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/

Suit Up For An All New Adrenaline Charged Adventure Based On One Of The Most Popular Surfing Movies Of A Generation: Blue Crush 2!

BLUE CRUSH 2

Head Out To The Exotic Beaches of South Africa As Some Of The World’s Most Spectacular Waves Are Unleashed

Exclusively On Blu-Ray & DVD Spring 2011

The film’s hot, young, international cast includes Sasha Jackson (“One Tree Hill”), Sharni Vinson (Step Up 3-D), Elizabeth Mathis (Enchanted), Ben Milliken (Newcastle) and newcomer Chris Fisher.  In Blue Crush 2, a young California girl treks across her late mother’s beloved South African beaches riding some of the world’s most spectacular waves, while making lifelong friends and gaining new insights into her past and future. Filmed along the beautiful coastline of South Africa, Blue Crush 2 features some of the most picturesque beaches on the planet, including the renowned “home of the perfect wave,” Jeffrey’s Bay (aka “J-Bay”), North Beach, Glenmore, Banana Beach and Coffee Bay.

The film also features many world-class female surfers from the Roxy team, some of whom currently hold a Women’s World Ranking from the Association of Surfing Professionals[1]  including: Sally Fitzgibbons (#1), Laura Enever (#3), Bianca Buitendag (#14-tied) Rosy Hodge (#17-tied), Tanika Hoffman, and Danielle Le Roux. Additional female surfers featured in the film include Sarah Baum (#24-tied), Roxy Louw, Tarryn Chudleigh, Kirsty Delport, Mia Hordyk, Morag Steele and Heidi Palmboom.

Performing daring stunts and conquering some of the wildest surf ever seen on film on the men’s side is Taj Burrow, Jordy Smith and Travis Logie who are ranked #1, #2 and #36 respectively on ASP’s Men’s World Rankings[2].  The film also features big wave surfer Grant “Twiggy” Baker, Rudi Palmboom Sr, Casey Grant, Warwick Wright, Mikey February and Andrew “Roosta” Lange.

 
SYNOPSIS
Dana (Sasha Jackson) is 18, gorgeous and a killer surfer with a shelf full of trophies to prove it. When her father pressures her to buckle down and go to college, Dana flees her Beverly Hills home for the beaches of South Africa, the site of some of the world’s most awesome surf and her late mother’s home country. With her mom’s journal in hand and a mismatched gang of surf fanatics watching her back, Dana embarks on an odyssey along the breathtaking southern coast of Africa to fulfill her mother’s dream—one long, flawless journey down the barrel of the killer waves of J-Bay.

Ramona and Beezus Coming to Theaters July 23

Yesterday my family and I were invited to go see an early viewing of Ramona and Beezus.  After reading all of the books and watching some of the trailers for the movie, I have to say that I was really worried that the movie would be completely different from the books.  First off, this post will not contain any spoilers so feel free to read this review! 

First, I think that the acting was great, you could really tell that the actors were very in touch with their characters, especially Ramona!  Second, for anyone who doesn’t know, this movie is pretty much all of the books scrunched into one movie, and they did a great job taking small and large parts from each book.  There were also many jokes that only true fans would understand because they were taken from the books and not fully explained in the movie. 

Some might think that this movie is a simple comedy but it is so much more than that.  It is a coming of age story for both Ramona and Beezus as they both have to tackle the hardships that adult life throws at them (Ok, for this part my brother helped J).  All in all, I really liked the movie and I’m glad to say that this movie isn’t only for kids or fans of the series.  It is really a fantastic movie with a deep message.

For anyone who wants some more information and fun games and videos please visit this site:

http://www.ramonaandbeezus.com/

Ask your parents before going online.

By covakid7

U Rock!

Disney.com is proud to announce the third annual U Rock summer event, starting today! The popular user-generated content promotion lets fans channel their inner Rock Star, by creating and submitting their own music videos set to songs by Disney favorites like the Jonas Brothers and Allstar Weekend.

