Nick Pitera sings Part of Your World

The Little Mermaid reunion in Burbank last night was a blast. Co-Directors John Musker and Ron Clements (and panelists including Andreas …

The Boys

Opening today in New York, L.A. and San Francisco is a wonderful documentary on the career of songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard …

Wayne Allwine (1947-2009)

Wayne Allwine, the official voice of Mickey Mouse, the third person in history to play the character in various movies and TV shows, has …

Observations on Up

Had the pleasure of seeing Pixar’s latest masterpiece last Thursday — and yeah, it’s a masterpiece. They’ve done it again. An original …

Disney Gives Credit, 1932

As a follow-up to Amid’s post yesterday on Disney’s Pinocchio trade ad, David Lesjak (who runs two of the best Disneyana blogs on the …

Pinocchio Trade Ad from 1940

While researching a book that I’m currently working on, I discovered a four-page ad published in the March 4, 1940 edition of The …

1933 Mickey Mouse gum card w/Walt Disney

I was rummaging through my files last night and found this old beat-up Mickey Mouse Bubble Gum card from the early 1930s. I don’t know if …

The Princess and the Frog Trailer

The trailer for The Princess and the Frog aired for the first time today on Disney Channel. (Thanks, Aldon Spears)

Pixar opening shorts studio in Canada

Pixar is opening a satellite studio in Vancouver which will be dedicated to producing short subjects. According to a story in The …

Two Books You Must Have in October

Come October, I know I’ll definitely be adding two new books to my bookshelf: South of the Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the …

Free screening of Up

Pssst! Shhhh… don’t tell anyone, but you can see Pete Docter’s latest film, Up, this Saturday, May 9th for free. If you can get to …

Marc Davis Art Show

Beginning this Friday, the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale will present The Art of Marc Davis. The exhibit will feature non-studio …

The Milt Kahl event

Last night’s Milt Kahl tribute at the Motion Picture Academy was a huge (though a bit long) success – if you got into the theater. …

Pixar’s Partly Cloudy

Here’s a brief clip from the new Pixar short that will accompany Up in theatres: (via Fire Wire)

Upcoming Disney Books

I got a peek at the latest Disney Book Group catalog, prepared for this week’s London Book Fair. There are plenty of things coming up …

David Stainton’s Website

When one thinks of David Stainton, the former president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, what are the first two descriptive terms that …

Claude Coats

Alan Coats, the son of legendary Disney background painter Claude Coats, has started a website about his father’s work at ClaudeCoats.com …

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