Diary of a Wimpy Kid Review By CovaKid7

 

Last year I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid and thoroughly enjoyed it. So when the movie came out I was very excited to see it, but I didn’t get a chance to until it came to ON DEMAND. When I finally watched it I thought it was completely worth the wait. I thought every moment of the movie was just like the book which was funny, put together perfectly, and one of the best movies I have ever seen. It totally and completely exceeded my expectations.

Just like the book, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” the movie was a fun and creative idea of what middle school might be like for the nerds, and how middle school is for everyone else too. The story follows the life of Greg Heffley as he tries to conquer middle school with his best friend, Rowley Jefferson. Throughout the whole movie Greg tries to make his best friend Rowley one of the “cooler kids “like he thinks he is, but he is actually one of the most unpopular kids in the school.

I recommend this movie to anyone who is up for a few good laughs about the trials and tribulations middle-schoolers can get into.  But more than the movie, I highly recommend the book which is one I guarantee you won’t be able to put down.

DISNEY WELCOMES ROOKIE RACERS TO ITS NEWEST VIRTUAL WORLD

DISNEY•PIXAR WORLD OF CARS ONLINE

Kids Can Now Join Lightning McQueen, Mater and the Cast of “Cars”

in an Online World Full of Fun, Adventure and Racing!

 

Racers – log onto your computers – and start your engines!  Disney•Pixar World of Cars Online (www.worldofcars.com) a new online virtual world for kids based on the hit animated movie “Cars,” debuted to fans, car enthusiasts and the press on Wednesday, August 11, as announced by Disney Online Studios, a unit of the Disney Interactive Media Group.

The World of Cars Online premiere event featured celebrity guests Cheech Marin and Jenifer Lewis, voices of “Ramone” and “Flo” from the Disney•Pixar animated feature “Cars” and new online video game, as well as Disney Channel stars, the Road Kings classic car club and other Hollywood families and fans.   The event was held at California historical landmark, Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in Burbank, a real life example of the 1950s style “car hop” coffee shop, reminiscent of Radiator Springs’ Flo’s V-8 Café depicted in the “Cars” movie and virtual world.

“Our goal with World of Cars Online is to provide a creative and social environment where kids can have fun and use their imaginations in new ways,” says Lane Merrifield, executive vice president of Disney Online Studios. “Our teams worked tirelessly to ensure World of Cars Online authentically represents the characters and storylines that kids and families have come to know and love from the movies, and we’re looking forward to hearing what ‘Cars’ fans think of it.”

 “At Pixar, we love seeing the worlds we create in our films extend into other media,” said Jay Ward, Cars Franchise Manager. “We are excited to bring the world of ‘Cars’ to online audiences in a fun and imaginative way.”

World of Cars Online is an expansive virtual world on the Internet that constantly changes with new games, adventures and community activities for kids and their friends to enjoy together.  Features include:

• Create a Car – create a custom car with loads of modifications and upgrades to choose from 
• Meet “Cars” Movie Characters – engage with quirky “Cars” characters in offbeat adventures and more
• Explore the Open Road – play fun games and activities in Radiator Springs and beyond
• Make New Friends – meet, chat and play with thousands of other Cars or race against them on a variety of tracks
• Start a Racing Career – race to become the new Piston Cup Champ.  Cars can work their way up from local dirt tracks to the national circuit
• Build a Yard – outfit a yard for friends to check out and visit, and eventually build custom race tracks

There is no third party advertising in World of Cars Online, it is a free-to-play browser-based game.  For access to additional features in the world, a sponsorship subscription of $5.95 a month is required. 

A special parents section is featured in World of Cars Online, where parents can learn more about the game and parental controls that are offered.  Parents may use the Account Manager to control a variety of community settings for their child’s car, including two chat options, SpeedChat and SpeedChat Plus.  In addition to the parental controls, World of Cars Online employs a highly trained, on-site staff to continuously monitor the world and provide personalized player support.  More information on the parents section can be found at: www.worldofcars.go.com/parents/.

School! By Grizzlybear

For a lot of people, the new school term is starting soon. Some people look forward to it, but some don’t. And well, I’m not too sure. There are some kids in my class that I’m really looking forward to seeing but not the others. That’s only natural, right? I’ve put together a little ‘to do list’ for you guys to help you prepare for the new year!

