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News Articles: Disney

Guests stroll along Main Street at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World. The park celebrates its 50th anniversary on Oct. 1, 2021.

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50 years ago, Disney World opened its doors and welcomed guests to its Magic Kingdom

Walt Disney secretly bought 40 square miles of land in the Sunshine State, then unveiled plans that would reshape the theme park industry and central Florida.

October 01, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Is Cruella de Vil (Emma Stone) meant to come off as misguided, unhinged or genuinely unscrupulous? A new film tries to suggest a complicated mix of all three and winds up feeling mostly confused.

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  • Movie Reviews

A Kinder 'Cruella'? Film Reimagines The Dalmatian Villain With Spotty Success

Emma Stone gives her all in a tricky role as the puppycidal fashionista of Disney's Dalmatians franchise. Cruella isn't a bad movie, but it fails to make its protagonist bad enough.

May 28, 2021
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  • Justin Chang
Disneyland Park and California Adventure Park in Anaheim, Calif., will reopen on April 30, after having been closed since last March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Disneyland Theme Parks Will Reopen To California Residents In April

Disneyland Park and Disneyland California Adventure Park will reopen on April 30. Reservations will be required and limited to state residents only.

March 17, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Visitors take photos at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in March 2020. Jungle Cruise, one of the original Disney parks' rides, is getting a 21st century remodel by "imagineers" at the Disneyland park in California and the Magic Kingdom park in Florida with a new storyline and characters that "reflect and value the diversity of the world around us," Disney said in a blog post last week.

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  • National

Disney Revamps Jungle Cruise Ride To Remove Racist Depictions Of Indigenous People

The ride's negative depictions of Indigenous people will be removed as part of a national reckoning on race and reconciliation.

February 02, 2021
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By:
  • Danielle Prieur
A 5-year-old Jeffrey Sherman is pictured with his father, songwriter Robert Sherman, in the early 1960s.

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  • National

His Vaccine Story Inspired His Father To Write A Disney Classic

As a kid, Jeffrey Sherman told his father, songwriter Robert Sherman, about his experience getting a polio vaccine. It sparked Robert to craft the now famous Mary Poppins song, "A Spoonful of Sugar."

January 08, 2021
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  • Jo Corona
Disney added a warning on its streaming service to some of its titles with racist depictions, including <em>Dumbo</em>. The crows' appearance and musical number in the movie "pay homage to racist minstrel shows," Disney said.

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  • Movies

Disney Warns Viewers Of Racism In Some Classic Movies With Strengthened Label

Disney strengthened language used to denounce racist depictions in some of its classic properties on the company's streaming service.

October 16, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
A young Howard Ashman, photographed on the set of his musical <em>Little Shop of Horrors</em>.

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  • Music Features

A New Documentary Shines A Spotlight On The Lyricist Behind The Disney Renaissance

The Disney+ documentary Howard features the life and work of Howard Ashman, a lyricist known for Little Shop of Horrors and one half of the duo that brought the music for three classic films to life.

August 06, 2020
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  • Tim Greiving
A visitor wearing a protective mask walks past a statue of Mickey Mouse at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort on June 18, the day it initially reopened. The amusement park will close again on Wednesday.

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  • World

Hong Kong Disneyland Closes Again Because Of Coronavirus

A city health official called the virus's spread in Hong Kong "a bit out of control," according to a report from Asia Times. Hong Kong has reported 1,469 cases of the coronavirus and seven deaths.

July 14, 2020
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  • Austin Horn
Host Tony Harris, left, with actor Clifton Powell, who portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma, Lord, Selma."

Actor Clifton Powell On Portraying King In 'Selma, Lord, Selma'

The 1999 Disney made-for-television movie, “Selma, Lord, Selma,” explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s later years in Selma, Alabama. The movie is told...

April 04, 2018
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By:
  • Tony Harris and
  • La'Raven Taylor

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