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Out of My Mind viewers all saying same thing about Jennifer Aniston’s new movie

Out of My Mind viewers all saying same thing about Jennifer Aniston’s new movie

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Disney+’s new movie Out of My Mind landed on our screens this month – and viewers have given their verdict on social media.  The film stars Phoebe-Rae Taylor as Melody Brooks, a 12-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, who is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair. Because of this, she doesn’t get the same opportunities as her classmates and struggles to be heard. While she’s unable to speak, Friends-obsessed Melody imagines her voice would sound a lot like Jennifer Aniston, who narrates her inner monologue. The story follows Melody as she finds her voice with the help of assistive technology. WATCH: The trailer for Out of My Mind Viewers were full of praise for the heartwarming movie, with many hailing it as an “important” and “powerful” watch. One person penned: “#OutOfMyMind is such a sweet, make you cry, feel-good movie about acceptance and finding your voice,” while another wrote: “Want to watch a meaningful, touching movie? Go watch Out of My Mind, such a beautiful movie. You will laugh, you will cry, you will certainly get angry. …

Australian Disney star removes snake from plane – and earns a free drink

Australian Disney star removes snake from plane – and earns a free drink

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Australian Disney star Andre Rerekura removed a snake from his flight — earning him a free drink as a reward. Speaking to Australia’s ABC News, Rerekura shared that before his Virgin Airlines flight from Broome to Perth took off on November 21, a passenger yelled about a snake being aboard. The initial take-off time was ultimately pushed back, as the crew tried to figure out how to handle the situation. “They pretty much shut the whole plane down and everyone was going to get disembarked and sent off the plane, which we weren’t that keen for because everyone wanted to go home,” he recalled to ABC News. He added: “It was a little bit of a weird story to think it was true, to …

Destino: The Salvador Dalí – Walt Disney Animation That Took 57 Years to Complete

Destino: The Salvador Dalí – Walt Disney Animation That Took 57 Years to Complete

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In 2003, Dis­ney released a six minute ani­mat­ed short called Des­ti­no, final­ly bring­ing clo­sure to a project that began 57 years ear­li­er. The sto­ry of Des­ti­no goes way back to 1946 when two very dif­fer­ent cul­tur­al icons, Walt Dis­ney and Sal­vador Dalí, decid­ed to work togeth­er on a car­toon. The film was sto­ry­board­ed by Dalí and John Hench (a Dis­ney stu­dio artist) over the course of eight months. But then, rather abrupt­ly, the project got tabled when The Walt Dis­ney Com­pa­ny ran into finan­cial prob­lems. Now fast for­ward 53 years, to 1999. While work­ing on Fan­ta­sia 2000, Walt Dis­ney’s nephew redis­cov­ered the project and 17 sec­onds of orig­i­nal ani­ma­tion. Using this clip and the orig­i­nal sto­ry­boards, 25 ani­ma­tors brought the film to com­ple­tion and pre­miered it at The New York Film Fes­ti­val in 2003. Des­ti­no would receive an Oscar nom­i­na­tion for the Best Ani­mat­ed Short Film, among oth­er acco­lades from crit­ics. The clip runs 6+ min­utes and fea­tures music writ­ten by Mex­i­can song­writer Arman­do Dominguez and per­formed by Dora Luz. In our archive, we also …

Is Disney Bad at Star Wars?

Is Disney Bad at Star Wars?

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There’s an exchange in Star Wars: The Force Awakens when Rey and Finn are fleeing from stormtroopers and searching for a way to escape. Rey spots the legendary Millennium Falcon, declares it looks like “garbage,” and then quickly reconsiders: “The garbage will do!”   Increasingly, that’s the attitude some fans have about Disney’s Star Wars programming: “Look, we all know this isn’t fantastic anymore, but Star Wars is still Star Wars, and, therefore, it will do.” To be fair, Disney’s Star Wars shows and movies remain far from space junk. Their titles typically get glowing reviews from critics, and generate box office returns and streaming ratings that other studios would envy (though at a high cost). So let’s run through Disney’s Star Wars legacy to date, from The Force Awakens to The Acolyte, and see what conclusions might be drawn. Because several aspects of the company’s track record admittedly look shaky: A five-movie franchise that was halted after its box office returns trended the wrong direction. Six live-action TV shows, just one of which has …

Agatha All Along star Aubrey Plaza’s husband revealed – find out who her famous partner is

Agatha All Along star Aubrey Plaza’s husband revealed – find out who her famous partner is

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Aubrey Plaza is wowing on our screens at the moment as the witchy adversary to Kathryn Hahn‘s Agatha on Agatha All Along – but how much do you know about the Parks and Recreation star behind the cameras? The TV starlet keeps her personal life quiet – but has previously opened up about her relationship with her husband, who is very famous as well. Find out more about the power couple here… WATCH: Agatha All Along trailer starring Aubrey Plaza and Kathryn Hahn Who is Jeff Baena? Jeff Baena is a well-known screenwriter known for his projects including Horse Girl, Life After Beth, The Little Hours, and Joshy, which star the likes of Amy Schumer and Alison Brie. The star is originally from Miami, and was born in June 1977, making him 47 years old. © Alberto E. RodriguezAubrey Palaza and Jeff Baena at the Life After Beth premiere When did the pair tie the knot? Aubrey and Jeff have been together for 12 years after meeting while playing Balderdash, and married in a small wedding during the COVID lockdown …

