Thursday, May 31, 2007

Mickey Mouse: Pink Floyd Style

I remember for my final English examination in 10th grade, my teacher saw that we were all burnt out from all our other classes, so she decided that instead of making us write another lousy essay, she would throw us a party and let our "creative" inner selves fly as we watched The Wizard of Oz while listening to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Seeing that finals are coming up for many of you (and for me as well), here's a little something to get you over your lumps. I now present to you:
Mickey Mouse's THROUGH THE MIRROR and Pink Floyd's TIME [trance remix].


[courtesy of thedisneyblog]



In non-Disney (but somewhat related) news... UNIVERSAL STUDIOS has won the rights to the Harry Potter theme park named "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Universal Studios has been losing visitors since 2004, and this is probably their way of trying to gain back their customers (since those commercials that report that buying a week-long-ticket to Universal Studios is cheaper than one day at Disneyworld didn't work!) The projected opening date for "Wizard World" is late 2009 at ORLANDO'S Universal Studios. Click on the photo below for the full article.





In more PIRATES news, laughingplace.com has posted new pictures and a video for the newly opened Pirate's Lair at Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland. Click on the photo below to check 'em out!





Tonight on DISNEY at THE MOVIES @ 8PM:



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That's it for now- wish me luck on submitting my Disney applications today! :D
Peace out!
-andi w.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Yoho, Yoho - What's After Pirates 3??

Hey guys-

What's up? After too many all-nighters this week, I'm feeling a little exhausted and a little loopy... but there are still those Disney applications I have to finish... so let's get to it!

The website for the Walt Disney Family Museum has been updated!! Now, there's an exclusive chat with Diane Disney Miller (Walt's daughter) and cool new features. Click here to read the interview with Mrs. Miller, or click on the photo below to visit the site!





In other news, exclusive STAR WARS themed MUPPET dolls are being sold at Disney Theme Parks gift shops in accordance with the Star Wars getaway weekends! Click on the image below for more details!





In PIRATES news... I suppose you ALL saw it coming... but there are rumors spreading like wildfire that it is VERY possible for a FOURTH installment of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN! Epsecially for those who've seen the clip at the end of the credits (of At World's End)... you can see how there could be a fourth one! However, I've read interviews in the past that JERRY BRUCKHEMIER had sworn of Pirates for LIFE... so we'll see what happens! Click on the photo for the full article:





In veteran-Disney-Channel-Stars news, HILARY DUFF aka Lizzie McGuire has come out with a new music video for her newest single, Stranger. Check it out before it gets taken down!





Tonight on DISNEY at THE MOVIES @ 8PM:



For the full Disney Channel TV schedule, click here!

That's it for today-
Peace out!
-andi w.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Dancing to Rat-a-too-ee!

Hey guys-

Huge paper due tomorrow (I know, another one!), so it's gonna be a short one again! The soundtrack to Pixar's newest movie, RATATOUILLE is now on sale at amazon.com. Although the soundtrack doesn't hit shelves until June 26th, you can still pre-order it so that you will receive it the day it hits stores! This soundtrack is composed by Michael Giacchino, so if you like the soundtracks of Lost, Alias, or The Incredibles, be sure to click on the photo below to get your very own copy today!





In other news, it is now OFFICIAL. Disney's Buena Vista Television has now been RENAMED as Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Click here for the full story.





Ever wonder how Pixar's FINDING NEMO would be as a live musical performance? Well, broadway world has an exclusive video that takes you behind the scenes of Finding Nemo: The Musical. Click on the image below to read the full article/watch the video!


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Tonight on DISNEY at THE MOVIES @ 8PM:


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For the full Disney Channel TV schedule, click here.

That's it for now-
Peace out!
-andi w.

Monday, May 28, 2007

No One Plays Board Games Anymore!!

Hey guys-

Wanna play with HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL? WELL... starting AUGUST 14th, you can pick up your very own copies of the HSM GAMES for the Nintendo WII, Nintendo DS, and Playstation 2!! Click here, or on any photo below to pre-order the games today!!





Speaking of HSM, the Wildcats HOTTIE, Zac Efron will be on the cover of TEEN Magazine, which hits stands June 5th. Here's a preview of the cover from zac-e.com!


