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Frozen Fan Fest

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Frozen Fan Fest

By Erin


After months of anticipation, retailers around the world are celebrating Frozen Fan Fest as all-new products from Disney’s “Frozen 2” hit shelves. Following a week of epic product reveals – from hundreds of celebrity Frozen fans and social influencers – fans can now get their hands on a wide array of new products spanning toys, apparel, fashion accessories, housewares, tech, books, consumables and more. I had the opportunity to go check out some of the epic product reveals at the Frozen Fan Fest in Hollywood earlier this week. Now, I want all the Frozen things. I will be sharing some of my favorite items with you here.

“This week marks the biggest retail event ever for The Walt Disney Company, giving fans a unique opportunity to connect more deeply with their favorite stories and characters from ‘Frozen 2’,” says Ken Potrock, President, Consumer Products Commercialization. “We can’t wait for fans around the world to experience the newest products, games, books and more tied to these beloved characters and their new adventures.”

I won’t make you wait any longer, that would just be cruel. So here are some of my personal favorites and more details about all the fun Frozen Fan Fest festivities happening this weekend and beyond that you can participate in!

I LOVED the Mary Frances Accessories. I’d love to have one of each of these.

Just in time for Halloween! Your favorite pup can dress up as Olaf! Super cute!

Need some bling? Frost yourself with a variety of fine Frozen jewelry. There are lots of gorgeous options, like these snowflake pendant necklaces.

 Got stocking stuffers? How about these adorable Frozen 2 POP! Figures?

How cute would this be for the whole family to dress up as the Frozen characters for Halloween, even the dog! I love all the detail that went into making all of these beautiful costumes from Disguise. You can find these at Target, Walmart, Spirit Halloween and Amazon.

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Disney’s Aladdin (live-action) and Aladdin Signature Collection on Digital & Blu-Ray Now!

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Disney’s Aladdin (live-action) and Aladdin Signature Collection on Digital & Blu-Ray Now!

By Erin

I am sure I am not the only one out there who grew up watching the animated classic Aladdin over and over and over again. I am thrilled that Disney created a  live-action adaptation of Aladdin, and it has now landed in homes on Digital, Movies Anywhere and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD! Starring Will Smith, Naomi Scott and Mena Massoud, the release includes all new bonus features, such as deleted scenes, a blooper reel and more!

The release of the live-action adventure coincides with the addition of the original animated classic to the highly celebrated Walt Disney Signature Collection, granting Aladdin fans everywhere the opportunity to own both magical movies. In 4K for the first time, the new release features all new bonus content, including alternate endings! We celebrated this release with some JAMS! FIG Jams that is! Special thanks to Disney for this fun little package. 😉 We made some tasty Chicken and Fig Jam Sandwiches with them. They were delicious.

If you’d like to make a sweet treat to wash that down with, try making these Fig jam Cookies! YUM!

Disney’s “Aladdin,” the thrilling and vibrant live-action adaptation of the studio’s animated classic will delight fans of all ages and will enjoy the exciting, humorous tale of the lovable “street rat,” Aladdin (Mena Massoud), courageous and self-determined Princess Jasmine (Naomi Scott) and the larger-than-life Genie (Will Smith) with all-new bonus features. The release of the live-action adventure coincides with the addition of the original animated classic to the highly celebrated Walt Disney Signature Collection  —  granting “Aladdin” fans everywhere the opportunity to own both magical movies.

Extras explore elements of “Aladdin” that audiences adore, from the film’s treasured, iconic award-winning music to its beloved characters and their hilarious antics on and off screen. Viewers get the first look at an all-new song “Desert Moon,” deleted from the final film, written by eight-time Academy Award® winning composer Alan Menken and Oscar®-and Tony Award®-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“The Greatest Showman,” “La La Land”). Features document Guy Ritchie’s joyful, easy-going approach to directing that led to movie magic; Will Smith’s fresh take on the infamous shape-shifting blue entity confined to an oil lamp; Naomi Scott’s powerful performance as the spirited princess who yearns to lead the people of Agrabah; and the indescribable feeling of playing Aladdin chronicled personally by Mena Massoud. Deleted scenes and a blooper reel round out the fun.

In addition, early owners of “Aladdin” gain access to exclusive bonus features. Fans who pre-purchase will receive a feature showcasing the making of the massive musical number “Prince Ali,” and those who bring home the film first on Digital will secure an exclusive extra detailing the creation of Jasmine’s new song “Speechless.”

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AVENGERS: ENDGAME

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AVENGERS: ENDGAME

By Erin

Avengers Endgame

As we all know by now, the grave course of events set in motion by Thanos wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks, compelling the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, “Avengers: Endgame.” Kevin Feige produces “Avengers: Endgame,” and Anthony and Joe Russo are the directors. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo, Trinh Tran, Jon Favreau, James Gunn and Stan Lee are the executive producers, and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely wrote the screenplay. Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Endgame” is in U.S. theaters on April 26, 2019!

The press junket for the film took place a few weekends ago in Los Angeles. Do you notice something missing here? So many empty seats…The seats were left open for our fallen heroes. Heroes such as Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Bucky Barnes, Gamora, and Star-Lord to name a few. It was a weird, eerie feeling at the junket with so many missing. Can you say awkward? Those that survived the snap were here. Here is who was in attendance!

·        Robert Downey Jr. (“Tony Stark / Iron-Man”)

 ·      Chris Evans (“Steve Rogers / Captain America”)

·         Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”)

·         Scarlett Johansson (“Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow”)

·         Mark Ruffalo (“Bruce Banner / The Hulk”)

·         Jeremy Renner (“Clint Baron / Hawkeye”)

·         Brie Larson (“Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel”)

·         Don Cheadle (“James Rhodes / War Machine”)

·         Paul Rudd (“Scott Lang / Ant-Man”)

·         Karen Gillan (“Nebula”)

·         Danai Gurira (“Okoye”)

·         Directors Anthony & Joe Russo

·         Producer Kevin Feige

Moderator: Jon Favreau

None of us had seen the movie yet and in order to not give out any spoilers, most of the questions were about what being part of the Avengers has meant to the cast and other questions totally not related to the film.

Here are some other interesting things we learned.

Kevin Feige thought that what’s special about the film is all the actors on this stage, all the actors who are not on this stage. The family that has come together this decade and the fact that, Robert said it so well in the trailer, part of the journey is the end.  Four or five years ago, we all started talking about doing something at every turn including the first Iron Man film. We talked about, how can we do something that’s never been done before. What if a super hero outs his identity at the very last shot of the movie? We can’t do that? No one does that. You can’t do that. What would we do next time? I don’t know. Let’s do it. Four or five years ago, we talked about, what haven’t we seen in films based on comic characters? We haven’t seen an ending. A definitive conclusion to an overall saga. So that’s why it’s called End Game and why I think it’s very, very, very special.

Scarlett Johansson shared that the best part of playing Black Widow during the years is seeing how much the character has evolved since her first appearance in “Iron Man 2.” Black Widow first started as a sort of sexy secretary with a skill set on the side.

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