Sharon Osbourne, one of the best-known moms in television and pop culture, is expanding on her character Mama Hook from the hit Disney Junior series Jake and the Never Land Pirates as she shares new swashbuckling adventures in her first children’s book Mama Hook Knows Best: A Pirate Parent’s Favorite Fables.
The book is set in the world of Jake and the Never Land Pirates and follows Mama Hook as she reminisces about her own great adventures sailing the Never Sea and the stories she told Captain Hook when he was …

This week ABC Family launched a digital campaign called You Should Know This About Me to provide its millennial audience with a forum where they can speak their mind and let their voice be heard.
Working in conjunction with poet and youth arts advocate Azure Antoinette, ABC Family is asking millennials to submit original videos and written works that illustrates their sense of self-identity.
ABC Family is working to strengthen its relationship with the millennial audience by providing this unique outlet where they can express themselves – sharing their beliefs, dreams, and …

Star Wars fans, listen up! If you have ever wondered what happened in the years between the end of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and the beginning of Episode IV: A New Hope, you’re finally going to get the answers in a new animated series.
A one hour pilot episode of a new animated feature, Star Wars Rebels, is in production at Lucasfilm and is set to premiere on the Disney Channel in the fall of 2014. The show is then set to move to Disney XD as on ongoing …

Disney Junior hit shows Sofia the First and Jake and the Never Land Pirates are coming to a stage near you this summer. Feld Entertainment – producers of Disney on Ice and Disney Live! – is bringing characters from these smash hit to a new production, Disney Junior Live on Tour! Pirate and Princess Adventure.
The show includes a journey to the magical world of Enchancia where Sofia, her step-siblings Amber and James, and their whole kingdom are preparing for the friendship festival. Cinderella visits the castle to help Sofia on …

We’re less than three months away now from the D23 Expo, and information is starting to come in about all the exciting things in store. Recently, D23 announced some of the items that will be on display at the Expo’s Treasures of the Walt Disney Archive exhibit, which will feature a collection of items from Mary Poppins.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mary Poppins this year, the Archives exhibit at the Expo will feature a wide variety of items from the iconic live-action film. Expo attendees will be able to view such …

Next month, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club will debut a completely redesigned website, featuring new content, new department, and new sections. As part of the launch, the fan club is looking to expand with a free membership level.
On the redesigned site, current D23 members will have access to newly digitized content from The Walt Disney Company’s vaults. The content includes items from the past and the present, including celebrity interviews, vintage film clips, rarely seen artwork and photos, and treasure from the Walt Disney archives. Members can unlock more …

Zendaya, the teen star of Disney Channel’s Shake it Up! and a finalist on the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars, can add “author” to her ever-growing resume. The 16-year-old actress just signed a book deal with Disney Publishing Worldwide and her first book is due in stores later this summer.
The book, Between U and Me: How to Rock Your Tween Years with Style and Confidence, will feature advice for navigating the tween years, including the tools girls need to be happy and healthy. It will also include personal …

The first live streaming television mobile app – Watch ABC – is being launched by Disney’s ABC network to select markets starting this week.
Viewers in New York City and Philadelphia can try the app for free until the end of June, and after that date it will be available to paying customers of certain cable and satellite providers including AT&T U-Verse, Comcast, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Midcontinent Communications, and Charter. By the end of the summer, cable subscribers in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, Raleigh-Durham, and Fresno should also have …

After reaching an agreement with Disney/ABC Television, Netflix is set to begin offering popular shows from Disney Junior and Disney XD. This agreement makes Netflix the only subscription streaming service with rights to these programs.
The shows that will be offered by Netflix in the multiyear agreement include Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso, JoJo’s Circus, and the animated series Tron: Uprising.
In an effort to attract kids and families, Netflix has created an interface on their service called “Just for Kids” that relies on images, making …

If you have an iPhone, chances are you’re always taking photos and videos. And if you’re like most of us, sometimes those photos and videos stay on the phone for a very long time. But don’t despair; there is a new app that’s going to help everyone share those memories easily.
Disney Interactive’s Story app was launched last week and features a digital storytelling platform that uses the photos and videos on your iPhone to create personalized narratives that you can share with anyone.
The app pulls photos (or videos) from the …