Do you like Marvel movies? Have you evolved beyond the need for sleep? Then you’ll be be interested in the Ultimate Marvel Marathons being held at AMC and Regal movie theaters in late April.
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Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye Confirmed To Appear In Captain America: Civil War
The Hollywood Reporter revealed today that Jeremy Renner will be once again picking up his trusty bow to play ace archer Hawkeye in the super-crowded film, making him its seventh (you read that right, seventh) super-powered cast member.
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Disney Dreamers Academy students find ideal educational and inspirational playground at Walt Disney World Resort
Each year, 100 teens are selected from among thousands across the country to come together to participate in an once-in-a-lifetime, innovative, educational and mentoring program.
The program is Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine. It was inspired by Walt Disney’s passion for motivating those around him to dream big.
The classroom is Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
Known as the place where dreams come true, Walt Disney World Resort is the perfect location for this four-day experience, designed to fuel the dreams of teens, help them discover a world of possibilities and help them prepare for the future.
Disney Dreamers Academy takes the same assets and resources that make vacation memories of a lifetime for travelers and uses them to inspire, teach and motivate this select group of students.
The teens receive the unique experience of observing a living laboratory and getting behind the scenes to explore firsthand how Disney turns dreams into reality.
The 40-square-mile resort with four theme parks, two water parks, 36 resort hotels, 200 restaurants and much more, offers an abundance of resources for career exploration.
During the program, Disney Dreamers Academy students participate in immersive, hands-on workshops with Disney Cast Members, representing the best in their fields. In virtually any career in which a student might be interested, whether accounting or zoology, the Walt Disney World Resort can pull from among its team of 66,000 to provide mentorship opportunities.
Since the program’s inception, Dreamers have gone into a laboratory with a veterinarian at Animal Kingdom, prepared a meal with hydroponic vegetables grown at Epcot, mixed music in a recording studio at Hollywood Studios and built a model roller coaster with Magic Kingdom engineers.
In addition to these behind-the-scenes moments, students have the chance to hear from some of the resort’s top level executives, celebrity partners, corporate sponsors and other affiliated professionals to learn what they do, how they do it, and how they got there.
The theme parks themselves provide their own inspirational and educational moments. Each park is full of opportunities that do more than just provide entertainment, but bring to life something that otherwise might seem distant or impossible.
At Disney Dreamers Academy, students have had the chance to engage with cultures from around the world at Epcot’s World Showcase, observe animals in their natural habitats on Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, hear from the country’s greatest leaders in the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom and learn about how the entire company got started at Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
For students, just the experience of visiting the Walt Disney World Resort can end up being the ultimate lesson in the power of dreaming big.
“Walt Disney World exists because of one man’s dream,” said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Vice President of Deluxe Resorts and Disney Dreamers Academy Executive Champion, Tracey D. Powell. “Our goal is to continue the legacy of making dreams come true at Disney Dreamers Academy.”
For more information visit www.disneysdreamersacademy.com, follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/disneysdreamersacademy or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/dreamersacademy.
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer #2 Rumored Description Emerges
Star Wars fans got their first look at J.J. Abrams’ hotly-anticipated The Force Awakens late last year with a teaser trailer that gave us plenty to discuss, but only whetted everyone’s appetite for more footage.
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Disney Invests in America’s Future Leaders with $1 Million Commitment to UNCF
UNCF (United Negro College Fund), one of the nation’s leading minority scholarship organizations, announced a $1 million commitment from The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) to provide scholarships to outstanding African American students and give them the tools to realize their professional goals.
The Walt Disney Company UNCF Corporate Scholars Program, administered by UNCF, will offer financial assistance to high-achieving African American students in underserved communities across the country, while expanding educational and career resources for them.
“UNCF works to ensure our future leaders have the opportunity to obtain the college degrees they need, and our nation needs them to have,” UNCF President and CEO Michael L. Lomax said. “The Walt Disney Company UNCF Corporate Scholars Program expands their academic training into practical experiences, to create a diverse pipeline of college educated professionals poised to assume fulfilling careers in the entertainment industry. The investment we are making in better futures for them now will pay dividends in years to come when they become our next generation of leaders.”
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New Downtown Disney garage helps find open parking spots
We have all been there. Driving around looking for a parking spot, and you feel like it’s never going to end.
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Karen Gillan, Caity Lotz, Eddie McClintock Q&As Highlight Programming at Wizard World Comic Con Fan Fest This Weekend
Q&A sessions with “Doctor Who” favorite Karen Gillan, Caity Lotz (“Arrow”), Eddie McClintock (“Warehouse 13,” “Bones”), Phil Lamarr (voice actor: “Futurama,” “Family Guy”), Tracey Gold (“Growing Pains”), and Andrew J. West (“The Walking Dead”), screening of “CSI:CYBER”, and more are among the programming highlights scheduled at the inaugural Wizard World Comic Con Fan Fest, Saturday and Sunday at the Donald E.Stephens Convention Center. Most programming is included as part of the standard event admission.
All panels will be featured on the Show Stage, on the convention floor. Some highlights of the panels scheduled include:
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Interactive Q&As with Gillan (Saturday, 4:45 p.m.), Lotz (Saturday, 1:30 p.m.), McClintock (Sunday, 2:30 p.m.), Lamarr (Saturday, 2:15 p.m.), Kristin Bauer (Saturday, 12:45), Karyn Parsons (Saturday, 4 p.m.), David Faustino (Saturday, 5:15 p.m.), Lee Argenberg (Saturday, noon), Grant Wilson (Saturday, 6 p.m.), Taryn Manning (Sunday, noon), Drea de Matteo (Sunday, 12:30 p.m.), Andrew J. West (Sunday, 1:30 p.m.), Rick Cosnett (Sunday 2 p.m.)
Screenings of “CSI:CYBER” (Saturday, 2 p.m.) and Wolf Cop (Saturday, 5:30 p.m.)
Unless noted, programming events take place on the Show Stage at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. VIP tickets or additional costs may apply to ensure access to select activities, as noted.
A full list of Wizard World Comic Con Fan Fest programming is available at http://wizd.me/PRProgrammingFanFestChicago (subjects, guests, times and rooms subject to change).
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15 Little Known Facts About Frozen: Delve Deeper Into Disney Blockbuster
With Frozen Fever hitting theaters before Cinderella, the short Frozen film’s quick arrival after the first Frozen arrived in 2014 and won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature speaks volumes about how crazy passionate fans are for the first movie. After all, it is the highest grossing animated movie of all time.
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Disney’s ‘Show Your Disney Side’ app for iPhone transforms you into your favorite character
Disney’s new theme park-connected “Show Your Disney Side” app for iPhone lets users shoot a selfie and merge it with a famous character from one of the company’s movies or attractions, such as Frozen, Star Tours, Pirates of the Caribbean, or the Haunted Mansion.
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How Disney Thinks About Virtual Reality For Its Theme Parks
In a session at GDC this morning, Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Technologies Lead Bei Yang gave a talk about the work the entertainment giant has done with virtual reality.
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