April, 2011

Catch of the Day! Welcome to the underwater world of Disney Channel's hit series "Fish Hooks." Created and executive produced by illustrator Noah Z. Jones, "Fish Hooks" is an inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presenting high school life as seen through the eyes of three BFFs (best fish friends), Bea, Milo and Oscar. Together they experience the typical life challenges and triumphs, including friendship, dating and sports...

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ORLANDO, FL (April 8, 2011) – Chefs at Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Loews Portofino Bay Hotel and Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando have created Easter Sunday brunch experiences, with menus to please the palate and family-friendly entertainment. Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando offers a tropical paradise setting for Easter Sunday. Their champagne brunch in Islands Dining Room from 11:00 am – 8:00 pm will feature islands music and hula dancers, along with an all-you-can...

Apricot Lane to Join Downtown Disney District Fashion boutique features celebrity inspired trends ANAHEIM, CALIF. April 12, 2011 – Disneyland Resort today announced that fashion boutique Apricot Lane will join Downtown Disney in early June 2011. “We always look to add unique locations that provide our guests a shopping experience unlike anywhere else – Apricot Lane certainly fits that mold,” said Tony Bruno, vice president of Disneyland Resort hotels and Downtown Disney. “Our...

Okuni ©Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved. Okuni is a micro car Kabuki dancer who dons the traditional white-painted face and an exquisite colorful kimono for her performances at the Kabuki theater in Tokyo, Japan. Kingpin Nobunaga ©Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved. As a professional Sumo wrestler at an arena in Tokyo, Japan, Kingpin Nobunaga is a gold-painted micro van who fights his fiercest matches when he's wearing his lucky purple mawashi. Pinion Tanaka ©Disney/Pixar. All...

Catch of the Day! Welcome to the underwater world of Disney Channel's hit series "Fish Hooks." Created and executive produced by illustrator Noah Z. Jones, "Fish Hooks" is an inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presenting high school life as seen through the eyes of three BFFs (best fish friends), Bea, Milo and Oscar. Together they experience the typical life challenges and triumphs, including friendship, dating and sports...

ANIME EXPO DEDICATES ANNUAL CHARITY AUCTION TO JAPANESE DISASTER RELIEF LOS ANGELES, CA – (April 11, 2011) – Anime Expo (AX), North America’s largest anime and manga celebration, today announced that the proceeds of its annual Charity Auction held July 4, 2011 will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society . The fundraiser will give the tens of thousands of anime fans who attend AX a special way to come together as a community and support the survivors of the devastating earthquake...

N ARRATED BY SAMUEL L. JACKSON SEE “ AFRICAN CATS, ” SAVE THE SAVANNA “ AFRICAN CATS ” POSTS STRONG ADVANCE SALES IN SUPPORT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INITIATIVE With more than $1.7 Million in Advance Sales, Disneynature Already Set to Save More Than 9,500 Acres… and Still Counting “African Cats” Motion Picture Opens on Earth Day, April 22, 2011 BURBANK, Calif. (April 11, 2011) – “African Cats” is still more than two weeks from opening...

April 6, 2011– Los Angeles, CA. Disney together with Ashley Tisdale hosted a special VIP reception in celebration of the release of Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure – an all-new Disney comedy adventure starring the multi-talented Ashley Tisdale, as Sharpay Evans, in a hilarious fish-out-of-water tale about a small town Diva and her dog’s mis-adventures in New York City!- to celebrate the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release on April 19. Tisdale was joined by her film cast mates Austin...

Playdom Launches Gardens of Time Social gaming company adds a social layer to hidden object game play MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Playdom today announced the launch of Gardens of Time , a hidden object game re-imagined with social elements on Facebook. Gardens of Time provides the artistic and game play depth of a downloadable hidden object game while setting a new standard of social game play within the genre. In Gardens of Time , players join the Time Society, an elite group of time-traveling...

Max Schnell Max Schnell started as a humble production sedan from Stuttgart, Germany. An avid amateur racer, Max would practice alone in the back roads of the dense Black Forest—a trek that eventually caught the eye of a racing team owner. Soon Max was on a professional circuit, bearing the #4, and as his horsepower increased, he converted himself to carbon fiber, dropping his weight and getting into prime racing shape. He’s won more races at Motorheimring than any other World Torque...

Catch of the Day! Welcome to the underwater world of Disney Channel's hit series "Fish Hooks." Created and executive produced by illustrator Noah Z. Jones, "Fish Hooks" is an inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presenting high school life as seen through the eyes of three BFFs (best fish friends), Bea, Milo and Oscar. Together they experience the typical life challenges and triumphs, including friendship, dating and sports...

