City’s esteemed School of American Ballet (SAB) where, through hard work and dedication, those truly gifted 8-18-year-olds learn to become even better at what they already do so beautifully. The new docuseries On Pointe, coming to Disney+ this Friday, …

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5 fantastic things

5 Fantastic Things to Watch This Weekend

By Zach Johnson Christmas is coming early, thanks to ABC, Disney+, and Nat Geo WILD! It all starts Friday when Disney+ makes the films Eddie the Eagle and Into the Woods available and also debuts the highly anticipated season two finale of The Mandalorian. The next night, Nat Geo WILD will deliver an un-fur-gettable season …

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Disney+

Everything New You Can Stream on Disney+ in January 2021

By Zach Johnson Welcome to a new reality! On January 15, Disney+ and Marvel Studios will present WandaVision, with Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprising their roles as Wanda Maximoff and Vision, respectively, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In anticipation of Marvel Studios’ first original scripted series for the streaming platform, Disney+ will debut Marvel …

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5 fantastic things

5 Fantastic Things to Watch This Week

By Zach Johnson What would we do without Freeform’s “25 Days of Christmas?” The annual programming event continues this week with dozens of fan-favorite holiday episodes, series, and specials, including Prep & Landing and Miracle on 34th Street (1994). If you’re looking for something merry and scary, look no further than FX’s A Christmas Carol. …

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Soul

Good for the Soul: 7 Things to Know About Pixar’s New Movie

By Zach Johnson What is the meaning of life? It’s a loaded question, and it’s one Disney and Pixar’s new movie Soul attempts to answer—or, at the very least, ponder—through the eyes of Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx), a middle school band teacher with dreams of becoming a professional jazz musician, and 22 (voice …

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