Sherman, Menken Team Up for...
A special musical treat is in store for attendees of this year’s D23...
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Sherman, Menken Team Up for ‘Disney Songbook’
A special musical treat is in store for attendees of this year’s D23 Expo—the premiere Disney fan event—as two celebrated songwriters and composers take the stage for “Richard M. Sherman and Alan Menken: The Disney Songbook.” The concert will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in the D23 Expo [...]
D23 Fanniversary: A Toon Lover’s Impressions
As I sat in my seat at the Newark Museum auditorium, I realized that I was spending an afternoon ogling lost Ferdinand Horvath sketches from the ’30s and also singing along with a TV show theme song from the ’80s. This, in essence, is what the D23 Fanniversary is all [...]
D23 Premieres Japan Event This Fall
The Walt Disney Company Japan has announced it will put on the first-ever D23 Expo Japan; a special event for Disney fans created by D23: The Official Disney Fan Club. The first Expo to be held outside the U.S. will feature presentations hosted by senior Disney creative execs which will [...]
Disney Releases Newly Discovered 1938 Mickey Sketch
Just in time for Oscar weekend, the Disney archives have released a newly discovered sketch from 1938 short Mickey’s Toothache, part of an unfinished cartoon that was created to give the rodent star a more complete character. The sketch shows Mickey being chased by a dentist’s chair and archenemy Pete. [...]
Destination D Details Announced
Fans of Disney animation are invited to spend two magical days celebrating the art, storytelling, music, voices, imagination and innovation of the studios’ benchmark films at Destination D: 75 Years of Disney Animated Features, set to take place August 11 and 12 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif. this [...]
Avengers Cast Lands on Three Collectible D23 Covers
Disney twenty-three magazine is offering three special collectible covers featuring different Avengers’ characters for its summer issue, which will be available on May 1. Coinciding with the worldwide theatrical release of Marvel’s The Avengers, the summer issue of Disney twenty-three features a 10-page story on the creation of the superhero film. Author and Disney Imagineer [...]
D23 Unveils Destination D: 75 Years of Disney Animated Features
Disney will put its long animation history in the spotlight at D23′s Destination D: 75 Years of Disney Animated Features, set for August 11-12 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. The event, hosted by Disney’s official fan club, will cover the studio’s long, proud history of animated features, from 1937′s Snow [...]
TCM Plans 75th Anniversary Screening of ‘Snow White’
Turner Classic Movies (TCM), in collaboration with D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, will present a 75th anniversary screening of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Disney’s first hand-drawn feature-length animated film. In addition, legendary actor Kirk Douglas will present the first general public screening of the [...]
D23 Mag Honors 75 Years of Disney Toons
The spring issue of Disney fans’ twenty-three magazine pays tribute to the legacy and influence of Disney’s animated films. The official Disney fan club takes readers on a colorful and informative journey from the studio’s first animated classic—Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs—to the projects being readied for 2012 and [...]
Question for the Week of August 22 2011
Which one of the following Disney movies promoted at the D23 confab this past weekend are you most excited about? Brave Wreck-It-Ralph Monsters University The Muppet Movie
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