Twenty-five years ago I was reintroduced to the magic of Walt Disney Feature Animation with the theatrical run of “Beauty and the Beast.” It was an instant classic that even earned a nomination for Academy Award for Best Picture. The new issue of Disney Twenty-Three,… Read More »D23 Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Beauty and the Beast with magazine, event
Leave it to a travel magazine to leave one dreaming about destinations other that a Disney theme park. This Conde Nast Traveler slide show features 8 real-world locations that inspired Disney movies. Here are a few of my favorites from the list: Mont Saint-Michel on… Read More »8 Examples of how Disney animators were inspired by real world locations
I love the opening few paragraphs from “The story of Walt Disney” by Diane Disney Miller. What started out as a series of articles in The Post eventually became the first “biography” of Walt Disney ever published. You can read the entire first chapter on… Read More »Surprise, your Dad is Walt Disney
Congratulations to Disney Cruise Line. It’s been voted 4 of the top 10 cruise ships, garnering the top 3 spots in the Conde Nast Traveler readers poll. The Disney Magic earned spot number 1 on in the large ship category in Conde Nast Traveler magazine.… Read More »Disney Cruise Line Voted Most Popular by Conde Nast Readers
After hearing about Disney’s new magazine FamilyFun Kids, I was actually a bit surprised that Disney had not yet put out a magazine that taps into the growing consumer demand for projects you can do at home yourself. Families I talk with, including ours, are… Read More »Disney to launch Children’s Magazine for Maker Kids
Time magazine is out with the year end top ten lists. For movies they have ranked Walt Disney Animation Studios return to hand-drawn animation “The Princess and the Frog” as the best film of the year. That’s even ahead of Pixar’s “Up”, which came in… Read More »Time ranks “The Princess and the Frog” Best Movie of the Year
Paul F Anderson is back and blogging at the grandiose named “Disney History Institute” blog. Anderson was the editor and author of the fabulous “Persistence of Vision” magazine and audio tape series from back in the 1990s. He’s only been going at this for a… Read More »Paul F Anderson is blogging
A couple of announcements today about Disney Authors setting up their own booths at the D23 Expo in Anaheim. Disney travel and trivia authors Steven Barrett and Lou Mongello will greet fans at the first Expo for Disney’s Official Fan Community. You’ll also be able to find the folks from Tales from the Laughing Place Magazine at their own booth.
Congratulations to all involved. Full press release info is below the jump: