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Tons of casting news! I’m only spending a sentence on each; click the links to learn more about each item.

Even though there are critiques about Lupita Nyong’o being a CG character in Star Wars Episode VI: The Force Awakens and people are annoyed with Avengers: Age of Ultron, Disney has, for the most part, been pleasing many fans with their Marvel and Lucasfilm acquisitions, along with their other Disney properties. But Disney has finally hit a wall with…

Tuesday, I said I had a lot of questions about the live-action version of Mulan that’s coming to theaters. One of my questions relates to characterization. Specifically how sexuality will be dealt with. Why? Because Shang’s supposed to fall in love with Mulan, right? But will Shang fall in love with Mulan as a girl or…

Sometimes, Disney underwhelms me, what with the lackluster Alice in Wonderland live-action Tim Burton movie (which gave us the eye-searing sequence of Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter break dancing for no DOGGONE reason). Then there are times when Disney will surprise me. First, it was with their announcement of animated film Moana. Now it’s with their announcement that…

Ain’t no way you can argue that Wiggins and Ratcliffe aren’t the poster children for queer-coding in Hollywood.

Disney is making historic ground once again with their Princess line of merchandise and programming. Ground that should have been covered eons ago. But in any event, let’s congratulate Disney on introducing the first Latina princess to its roster. Hooray!

For better or worse, I am a huge fan of Disney’s original 1950s animated classic, Cinderella. It’s a masterpiece of simple, effective animation, natural humor, and a lack of time-specific fashion (this story is set sometime in the 1800s, I assume, yet Cinderella and other characters have silhouettes and hairstyles specific to the ’50s).

Bishop, Rogue, Professor X, Magneto, and Nightcrawler take fighting stances. (Credit: Disney) Directed by: Chase Conley, Emmett Yonemura, Jake Castorena Written by: Beau DeMayo, Mariah Wilson, Anthony Sellitti, JB Ballard, Brian Ford Sullivan, Bailey Moore, Matthew Chauncey, based on the characters by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (with Joe Simon given co-credit for Captain America’s…

(Photo credit: Anne-Marie Johnson/IMDb) Anne-Marie Johnson is exploring the complexities of aging and finding yourself in her new film, The Addiction of Hope. As she told me a few weeks ago, The Addiction of Hope draws on some of her experiences with aging, especially aging in the public eye. “A lot of people get older,…

An episode from The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder about Dijonay being rejected from a sorority early recruitment program due to a colorist house mother. (Photo credit: Disney) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder has taken on the topic of colorism, and fans have had mixed reactions. Still, the show has helped start more conversations…