Disney Channel To Present World Premiere Of Selena Gomez And The Scene's Music Video!

Disney Channel will present the world premiere of Selena Gomez and The Scene's second music video, "Naturally," from her debut album, "Kiss & Tell," today, December 11 (8:40 p.m., ET/PT) following the premiere of "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation." The single will go into rotation on Radio Disney today.

"Naturally" was directed by Chris Dooley (music video credits include: Scissor Sisters, Marié Digby and David Bowie) who also directed Gomez's first music video, "Falling Down" and was written by Antonina Armato, Tim James and Devrim Karaoglu.

"Kiss & Tell" from Hollywood Records debuted in the Billboard Top 10. "Naturally" is available as a digital single on iTunes and Gomez is scheduled to perform the song on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2010."

Click here to listen to "Naturally"!

Mickey Mouse is now Hulk's Father

In what should be bigger news, Disney is making a 4 BILLION dollar offer to buy Marvel. Disney calls it "quality branded content". Can we be so sure?

Will Marvel just be a cash cow subsidiary of Disney or will Disney, Disneyfy Marvel with less character in their characters shunning violent content and dictating story lines.

Disney is well known for creative freedom but within their guidelines which in reality is not true creative freedom, it's just a cordoned off play-ground in which to operate. If that theology is forced on Marvel characters and stories, then the characters we see now will become bland and dull by comparison to the stories in the past.

Disney's representative on the deal Robert Iger was happy to announce, "We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation," conspicuously absent was the reassurance that the Marvel property would retain it's integrity.

Disney stands to gain over 5000 Marvel characters and the intellectual Marvel universe in which they live.

Mitchel Musso Wants to Talk to You!

As a very special Friday treat for his loyal fans, Mitchel Musso has sent out the message below on his myspace:

“Hey Everyone,

I’m free for about an hour today and I want you all to call me from 3:15 to 4:15 west coast time. The number you can reach me at is 323-622-8588. Remember I won’t be able to take EVERYONES calls, but please keep trying since I REALLY do want to chat with you all.”

PEACE
MM”

Mitchel Musso’s debut album can now be heard on the Disney website

Tribeca/ESPN Sports Announce 2009 Trailer Competition

The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival announced a competition to find the official trailer for the 2009 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival. For the first time in the three-year history of the Festival, Tribeca and ESPN have created a unique competition to find the official Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival trailer that will be scheduled to play prior to all of the films in this year’s sports film festival. The 2009 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival will take place during the Tribeca Film Festival, April 22 through May 3, 2009.

To participate in the competition, contestants will need to shoot a reenactment of a scene from a classic sports film. Three scenes from two classic Walt Disney Pictures, Remember The Titans and Cool Runnings, have been preselected for contestants to recreate. All recreations of the scenes should keep within the spirit of the original film and be under 30 seconds. A panel of Tribeca and ESPN notables will select the top submissions and choose the final winner. The competition begins Monday, January 5, 2009 and ends Saturday, March 7, 2009.

“Sports and movies have always had a love affair and the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival brings together fans of both,” said Nancy Schafer, Co-Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Festival. “We believe this competition will be a creative opportunity for people to get involved with this Festival and we look forward to viewing the submissions.”

Keith Clinkscales, ESPN senior vice president, content development and enterprises said, “We believe great sports stories are just waiting to be told, or in this case, re-told. This competition captures the spirit of our collaboration with Tribeca by encouraging a multitude of voices and perspectives from both veteran and emerging filmmakers.”

Contestants should log on http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=tribeca/trailer/contest
to download the script pages to both films and then submit their videos. These selected shorts will be featured on www.espn.com, beginning in early April 2009.

In addition to having the scene play as the official trailer for the 2009 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, the grand prize winner will receive a trip for two to New York City (including airfare and hotel accommodations) for two nights to attend the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, dinner for two at the ESPN Zone, one Apple TV with an I-Tunes gift certificate in the amount of $100, and a 17-inch Apple Mac Book Pro fully loaded with Leopard OS and Final Cut studio.