1. If you haven’t gotten your uniform already, I’d recommend getting it soon; before everyone does last minute uniform things and the shops get too busy.

2. If you’re not looking forward to the new year make a list of all the positive things. For example you could write ‘looking forward to seeing friends’ or ‘will be the oldest kids in school’

3. Look around your house for all the stationary. I know it’s nice to buy brand-new stuff, but in the long-run it could save a lot of money using the things you already have!

4. Start going to bed earlier and getting up earlier. That way it will become easier when the time really comes.

 To everyone who will soon start school/has started already GOOD LUCK!

By Grizzlybear

Laura10’s Music Post!

LADY GAGA:’MY NEW ALBUM IS THE BEST EVER’

Lady GaGa’s next studio album is nearing its release and the Alejandro singer claims it’s her best work yet. ‘The new album is my absolute greatest work I’ve ever done,and I’m so excited about it’,she said in one interview,’The message,the melodies,the direction,the meaning,what it will mean to my fans and what it will mean to me in my own life is utter liberation.’ New album is set for release next year but GaGa is still selling plenty of copies of her debut release ‘The Fame’ and its follow up ‘The Fame Monster’. This week sales surpassed 13 million and GaGa was honoured with special presentation in Los Angeles. She said that new album will be very popular! So,when she finishes the album,hurry up and buy it!

DISNEY WELCOMES ROOKIE RACERS TO ITS NEWEST VIRTUAL WORLD

 

DISNEY•PIXAR WORLD OF CARS ONLINE 

Kids Can Now Join Lightning McQueen, Mater and the Cast of “Cars” in an Online World Full of Fun, Adventure and Racing!

 

Racers – log onto your computers – and start your engines!  Disney•Pixar World of Cars Online (www.worldofcars.com) a new online virtual world for kids based on the hit animated movie “Cars,” debuted to fans, car enthusiasts and the press on Wednesday, August 11, as announced by Disney Online Studios, a unit of the Disney Interactive Media Group.  

The World of Cars Online premiere event featured celebrity guests Cheech Marin and Jenifer Lewis, voices of “Ramone” and “Flo” from the Disney•Pixar animated feature “Cars” and new online video game, as well as Disney Channel stars, the Road Kings classic car club and other Hollywood families and fans.   The event was held at California historical landmark, Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in Burbank, a real life example of the 1950s style “car hop” coffee shop, reminiscent of Radiator Springs’ Flo’s V-8 Café depicted in the “Cars” movie and virtual world.  

“Our goal with World of Cars Online is to provide a creative and social environment where kids can have fun and use their imaginations in new ways,” says Lane Merrifield, executive vice president of Disney Online Studios. “Our teams worked tirelessly to ensure World of Cars Online authentically represents the characters and storylines that kids and families have come to know and love from the movies, and we’re looking forward to hearing what ‘Cars’ fans think of it.”  

 “At Pixar, we love seeing the worlds we create in our films extend into other media,” said Jay Ward, Cars Franchise Manager. “We are excited to bring the world of ‘Cars’ to online audiences in a fun and imaginative way.” 

World of Cars Online is an expansive virtual world on the Internet that constantly changes with new games, adventures and community activities for kids and their friends to enjoy together.  Features include: 

• Create a Car – create a custom car with loads of modifications and upgrades to choose from ·         Meet “Cars” Movie Characters – engage with quirky “Cars” characters in offbeat adventures and more ·         Explore the Open Road – play fun games and activities in Radiator Springs and beyond ·         Make New Friends – meet, chat and play with thousands of other Cars or race against them on a variety of tracks ·         Start a Racing Career – race to become the new Piston Cup Champ.  Cars can work their way up from local dirt tracks to the national circuit ·         Build a Yard – outfit a yard for friends to check out and visit, and eventually build custom race tracks A special parents section is featured in World of Cars Online, where parents can learn more about the game and parental controls that are offered.  Parents may use the Account Manager to control a variety of community settings for their child’s car, including two chat options, SpeedChat and SpeedChat Plus.  In addition to the parental controls, World of Cars Online employs a highly trained, on-site staff to continuously monitor the world and provide personalized player support.  More information on the parents section can be found at: www.worldofcars.go.com/parents/.  

Last Minute Summer To-Do List!

