We’ve seen several Cast Members (including Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and the Frozen character Queen Anna) using sign language to speak with deaf Disney Guests during some recent meet and greets. Now, a Marvel superhero has joined in and begun providing this extra-special and emotionally-moving service to Guests in the deaf community who are usually made to feel left out! ...

Ten years ago on April 12, actor Simu Liu was fired from an accounting job that he hated. While struggling in the aftermath, the young college graduate started acting as an extra in films — and a whole new career began, leading to a starring role on the beloved series Kim’s Convenience and a blockbuster Marvel role as Shang-Chi. Simu ...

Disney is known for its charitable endeavors, but now Marvel has joined in with a special designer collection and a mentorship program! This exclusive Marvel & The Prince’s Trust collection is an Avengers-inspired gender-neutral collection created by designers aged 18-30 in an effort “to help young people break into the world of fashion and product design”. The Prince’s Trust is the ...

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 ...

The movie Crazy Rich Asians made headlines when it premiered in 2018 because it was the first movie with a predominantly-Chinese cast from a major studio in over 20 years. That news sparked a conscious effort in the moviemaking industry to start focusing more on Asian stories and Asian filmmakers (including actors), with one result being the Gold List. The Gold ...

If you’re one of the readers who loved the Chinese mythology and folklore that inspired Mulan (1994), the Southeast Asian mythology and mythical creatures from Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), the magical worlds and Chinese high fantasy in Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), or this mystical new novel, then you might also love the brand-new enchanting romantic ...

The Annie Awards are a series of prestigious awards in the film industry that honor achievements in animation (for animated feature productions or animated TV Media) and the Marvel Studios movie Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings that premiered earlier this year has just received an Annie Award nomination for the 49th Annie Awards! Walt Disney Animation Studio’s animated feature ...

While the new movie ‘Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings’ had its ups and its downs, Disney fanatics who love fantastical adventures were definitely drawn to the finale that involved an epic aerial fight between two dragons (well, a dragon and a draconic winged soul-hunting beast, if you want to get technical). If you were among the audience members who ...

If you’ve seen ‘Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings‘, or if you’re just about to see it for the first time this Friday on Disney+ Day, then you will most likely notice one particular character who steals the show! Xialing, Shang-Chi’s estranged sister, is a movie-maker’s dream: she’s beautiful, charismatic, sassy, and has incredible combat skills that include the unusual ...

Since Disney+ Day is approaching on Friday November 12th, just two days away, many Marvel or Disney fans are going to be seeing the martial arts superhero movie ‘Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings’ for the very first time. ‘Shang-Chi’ received rave reviews when it premiered in August–but before you settle in for a movie marathon on Friday, let’s investigate ...