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7 Disney Quotes to inspire you on a bad day! (Audience-polled, entertainment blog)
Tags: Quotes, Disney, Inspiration, Quote Of The Day, Inspirational

Disney movies are not just entertaining; they are often the masts to the sinking ships of our lives — giving us directions and keeping the vessel afloat. A kid or an 80-year old, Disney movies and their life philosophies have helped everyone get over the feelings of sadness and despair. If you are looking for your daily dose of motivation to get out of your bed, then here are a few inspirational quotes from your Favorite Disney characters:

“Even miracles take a little time” — Fairy Godmother (Cinderella)

Agree or not, we have all wanted a fairy godmother to help us survive the vicious school system as kids. We cannot have her, but this quote by Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother is enough for us to keep hanging there!

2. “You control your destiny — you don’t need magic to do it. And there are no magical shortcuts to solving your problems.” — Merida (Brave)

Here it is — maybe we don’t need a Fairy Godmother at all. Why? Because she has been inside us all this while!

3. “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.” — Rafiki (The Lion King)

Dealing from a bad break-up or some past failure? Mate, let the Lion King’s most trusted adviser with a deep connection to magical and spiritual elements guide you through it!

4. “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robin (Pooh’s Most Grand Adventure)

Don’t we all love our Honey bear, Winnie the Pooh? Then, let us listen to what his human friend, Christopher Robin, has to say, and believe in ourselves!

5. “Do not be followed by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.” — Merchant (Aladdin)

If you have had a bad hair day or a terrible social media day, then get up and smile. The Merchant from Aladdin is speaking sense. You are beautiful inside out, and you know that. Nothing else matters!

6. “You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul.” — Gusteau (Ratatouille)

Got it? Now do as he says!

7. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney.

These words are from the creator of our all-time favorite characters and movies, Walt Disney. How can he be incorrect?

Let these quotes inspire you and take you back to the good old days of your childhood when life seemed happy and the world was great. Things haven’t really changed. It is going to be okay.

And when you feel better and are pumped up to achieve your goals, solve this Disney Quiz, and tell us how big a fan you are. Challenge accepted?

If you still need some motivation, you can always come visit us on www.fuzia.com for some push. Now get up and get going!

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Disney’s Blizzard Beach to Reopen March 7, 2021
By: Zach Perilstein
Tags: Disney, Walt Disney World, News, Theme Parks, Waterparks

Disney’s Blizzard Beach to Reopen March 7, 2021

Disney is excited for guests to return to its water park Blizzard Beach starting on March 7, 2021. Disney released an official statement regarding its plans to reopen Blizzard Beach.

We currently plan to reopen Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park on March 7, 2021. Like the other areas of Walt Disney World Resort, we will welcome back Guests and Cast Members to Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park in a responsible way, with a plan focused on health and well-being. We will provide more details on our Water Parks’ reopening plan at a later time.

Disney will be bringing guests back to Blizzard Beach in a responsible way. This means limited capacity, physical distancing, and mask-wearing will be required. Disney will reveal more details about Blizzard Beach’s reopening at a later date.

Zach Perilstein is the Editor-in-Chief of the Boardwalk Times
Disney Reveals New EPCOT Entrance Fountain
By: Zach Perilstein
Tags: Walt Disney Worrld, Disney, Design, News, Epcot

Disney Reveals New EPCOT Entrance Fountain

Disney has reached another milestone in EPCOT’s multi-year transformation. The “progress walls” as Disney likes to call them came down this morning at EPCOT to reveal the new entrance fountain that represents the past, present, and future of EPCOT.

The new fountain has a vibrant new color palette that will eventually tie into the four new neighborhoods that Walt Disney Imagineering is creating inside EPCOT— World Celebration, World Discovery, World Nature, and World Showcase.

Do you like the new entrance centerpiece at EPCOT? Are you excited about EPCOT’s multi-year transformation? Tweet at us @BoardwalkTimes and be sure to follow the site for the latest news of Walt Disney World.

Zach Perilstein is the Editor-in-Chief of the Boardwalk Times
Focus On Your Gifts
By: Nika C. Beamon
Tags: Disney, Christmas, Villains, Self Worth, Gifts

Focus On Your Gifts

When I was a little girl, Disney villains, princes and princesses didn’t look like me. Heck, that was the case until I was in my twenties and maybe thirties. But, honestly I was glad. Most we reprehensible or superficial individuals who I wanted to be nothing like. Most earned nothing and aspired to very little. Yet, the characters in my sweater for day 21 of my Christmas countdown did impart some powerful lessons I carry with me to to this day.

Ursula from “The Little Mermaid” had a relentless quest for power that made her want to harm another woman and led to her demise. Queen Grimhilde from “Snow White” had a desire to be beautiful on the outside that drove her to try to kill another woman multiple times. It taught me how toxic jealousy and envy could be in ones life. And, Maleficient from “Sleeping Beauty” showed me how being held bent on revenge due to someone else’s callous, thoughtless or even malicious actions can only cause you further pain.