Best 2024 Advent Calendars for Kids of All Ages: Shop Lego, Build-A-Bear, Disney, Art Calendars and More

Best 2024 Advent Calendars for Kids of All Ages: Shop Lego, Build-A-Bear, Disney, Art Calendars and More

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We know it feels too early to think about the winter holiday season while we’ve barely touched down in spooky season. But one perennial favorite gift for nearly anyone on your list is best to shop early because they sell out quickly: Advent calendars.  Advent calendars count down the days until the winter holidays with daily surprise gifts like Lego figurines, sweet treats or Disney princess dolls. As a kid, opening a tab each day leading up to the holiday makes the season feel even more magical. There is an advent calendar out there for every type of kid, from tots to preteens, and this year’s best advent calendars for kids range from Pokémon and Lego to Star Wars and Barbie to everything in between. They are also great to give kids that you are not sure what to buy.  With so many options on the market, choosing the right advent calendar can be tough. We’ve done the work for you and found the best advent calendars for kids in 2024. Ahead, shop our top picks to …

Disney and DirecTV End Channel Blackout, Strike New Carriage Deal

Disney and DirecTV End Channel Blackout, Strike New Carriage Deal

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After a two-week channel blackout, Disney and DirecTV have a deal in principle. The deal comes in time for college football games set to run on ESPN Saturday, as well as Sunday night’s Emmy Awards and Monday Night Football the following day. The agreed-upon points include the opportunity to offer DirecTV customers genre-specific bundles, sports, entertainment, kids and family, which also incorporate Disney’s linear networks, as well as Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. DirecTV will also have the right to distribute Disney’s upcoming ESPN flagship streaming service to its customers for free upon launch. Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ will be included in select DirecTV packages and made available individually. DirecTV will also have continued carriage at “market-based terms” of Disney’s entertainment, sports and news programming, including the ABC Owned Television Stations, the ESPN networks, the Disney-branded channels, Freeform, the FX networks and the National Geographic channels. As a result of the deal, with the multi-year contract yet to be finalized, all of Disney’s channels have been restored to DirecTV customers. In a joint statement, the two companies …

This Is Why Disney+ Is My Favorite Streaming Service

This Is Why Disney+ Is My Favorite Streaming Service

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There are a ton of streaming options out there, but from the moment Disney+ launched, I have been hooked. From watching treasured movies from my childhood to its expansive content partnerships, here are the five reasons I have made Disney+ my top service. 1 A Treasure Trove of Classic Movies If you were a kid who grew up before streaming platforms, then waiting for a new Disney film felt like a rite of passage. You either had to buy the movie on VHS or you would have to wait for it to reappear at the rental store. Even worse, Disney movies frequently went “into the Vault”, meaning they’d be unavailable until they came out again, usually to mark some special event. Fast-forward to today and every Disney classic is a simple search away. Want to revisit the magical adventures of Simba or journey under the sea with Ariel? No problem! The convenience of having all these childhood staples on demand is a dream come true for adults like me! 2 Live Channels Another favorite feature …

He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing

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When I interviewed writers and actors at the picket lines of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes last year, there was a mix of sentiment around AI, which, while largely negative, encompassed anxiety, uncertainty, equivocation, and anger. The crowd in Burbank was the most uniformly and passionately anti-AI I’ve ever witnessed. Asked for his thoughts on how AI was impacting his industry, one animator said, “AI can fuck right off.” I asked the storyboard artists Lindsey Castro and Brittany McCarthy for their thoughts on AI, and both simply booed. A year after the WGA strikes, AI was not, to the animation workers I spoke with, something to be questioned or experimented with—it was something to be opposed. An animation worker walked by with a sign referencing the master animator Hayao Miyazaki’s comment that using AI in the arts is “an insult to life itself.” It was sweltering, even at 5 pm, as Rianda took the stage to emcee. He introduced a series of writers, directors, and animation legends like Rebecca Sugar, Genndy Tartakovsky, and James Baxter, …

This Is the Year Comic-Con Bounces Back

This Is the Year Comic-Con Bounces Back

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What often gets lost in the hoopla around Comic-Con is that it’s run by a nonprofit. It’s important to organizers that the event do well so that, frankly, they can do more events, but it doesn’t need to make money, and as long as fans are pleased—whether by Hall H panels or just picking up a Todd McFarlane autograph—the show is a success. Comic-Con International, the organization behind Comic-Con, went into 2020 with roughly $25 million in reserves, and that money got them through the lean years. Perhaps even less than the studios, the organization could use a hit, Salkowitz notes, but it may not need it. Going into this year, organizers were “looking forward to having a normal year—normal being relative, of course,” says David Glanzer, Comic-Con’s chief communications and strategy officer. I’d asked him whether organizers were looking to make a bigger splash this year to recover from a couple of wobbly years at the start of the decade—a notion he pushed back on. The event features some 2,000 hours of programming, he …