Miley Cyrus' Disney Birthday Bash

What do you get a teenage girl who has everything for her birthday? Well, for Miley Cyrus, Disney was shut down for her Sweet Sixteen Birthday Celebration over the weekend. The Hannah Montana star performed on a floating stage in front 5,000 fans, each of whom spent $250 for tickets. The celebration lasted until about 11 p.m.

“My parents shut down Disneyland for me, so I’m good for a while,” Miley Cyrus said, prior to an early 16th birthday celebration at the amusement park. Well, at least she recognizes that! My sweet sixteen was at my house in New Jersey with a homemade birthday cake! Ha!

Celebs like David Archuleta, Demi Lovato, Tyra Banks, Cindy Crawford, and Steve Carell, were all in attendance for the bash. Geez, those are some big names to be attending the little starlet's 16th birthday. This picture was taken of Cyrus performing on stage for her tween fans at her birthday party.

High School Musical Trailer Premiere!

High School Musical 3: Senior Year may not hit theaters until October - but fans can get their first look at the blockbuster when its trailer premieres this Sunday at 7:55 p.m. ET/PT on the Disney Channel.

Walt Disney 'TinkerBell' Movie Trailer

The trailer for the new Walt Disney Pictures movie, Tinkerbell, was brought to our attention. We always think of our younger fans, too! We think it looks so cute. Didn't you ever wonder about the pre Peter Pan life of our favorite pixie? Check out the video above and enjoy!

Camp Rock[s] Ratings

The Disney Channel's Friday night premiere of the Cinderella-like "Camp Rock" drew in 8.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Tweens, or those between 9- and 14-years of age made up 3.4 million of the viewers.

"Camp Rock" became Disney's second-most-watched TV movie of all time, right behind last summer's "High School Musical 2," which had 17.2 million viewers, making it the all-time most-watched entertainment telecast on basic cable.

However, "Camp Rock" did beat the 7.8 million viewers of the original "High School Musical."

The newest Disney made-for-TV movie will be rebroadcast on ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney" on Saturday and on ABC Family on Sunday.

The film stars newcomer Demi Lovato, pegged as the next Miley Cyrus, as a girl who can only afford to attend a summer music camp after her mother gets a job working in the kitchen. It also features the Jonas Brothers, who have just released their new single, "Burning Up," from their upcoming album, A Little Bit Longer.

Disney Pixie Gets Star On Wall of Fame

The fictional Disney fairy, Tinkerbell, has become an icon! It's official, Miss Belle will be receiving a star on Hollywood's famous curbside Wall of Fame next year. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Walk of Fame Committee carefully chose the suitable receipients to be given stars yesterday.

Other winners to have stars put in their names next year are actor Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, and The Village People. What an honor! We wonder if Tinkerbell will show up for the ceremony?

Jonas Brothers sign book deal

The Jonas Brothers have followed in the steps of fellow teen star Miley Cyrus. The trio signed a deal with Disney Book Group to publish their first book, an exclusive behind-the-scene view of the band.

The book will be published under the Disney-Hyperion Books imprint and will be out in the fall.

"We have such an amazing time performing at our concerts, and to be able to chronicle all of the fun for our fans and readers is just incredible for us," Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas said in a statement. "We hope our fans get to relive our shows and discover things they haven't seen before through our book."

More racy Miley Cyrus pics

Disney star Miley Cyrus has not been able to keep her nose clean for long. More racy pictures of the 15-year-old teen icon have been making the rounds online. This time Miley is seen holding up her t-shirt and showing her bra, and also revealing lacy, red underwear.

Reports have stated that Cyrus sent the photos to former boyfriend Nick Jonas, who she was dating at the time.

The 'Hannah Montana' actress' father and co-star, Billy Ray, said his daughter will bounce back from the photo scandals despite the outrage because she is a positive person and is "too upbeat to stay down for long."

