Marge Champion: Dancer and actress who was the model for Disney’s Snow White dies at age 101 

Marge Champion: Dancer and actress who was the model for Disney’s Snow White dies at age 101 By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 17:44 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 17:44 BST, 22 October 2020 Marge Champion has passed away at 101. The dancer and actress, who served as the model for Disney’s iconic Snow … Read more

Kelly Marie Tran stars in action-packed first teaser for Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon starring

Disney dropped its first teaser for the upcoming animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon on Wednesday. Kelly Marie Tran, 31, stars a warrior princess Raya, and dishes up some butt-kicking girl power in the two minute long trailer.  The computer-animated adventure fantasy is the 59th film produced by the studio and Tran makes history … Read more

Yara Shahidi relaxes at LA park after being cast as Tinkerbell in Disney’s live action Peter Pan

Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi relaxes at LA park after being cast as Tinkerbell in Disney’s live action Peter Pan By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 04:58 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 04:58 BST, 20 October 2020 She’s signed on to play Tinkerbell in Disney’s live action re-imagining of Peter Pan. And it looks like … Read more

Alyssa Wapanatâhk cast as Tiger Lily in live-action adaptation of Disney’s Peter Pan

Alyssa Wapanatâhk cast as Tiger Lily in live-action adaptation of Disney’s Peter Pan: ‘SO excited for this new journey’ By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 02:56 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 03:01 BST, 19 October 2020 Canadian actress Alyssa Wapanatâhk has been cast as Tiger Lily in Disney’s live-action adaption of Peter Pan & Wendy. She … Read more

Yara Shahidi is set to play Tinker Bell in Disney’s live-action reboot of Peter Pan

Disney has tapped Yara Shahidi to sprinkle a little bit of pixie dust as Tinker Bell in the upcoming live-action reboot, Peter Pan & Wendy, bound for theaters not Disney+.  The 20-year-old Grown-ish star’s casting makes her the ‘first person of color’ to portray the sassy sidekick of the film’s title character, which has traditionally been … Read more

Is #MeToo Mulan worth the moolah? BRIAN VINER reviews Disney’s £150m remake

Mulan (Disney+, 12A)   Rating: Verdict: Colourful but humourless  I’m Thinking Of Ending Things (Netflix)  Rating: Verdict: Great acting, grim tale  Mulan, Disney’s latest live-action remake of one of its own hit animations, was meant to be one of the two summer blockbusters, along with Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, to breathe fire back into the wounded dragon … Read more

John Boyega hits out at Disney’s treatment of his Star Wars character

‘Don’t bring out a black character and have them pushed to the side’: John Boyega hits out at Disney’s treatment of his Star Wars role as he claims ‘the nuance’ was given to his co-stars By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 11:17 BST, 2 September 2020 | Updated: 11:48 BST, 2 September 2020 John Boyega … Read more

Pearson names Disney’s former boss as chief executive

Pearson names Disney’s former international boss as its chief executive By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:09 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 22:35 BST, 24 August 2020 Pearson has named Disney’s former international boss as its chief executive.  The educational publisher has turned to Andy Bird to guide the company through its … Read more

Simple Bare Necessities delight! Baloo’s song in The Jungle Book voted Disney’s most uplifting tune 

The simple Bare Necessities delight! Baloo’s song in The Jungle Book is voted Disney’s most uplifting tune Disney+ and RadioTimes asked 11,426 people to pick song that most cheered them up with You’ve Got A Friend In Me and Hakuna Matata coming joint second Fans said Mary Poppins was the film that made audiences the … Read more

Animated series The Owl House makes history with Disney’s first bisexual lead character 

Disney now has its first ever bisexual lead character, thanks to The Disney Channel animated series The Owl House.  Following the debut of a recent episode in the series, show creator Dana Terrace revealed on Twitter that the series’ lead character, Luz Noceda – a Dominican-American girl – is definitely bisexual.   The Owl House, which premiered in … Read more