Thankfully,Disney has begun creating characters, including people of color that reflect. the world I lived in and share positive values. This gives me hope that the next generation of kids can be proud of the skin their in and their gender. And, these kids will understand tearing someone else down isn’t the way to build yourself up. Perhaps, they’ll also discover it’s better to focus on your gifts and what you have to share with the world than what others offer.

#spoonie. #autoimmunedisease. #happyholidays. #Christmas. #imvisibleillness #christmascountdown #disney #self-worth #holidays #villains
Disney Is Going To Be Next Netflix!
Tags: Movies, Disney, Netflix, Film, Social Media

Disney revealed several days ago that its media and film divisions are being restructured to concentrate on streaming platforms — a field that is already prospering with the effect of the coronaviral pandemic, as is the case with other areas of the Walt Disney group. Indeed, after the Disney+ launch was introduced at the end of last year, CEO Bob Chapek has shown that Disney+ had risen to 100 million subscribers by August, according to the company’s third-quarter income report.

In reality, it sounds like Disney’s next big step is being pioneered by Netflix, the three major groups for the production of content covering studios, general entertainment, and sports, “who are responsible and responsible for creating and distributing content for teaching, linear and streaming, with the main focus on the business’s streaming platforms.“

Chapek told Closing Bell during an interview,

We are putting the consumer first. In fact, it will be the customer who will make this decision. They will lead us in the way they determine their transaction. At the moment, they vote with the pocketbooks and they vote for Disney+ really strongly. The consequences of the global health crisis are undoubtedly felt in Disney companies as companies need to respond to the current social dissociation mandates and to take sufficient precautions. Bob Chapek

Many of her films seem to be in a kind of ambiguous limbo, like those of other major studios, amid theatre closing and changing constantly release screens. The park system is a mess and, due to limited capacity due to social distancing requirements and continuous ambiguity regarding the duration of the outbreak, Disney recently laid off 28,000 of its employees.

Without the immediate end to the pandemic insight, the studios were compelled either to release movies to modest audiences in currently open theatres, transfer their big-budget releases or release movies in their respective streaming platforms as premium fixtures. For a highly integrated business like Disney and with such a successful channel, streaming releases give the chance, by recharging you $30 to download the popular movies before they formally scatter over Disney+ months later, to bring something back into a movie.

Right now, Disney seems to be doing what almost every other content producing streaming service is doing right now. Hopefully, Disney would prevent Netflix from showing the kind of depraved material that brought us the series Love Is Blind. But what can stop it? Is there really any stop?

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Ratatouille: A Ratrospective
By: Ilana Gilovich
Tags: Disney, Ratatouille, Pixar, Film, Comedy

For centuries, rats have been unceremoniously thrust to the margins of cinematic history. Cast aside, ignored, denigrated, they’ve been forced to watch a parade of celebrity mice take the silver screen again and again.

These rodent icons have since become household names: Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Mighty Mouse, Stuart Little. Some of these characters, like Fievel, were clear Oscar-bait from the moment a script was incubated. An immigrant mouse with a melodious voice and a Soviet-hipster lewk? Come on! The Academy voters were putty in his tiny paw-claw-hands.

Others unlocked niche genres in career-defining roles, like what The Great Mouse Detective did for film noir or Pinky & The Brain did for acerbic ensemble comedy. In his dashing getup, mouse icon Speedy Gonzalez bridged a significant (and arguably problematic) cultural gap between Americas North & South. Angelina Ballerina was a disastrous — if well-intended — attempt at female rodent visibility, but one that has left feminist mice groaning ever since.

But where (one might ask) were the rats?

The answer to that question is a long and tragic one, as rats attempted to improve their image in the public eye. As early as the Middle Ages, rats were assigned blame for the bubonic plague — a dastardly and frankly racist assumption that has tarnished their reputation ever since. It is an old, familiar story: the propaganda machine turns on our rodent friends and publicly defiles them, in a mud-slinging media war that many historians have since connected to the subsequent use of rats in scientific experiments. Some of our greatest scientific discoveries have been achieved off the backs of long-suffering, oppressed rats.

It is true that some rats attempt to fight against The Man, to turn the tide of anti-rat public sentiment. We experienced a brief reprieve with Pizza Rat, yet Peter Pettigrew did everlasting damage as a shape-shifting-rat-villain in the Harry Potter franchise. Prospects were grim, and hope was all but lost.

Then, in 2007, everything changed. A tiny rat with a big dream exploded across cinemas globally, reminding the world that rats are capable of anything. This was an essential turning point in the Pro-Rat movement, for Ratatouille gave audiences a rat at the pinnacle of High Culture: immersed in the culinary arts, accompanied by smooth jazz, and depicted sporting high-fashion chef hats of varying heights. One cannot stress enough how monumental this film was in rodent history.