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Wanna get the inside scoop from out on the road with the HSM Concert Tour in South America? NOW YOU CAN!! HSM back-up dancer and Ashley Tisdale's boyfriend, JARED MURILLO has been writing in his blog while on the road with the HSM cast! Click here to read it now!


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Tonight on DISNEY at THE MOVIES @ 8PM:



For the complete Disney Channel TV listing, click here.

That's it for today-
Peace out!
-andi w.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

New Season of TSL? ... TOTALLY SUITE!!

Hey guys-

I've gotta keep it short today 'cause I've got a 10 page Philosophy paper due tomorrow... eeeek! Anyhoo...

Do you miss having brand spankin' new episodes of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody? Well, fret no longer! The disneychannelmedianet is reporting that the THIRD season of TSL will premiere on JUNE 23rd!! Watch as the boys try their hand at high school, summer jobs, and summer love! :D


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Tonight on DISNEY at THE MOVIES @ 8PM:



For the complete Disney Channel TV listing, click here.

That's it for today-
Peace out!
-andi w.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Girl's Pen

Hey guys-

Here's the moment you've all been waiting for ... (well, at least some of you)...
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PIRATES of the CARIBBEAN: AT WORLDS END: (No spoilers!)



If you're too lazy to read the whole review, just listen to this one thing: STAY through the credits!! I ALWAYS sit through the credits to every movie I watch, but there were about four people left with me in the theatre to witness a BONUS, VERY IMPORTANT mini-scene!! You'll definitely enjoy it... and it'll make you feel a little better about the ending!!



As for the movie IN GENERAL? This third installment is DARKER AND more violent than the last two, so if you're a kid under the age of 13, your parents definitely need to be the ones you watch it with! The opening scene was extremely sad/touching, but also morbid in a way. The sword fights were a lot more graphic; many times, you see people being stabbed through the heart/chest, with the swords coming out through the back. There is definitely a lot more blood, and like the last movie, you see Davey Jones' heart, but this time, it's a lot more gruesome (especially when seeing what happens to it throughout the plot).



The plot? I was EXTREMELY confused throughout the entire movie. I suggest that you watch the first AND second movies again to refresh your memory... then RE-WATCH the third movie a second time... because the plot intertwines a lot with the second, and they assume that you already know every single last detail and don't leave any room for rehashing the past. Yes, this may be obvious to you that this is definitely just the ending to the second movie, but there was so much more to it than just being a "third installment". At the beginning of this movie, you can tell that time had elapsed, but you are unsure as to how much time, or what has happened during that time. Later on in the movie, there is SO much dialogue, and everyone has different accents, that it kind of makes it hard to understand what they're saying. The characters also switch sides MANY times, and there are SO many deals/bargains/stabbing-in-the-back-moments, that you're unsure as to who has a deal with who, and who is on what side at what time. Overall, the plot was just EXTREMELY confusing as a whole. You can tell that the actors and the director know what's going on, but it's like one of those times when you're telling a funny story to your friend, but they just don't get it because you're assuming they were there with you and can fill in all the blanks. Moreover, there were also a few parts that were pretty silly and uneccesary, and made it seem like they were added for comic relief... but the movie was so intense that those parts just acted like annoying bumps in the plot.



The acting? Orlando Bloom was freakishly HOT, and his acting was so intense that you could almost feel his struggles/pain as your own. Keira Knightley was Keira... beautiful, intense, and dramatic, as always! I actually didn't see her as Keira at all... she was just a propper, elegant girl, turned bad @ss pirate! The chemistry between Orlando and Keira was also VERY tense and VERY there. As for Johnny Depp... who DOESN'T love Mr. Flamboyant Jack Sparrow?? Johnny was hilarious, loopy, and very much in his own world... which made it PERFECT for this movie. Also, you could feel a real hatred/tension between Johnny and Orlando's characters, making the plot all the more believable. The only PROBLEM I had with the acting was with CHOW YUN FAT. I grew up watching him in Hong Kong action movies, which he was awesome in because that's his thing: speaking cantonese and kicking butt. But in this movie, he had barely ANY action what-so-ever (which is a complete waste of his talent, if you ask me), and he spoke ENGLISH. There is nothing wrong with having him speak English... except it doesn't sound like an authentic broken English that you would hear when a real Singaporean Pirate King is trying to communicate... it sounded like a thickly accented TRAINED English that let you know that he was ACTING... making his character seem less authentic.



