Roy O. Disney

Hayden Panettiere is back on Nashville once again now that CMT has picked it up after ABC canceled the show. Us Magazine shared that Hayden is speaking out about how this was hard on her considering it was so much like her real life. Back in 2014, Hayden had her daughter Kaya and dealt with postpartum depression. Hayden spoke to Access Hollywood about it all. Hayden shared saying, "You have to ride the waves like the character. When you're that close to your character, you feel their pain and…

On October 6th, ABC Family Worldwide announced in a press release that they would be rebranding ABC Family as “Freeform” beginning in January of 2016. Tom Ascheim, the president of ABC Family stated that this rebrand is in response to the evolution of the company’s business strategy. The station is turning slightly from its current/old consumer sect and super serving a group of consumers they have labeled “Becomers.” Becomers are defined as a group of people a bit younger than the millennials,…

‘Frozen,’ All About Olaf A funny, innocent snowman that seems to be just a funny secondary character steals the show in Disney’s “Frozen.” Olaf the snowman is much more than a comic relief character or a sidekick. He is the manifestation of “agape” love, or the unconditional love that should be given to all people. How could a snowman that comically fantasizes about experiencing summer for the first time be so crucial to a story about love? The movie was created for children, and there is no…

hears the word “princess” they might think of a beautiful, thin, young woman with no flaws. The early Disney princesses such as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty come to mind. These princesses looked unrealistic with perfect bodies, depended on men, and were not known for being smart. More recent Disney princesses have more realistic bodies, don't need a man to rescue them, and are intelligent. The Disney company's portrayal of princesses from the 1930's to the 2010's has shown changes in physical…

The Lion King one of Disney's most classic movies ever, amazing soundtrack and animation. Still are popular movie among the young children growing up in this generation. This movie portrays leadership, sacrifice, fight against good and evil, and purpose in the circle of life. The movie shares similarities of Hamlet and The Prince of Egypt. The prince young Simba, who is King Mufasa's son who will one day take over their kingdom, Young Simba who is similar to Shakespeare's Hamlet Jr., they both…

In most Disney princess movies there are many depictions of feminine roles that automatically sends the message to little girls that they must me gentle, obedient, emotional, etc. The characteristics that are shown in Disney movies do show the differences between the stereotypical masculine traits and the stereotypical feminine traits. These traits are definitely evident in the movies Sleeping Beauty and Mulan. Both of these films have numerous depictions of these traits with the characters that…

In 2012 the Walt Disney Company released a commercial entitled “I am a Princess” that shows a diverse array of young girls doing many different activities while inspirational music plays in the background and the voice of a young girl proclaims what qualities make up a princess. When this video is viewed through the lens of the construction of gender, the audience can see that the video has a rhetorical purpose. The “I am a Princess” commercial makes the argument that the ideal feminine figure…

always known as an ‘odd’ child, spending most of his time drawing, painting, and watching horror films. After graduating from high school, he attended the California Institute of the Arts, after which he became an apprentice animator at the Walt Disney Studios. This was the beginning of what would become an illustrious career as he set forth to make a mark as a famous director, producer, screenwriter, and much more in the American film industry. Influenced by the works of Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss,…

Jake Burton Jake Burton is the owner and founder of Burton Snowboards. The growth and popularity snowboarding sees today is directly related to Burton, as it was his vision and perseverance that has made the sport into a worldwide success story. Jake did not invent snowboarding, but instead capitalized on a product called the “snurf”, a freestanding board with a rope and no bindings, where the rider could slide down hills with little control. Jake saw immediate potential for an industry and…

Miley Cyrus singing for ‘Freeheld’ Miley Cyrus can be a lot of things, but if there is one word that would describe her, it would be fearless. Many of times this 22-year old singer has made the people raise their brows because of her actions and well, outfits. We haven’t gotten over with her jaw dropping, almost naked set of wardrobes from the recently concluded VMA – indeed a stent made the very Miley Cyrus way. This character of her made her fit to sing one of the songs in the upcoming…