Therefore, it is our privilege — nay, our duty! — to watch this landmark film. We do it to show ourselves, and our pets, and any subway rats out there wishing on a falling star, that dreams are possible with a sprinkle of hope and a dash of faith.

(And salt. Don’t forget the salt, otherwise it’ll just taste gross.)
The Case for Physical Media
By: Joseph Fusco
Tags: Books, Disney, Netflix, Streaming, Dvd

What happens when your internet service provider fails?

Once upon a time we had things called CDs, DVDs, vinyl records, VHS tapes, and newspapers. (Some unlucky folks invested in Betamax and Laserdiscs but that’s another story.)

These items took up a lot of space, were heavy, and cost a lot of money — at the time. However, they were tangible items that you could hold, collect, and put on display for your friends to show how cool or sophisticated you thought yourself to be.

Then we turned a corner in media storage technology. Suddenly iPods, Kindles, and smartphones became some of the means by which we consumed media. We no longer needed space consuming artifacts of a bygone technological era.

Listening to music now means making a Spotify mix. Watching your favorite movie means using your old college roommates’ Netflix password. If you want to “tape” a TV show, you don’t stick an actual videotape into the machine, you set your DVR. Any book ever published is now available to read off a tablet, and you never ever have to get newspaper ink on your fingers again.

Life — and our apartments — has become a lot less cluttered. But life has also become a lot easier, too. Access to unlimited content has become the norm. It is a pleasure that most of us partake in. Instant media rules our lives. All we have to do is log in.

But now we have a new world problem: What happens when your internet service provider crashes?

The service provider in my neighborhood was out for more than 36 hours this weekend. No transparent explanation — just no internet, no cable, no DVR, weak cell service, and worst of all, no season finale of The Mandalorian on Disney+. The tech giant assured us that it would be fixed by 3:30am the next day (it wasn’t). Then they pushed the estimated restoral time to the next day. All while their website said, “We are not detecting outages in your area.” Oh, really?

Being trapped at home in the middle of a pandemic has made me much more reliant on the virtual world than I ever was. So without being able to Zoom, watch Netflix, my DVR, or scroll Twitter without using the last of my data, I did what now seems unthinkable. I read a book. Like an actual book, one with paper pages. Later, I dusted off some DVDs and played them on my old PS3. It was weird. The whole experience felt so…so…2007.

There is a case to be made for physical media. There’s something that digital media can’t replace…the physical part. You can hold it, look at it, examine it. Also, physical media can always play when the online grid fails (if you still have a way to play it.)

If nothing else, DVDs, CDs, vinyl records, and books show your friends how cool you think they should think you are. It’s a lot more fun at a party to rummage through someone’s book and CD collection than it is to scroll through their phone. That’s just creepy. And probably illegal.
Mickey Mouse Rolls Up His Sleeves To Battle Netflix and Win The Streaming Wars
By: Chad Whittle
Tags: Disney Plus, Disney, Netflix, Streaming, Streaming Video

When Disney announced its new streaming service Disney Plus, I knew it meant Netflix was about to face its biggest competition to date. Recent moves by Disney have proven it’s not Mickey Mousing around about streaming.

The future of the company depends on it.

CNBC reported in October, Disney would restructure its media businesses into a signal entity with Disney Plus as the central piece of the media division. If you’re wondering what the future of cable television is, this restructuring is a great clue.

Disney sees the writing on the wall for many cable channels as more consumers “cut the cord” from cable and sign up for streaming services like HBO Max, NBC Peacock, and ESPN Plus, another Disney owned media property.

When it comes to owning valuable content and profitable media brands, Netflix cannot compete with Disney. To be honest, I’m not sure any streaming service can come close to matching the number of movies and shows Disney has in the famous Disney vault.

The Walt Disney Company has a decades head start on Netflix and owns some of the world’s most valuable movie brands: Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and Mickey Mouse. In addition, they now own the 20th Century Fox movie library, which gives them even more content.

While Netflix can’t compete with Disney in terms of its amount of content, the service can compete successfully with Disney to provide new content and create new media brands.

House of Cards, Stranger Things, The Crown, ( Tiger King?!) are just some of the successful brands Netflix has created. We all enjoy the classics Disney can provide, but eventually, you want to see a new story and new content is where Netflix can successfully compete with Disney.

Netflix spends billions per year producing content, and Disney plans to add 50 new Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, and Pixar series over the next few years. This is in addition to other announced movies and shows coming to the service.

The amount of TV that is produced now is mind blogging, and I have given up even trying to watch all the new TV shows I should watch. There is only so much time in a day, and I can’t watch everything on HBO Max, Peacock, Netflix, Hulu, and all the other apps I’ve forgotten.

Usually, at night, I just give up and watch reruns of Seinfeld because trying to find something to watch with all the choices is a task in itself.

Of course, all this content costs billions to produce, and Disney Plus has already announced a price increase is coming soon.

With a company projected 350 million subscribers worldwide by 2024 (Netflix is projected to have 305 million by the same year), the House of Mouse should have more than enough cash to spend on productions.