The movie FILM itself? The computer graphics were absolutely AMAZING!! Everything down to the very last raindrop was very impressive- you can tell they put not only A LOT of effort, but also a ton of PASSION into their work. Everything on screen made me feel like I was a pirate and part of the action... it really helped with the movie-going experience. If it weren't almost three hours long, I think I'd sit through it again JUST to see the graphics one more time on the big screen. Nothing looked cheesy; everything looked authenitc and very "piratey"... the people at ILM and Disney REALLY got it right for this movie.



THE MUSIC: One other thing I really enjoyed about this movie was THE SOUNDTRACK! It was SPECTACULAR... especially the very first song, which opened the movie. Very creepy, very touching, very powerful. (You can hear it in the youtube clip above!)



OVERALL? I give this movie a 3 out of 5. The only thing that didn't make it a 2 out of 5 is that the graphics and the character development were awesome... but the plot definitely had MAJOR FLAWS. Oh yeah, and the only comic relief came from two dirty pirates and A (very cute) DEMON MONKEY... now what does that tell you?

WILDCATS: What Time Is It?

Hey guys-

Not much news today... but if you didn't manage to catch the 8 AM premiere of the first High School Musical 2 single, What Time Is It, (because really, who wakes up at 8AM to listen to one song on Radio Disney??), click here to download a RADIO-RIP from hsmdisneystuff aka crazytubefreak. (Or, you can listen/watch the sing-a-long below from youtube).





In other news... it has been reported that DISNEY will be keeping ESPN RADIO & RADIO DISNEY, but all else will be turned into a SPIN-OFF in JUNE to Citadel. Click here for the full news article.





Tonight on Disney at The Movies @ 9PM:



That's it for today-
Peace out!
-andi w.

Friday, May 25, 2007

Walt Visits San Francisco!

In five hours, I will finally have my turn at sitting in a darkened theatre, witnessing the fate of my beloved PIRATES OF THE CARIbBEAN!! After this movie, however, it has been reported that Orlando Bloom aka Will Turner, will be temporarily saying, "PEACE OUT!" to Hollywood and will be returning to his theatre roots on the London Stage, beginning with David Storey's In Celebration. Click on the photo below to read the full story from yahoo.


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In other exciting news, something is happening in MY very own beloved city! Yes, that's right! Construction on the Walt Disney Museum has finally begun in San Francisco!! It's pretty crazy that it's in SF, considering that most things Disney (especially that pertaining to Walt's life), happened in Southern California by Burbank. Click on the photo below to read all about the exciting news from mousevine.


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Tonight on Disney at The Movies @ 9PM:


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For the complete Disney Channel TV listing, click here!

That's it for today-
Peace out!
-andi w.

P.S. Check back later for my PIRATES review! :D

Thursday, May 24, 2007

YoHo, YoHo, It's time for Pirates 3!!

Hey guys!

In celebration of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END, here's a picture I managed to muster up from Halloween in Italy last fall where my friends Matt and Joe dressed were Pirates and I was Minnie Mouse!


Pirates of the Caribbean GONE BAD! (haha)

Remember... the first showing of PIRATES is tonight at 8 PM!! (I've got my tickets for 3:15PM for tomorrow, since my bf's got early classes we can't see the midnight showing.. BUT, I will definitely give you my review the moment I've seen it! ... So far, it's gotten 51% (mixed reviews) on rottentomatoes. Here's hoping that it's better than what it's been reported to be!



Besides the opening of the third installment of Pirates... I am ECSTATIC to announce that IT is finally here!! Well... what is IT, you ask? The trailer for the new Disney movie, ENCHANTED starring Amy Adams, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey, and my favorites, Julie Andrews and Idina Menzel. Click here to download it from idina-here.com. Or, you can click on the picture below to watch it STREAMING from Idina's Myspace


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As for Disney's new animated feature, it has been confirmed that Dreamgirls' Anika Noni Rose will be providing the voice for Disney's new, Princess Tiana. Also, the movie's official title, The Frog Princess has been changed to The Princes and the Frog. Click on the photo below for the full article.