FRIGHT NIGHT Copyright 2011 DreamWorks Studios All rights reserved. Genre: Horror Rating: TBD U.S. Release date: August 19, 2011 Running Time: Cast: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Imogen Poots and Toni Collette Director: Craig Gillespie Producers: Michael De Luca, Alison Rosenzweig Executive Producers: Ray Angelic, Josh Bratman, Michael Gaeta, Lloyd Ivan Miller Screenplay by: Marti Noxon Story by: Tom Holland Based on the film "Fright Night" written...

Everyone’s Favorite Family of Undercover Superheroes Bursts Into High-Definition Academy Award®-Winning Animated Feature Disney•Pixar’s THE INCREDIBLES Makes Its Highly-Anticipated Blu-ray™ Debut On April 12th THE INCREDIBLES, everyone’s favorite family of undercover superheroes and Disney•Pixar’s two time Academy Award®-winning animated feature film 2004 Best Animated Feature Film and Best Achievement in Sound Editing), makes its highly- anticipated...

Catch of the Day! Welcome to the underwater world of Disney Channel's hit series "Fish Hooks." Created and executive produced by illustrator Noah Z. Jones, "Fish Hooks" is an inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presenting high school life as seen through the eyes of three BFFs (best fish friends), Bea, Milo and Oscar. Together they experience the typical life challenges and triumphs, including friendship, dating and sports...

In this Disney Geek: - Breaking news! A "Fantasy" prize for the winners of D23's Great Disney Scavenger Hunt at Walt Disney World - Directors Joseph Kosinski and Steven Lisberger reveal "TRON: Legacy" and "TRON" favorites - Star Tours destinations revealed - "Monsters Inc." prequel named—and exciting new plot details! - Who's who in "Winnie the Pooh"—plus, Zooey Deschanel lends her voice to the soundtrack - "Mary Poppins"...

WORLD PREMIERE CELEBRATION FOR DISNEY’S “PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES” WILL BENEFIT BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA STAR-STUDDED EVENT AT DISNEYLAND ON MAY 7TH MARKS FIRST-EVER 3D OUTDOOR PREMIERE BURBANK, Calif. (April 5, 2011 ) —The Walt Disney Company is donating proceeds from the highly anticipated World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” to Boys & Girls Clubs of...

Nessie Color Model ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Character Design Sketch - MacFroogle ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved Visual Development Painting ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. MacFroogle (center) ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Nessie with pigs ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES sails into theatres May 20th, 2011 in Disney Digital 3D™.

Catch of the Day! Welcome to the underwater world of Disney Channel's hit series "Fish Hooks". Throughout April, we'll introduce you to some of the series' most colorful characters Created and executive produced by illustrator Noah Z. Jones, "Fish Hooks" is an inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presenting high school life as seen through the eyes of three BFFs (best fish friends), Bea, Milo and Oscar. Together they...

Playdom community rallies support by donating to the American Red Cross MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Playdom today announced a program with the American Red Cross to support their efforts in helping those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific. As part of the program, which will run for 10 days, Playdom has set up a website on which people can donate directly to the American Red Cross. As a way to thank the Playdom community and remind them of the program, Playdom...

This past weekend at WonderCon, there were three cars parked outside the Moscone Center ... featuring the Twitter handle @ChromeLeaks . What did fans find there? A pointer to the URL www.cars-n-deals.com where they found this "commercial". This faux advertisement for “ Cars N’ Deals of Emeryville ” was directed by Chris Cantwell (the same guy who directed the Lots-o-Huggin’ Bear faux ad last year for Toy Story 3 ). See if you can find the embedded subtle hints about...

Welcome to the underwater world of Disney Channel's hit series "Fish Hooks." Throughout April, we'll introduce you to some of the series' most colorful characters. Created and executive produced by illustrator Noah Z. Jones, "Fish Hooks" is an inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presenting high school life as seen through the eyes of three BFFs (best fish friends), Bea, Milo and Oscar. Together they experience the typical...

SEE " AFRICAN CATS, " SAVE THE SAVANNA MISSION GOES VIRAL Disneynature ' s Collaboration with the African Wildlife Foundation to Help Save the Savanna during " African Cats '" Opening Week Heats Up Online! BURBANK , Calif. (April 4, 2011) - Disneynature's plans to work with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to "Save the Savanna"have gone viral. As the April 22 opening of the awe-inspiring "African Cats" approaches, Disneynature is tapping into...

GUESTS WILL BE “HANGING BY A MOMENT” WITH ROCK BAND LIFEHOUSE LIVE THIS SATURDAY AT UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT’S MARDI GRAS The Biggest Mardi Gras Party Outside of New Orleans Continues Saturday, April 9 WHAT: This Saturday night, Los Angeles-based alternative rock band Lifehouse will bring their raucous, grunge rock style to the biggest Mardi Gras celebration outside the Big Easy at Universal Orlando Resort. Lifehouse’s successful and energetic career has culminated in more...