While Disney will eventually overtake Netflix as the world’s largest streaming service, I wouldn’t underestimate Netflix because the original streaming service’s popularity is not going to decrease.

Netflix will be a very competitive and profitable number two to Mickey.
How I Would Fix ‘The Mandalorian’ Season Two Finale
By: M.G. Siegler
Tags: Disney Plus, Star Wars, Disney, Television, The Mandalorian

Okay, that should be far, far enough.

So, I did think The Mandalorian season two finale was great. Fantastic, even. Season one was very, very good, but season two upped the ante by upping the fan service. And while that may seem like low-hanging fruit, it’s actually insanely risky because there’s a far higher likelihood that you mess it up.¹ And this finale not only took on that challenge but did so with the highest degree of difficulty. And stuck the landing.²

I will say that the CGI was a little weird. A little off-putting. In a way, it was right in between the digital Moff Tarkin and the digital Princess Leia in Rogue One. It has also been four years since that movie, so you’d think they’d perfect the technology a bit more. Of course, this also wasn’t a movie. (But really, what’s the distinction anymore?)

Still, it worked well. It felt very Star Wars. They executed the entire scene so perfectly. The incoming X-wing. Baby Yoda’s ears perking up. “Why did they stop?” The robes. The lightsaber. “A Jedi.” The glowing green. The sound. The gloved hand. Baby Yoda’s hand on the screen. The elevator. The Force pull. The Force pushes. Force choking a… robot. The music. The haircut. “Are you a Jedi?” “I am.”

We finally get to see full potential Luke Skywalker. Which they set up well with The Mandalorian having a hell of a time with one Dark Trooper. Luke slices through them like a hot knife through warm butter.

And then the handoff. It’s touching.³

R2-motherfuckin-D2. Luke picking up a being that looks a lot like his just-departed master. “May the Force be with you.”

And then the “one more thing” scene. Just as you’re thinking about how they’re going to do a third season, they reveal that they’re going to pivot the entire show. Undoubtedly Din Djarin will be back. I mean, he has to battle Bo-Katan for the Darksaber, right? But this is how you execute this type of thing. A grand finale and then you go out on top, lightsabers twirling.
The Last Jedi
Tags: Star Wars, Disney, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fanfiction

The Last Jedi

This is the beginning of what i think Star Wars the last jedi could have been. So when the force awakens came out, they gave us a bunch of new characters but no history. which is perfect cause then they can tell their stories over the next two movies, but instead they dont answer anything in the next movie and overload on information by the last movie. So this is my opinion on how they could have made The Last Jedi. First of, they laid down some good ground work with Ben Solo. In the legends, luke had a son named ben, and leia and han had three kids, twins then a third child. i think in the last Jedi, you introduce rey as one half of the twins that luke is the father of. with everyone believing the other twin is dead. but behind the scenes, the twin is actually alive and being raised by the sith. Kylo, who is Ben Solo, doesnt know his cousin is with the sith because they are raising the twin as the real heir to the empire thinking Kylo cant be trusted. for the movie itself, Luke trains Rey. through the force, he comes to find out that Rey is his daughter and tells her about her twin brother and her mother, who is mara jade. At the same time Kylo is talking to Snoke and he introduces to jacen, Lukes son and reys twin brother, in hoping that together the cousins can come together and defeat Luke and rey. But Kylo gets mixed feelings from Snoke keeping him a secret and doubt starts to build in his mind for joining the dark side, especially since he killed han, his father, in the force awakens. now the first order closes in on the jedis that are training, as the battle between Kylo and Rey begins, Snoke and Luke square off.. Kylos doubt shows up and it allows rey to hurt him. Snoke losing the battle to Luke, sees kylo hurt and decides to bring jacen out to face rey. in the beginning, luke doesnt sense that his son is fighting rey, his daughter, but at some point he feels the force through the young man and it freezes him. luke calls out to him hoping he will remember but he doesnt. rey now is trying to remind him but jacen brushes them off. Out of no where Leia shows up to the battle field to face Snoke and help her son Ben come home. in all this madness, Snoke wounds Luke, Rey and Jacen continue their fight as Leia steps in to fight Snoke. Leia feels kylos thoughts and doubt through the force and decides to sacrifice herself in hoping it will save Ben. The movie ends with the Jedis in retreat while the first order tends to Kylos wounds as he cries out for his mother. Luke is shaken seeing his sister die and also finding out that his son is alive. Snoke is happy how Jacen handled himself but is concerned that he might have lost Kylo to Leias sacrifice….. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Disney announces two new female superhero series: ‘Ms. Marvel’ and ‘She-Hulk’
By: Meghna Amin
Tags: Disney, Television, Ms Marvel, Film, She Hulk

Disney has announced that it will have two new series focusing on female superheroes, as part of their ever-growing empire of new projects. Ticking the diversity boxes that the industry has been very much lacking in, Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk will be added to their highly-anticipated Marvel lineup to be released over the next few years.

Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel, one of the ten new Marvel series, will be reaching our screens in late 2021 and will star Iman Vellani as the lead character Kamala Khan. This will be the first Muslim superhero to have her own Marvel comic series, with the character’s abilities consisting of contorting her body and super-stretchy powers.

Ms. Marvel, a newer character to Marvel comics has grabbed the world’s imagination and we are excited to announce Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan. Ms. Marvel, an Original Series from Marvel Studios, is coming late 2021 to #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/ArHe8vMCXd - Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) December 11, 2020

Kamala Khan will also be featuring in the upcoming film Captain Marvel 2 with Brie Larson.

Joining Vellani, the Ms. Marvel cast will also include Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Naki, Azher Usman, Travina Springer, and Nimra Bucha. The episodes will be directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah, Meera Menon, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

She-Hulk

Meanwhile, the titular character in She-Hulk will be played by Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany, with the character being the cousin of Bruce Banner / The Hulk (played by Mark Ruffalo). Sharing their powers after a blood transfusion, She-Hulk won’t just be a super-strong green giant, but rather a lawyer by the name of Jennifer Walters who assists fellow superheroes in their legal matters. Unlike Bruce Banner, Jennifer will be able to control her intelligence and emotions, as well as her superhuman strength and speed.

She-Hulk arrives to the MCU! Tatiana Maslany will portray Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk and Tim Roth returns as the Abomination and Hulk himself, Mark Ruffalo, will appear in the series. Directed Kat Coiro and Anu Valia, She-Hulk is coming to #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/z4OlQJhrlr - Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) December 11, 2020

Alongside Maslany, Tim Roth will be returning as the Abomination. The Hulk himself, Mark Ruffalo, will also be appearing in the series, but as there has been no definite episode list or news concerning the billing of each episode, fans will have to wait to see how Ruffalo and Maslany’s characters will interact.

Whilst production was rumored to begin earlier this year but has since been halted due to the pandemic, it is now suggested filming will begin next year, probably after filming for both The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision are finished.

One thing is for certain, however — these shows will absolutely be bringing in a much-needed breath of fresh air in a largely male-dominated character field.

Words by Meghna Amin
‘The Book of Boba Fett’ coming to Disney+ December 2021
Tags: Star Wars, Disney, Boba, Streaming, Mandalorian

The end of the Mandalorian season 2 is upon us and with it came some of the most glorious moments in all of modern Star Wars. Not least of which was the first-ever Star Wars end-credit scene.

End credit scene in Chapter 16 of The Mandalorian

In it we see Boba Fett take over Jabba’s palace and then immediately after we see that now he is officially getting his own series titled The Book of Boba Fett with a release window set for December of next year; right alongside season 3 of The Mandalorian.

Stick around for more updates in the coming months over the many Star Wars projects being confirmed and currently in production!

Giovanni Delgadillo is a columnist for the Boardwalk Times.
Disney Doesn’t Tell You to Live Happily Ever After Anymore.
Tags: Movies, Disney, Life Lessons, Movie Review, Life

Let’s forget about ‘Frozen’ and let’s go to a new Disney movie called ‘Godmothered.’

It’s a recent release on Disney+, and yes, it sounds like a fairytale because it’s about a rookie fairy godmother. But it’s got a modern take to it.

You don’t plan to watch the movie, and that’s okay. I watched it for you — hardcore Disney fan here.

If reading movie reviews is one of your habits, then you’ll find most reviews say the movie is a hit-or-miss comedy, a bit dry, and just meh.

You can’t blame those viewers. ‘Godmothered’ is similar to a previous Disney movie called ‘Enchanted.’ Both films have the same theme — a fairytale book character falls into a portal and ends up in our real world.

Some scenes are hilarious, while most of the scenes are just ‘too Disney’ in a world that’s exhausted by the pandemic.

But I pushed through the movie because I don’t believe in starting things and stopping halfway. Nope, that’s not a good habit in life.

After a series of laughs and dry scenes, I ended up with tears. Maybe because the pandemic made me more emotional than I already am, or Disney still does its job well in tugging people's heartstrings.

You’re about to finish your two minutes on this piece. Here’s the takeaway:

Again, true love isn’t a prince. It’s family, and if you have them around you right now, that’s already a happily ever after — a prince is just a bonus and not a necessity.

Above all, it’s the first Disney movie that doesn’t tell you to find happily ever after. Instead, the rookie godmother, Eleanor, encourages you to:

“Forget ever after, just live happily!”

There you go. Live a Disney life now!
Everything Coming to Disney+ in January 2021
By: Zach Perilstein
Tags: Disney Plus, Disney, News, Marvel, Streaming

Everything Coming to Disney+ in January 2021

Disney+’s future is brighter than ever and 2021 looks to be a record year for them. Let’s see what Disney+ has in store for this January!

Friday, January 1

700 Sharks

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!

