By Beth Deitchman A crowd has assembled at a park in North Portland, not far from the city’s iconic St. Johns Bridge. A rainbow of picnic blankets fills the grassy lawn, and in keeping with local culinary tradition, colorful food trucks are parked at the edge of the celebration while scores of kids and families …
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By Zach Johnson It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that East High proudly presents… Beauty and the Beast! Production has resumed in Salt Lake City on season two of Disney+’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as the East High drama students prepare to perform Beauty and the Beast as their spring …
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By Zach Johnson The 92nd Academy Awards® are right around the corner, and The Walt Disney Company’s portfolio of brands combined for a total of 23 nominations in 15 categories. Before this year’s Oscars® ceremony airs live on Sunday, February 9, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC, we’ve rounded up previous winners you …
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By Courtney Potter See Mulan in action, and prepare to channel your inner werewolf this weekend… Read more, along with other news from around Disney, in this week’s news briefs! Let’s Reflect On This Brand-New Mulan Trailer and Character Posters We’ve been waiting with bated breath, and now it’s almost here—Disney’s live-action adventure Mulan will …
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By Jocelyn Buhlman If you’ve ever watched a Disney movie and wished you could see more of the story, we’ve got some good news for you: Disney+ has lots of television series based on classic Disney animated features that you can stream right now! Some are prequels to beloved films, while others are sequels that …
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By Zach Johnson Set your streaming plans accordingly! Disney+ has just announced which library and original titles will be available to stream starting in February 2020. From original films (Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made) animated series (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), and unscripted series (Shop Class), to studio films (Toy Story 4) and network television …
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By Karina Schink There are no small ideas. That’s the rather grand and magical thought behind the Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) program Short Circuit, in which anyone currently working at the Studios, whether an animator, character modeler, or developer, can get the opportunity to direct a 90-second animated short. At a recent event at …
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By Courtney Potter Disney+ welcomes a kind and quirky new character, and Frozen on Broadway welcomes several new cast members… Read more, along with other news from around Disney, in this week’s news briefs! We’re Wishing Upon This Stargirl First-Look Trailer and Cast Interviews… Based on the critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling young adult …
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By Zach Johnson Elena Cañero-Reed’s journey to the Oval Office begins in middle school. That’s the premise of the new Disney+ series Diary of a Future President (now streaming). Told from the narration of her diary, the series follows 12-year-old Cuban-American Elena (Tess Romero) as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school in …
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By Bruce C. Steele For Stargirl—a Disney+ movie coming in March that celebrates the joys of being different, set in an Arizona high school—it was imperative that director Julia Hart and her team put together a youthful cast that underscores a lesson in diversity with the sheer range of their talents and backgrounds. A D23 …
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