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Disney Is Going Big With Park Expansions

'Frozen' attraction opens in Hong Kong as part of a $60B expansion over a decade

(Newser) - Hong Kong's Disneyland opened its first Frozen-themed attraction on Monday, with thousands of eager visitors turning up to experience the new rides, some lining up for hours to get an early start. Based on Disney's wildly popular Frozen animated film, the new section of the park features landscapes...

Disney Says Frozen, Toy Story Sequels Are in the Works

New 'Zootopia' movie is also on the way, Iger says

(Newser) - Disney CEO Bob Iger announced 7,000 layoffs as part of a $5.5 billion cost-cutting package Wednesday—but he had better news for fans of some of the company's biggest animated hits. Iger announced that Frozen, Toy Story, and Zootopia sequels are in the works, Deadline reports. "...

Ukraine's 'Let It Go' Girl Now a Refugee in Poland

Amelia Anisovych, 7, sang her national anthem at a charity concert

(Newser) - The young Ukrainian girl who went viral for singing a hit song from the movie Frozen in a Kyiv bomb shelter has performed her country's anthem live on stage at a charity concert in Poland, where she's now a refugee. Thousands of people waved lights in the darkened...

Zootopia Shatters Frozen Record
 Zootopia Shatters 
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Zootopia Shatters Frozen Record

Animated flick scores $73.7 million for Disney

(Newser) - Deadpool's three-week reign atop the box office has ended thanks to a handful of new openers including Zootopia and London Has Fallen. The top spot went to Disney's Zootopia, reports the AP , which staged a box office stampede in its first weekend in theaters with an estimated $73....

Teen Forced to Remove His Spirit Week Frozen Costume

Mom: 'The principal does not agree with boys dressing like girls'

(Newser) - Students are in an "uproar"—in the words of one parent—after a middle school principal in California forced a 13-year-old to change his clothes Thursday. When students at Ethan Chase Middle School were given the opportunity to dress as a Disney character for spirit week, eighth-grader Austin...

Beijing Olympics Song Sounds Oddly Familiar

Critics accuse officials of copying 'Let It Go' from Disney's Frozen

(Newser) - Olympic anthems aren't usually chart-toppers, but one of 10 official theme songs for the 2022 Beijing Olympics, awarded to China on Friday , sure sounds like one. Unfortunately for Beijing, it sounds like one already made popular around the world: "Let It Go" from Disney's Frozen. The Olympic...

Senator's Disruptive Ringtone Is Awesome

Pat Roberts uses theme from 'Frozen,' but he's blaming the grandkids

(Newser) - Sen. Pat Roberts suffered the annoying problem of having his own phone go off during a Senate hearing today. But the reason it's making headlines is because of the amazing revelation that the 78-year-old's ringtone is the theme from Frozen. "Just let it go," he joked...

Yep: Frozen Is Getting a Sequel
 Yep: Frozen Is Getting a Sequel 

Yep: Frozen Is Getting a Sequel

'Frozen 2' announced, but no word on when

(Newser) - Let it go (on)! The Walt Disney Co. today announced plans to make a sequel to the animated mega-hit Frozen. Bob Iger, Walt Disney chief executive, and John Lasseter, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, joined in officially announcing Frozen 2 at the company's annual shareholders meeting in San...

Idina Menzel: Frozen Sequel Is Coming

Disney not ready to let it go

(Newser) - With Elsa dolls dethroning the likes of Barbie , it's perhaps no surprise that there are whispers of a Frozen sequel, and star Adele Dazeem , ahem, Idina Menzel, says there's truth in those rumors, reports Time . In an interview with the Telegraph , Menzel says that the movie sequel and...

Suck It, Barbie: You're Not Most Popular Anymore

More parents want merchandise from 'Frozen'

(Newser) - Bad news, Barbie: Parents these days kinda prefer Queen Elsa and her animated co-stars from the movie Frozen, CNBC reports. A holiday toys survey finds that one in five parents plan to purchase merchandise from the Disney flick for their girls, while Barbie ranks second (for the first time in...

Frozen's Teen Elsa Was Paid Just $926

No, we didn't forget any zeros after that number

(Newser) - Frozen has grossed more than $1.2 billion, but the actress who voiced a teenage Elsa in the movie got just 0.000077% of those profits, TMZ reports. Spencer Lacey Ganus, 15, got just the one-day guaranteed payment of $926.20 from Disney, according to a contract filed in court....

Get Ready for More Frozen
 Get Ready for 
 More Frozen 

Get Ready for More Frozen

New short coming next spring—and yes, there's a new song

(Newser) - Can't get enough of Disney's Frozen? You're in luck. Your favorite characters from the most successful animated feature ever will return in a new short, Frozen Fever, airing sometime next spring. Once again Elsa's icy powers will wreak havoc, this time at Anna's birthday party,...

Frozen Ices Paranormal
 Frozen Ices 
 Paranormal 

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Frozen Ices Paranormal

Also, it's cold out and a lot of you didn't go to the movies

(Newser) - Anyone else detecting a theme to the weekend ? Disney's Frozen has claimed the box office crown, reeling in $20.7 million. That was enough to put Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones in the No. 2 slot with $18.2 million; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was in...

Hunger Games, Frozen Shatter Thanksgiving Record

Catching Fire pulls in $110.2M over 5 days

(Newser) - Sorry, Harry: Katniss Everdeen has broken your $82.4 million Thanksgiving record. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire gobbled up $110.2 million over the five-day weekend, Wednesday to Sunday, breaking the spell cast by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Catching Fire also had the fourth-biggest second weekend in...

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