Sheigh Crabtree gets a piece printed in the Los Angeles Times about how performing in Mary Poppins sparked Dick Van Dyke’s interest in special effects, which is still a hobby of his over four decades later. After starring in 1968’s "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," in which he drove a flying car thanks to the magic… Read More »Dick Van Dyke Digs SFX Work
LaughingPlace.com is reporting that Monster’s Inc Laugh Floor Comedy Club opening has been delayed until Spring 2007. More time is needed to train the cast members and fine tune the script. Hopefully that means they’ve gotten all the technology issues fixed. For spoilers see my report on the very first public preview of Laugh Floor.
Walt Stanchfield was a drawing instructor for the Walt Disney Studios. His classroom handouts are valuable tools for anyone looking to learn the art of animation. Animation Meat has collected and numbered them while Leo has grouped them by subject as if he was publishing them in a book. Whichever way you digest them, these… Read More »Drawing tips from Disney Animator Walt Stanchfield
Michael Barrier knows his stuff when it comes to animation and when it comes to Walt Disney. So I’ve been looking forward to reading his review of the Neal Gabler biography Walt Disney – The Triumph of the American Imagination. As it turns out Barrier has been working on his own biography of Uncle Walt,… Read More »Michael Barrier on the latest Walt Disney Biography, 600 pages and still wanting.
One of the interesting things about High School Musical is how it was the first real break out hit of the iPod generation. In print and online advertising for "High School Musical" that preceded the movie’s airing on the Disney Channel, tweens were directed to the "HSM" Web site to download a free track. That… Read More »Lessons from the marketing of High School Musical
Evangeline Lilly, who plays the coy and spunky Kate on ABC’s hit TV Show LOST, lost her house to a fire. She lived in this house will filming in Hawai. While I’m sure this isn’t a great experience for Lilly, perhaps she’ll move in with her boyfriend Dominic Monaghan. A few more deets and a… Read More »‘LOST’ star’s home destroyed in fire
What’s it like to be practically perfect in every way? No one would know better than the current Star of Disney’s Broadway production of Mary Poppins – Ashley Brown. Backstage.com has a long interview with the rising star. "One of Mary’s most famous lines is ‘I never explain anything,’ " Brown says. "Everyone wants to… Read More »Ashley Brown is Mary Poppins on Broadway
As far as I can tell no official warning or recall has been issued for this product, but a California TV channel is reporting that a Disney Princess Disco Lamp purchased at Wal-Mart suffered a bit of a melt-down in a child’s bedroom. If you purchased one of these you might want to check it… Read More »Disney Product Fire Warning