If all of the Tweens on Between Talk are like me, then they’re all getting ready to go back to school!  I know, you probably don’t want to hear me talking about school, but it is COMING!  For some on Monday, others the week after, and for the lucky ones, the week after that.  Luckily, I’m here to help each and every one of you tweens get the most out of their summer via a top seven list:

7: Go Camping!  Enjoy the outdoors, Summer is the best time of the year for good weather!

6: Go to the Museum or the Zoo!  Remember: Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.-The Duke of Wellington

5: Go to a fun park like Six Flags or Water World.  No summer is complete unless you go out and have an exhausting day of fun!

4: Have an all night game and movie night!  Summer only comes once a year, make the most of having no commitments!

3: Have a Party with Friends!  It’s hard to have late parties during the school year because of homework, so make sure that you all have tons of fun parties!

2: Finish your Summer Reading List.  During the School Year we all have to read nonstop, the only difference with the Summer is that we get to read what we want!

1: Sleep In!  This is one of the few chances that you have!  But don’t make a habit of it; Remember: Early to bed and early to rise makes a man/woman healthy, wealthy, and wise.-Benjamin Franklin

So here you have it!  Get to finishing this list, before Summer is OVER!!!!!!

Help Honor Mickey on Disney.com’s Create

 

Create, Disney.com’s entertainment portal, is honoring Mickey by offering fans a chance to submit their own art to form a bigger mosaic picture. Logging on to Create enables fans to work with Disney art through great applications that help create and design art work, comic books, music videos and much more. Submit your piece and check it out right here:

Mickey’s Wall:

http://disney.go.com/dxd/index.html?channel=1350380  

Create Official Site:

http://disney.com/create  

Create Assets (incl. fact sheet and art):

http://www.specialopsmedia.com/assets/Disney/CreateAssets.zip  

Disney.com Create Overview

Create is an entertainment portal on Disney.com, the No. 1 ranked community-family and parenting destination on the Web.  The Create portal launched on Disney.com in August 2009, and features a set of creativity tools that offer an entirely new way to interact with Disney characters and stories.  For the first time, guests have access to rich Disney character art and graphics to design their own works of art then share them with other guests online.  Create builds on the vision created long ago by Walt Disney, “A focus on creativity and engaging the imagination of the guest.”  Since its launch, more than 1.2 million original pieces of content have been created within Disney.com Create

Apps

Create Apps allow children to design artwork, comic books, music videos, animated pets and more, all using Disney characters and graphics. 

Comic Creator

Craft a comic book using favorite Disney characters.  Guests lay out pages using fun and wacky graphics, text and images to create their own rich narrative.

Digital Painter

Paint like a master artist, right in your browser, using tools, textures, and fun pens.  Create a masterpiece that can be shared for everyone to see!

Animods

Illustrate an animated online pet that can be individually styled and customized.  Guests choose from a number of different animals, each with its own collection of pre-set animations, interactions, and accessories. 

Photo Mashup

Combine photos of favorite Disney stars with hip stickers and cool gear to create personalized images for use on a computer desktop, phone, inside a school locker, or any other fun application guests can dream up.

Music Slideshow

Compose a harmonious mix of images, text, and sound.  Guests create their own music videos using photos of Disney stars, their own text, and a choice of songs from artists such as Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers.

Group Wall

An innovative new community gallery called the “Group Wall” will launch on Disney.com Create.  The first Group Wall theme is a “Tribute to Mickey” and will build a dynamic mosaic portrait of Mickey Mouse with user-generated content. 

My Portfolio

Create an online art portfolio on Disney.com to share with friends, filling it with creations from all of the Create activities – digital paintings, comic-books, pets and more.

James and the Giant Peach The Special Edition Review

I must admit that it has been a VERY long time since I actually sat down and watched James and the Giant Peach.  When I first watched the movie I must have been somewhere between 7 and 8, and when I first watched the movie I found it very strange, but likable.  Today, after re-watching it, I still hold the same sentiment.  The movie is definitely a strange creation, but everything involving Tim Burton is!  However, this movie is one for everyone as it definitely speaks to all ages.

The story starts out with a young boy named James who has just lost his parents to a terrible storm which he dubs “The Great Rhino in the Sky”.  From then on James is forced to live with his terrible aunts who make him work every day.  Until one day a mysterious stranger gives him a bag of crocodile tongues (weird, I know) which have magical powers!  Unfortunately, James spills the bag out into the garden which then grows a giant peach, which begins his inspirational and magical journey across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City! 

