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Selena Gomez Gets Radio Disney Surprise As Her Song Reaches #1

November 03, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Selena Gomez just had one of her best weekends ever.

When Gomez got a call from Radio Disney’s Jake Whetter with news that her latest single, “Falling Down,” hit the number one spot on the radio network’s “Top 30 Countdown with Jake,” she could hardly contain her excitement.

Selena Gomez: Trip To Africa As UNICEF Ambassador Was ‘Life-Changing’

October 03, 2009

NEW YORK, New York

She’s a Disney teen queen, a TV wizard, and a fledgling rock singer. But 17-year-old Selena Gomez says what really blew her mind recently was a trip to the African nation of Ghana.

“I got to meet teens, I got to meet children, I got to meet families,” Gomez said in an interview Friday about the trip, which she took last month with her mother and stepfather in her role as UNICEF’s youngest-ever ambassador.

Marvel Vs. Disney: A Corporate Purchase Unites Distinctly Different Takes On American Life

September 15, 2009

BURBANK, Calif.

“Wish upon a star,” Jiminy Cricket, Disney’s arthropod muse, likes to say.

“Leave Hulk ALONE!” the Marvel superhuman most in need of anger management likes to say.

It’s difficult to come up with two more competing takes on American life than those built by Walt Disney on one hand and Marvel Comics on the other. Here are distinctly opposite versions of the American experience, each an indelible part of the country’s popular culture.

New Disney ‘Pirates,’ ‘Muppet,’ Beatles Movies Announced At D23 Expo

September 11, 2009

ANAHEIM, Calif.

The fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie will sail into theaters in Summer 2011.

The film will be titled “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” Disney announced at the company’s D23 Expo in Anaheim on Friday. Johnny Depp has previously announced he will reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow.

Disney To Get Spider-Man & Iron Man And Other Marvel Characters In $4 Billion Deal

August 31, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing such characters as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E.

Ashley Tisdale Goes Back To Her Roots For Her New Album

July 30, 2009

NEW YORK, New York

Although Ashley Tisdale recently turned 24, in some people’s eyes, she’s still that scheming, platinum-blond teen diva from the outrageously popular Disney musical trilogy “High School Musical.”

Jonas Brothers Returning For Disney’s ‘Camp Rock’ Sequel

July 08, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif

The Jonas Brothers & Demi Lovato are ready to “Rock” again.

“Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam” is in production and set to premiere in 2010, the Disney Channel announced on Wednesday.

Miley Cyrus On Her Wal-Mart Fashion Line: ‘I Would Pay $500 For The Jeans’

July 07, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Miley Cyrus is going to bring high fashion to “Middle America,” the “Hannah Montana” star said in the August issue of Elle magazine.

“Oh my God, I’m so stoked!” she said of her new line with Max Azaria for Wal-Mart. “The jeans are my favorite part of the entire line. Because, like, literally, this is going to good for, like, Middle America, and it will be great for kids that really want to be in fashion but they don’t have it available.”

Disney Friends Congratulate Kevin Jonas On Engagement

July 02, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Kevin Jonas has gotten engaged – and his Disney Channel co-stars are supporting the musician as he takes the big step.

“Congrats Kevin :)” Miley Cyrus, thought to be once again dating his brother Nick, wrote on her Twitter page.

And she wasn’t the only one who chimed in.