By entering U Rock, fans can win chances to meet Disney stars like Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato on the Camp Rock 2 tour and trips to LA to party with the cast of Phineas and Ferb or Allstar Weekend.

U Rock Official Page:

http://disney.go.com/URock

Disney’s.com U Rock is back for third U Rock Summer!

Back for its third rockin’ summer on Disney.com, U Rock is a popular user-generated content (UGC ) summer promotion that celebratest the inner rock star in all of us.  U Rock gives fans the opportunity to create their own music videos set to songs from popular Disney artists and post their original videos on the U Rock site (www.Disney.com/URock).  The most popular U Rock video finalists, voted on by fans, will win amazing prizes like the chance to meet the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. 

How it Works

Kids can download a :30 song clip from a Disney Music artist to create and upload their own music videos. The videos are posted in a gallery on the U Rock site for viewing. Finalist videos are chosen by Disney.com, and guests vote on the (4) Grand Prize winners for each one of the songs. This year’s U Rock songs and grand prizes include:

• Camp Rock 2 “It’s On”
  Winner will head to Orlando to see Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers in the Camp Rock 2 tour. 
• Phineas and Ferb “Backyard Beach”
  Winner will come to Los Angeles to be a voice in an upcoming episode of Phineas and Ferb. 
• JONAS “LA Baby (Where Dreams Are Made Of)”
  Winner will travel to LA for a tour of some of the local sites featured in JONAS LA and cap it off by meeting Kevin, Joe and Nick. 
• Allstar Weekend “Dance Forever”
  Winner will head to LA where they will be the star in a weekend of fun including a musical jam session with Allstar Weekend and a $1000 shopping spree from Disney Stores. 

In addition to the grand prizes, other prizes will be awarded by Disney.com in the following categories:

• Awww…some! (Cutest video)
• Mega Pipes (Best singing)
• Sweet Groove Alll-Star (Best dancing)
• Tricked Out (Best graphics)

Timing

• Upload & Watch Videos:  July 7 – August 23
• Vote:  August 31 – September 12
• Winners Announced:  September 16

Shop Til You Rock!

The Shop Til You Rock music-inspired mall tour kicks off Saturday, July 17^th and the complete line-up with Demi Lovato appearance dates are now available!  Participating bands include Hey Monday, Bigger Lights, Every Avenue and Stereo Skyline, among others.  For the complete list of bands, event dates, activities, and exclusive mall deals visit www.ShopTilYouRock.com. Make sure to ask your parents before going online.

Watch Demi Lovato “Shop Til She Rocks”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ7bJwGviQA

Demi Intro Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC5oYQIeG2o

Shop Til You Rock Official Site, Facebook, Twitter & YouTube:

http://www.shoptilyourock.com

http://www.facebook.com/shoptilyourock

http://twitter.com/shoptilurock

http://www.youtube.com/user/shoptilyourock

DISNEY STAR DEMI LOVATO AND GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES
INVITE TEENS TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE ROCK STARS IN MUSIC-INSPIRED MALL TOUR

Shop Til You Rock Events Offer Teens Rock Star Treatment with Live Music,
Hot Fall Fashions and Special Offers

There’s a rock star inside each and every teenager, and this summer Disney Channel star and number one selling Hollywood Records artist, Demi Lovato, and General Growth Properties (NYSE:GGP) mall owner and operator of more than 200 properties across the country, are partnering to host a music-inspired mall tour, Shop Til You Rock, that empowers teens to look and feel like rock stars through live local musical performances, exclusive teen activities and special mall offers and giveaways.

Shop Til You Rock celebrates teen lifestyles and combines this year’s hottest fall fashions with special performances from more than 100 of today’s popular music artists, brought to you by Hot Topic.  The free events take place at more than 120 GGP malls across 39 states July through August.

