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Steve Harvey and Disney: Recognizing the Value of A Child’s Dream

Posted on April 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Dreamers dream

Dreams can come a dime a dozen. What we do with those dreams plays a huge part in determining our character, which ultimately leads us to our destiny. Continue reading →

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Opening Of New 103rd Street Community Garden With Bette Midler

Posted on September 25, 2011 by | 1 Comment


Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and Disney announced today that a newly renovated Community Garden and playground will be officially opened at 105 East 103rd Street in East Harlem from 5PM – 7PM, with a ribbon cutting at 6:15PM.

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Bette Midler Opens 103rd Street Community Garden In Harlem

Posted on September 19, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Bette Midler, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, General Manager of WABC-TV Dave J. Davis, President of Disney Publishing Worldwide Russell Hampton.

Celebrate the Opening of the 103RD Street Community Garden, 105 East 103RD Street in East Harlem, between Park and Lexington Avenues. One block from the 103rd Street Subway stop (trains: 4, 6, 6-Express). Continue reading →

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Disney’s ‘Princess’ a hit at stores

Posted on November 19, 2009 by | 1 Comment

Princess Tiana

Weeks before the theatrical release of Disney’s upcoming animated feature The Princess and the Frog, the excitement for film-inspired merchandise is already building in a big way as anticipation for the film intensifies. Since its launch just a few weeks ago, retailers report that the merchandise has already begun out-selling other Disney Princess items by double digit percentages.

More than 45,000 dolls have sold in less than a month with 17,000 selling last week alone. At one major retailer, The Princess and the Frog bedding has sold nearly triple the amount of regular Disney Princess bedding. At Disney Store locations nationwide and DisneyStore.com, the Princess Tiana role-play dresses are selling above all other Disney Princess characters. Continue reading →

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Disney Gets Buttilicous?

Posted on November 18, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Can someone explain to me what is going on in Disney’s new movie The Princess and the Frog – when the male characters butt grows after embracing one of the female characters in the movie (see photo)?

What does it have to do with the movie plot?

Are there racial undertones to the scene?

Is Disney up to its old tricks?

I hate to say it when I haven’t seen the movie, but what is Disney thinking?

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Disney’s First Black Princess

Posted on June 25, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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Harlem’s Anika Noni Rose spoke to HipHollywood.com Thursday night about her role in the upcoming Disney animated film “The Princess and the Frog.”

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Anika told us she was honored to play the role of Disney’s first black princess and she also addressed the recent controversy surrounding the race of her animated castmate.

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Disney Crowns It’s First Black Princess

Posted on April 23, 2009 by | 2 Comments

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Long ago and far away, she was an unnamed little princess in a little story called “The Frog Prince.” She and her amphibious friend lived in a very small, mostly forgotten corner of the fairy tale universe.

tianadisneydoll09Many years passed.

And then one day, through the magical powers of Disney animation and commercial marketing, the forgotten little princess was transformed into Tiana, a beautiful black princess from New Orleans. She became the star of “The Princess and the Frog,” a movie set to premiere in November. Her doll and toy set were unveiled last month, and the Disney promotional machine is already humming, for Tiana is the first Disney princess in more than a decade, and the first ever to be black. Continue reading →

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Disney’s First Black Princess

Posted on February 18, 2009 by | 28 Comments

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By: Dontré L. Conerly


Princess Tiana

Princess Tiana

Belle. Ariel. Jasmine. Chances are, you know these names as just a few of Disney’s magical princesses from such classic tales as Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin. After 10 years, since it introduced Chinese warrior princess, Mulan, in 1998, the Disney royal court unveiled its first black princess, Tiana, who will make her debut this holiday season in The Princess and the Frog. A contemporary fairy tale, Tiana’s is an up-to-date tale, of sorts, and tells of a modern-day girl who, but for some magic, is much more relatable than an underwater mermaid or the Sleeping Beauty—but no less enchanting. Continue reading →

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