Disney staged the largest gathering of its princesses in history on Friday as it delighted thousands of fans with a star-studded preview of its forthcoming animation slate. The spectacular moment came as John Lasseter, Pixar and Walt Disney animation studios chief, was introducing his filmmakers at the biennial D23 Expo to reveal new details, footage … Read more
Davi Moreira looks like any other young Rio de Janeiro beach lover as he heads down to the Ipanema surf each week – at least until he dons his blue mermaid’s tail. Other bathers watch on in astonishment as Moreira, 22, performs his weekly ritual. However, as part of a trend in Brazil and as … Read more
It is a tale as old as time (or one dating back to the 1990s, at least): Disney dusts off an animated classic, adds bells, whistles and real people, and everyone makes a fortune. Since Jason Scott Lee annoyed purists as a grown-up Mowgli in “Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book” (1994), the company has churned … Read more