For the complete list of Shop Til You Rock event dates, activities and exclusive mall deals visit www.ShopTilYouRock.com.  The website also hosts a sweepstakes* for a chance to win four VIP tickets to a Demi Lovato concert, including backstage passes to meet Lovato herself.  Teens also can go to the website and stream Shop Til You Rock band playlists, play games, follow the tour on the road via a dedicated blog and live Twitter feeds, and download exclusive Demi Lovato icons and wallpapers.

Lovato, star of Disney Channel’s ‘Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam’ and ‘Sonny With A Chance,’ will kick off the Shop Til You Rock premiere event with a special two-song acoustic set  and public meet-and-greet appearance on July 17 at 1 PM at Glendale Galleria, (2148 Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif.).  Lovato will make a total of three meet-and-greet appearances in the coming weeks:

• July 17 – Glendale Galleria, Glendale, Calif.
• July 24 – North Point Mall, Atlanta, Ga.
• August 1 – Stonebriar Centre, Dallas, Texas

“Shop Til You Rock is all about making a summer trip to the mall an experience that’s completely devoted to teens,” Lovato said. “We’re bringing out some of my favorite bands, hosting tons of activities to let teens embrace their own rock star style and showcasing cool fall fashions from today’s hottest retailers.”

The live, local band performances will be complemented with an opportunity to meet the band and enjoy cool activities designed exclusively for teens, including:

• Rock On Salon – Teens can release their inner rocker with an outrageous rocker hairstyle, all captured celebrity-style by Kodak.  All photos will be uploaded online, where teens have the opportunity to change their hair color or style, share with friends and more.

• Just Dance - Mall goers can show off their rock star moves and challenge friends to a dance off with America’s hottest dance game Just Dance, featuring music from chart-topping artists. Teens who fan Just Dance’s Facebook page at the event will receive an “I ♥ Just Dance” T-shirt, while supplies last.

• Rock The Runway – Do you stand out in a crowd? Teens have the chance to rock the runway with Fusion Model Management’s search to reward guys and girls ages 13-19 with modeling contracts totaling nearly $400,000.

• Pepsi Refresh Project Lounge – This year, the Pepsi Refresh Project is giving millions of dollars to fund ideas that will refresh the world. Rock your world and make a difference by voting for your favorite project at the Lounge (www.refresheverything.com).

• Rock Star HQ – Teens can enable their cell phone’s wireless technology capabilities to win prizes, get the latest retail offers, register for sweepstakes and join GGP’s free, exclusive membership, The Club^SM.

• Center Stage - Popular retailers will host on-stage fashion spotlights to give teens inspiration to create their best fall looks. There also will be games, contests and trivia to win great Shop Til You Rock and participating sponsor prizes.

“Rewarding our teen shoppers with exclusive entertainment events is important to GGP malls,” says Mark Pfeifer, SVP of Marketing and Communications, GGP.  “We want our teen customers to know that we listen to them and are excited to deliver the celebrity appearances, fashion, music and relevant mall activities that make going to their local GGP mall a unique and fun shopping experience.”

About GGP

GGP currently has ownership interest in, or management responsibility for, more than 200 regional shopping malls in 43 states, as well as ownership in planned community developments and commercial office buildings. The Company’s portfolio totals approximately 200 million square feet of retail space and includes more than 24,000 retail stores nationwide. The Company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GGP. For more information visit www.ggp.com.

About Demi Lovato

In the last year alone, Demi Lovato has earned a #1 album, headlined her first solo tour, starred in two hit Disney Channel movies, and an original Disney Channel show, “Sonny With A Chance.’  Recently Demi filmed ’Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam,’ which will premiere late summer. Having just returned from headlining a successful South American tour, Demi is currently writing and recording her next album and getting ready to tour the country with the Jonas Brothers.  Demi’s pure enthusiasm for everything she is and does is clear and her fans feel it and respond in kind. “I feel like my fans are more than fans to me, they’re my friends.”