Great Shark Chow Down

Mega Hammerhead

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

The Wolverine (2013)

Earth to Ned (New Episodes)

Beyond the Clouds: A Firm Handshake (Extras)

Friday, January 8

Disney Fam Jam

Ferdinand

Star Wars Forces of Destiny: Volume 1

Star Wars Forces of Destiny: Volume 2

Star Wars Forces of Destiny: Volume 3

Star Wars Forces of Destiny: Volume 4

Toy Story That Time Forgot

Beyond the Clouds: The Anatomy of Emotion (Extras)

Marvel Studios: Legends (Premiere)

Friday, January 15

Disney Elena of Avalor (Season 3)

Doctor Doolittle 3

Isle of Dogs

Mary Poppins Returns

WandaVision (Premiere)

Beyond the Clouds: The Concert of a Lifetime (Extras)

Friday, January 22

Wild Uganda

Pixar Popcorn (Premiere)

WandaVision (New Episode)

Beyond the Clouds: The Finishing Touches (Extras)

Friday, January 29

Dinosaurs (Season 1)

Dinosaurs (Season 2)

Dinosaurs (Season 3)

Dinosaurs (Season 4)

Epic

The Incredible Dr. Pol

Ramona and Beezus

Texas Storm Squad

WandaVision (New Episode)

Beyond the Clouds: A Promise Kept (Extras) (Finale)
All I want for Christmas is baby Grogu!
By: Rui Alves
Tags: Star Wars, Disney, Parenting, The Mandalorian, TV Series

All I want for Christmas is baby Grogu!

I am listening to Mariah Carey as I sit down to watch The Mandalorian Chapter 16: The Rescue. The hashtag #TheMandalorian has been trending for the last thirteen hours, and I have avoided spoilers like the plague. Thus, I can only imagine why the episode is rated 9.9 on IMDb. I promise to follow-up with my findings and new life-changing lessons from Disney’s blockbuster TV show.

This is the way: we are a clan of two; he means more to me than you’ll ever know.
3 Reasons Why Disney Plus+ is successful
By: Sege Jung
Tags: Product Sense, Analysis, Disney, Netflix

It took Disney+ only 1 year to reach 86 million paid subscribers. How?

Photo by Patrícia Ferreira on Unsplash

Disney launched its direct-to-consumer business a little over a year ago. Now, they are hitting milestones that were set by executives to be achieved in 2024. How is Disney achieving this when it took Netflix almost a decade?

Reasons why Disney Plus is Successful

Aggressive acquisition strategies

Disney+ jumped into the direct-to-consumer and needed to attract new users from the competitive market with big players such as Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu, HBO, and more. Disney partnered with Verizon to offer a year of free trials. It also offered 1 week of free trials. How long does it take for the users to get “hooked” to the service? One year would be sufficient.

Disney’s Blockbuster Brands

Disney acquired rights to stream from major blockbusters like Marvel, Pixar, Fox, Star Wars, and so on. The enormous fan base flooded into Disney’s streaming service. Not to mention Disney’s hit movies. As a 90s kid, I remember watching Disney animation movies and they started to launch live-action movies such as Mulan, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast and the list goes on. As a kid who grew up watching animated Disney movies, it definitely interested me 20 years later to watch live-action Disney movies.

Bundles that are Hard to Resist

Disney has a 30% stake in Hulu which gives them full control of streaming services. Disney+ also owns ESPN+. All three of them combined have about 134 million paid subscribers. Disney+ is bundling all three streaming services at $12.99/month offering users more value. Netflix starts at $8.99 while Disney+ starts at $6.99. This price point fits well in the market.

Future for Disney Plus+

Disney is forecasting over 200 million subscribers by 2025. And while it seems attainable at this speed, they have several obstacles to overcome. Disney’s early success can be attributed to the widely popular content. To keep users interested they have to create new content. They also have to scale and stream in other parts of the world by creating exclusive content for specific countries.
Shadow Pines: All But Forgotten
By: Robert Merlo
Tags: Golf, Photojournalism, Photography, Nature, Beauty

This past Labor Day holiday weekend (2020)I hiked at the now defunct Shadow Pines Golf Course in Penfield, New York. Having played golf there years ago, it was a little surreal, maybe a little dystopian, hiking in and around the fairways, greens, golf cart paths and sand traps that are now mere remnants of their immaculate past. The course itself is quite messy and overgrown with weeds and wildflowers. And the golf cart paths are buckling and, in many cases, crumbling. But there is an inherent beauty amidst the messiness of the landscape. Teeming with wildlife in a space that appears largely forgotten, Shadow Pines is now home to wandering deer, myriad birds, and an abundance of butterflies. It’s also a refuge for us humans who are looking for a temporary retreat from everyday life itself and a peaceful coexistence with nature.
5 Bold Face Mask Eye Makeup Looks That Will Make You Stand Out
Tags: Singapore, Trends, Makeup, Style, Beauty

By Yap Jin Wen from THREAD PH

These days, wearing a face mask has become mandatory that most people don’t even bother putting on makeup. What’s the point when nobody’s going to recognize the shade of lipstick you’re wearing or the blush you brushed on? Well, it’s true to a certain point but some occasions do call for more presentable looks. Even with face masks on, bring attention to features that are visible with playful eye makeups. Forget everything the beauty gurus said about minimalism, when everybody looks the same — you need drama to stand out.