Any fan of the original would love this Disney Blu-Ray and DVD remastered version.  The movie also comes with many special features like an interactive game, a behind the scenes look at the making of the film, a music video performed by Randy Newman, and the original theatrical trailer.

Hopefully if you are a fan of Disney or of Tim Burton, you will pick up this movie and enjoy a nostalgic, 79 minute trip to the past!

By covakid7

Disney Create

Disney.com is excited to present Create, an entertainment portal that offers a brand new way to interact with Disney character art and graphics. Logging on to Create enables fans to work with Disney art through great applications that help create and design art work, comic books, music videos and much more. It’s also a great way to express creativity and communicate with other Disney fans.

In July, Disney.com Create is launching an all-new feature called the Group Wall, where thousands of original pieces of art are created around a central theme and then added to a larger mosaic.  The first group wall is themed around, what else but Mickey Mouse – the one that started it all.  The Group Wall mosaic is updated in real time so users can watch as new artwork is added, and it features unique tools allowing guests to locate their artwork within the mosaic.

Create Official Site:

http://disney.com/create

Disney.com Create Overview

Create is an entertainment portal on Disney.com, the No. 1 ranked community-family and parenting destination on the Web.  The Create portal launched on Disney.com in August 2009, and features a set of creativity tools that offer an entirely new way to interact with Disney characters and stories.  For the first time, guests have access to rich Disney character art and graphics to design their own works of art then share them with other guests online.  Create builds on the vision created long ago by Walt Disney, “A focus on creativity and engaging the imagination of the guest.”  Since it’s launch, more than 1.2 million original pieces of content have been created within Disney.com Create  

Apps

Create Apps allow children to design artwork, comic books, music videos, animated pets and more, all using Disney characters and graphics. 

Comic Creator

Craft a comic book using favorite Disney characters.  Guests lay out pages using fun and wacky graphics, text and images to create their own rich narrative.

Digital Painter

Paint like a master artist, right in your browser, using tools, textures, and fun pens.  Create a masterpiece that can be shared for everyone to see!

Animods

Illustrate an animated online pet that can be individually styled and customized.  Guests choose from a number of different animals, each with its own collection of pre-set animations, interactions, and accessories.   

Photo Mashup

Combine photos of favorite Disney stars with hip stickers and cool gear to create personalized images for use on a computer desktop, phone, inside a school locker, or any other fun application guests can dream up.

Music Slideshow

Compose a harmonious mix of images, text, and sound.  Guests create their own music videos using photos of Disney stars, their own text, and a choice of songs from artists such as Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers.

Group Wall

An innovative new community gallery called the “Group Wall” will launch on Disney.com Create.  The first Group Wall theme is a “Tribute to Mickey” and will build a dynamic mosaic portrait of Mickey Mouse with user-generated content. 

My Portfolio

Create an online art portfolio on Disney.com to share with friends, filling it with creations from all of the Create activities – digital paintings, comic-books, pets and more.

Celebrate Summer with Disney.com’s Phineas and Ferb Summer Vacation Sweepstakes and More!

Disney.com is celebrating summer this year with all things Phineas and Ferb. Kids can stay entertained all summer long with their favorite Phineas and Ferb characters by building their own beach or carnival, checking out their favorite episodes and clips from the show, or by testing their knowledge of the show to earn online prizes with the Trivia-inator. Plus, starting this week, kids have the chance to win the ultimate summer vacation with Disney.com’s Phineas and Ferb Summer Vacation Sweepstakes.  To enter, help Phineas and Ferb in their latest adventures by finding BigFoot in the forest, playing a carnival game, or by saving the fish from the giant squid. Kids ages 6-16 will have the opportunity to win the grand prize of a trip of their choice to New York City, NY; Los Angeles, CA or Orlando, FL. Plus, a cool BMX bike will be given out every week of the sweepstakes.  The three week sweepstakes will end on Aug. 6.

To enter, kids can visit: http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/phineasandferb/sweepstakes/

For official rules: http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/phineasandferb/sweepstakes/rules.html

For Phineas and Ferb summer fun:  http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/phineasandferb/

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