*Visit www.shoptilyourock.com for entry requirements and official rules

Camping! By KatherineTP

Camping don’t ya love it?!! 

  

 

You wake up to the beautiful twitter of birds and you get to sleep outside in tents which is a very fun and exciting thing to do. At night your friends might tell you scary stories around a campfire and you get all scared even though you know it’s not real but you just have that feeling o_o! You also get to eat delicious smores  In the morning there are many things to do especially if it is sunny. I go fishing and enjoy nature, or swimming if the water is warm enough.  You can go hiking and when it’s time to eat you get to cook outside. At night, when it’s dark, you can gaze at the sky and see that the stars are much brighter than in a city because there aren’t any lights blocking the view!

Camping never dissapoints!

 

KatherineTP

Three Tween Films

Hey Everyone,

MysteriousMagic here to talk about three great movies!

 

   

 

Movies are a centerpiece to the way people live. They started with short busts of film with a screen for captions, and has now blossomed into a section of the market worth billions upon billions of dollars. To be honest, I was utterly confused as to which movie to choose, so I settled three.

I am focusing on Finding Nemo, the new version of The Karate Kid and Twilight: Eclipse.

Best movie of the week: Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo is a heartwarming story about Nemo, a young clown-fish who is captured by a human. Taken away from the coral reef to a dental practice in Sydney, Australia, Nemo meets other fish who have been taken away from their homes to live in a fish-tank. Meanwhile, his father, Marvin and a Blue Tang named Dory, who has short term memory loss (and the jokes don’t stop coming about that), travel across the reef to find Nemo and return him to his home.
The characters start off pretty two dimensional, but as the stories get interlaced the characters begin to blossom and you can see how Pixar became so famous – through their brilliant characterization and graphics.
The music played by itself is flowing and contently reminds you of the sea. Full of natural sounds and flowing instrumentals, the music holds its own as a brilliant soundtrack.
This is most definitely a film for all ages and will appeal to anyone with its dynamic story, music and emotion.
Rating: 11/10… Am I allowed to do that?

Newest movie of the week: The Karate Kid
Unfortunately, I haven’t seen this, so I’m having to go from word of mouth (coughiTigercough) to understand what the movie is like.
The Karate Kid is a 2010 remake of the original film, made in 1984. The plot is about 12 year old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) who moves to China with his mother. He is teased by the local neighborhood bully and after a confrontation with the bully, soon invests in Karate lessons from a surprising source: the local maintenance man (Jackie Chan) who turns out to be a Kung-Fu master.
Dre is played by Jaden Smith, who starred in The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) as the main character’s son. Jaden also raps with Justin Bieber for the song that revolves around the song, aptly named Never Say Never.
There are a few things that people would are bad with this movie: the fact it’s a remake, and the fact it’s a very cliché (overused idea) film. But the fact of the matter is, plenty of films have been remade and have been very popular, whilst many others have been remade and been a flop. We shall have to see the outcome!
The Karate Kid sequel is set to be released by Sony Pictures within the next two years.

Movie in the Future: Eclipse
The third book in the ever growing Twilight Saga, Eclipse is set to be one of the biggest movies of the year.
The saga focuses on Bella Swan, a seemingly average girl from Arizona who is sent to live with her father in Forks, Washington. She soon meets the mysterious Edward Cullen, who in time turns out to be a vampire with the rest of his family. The saga is a typical “Romeo and Juliet” set up – forbidden love and add in a couple of vampires, and you get a winning mixture.
The third book is where Bella has to choose between her best friend, Jacob, and her boyfriend, Edward. Both hate each other and want Bella very badly, so they will do anything to get her.
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are still the main characters in the film, accompanied by Taylor Launter as Jacob. There are going to be some key moments including these three, including a sort-of-showdown between Jacob and Edward.
The movie is set to be released at the end of this month, on the 30th of June.

By MysteriousMagic

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