60s Calling

The 60s never left. The era of change has always been welcomed in the beauty scene, thanks to their emphasis on loud, hippie makeup looks. Given the circumstances we’re in, Twiggy’s revamped Bambi-eye makeup is exactly what we need. Two slashes of bright liner adorning the crease of the eyes while big chunks of glitter suffusing the lids. If that doesn’t grab your attention, nothing else will.

Spread Your Wings

For those struggling to go all out with colour, dial it down with just graphic lines. It’s contemporary, clean and chic. Apparently, it’s really easy to nail down too. All you need to do is draw your usual cat wing but without the full outline and filling. Then, finish it off with a short stroke on the inner corner of your eyes for an enlarging effect.

Lash It Out

Worried that you might clash makeup looks with someone else? Walk the extra mile with over-the-top glitter eyelashes. It’s a bit too much for a casual drop by at the supermarket but for presentations and dinners — this will take onlookers’ breath away.

Up And Down

Flip the script. Who says eye makeup looks must be symmetrical? Play your features up with extra-long eyelashes and two-tone eye makeup. Try experimenting with shimmery colours — a different colour for top and bottom. Don’t worry about going overboard, with face masks granting us anonymity, it’s the only chance we get to trial-and-error.

On Pastel Cloud

When you have a palette of pastels and don’t know how to match, time to channel your inner Alice in the wonderland personality by plopping a few bright hues onto your lids. Doesn’t matter if they don’t come from the same family palette, as long as they’re of the same colour tone — together they can create cohesion.
Uses and Side Effects of Botox Treatment
Tags: Botox, Healthcare, Beauty, Çare

Botox in Dubai is only a trademark that is utilized for the famous protein called botulinum poison which is discharged by the microbes Clostridium Botulinum. In the event that you end up taking this in enormous sums, the poison could prompt loss of motion and it would prompt food contamination manifestations.

Anyway, botox has been utilized in beautifiers over the previous many years and its fame continues expanding as years pass by and more individuals are into restorative medical procedures. You should realize that this is definitely not surgery, there are simply minor entry points made in order to infuse the botox.

Among the numerous utilizations, the most well-known incorporate treating wrinkles, lethargic eyes, and other facial issues.

Most basic employments

There are a lot of medicines where botox is utilized including treating minor headaches, muscle fits, restorative applications, for example, wrinkles, relieving languid eyes, treating overactive bladders, and much more.

So for those of you who believe it’s simply a restorative medical procedure, you’re off-base. There’s significantly more to it. As a matter of fact, the restorative part is only a small amount of the whole range despite the fact that it’s the most mainstream among them all.

Before you get any sort of treatment you need to converse with your PCP and ensure that you get the correct sort of botox treatment. It is utilized to regard uncontrolled flickering too. It works by hindering the substance called acetylcholine and accordingly forestalls muscle withdrawal and facilitates them.

There are a lot of cases wherein individuals are not equipped for going through overactive bladder treatment choices and it’s these individuals who at that point decide on botox treatment all things considered. Regardless of whether you experience the ill effects of uncontrolled pee and holes you could converse with your PCP about this treatment.

Treatment of underarm perspiration in situations where it’s simply an excessive amount to be agreeable can be cultivated utilizing botox.

A couple of the results

There aren’t many symptoms of this drug. Yet, at whatever point there are a couple, it would be seen just around the region where the botox was infused. You would presumably see expanding, redness, tingling, and wounding notwithstanding slight torment around the zone.

Other significant results remember issues for gulping food, respiratory issues just as dazedness and sickness. In this manner, before you get yourself botox therapy it is savvy to converse with your primary care physician and let them thoroughly understand your clinical history just as the medicine that you’re embraced.
Mirror Mirror
By: Ezinne Clare
Tags: Imperfection, Ezinne Clare, Mirror, Beauty, Poetry

Mirror Mirror on the wall

Do you think I’m fine at all?

Or do you reply hastily

To escape such eye sore?

Do you wish hands could appear

To shield your eyes from hurting further?

Or do you reveal my flaws

So I could stay with you much longer?

Mirror Mirror in my hand

Is there beauty in this land?

Not just sparkly eyes and clear skin

But do you reflect the beauty that lies within?

Should we focus on that bit

Or are we better off without it?

Tell me what you want to see

That’s the only way they’ll accept me

Mirror Mirror through the glass

I’m in a hurry but I’ll turn to the left to steal a glance

I can see through you but do you see through me?

Very odd how the thought of that scares me

Do you see my mind and my dirty little secrets?

