Kristie Kelly and Disney to unveil new Couture Bridal Gown

Designer Kristie Kelly and Disney will be announcing a brand new dress to add to the Disney Bridal collection. The dress in the picture is inspired by Giselle while the new dress is inspired by Princess Tiana from The Princess and the Frog. The new collection will also include Snow White Diamond Edition gown, all new “Maidens” for bridesmaids, “Blossoms” for flower girls and a new line of jewelry. The Princess Tiana gown has an ivory hue with a hand beaded rouched bodice of silk chiffon; a cascading pleated silk skirt and a waterfall train. The Snow White Diamond Edition gown is in conjunction with the release of the Blu-ray disc of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. “The Princess Tiana gown is a very special part of the Disney Princess collection,” said Kelly. “When I look at this gown I see a modern woman that is very comfortable with

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Walt Disney Studios announces D23 Presentations

Walt Disney Studios is gearing up for the D23 Expo and they’ve released the program schedule which is full of upcoming sneak peaks as well as look back at Disney favorites. Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook will be showing exclusive sneak peaks of Disney features as “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” “Old Dogs” (with Robin Williams and John Travolta), “Prince of Persia” and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (both from producer Jerry Bruckheimer), “Tron: Legacy,” plus updates on many more exciting projects. Disney-Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter will be discussing and showing materials from upcoming Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios’ motion pictures as “The Princess and the Frog,” “Rapunzel,” “Toy Story 3. Both presentations will be in the Anaheim Convention Center in a 4000 seat arena. Other screenings will be showcasing Disney Digital 3D shown in RealD 3D. Some of the US premiers will be Disney

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ABC stars to invade D23 Expo

ABC will be invading D23 Expo with stars from ABC series as well as a sneak peek into the ABC Fall schedule. D23 Expo is the expo about everything Disney and is September 10-13 at the Anaheim Convention Center. “The ABCs of Disney” will be September 10 at 3pm. Tom Bergeron will host the event with President of ABC, Steve McPherson to talk about ABC’s upcoming shows. Patricia Heaton, Kelsey Grammer, Ed O’Neil, Joseph Fiennes, will all be on hand to talk about Wednesday night comedies. “The ABCs of Disney” will end with a performance of two of the Dancing with the Stars champions, including Cheryl Burke. Fans will get a chance to receive autographs and take pictures with the stars. Throughout the expo, visitors can stop by the “ABC House Screening Room: where guests can relax as if in their living room and see all the sneak peeks of

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Follow me through the rabbit hole – Alice in Wonderland at SDCC

Disney made a huge statement at San Diego Comic Con this year with their viral exhibits held outside of the Convention center. We took you through Floyd’s Arcade but now it’s time to go through the rabbit hole and visit Alice in Wonderland. I’m ecstatic to see Tim Burton take the reigns and show us what his Alice and his Wonderland would be like. But not only did we get to see a trailer and talk to Tim Burton at SDCC (that’s coming soon), but Disney set up an exhibit where visitors can see all the props used in Tim Burton’s film. First they greeted you with a key attached to a card that had the details of the tour written on it. The setup is a touring exhibition but I was told that it will only be open to the public at San Diego Comic Con. Otherwise it’s an

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Disney and A&E Comic Con announcements

Disney Studios Motion Pictures to have amazing panels at San Diego Comic Con. Tim Burton and Robert Zemeckis will join the TRON producers on Thursday, July 23 at 11am to talk about 3D adventures in Disney’s A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland and TRON. There will be Q&A as well as actual 3D footage and never seen before art. This is the first time 3D footage will be shown at Comic Con. In another amazing panel, Disney teams up Hayao Miyazaki with John Lasseter with other animation directors on Friday, July 24 at 12:45pm. The panel will be talking about Toy Story 3, The Princess and the Frog and Miyazaki’s Ponyo. A&E will be revealing details about the complete series megaset for Farscape in their Farscape panel on Friday, July 24 at 10am in room 6BCF. The show ran from 1999-2003 on Sci Fi. Brian Henson, Rockne O’Bannon, Ben Browder

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Disney Online starts Fairies PixieHollow.com Great Games days

The annual Pixie Hollow event starts today and runs through May 21st. During the Disney Online event you can play games and earn special badges for your game-playing. The top scoring Fairy of each event will get a special Talent Game Champion badge. Go to www.PixieHollow.com for more information.

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Review: Toy Story Mania!

Rating: G Players: 4 Genre: Arcade, Multiplayer Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios Release Date: 15th September 2009 (NA) RENT Being a big Pixar fan, of course I have seen the Toy Story movies and I’m eagerly awaiting installment #3‘s release in 2010. I’ve even played a Game Boy version from the Toy Story empire, but we aren’t exactly friends any more if you get my drift. Now we have a new game for the Wii by the name of “Toy Story Mania!”. Based on the real life attraction “Toy Story Midway Mania!” at California’s Disney theme parks (as well as the Toy Story movies), “Toy Story Mania!” is a series of arcade-style mini-games to test your skills on. Many of these mini-games are the same as those you’ll find at the Disney theme parks, but there are also some generated for this game specifically. A lot of your favourite characters join

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Disney creating new line of Programmable Toy Robots

Robots are starting to become more and more popular. They’ve always been popular in Japan, but now in the United States you are starting to see the birth of local robotic compeitions. This summer Disney and Pixar are relelasing WALLE. Disney is not stopping there, they are releasing three new robotic products with WowWee and Thinkway Toys help for children of all ages. The iDance WALLE will be available this summer for $24.99 and will dance, talk and groove to music. You can plug in any iPod or MP3 player. The other two products will not be out until this fall. As a Tinkerbell fan, I am looking forward to checking their newest Tinkerbell robot out. Tinkerbell will use WowWee’s FlyTech technology to fly around the room in “graceful” patterns. Users can control the height and speed of Tinker Bell flyer and because she’s lightweight parents don’t have to worry

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Tink coming to Blu-Ray

This isn’t really a gadget announcement but I thought those of you that have Blu-Ray players might be interested. Disney is bringing one of my favorite characters over to Blu-Ray. Four installments in the Tinker Bell Series will be coming to Blu-Ray and DVD at the rate of one per year. These are direct-to-video films. ‘Tinker Bell,’ due Fall of 2009 will have the following films after it: ‘Tinker Bell: North of Never Land,’ to be followed by ‘Tinker Bell: A Midsummer Storm’ in 2010, and ‘Tinker Bell: A Winter Story’ in 2011 (exact street dates TBA). Exciting news for those of us that can’t wait to get more of our Disney favorites on Blu-Ray.

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