Sneakerella

Disney+ Original Movie Sneakerella Begins Production for a 2021 Debut

By Zach Johnson The shoes fit! Talented up-and-coming actors Chosen Jacobs and Lexi Underwood have been cast alongside four-time NBA Champion John Salley in the new Disney+ original movie Sneakerella. Now in production, the pop/hip-hop musical leaves a sneaker culture imprint on the Cinderella fairy tale. Jane Startz and Rachel Watanabe-Batton are executive producers, and …

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black-ish Returns for a Seventh Season of Stories That Shine a Light on our “Now”

By Beth Deitchman The Johnsons are back! ABC’s  Emmy®– and Golden Globe® Award-nominated comedy series black-ish kicks off its seventh season on Wednesday, October 21 (9:30 p.m. EDT) with an episode that takes the family—and viewers—back to the beginning of the global pandemic. First responder Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross)—an anesthesiologist—receives praise from the rest of …

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The Conners

The Conners Navigate the New Normal as a Family, Both On- and Off-Screen

By Beth Deitchman Tune in for a total “fam-demic” in the return of ABC’s popular comedy The Conners, which finds Dan (John Goodman), Jackie (Laurie Metcalf), Darlene (Sara Goodman), Becky (Lecy Goranson), and D.J. (Michael Fishman) quarantining together. As the series’ key art notes, the Conners have been “socially distant since always,” but they’ll get …

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Once Upon a Snowman

7 Sunny Stories from Once Upon a Snowman’s Filmmakers

By Courtney Potter If you’ve seen Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Oscar®-winning 2013 animated hit Frozen—and honestly who amongst us hasn’t, at least two or 26 times?—you might have found yourself wondering… what really happened after Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) creates that adorable snowman Olaf (voiced by Josh Gad) as she sang the iconic anthem …

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5 Fantastic Things to Watch This Week

5 Fantastic Things to Watch This Week

By Zach Johnson A premiere-filled week is upon us! New seasons of ABC’s The Conners and Disney+’s The Big Fib are coming, as is the new Disney+ original short Once Upon a Snowman. With Halloween on the horizon, Freeform airs a block of The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” episodes and Hulu debuts the original hair-raising …

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disney+ november 2020

Everything New You Can Stream on Disney+ in November 2020

By Beth Deitchman Something Wonderful is coming to Disney+ in November—a month that’s packed with spectacular content you won’t find anywhere else! Disney+ kicks off the holiday season with an out-of-this-galaxy celebration of Life Day in the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, premiering on November 17; and commemorates Mickey Mouse’s birthday on November 18 with …

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D23 Fantastic Worlds Map

A Creepy Close Look at Details on the D23 Fantastic Worlds Map

By The D23 Team Our 2020 Gold Member Gift is all about discovering the fantastic worlds of Disney—but how will you know where to adventure first? Why, with the spectacular D23 Fantastic Worlds Map, of course! You can have your own 24-by-36-inch map, which was designed by Disney artist Bryan Mon, as part of the …

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Clouds

Every Way the Disney+ Original Movie Clouds Will Lift Your Spirits

By Beth Deitchman Director Justin Baldoni discovered Zach Sobiech the way so many others had: on the Internet. In December 2012, he clicked on a news story about a 17-year-old boy whose song “Clouds” was going viral. Baldoni had left behind an acting career to follow his true passion and “try to move hearts through …

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Supermarket Sweep

How Leslie Jones Reimagined ABC’s Supermarket Sweep

By Zach Johnson You can’t put a price on nostalgia. The revival of the beloved game show Supermarket Sweep returns to ABC with exciting enhancements on Sunday, October 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted and produced by Emmy® Award-nominated comedian Leslie Jones, the series is being billed as “fresher than the produce aisle and faster …

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