Do you scoff at me because you know I’m imperfect

Or do you see everything I’m going through

And understand that my scars make me beautiful
Well What Was Expected to Happen. Subsequent to viewing a TikTok in which…
Tags: Life Lessons, Expectations, Society, Random, Beauty

After viewing a TikTok where a photographer shared a series of unedited versus edited images. This photographer tried to explain to viewers that blemishes, acne, and all other imperfections may be unattractive — to some — but is natural for women, and how powerful editing is. However, she suggested, without editing, we are not as beautiful. These subtle reminders of what is considered beauty ensures women never feel desirable in their natural state. We have to chase perfection like standards. Yet unattainable to look like a computer-generated version of ourselves.

According to Whom?

It is understandable why some women are tired and over it. Women have been performing their palatableness and face exclusion for being anything less. These performances are acts to conform with little choice. From the celebrated bounce-back and glow up cultures to the expectation of attending social functions as kept — with new hair, nails, and makeup — all to be considered beautiful for the night and, undoubtedly, to feel desired in the world. Women spend time questioning how to present themselves — something which should not be a big deal. We continue to make sure we align with what society considers to be acceptable. Otherwise, many women prepare to explain “why their face is not done” for an event.

And, So What?

The pressure is the price of being shaped by the terms of desirability in your society. It provides fulfillment of being a beauty in a world where it is currency over mental freedom. Unless there is a change to the perception of beauty, it is redundant to push women to love who they are. It is dishonest to ask for enduring self-love by relying on insecure adults to suddenly not care to be desired. There has to be an acknowledgement of how soul-crushing social expectations are and provide a way to show up for those who feel they will never be desirable, and a plan towards helping make their life easier.
Stop Making Faces. It’ll Stay That Way.
By: Jo Ann Harris
Tags: Older Adults, Advice, Life, Beauty, Older Women

Not to make this subject any more depressing than it needs to be to your twenty-year-old inner self, but I thought it was worth knowing.

Aging changes in the face

The appearance of the face and neck typically changes with age. Loss of muscle tone and thinning skin gives the face a flabby or drooping appearance. In some people, sagging jowls may create the look of a double chin.

Your skin also dries out and loses the underlying layer of fat so that your face no longer has a plump, smooth surface. To some extent, wrinkles cannot be avoided. However, sun exposure and cigarette smoking are likely to make them develop more quickly. The number and size of blotches and dark spots on the face increase as well. These pigment changes are largely due to sun exposure.

Missing teeth and receding gums change the appearance of the mouth, so your lips may look shrunken. Loss of bone mass in the jaw reduces the size of the lower face and makes your forehead, nose, and mouth more pronounced. Your nose may also lengthen slightly.

The ears may lengthen in some people (probably caused by cartilage growth). Men may develop hair in their ears that becomes longer, coarser, and more noticeable as they age. Ear wax becomes drier because there are fewer wax glands in the ears and they produce less oil. The hardened ear wax can block the ear canal and affect your ability to hear.

Eyebrows and eyelashes turn gray. As in other parts of the face, the skin around the eyes gets wrinkles, creating crow’s feet at the side of the eyes.

Fat from the eyelids settles into the eye sockets. This can make your eyes look sunken. The lower eyelids can slacken and bags can develop under your eyes. Weakening of the muscle that supports the upper eyelid can make the eyelids droop. This may limit vision.

The outer surface of the eye (cornea) may develop a grayish-white ring. The colored portion of the eye (iris) loses pigment, making most very elderly people appear to have gray or light blue eyes. Source: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/004004.htm
Why Bulk Private Label Skin Care Products Are Suitable?
By: Urist Cosmetics Inc.
Tags: Cosmetics, Beauty Products, Skin Serum, Beauty, Skincare

From 20-kg pail to 5-gallon pail, bulk private label skin care products can be availed at highly competitive prices, enabling customization at the client-side.

If you are a brand that can customize and pack and label skin care products at your end, you can easily place orders for bulk private label skin care products from professional manufacturers.

How is it suitable for your business?

You can understand that individually packaged containers cost more when compared to bulk orders. If only you don’t have a facility for customizing and packaging and labeling operations, you can trust an orderly functioning manufacturer for facilitating the same for you. Getting a vivid clarity on this one has always been essential for businesses to thrive.

By ordering in bulk, you can energize a great profit potential based on the minimum order quantity. Be it for eye serums or anti-wrinkle serums, you can find a MOQ of 20-kg pail. For other products like health conditioner, shampoo, or shower gel, you may need to buy thrice the 20-kg pail order. However, this only propagates the profit-potential for your business.

How to find the right manufacturers?

Having a private label does have pros and cons. Those who have realized it early can easily relate why it’s crucial for having the best private label skin care manufacturers by their side. Their ethical production facilities and customer-beneficial strategies help a business thrive and disrupt the market. You can essentially speak to one of the experts for identifying these manufacturers. Or, you can review their products & reviews for getting started with a description.