"The thing you got to look at in life, whether you're an entertainer or whether you're a farmer... whatever you do in life, there's going to be peaks and valleys. I think one of the things my dad taught me and hopefully I instilled in Miley, is that when you get knocked down, you got to get back up because it's not going to do any good to lie on the ground and cry about it," Billy Ray Cyrus said. I think she has a lot to be proud of. I think the positive far outweighs the negative."

But that isn't all the controversy for the teen queen. The Los Angeles-based rock band Lustra has accused Cyrus of plagiarizing and invited her to an onstage showdown.

Lustra claims Cyrus's "Rock Star" is an exact copy of their song "Scotty Doesn't Know," which was on the soundtrack for the 2004 film Europtrip.

But the band decided to deal with the situation outside of the courtroom. They invited Cyrus to perform her song at L.A.'s Viper Room on Thursday to let fans decide if the songs are the same.

"Lustra would play their song 'Scotty Doesn't Know,' followed by Ms. Cyrus' 'Rockstar,' and then let their fans decide," the group's spokesman was quoted on Contactmusic.com.

But the band also has another idea for repayment.

"Another way to rectify this is to have Lustra appear on 'Hannah Montana' as themselves," the spokesman added. "Lustra could appear on the show as Hannah's musical influence."

"We could share even more of our songs with Ms. Cyrus, just as long as we get credit for it, which is what we have wanted all along," said Lustra guitarist Nick Cloutman.

Miley Cyrus thanks fans

(photo from Garth Vaughan/Disney)

Miley Cyrus performed Saturday night for the first time since her Vanity Fair photo scandal erupted a week ago. The teen star was on hand to sing a set at the Disney Channel Games concert in Orlando, although she did skip Friday's Disney Channel Games media party.

Miley thanked her fans prior to performing: "First of all I think all of us here can say thank you," she said. "I can't think of how many would stand in the rain to come in here. Thank you all for coming out tonight, you're all amazing."

She kicked off the night with her hit single "See You Again," and also debuted two songs that will appear on her upcoming album, set for release July 22.

"I hope you had an awesome time," Cyrus told the audience after her performance. "I saw a sign back there that said, 'Miley, I'm praying for you.' I could not be more appreciative. Thank you guys for all your support. Without you, none of this would be possible. I love every one of you and I could not be more appreciative. God bless you."

Cyrus clearly tried to convey a more youthful vibe, as she posed for pictures with Mickey and Minnie.

She was joined by fellow Disney acts The Jonas Brothers, the Cheetah Girls, Camp Rock star Demi Lovato and Jordan Pruitt. The show capped off the week-long Disney Channel games, and the concert will air in July.

Annie Leibovitz Shoots Disney Project

These images of celebrities becoming Disney characters have been created by renowned photographer, Annie Leibovitz. They are for the "Disney Dream Portrait Series" to celebrate Disney Parks' "Year of a Million Dreams." Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida commissioned Leibovitz to create images featuring international celebrities in fairy tale settings. They include Whoopi Goldberg as 'The Genie,' Jessica Biel as 'Pochahontas,' Marc Anthony & Jennifer Lopez as 'Aladdin & Jasmine,' and Gisele Bundchen, Tina Fey and dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov as 'Wendy, Tinkerbell and Peter Pan.' We love the pictures!

Disney's Newest Princess!

Walt Disney Pictures has revealed this first photo of Princess Tiana in the studio's traditionally-animated The Princess and the Frog, coming to theaters in 2009.The new Disney film is a musical set in the legendary birthplace of jazz -- New Orleans -- "The Princess and the Frog" will introduce the newest Disney princess, Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose), a young African-American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. From the heart of Louisiana's mystical bayou's and the banks of the mighty Mississippi comes an unforgettable tale of love, enchantment and discovery with a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells and Cajun charm at every turn! Sounds fabulous to us! We can't wait!