May 19, 1915 - Disney Legend Al Konetzni is born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1953, he will join Walt Disney Productions as an artist and idea man for the Character merchandising division.
May 20, 1973 - Disney World’s Tom Sawyer Island, the Tom Sawyer Rafts, and the Plaza Swan Boats all first open at the Magic Kingdom.
May 21, 1914 - Animator John Hubley is born in Marinette, Wisconsin. In 1935, he will get a job as a background and layout artist at Disney, where he will work on such classic films as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Pinocchio," "Dumbo," "Bambi," and "Fantasia."
This girl became famous after she starred a Disney Channel movie called Camp Rockwith Jonas Brothers. Demi started to act since she was six years old. Her first stage was Barney and Friends, a famous TV show for children which contains singing and dancing. She starred as Angela, the girl with glasses, along with her best friend until now, Selena Gomez (Alex in Wizards of Waverly Place). They met in the show and have been best friends since then.
Her debut in Disney Channel was started when she appeared in short Disney series, As The Bell Rings. She is Charlotte Adams in that movie. Since 2008, we can see her on Disney Channel Camp Rock, together with Jonas Brothers. Here, Demi takes part as Mitchie Torres, the daughter of cook on a camp who is dreaming of being a rock star. Mitchie then has to lie to everybody that she can join the camp because her mother is the cook. The camp itself is in rock-and-roll atmosphere.
Another Disney Channel series which she is working in is Welcome to Mollywood. Beside of acting, Demi Lovato is also a singer and musician. Her latest album is Don’t Forget (released on September 23, 2008). Demi is good in playing guitar and piano. Demi and Jonas Brothers help each other by writing songs on each album.
BIOGRAPHY
Name: Demetria Devonne Lovato Nickname: Demi Birth: Dallas, August 20th 1992 Father: Patrick Lovato Mother: Diana Lovato (née Hart) –> her parents ended their marriage in 1994 Siblings: Dallas (older sister) and Madison De La Garza (younger half-sister) Best friends: Selena Gomez (Alex in Wizards of Waverly Place, Jonas Brothers, Jennifer Stone (Harper in Wizards of Waverly Place) School: Homeschooling Website: www.demilovato.com
When I was a little girl, my aunties let me watch Walt Disney’s movies. One of them was Mary Poppins. Who is Mary Poppins? What is she doing? Let me tell you about this movie…
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins was first shown on August 29th, 1964. The duration of this movie is about 139 minutes. This movie is the combination between real person and animation. I think it is the first real person - animation movie in the world.
Mary Poppins is starred by Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, Dick van Dyke (love this guy! very good singer!) as Bert, David Tomlinson as Mr. Banks, etc.
Actually, the idea of making this movie had appeared way before 1964. One night, Walt Disney took a story book from his daughter, Diane, ’s bed. The book is Mary Poppins by P. L Travers (1934). He asked Diane if the story was good, and Diane answered it so good that she persuade her dad to make a movie based on the story. However, it was very difficult for Walt Disney to buy the copyright of that book. It was 1960 when Walt suceeded of persuading the writer’s wife to sell the copyright with one condition: the movie had to be starred with real actors and actresses, not animation movie. However, this movie still has animation on it.
The story itself is about two little children named Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber) who caused so much trouble in their house. No nannies can raise them because they are too naughty for them. Then their dad, Mr. Banks, insists of finding the perfect nanny for them by put an advertisement on the news. Jane and Michael who know about it want to help their dad finding the nanny, and then tell their father what kind of nanny they want, asking for a fun, kind-hearted and caring nanny. Mr. Banks doesn’t agree with that, and he throws the notes to the fire. What he doesn’t know is that Mary Poppins reads the notes, and then she comes to Mr. Banks’ house and employ herself. With her, Jane and Michael spend wonderful and magical time, along with Bert, Mary Poppins’ friend.
The songs from Mary Poppins are great. I remember when I first watched it, I love the song entitled, "Spoonful of Sugar". I sang it everywhere and everytime. The other great songs from it are "Let’s Go Fly a Kite", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!", etc.
Here below I give you wallpaper from the movie, and also some interesting stuffs from Mary Poppins.
Do you still remember Christmas Carol? An epic novel by Charles Dickens –> Don’t forget to visit Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (and other works). The story about a guy named Scrooge, who hates Christmas, but then he’s visited by his former friend, Marley. Marley tells Scrooge to change his life (he is a greedy person!). Then Scrooge is also visited by three spirits, from past time, present time, and future time. It is the most touching story about Christmas (except the story about Jesus Christ) I’ve ever read…
After years, Walt Disney wants to tell the story once again, in a different way. Make sure you participate in unforgetable moments in the train. There is a 3D show too… Enjoy! See http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/el_capitan/email/?81 for further information.