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Feb- 2022 -1 February
‘Year of the Tiger’: Top 3 Disney Tigers in Honor of Lunar New Year
February 1, 2022, marks the start of the new lunar year: “The Year of the Tiger.” While nations, and families all over the world begin the two-week celebration, let's take a moment to celebrate the best Tigers Disney has given us over the years. But first, let's look at the characteristics of a Tiger. According to chinesenewyear.net, People born in years of the Tiger are fiercely indep
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1 February
Simu Liu’s Book Cover Is Revealed
Until two years ago, Simu Liu was best known as Jung Kim on Kim's Convenience, a Canadian series on Netflix about a Korean immigrant family running a small convenience store. But once Simu Liu was cast to play Shang-Chi, the first Asian superhero leading a Marvel movie, he became a household name — and now Marvel star Simu Liu is sharing his story in a book! Simu Liu shared his book's cover
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1 February
shopDisney Update: Hawkeye’s Kate Bishop Gets Her Own Doll
Hawkeye character and Marvel comics character Kate Bishop might not be a Disney princess, but she's getting the Disney princess treatment on the online Disney store ‘shopDisney' anyway with her own special edition doll! It's no surprise that the character Kate Bishop has gotten a new doll in her likeness because the Hawkeye character has been popular with Marvel fans (albeit perhaps not as p
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Jan- 2022 -31 January
‘Encanto’s Streaming Success Proves ’90s Disney’s Music Dominance
Disney's Encanto and its catchy songs are taking the music industry by storm. On Monday, January 31, 2022, it was announced that the film's song “We Don't Talk About Bruno” became the first Disney movie song since “A Whole New World” from Aladdin (1992) to hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart. That bar-setting version of the '90's movie's anthem was a cover recorded by Peabo
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31 January
“I Get to be a Latina Princess” – Rachel Zegler on “Snow White” Backlash
“At the end of the day, I have a job to do that I’m really excited to do. I get to be a Latina princess.” — Rachel Zegler It appears actress Rachel Zegler is determined to remain on the high ground in the face of the backlash she's received for taking on the title role in Disney's live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In the latest segment of Variety‘s
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31 January
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” Breaks Aladdin’s Billboard Record
It's no surprise to most Disney fans that the Encanto song “We Don't Talk About Bruno” has been consistently topping the Billboard charts and Spotify charts; practically anyone who listens to the Disney song from the animated film can attest to its catchy nature. Even Disney fanatics who didn't enjoy the Disney song the first time they heard it in the animated film soon found themselve
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31 January
Review: Kristen Bell Trades Disney Princesses for Dark Comedy in Her New Thriller
Actress and businesswoman Kristen Bell is best known for her voiceover work as the voice of Disney princess Anna (now Queen Anna) in Frozen (2012) and Frozen II (2019), her line of CBD-infused skincare called Happy Dance, and her happy-go-lucky roles in romcoms like You Again (2010) or Bad Moms (2016). Kristen Bell did demonstrate her broader range when she played a lifeguard undergoing an existen
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31 January
Will “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” Become a Dark Ride?
The most popular original song from the Walt Disney Animation Studios movie Encanto is without a doubt “We Don't Talk About Bruno”, an original song by Lin-Manuel Miranda in which the Madrigal family sings to Mirabel Madrigal about her mysterious uncle (whose magical powers allow him to see the future)– and ironically, everyone is talking about Bruno despite the song's title! In
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31 January
No “Scrat” in “Ice Age” Series, Disney Lost Rights to Character
As the Walt Disney Company gears up to expand 20th Century Studios and Blue Sky's Ice Age with a Disney+ Series, it will do so without the IP's arguably most iconic character: Scrat. The reason: A copyright and trademark battle that spans the entirety of the computer-animated period. It appears that artist Ivy Silberstein originally created the nut-crazed character in 1999 and began fighting for r
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31 January
Lin-Manuel Miranda Fails an ‘Encanto’ Song Challenge
It's clear from the Golden Globe Award, the chart-topping soundtrack, the popular merchandise, the fan-made online mashups, and the positive reviews that Encanto has made an enormous impression on Disney fans ever since it was released in theaters last November and premiered on Disney+ on Christmas Eve. Although the movie has been praised for everything from its vibrant animation to its diverse ch
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