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Tonight on DISNEY at THE MOVIES @ 8PM:

Starring The Suite Life's Brenda Song

For the complete DISNEY CHANNEL TV schedule, click here.

That's it for today-
Peace out!
-andi w.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Dirty Face? Clean It Up!

Now, what you've all been waiting for...Vanessa Hudgens' NEUTROGENA commercial! (Sorry it's kind of bad quality, but so far, it's the only thing I've been able to find!)





In other news, Disney veterans, ALY & A.J are going on tour with High School Musical's CORBIN BLEU and Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh's Drake Bell. For tour dates, click on the photo below (to Aly and AJ's myspace)!





The opening song to HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 is going to make its premiere on RADIO DISNEY this week on Friday, MAY 25th @ 8 AM!!.. the song, "What Time Is It?" is the first song on the soundtrack and the opening song to the movie. You can buy the CD single when it hits stores, JULY 17. Check your local radio station listing to find out what AM station Radio Disney is on for you!





Remember, if you wanna catch a sneak peek of HAIRSPRAY starring HSM's Zac Efron, be sure to tune into MTV @ 11PM today!



UPDATE (@ 11:03 PM): The Hairspray preview was really just a PRE view... very very short! It was literally just 2 minutes long... nothing all that special :(



Tonight on Disney at The Movies @ 8/7CT:


For the complete Disney Channel listing, click here!

That's it for now- have a magical day!
Peace out!
-andi w.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Leave a Legacy



Even though your face might never be as known as Walt Disney's, Disney is still giving you one final chance to Leave a Legacy at WDW's Epcot. HURRY, because according to laughingplace, Epcot is discontinuing the sales of legacy tiles on JUNE 16th, so buy yours today!





In Disney Channel news... the brand spankin' new DCOM, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board is officially OPEN! Click on the photo below to visit the site where you can view exclusive behind the scenes video blogs and photos, play games, take quizzes, give shoutouts, learn about dirtbiking, and more! (A little tidbit I noticed: the new DCOM has Johnny's last name as Kapahala... but in his last DCOM, Johnny Tsunami, his last name was spelled Kapahaala *notice the extra A?*)





Did you ever want to see HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALon BROADWAY? Well... here's your chance.. (KIND OF...) You see, Paul Cozby wrote his very own play with the same name... "High School Musical" before the Disney Channel made their own movie into an international hit! However, because theatres might not be able to afford a license to Disney's HSM, they are turning to Cozby's piece to get in on the action. (I'm sure you heard of this incident in the past, but if you haven't...) When asked about Cozby's views on Disney' HSM:

"'I was just very surprised,' he said. 'The plot elements are just very similar. If you put the two works side by side, the similarities are remarkable — obviously beginning with the title.'

Cozby's lawyer, Charles Baker of the Houston firm Porter & Hedges LLC, told Playbill.com that Cozby has filed suit against Disney Enterprises, 'claiming they stole his idea, claiming they infringed upon his trademark title [and] seeking damages and seeking an injunction" against the use of the title by Disney and, essentially, the continuation of the property.'"




Click here for the complete article.



And now for your viewing pleasure... ASHLEY TISDALE getting hit on the head during the HSM tour in Brazil (I believe)...





Tonight on Disney at The Movies @ 8PM ET/PT:


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That's it for today-
Peace out!
-andi w.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Dreams Come True...?

Last night, I had a dream that while I was on vacation on a cruise, during our welcome dinner, Ashley Tisdale came out and sang her single, "Be Good To Me". After the show, I ran up to her and told her that I blog about her and I'm a huge fan, and then we took pictures together, became best friends, and then she gave me a job at Disney. Yes, people, dreams DO come true.. but I'm not sure this one will... so in saying that, I must keep the post short today so I can finally finish my Disney applications.



For any of you flying into Orlando, Florida, keep your eyes peeled for the new Star Wars ads that are posted around the airport in order to advertise the Stars Wars Weekends (for four consecutive weekends between June 1 to June 24), at Disney's MGM studios. To see more pictures and read the full article, click on the photo below!


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Tonight on Disney at The Movies @ 8PM ET/PT:... From the producers of High School Musical...



For the complete Disney Channel TV listing, click HERE.

That's all for now,
Peace out!
-andi w.