America’s Got Talent judge Sharon Osbourne will guest star as Mama Hook, the “exuberant” mother of Captain Hook on a special episode of Jake and the Never Land Pirates, which will premiere Mother’s Day weekend, May 12 at 8:30 a.m. ET/PT. The episode will also premiere on the Disney Junior programming block on Disney Channel that same day, with an additional encore presentation May 13.
The episode, entitled “Mama Hook Knows Best,” will feature Osbourne’s character as she visits her son on Never Land. Much to her dismay, she learns Captain …

D23 gold members and Avengers fans have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming Disney twenty-three Magazine summer edition. To celebrate the premiere of The Avengers, which debuts in theaters on May 4, the magazine will offer three different Avengers-themed collectible covers.
Fans will receive one of three different collectible covers featuring the stars of The Avengers on both the front and back covers. In addition, the magazine will feature a very special ten-page article on The Avengers, in which Disney Imagineer and author Jason Surrell will interview Avengers writer-director Joss …

While Disney on Broadway has been responsible for bringing such beloved Disney films to the stage as Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Mary Poppins, there has always been one film that theatre lovers and Disney fans alike have demanded to see on stage: Newsies. Originally a box office and critical flop when it debuted in 1992, Newsies has gone down in history as a cult hit, and its infectious songs and clear musical structure have made fans wonder for years why it hadn’t yet joined the ranks …

This June, Disney XD will debut a new series TRON: Uprising, which takes place between the original 1980’s TRON movie and the 2010 sequel TRON: Legacy.
The series will follow main character Beck, who begins a revolution to protect his world and his family from the evil Clu and General Tesler. Beck, fortunately, was trained by the top warrior in his universe – Tron.
All all-star voice cast includes Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Nate Corddry, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reubens and Bruce Boxleitner reprising his original role of Tron.
To see …

Fans of the wildly popular Disney Channel  show Good Luck Charlie will be able to catch the third season of the hit show on May 6, when Disney Channel will launch back to back episodes.
Starring Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry, Mia Talerico and Eric Allan Kramer, Good Luck Charlie was rated the number 2 show on television last year among viewers ages 6-11 and 9-14. The show’s popularity peaked during the December tel-epic that aired, revealing the Duncan family would be adding a new baby to …

We first brought you news of Disney Channel’s Dog With a Blog last year, and now sources say that the network has picked up the series and will begin production in June.
The new multi-camera comedy series will be told from the dog’s point of view. A family adopts a dog named Stan, hoping the pet will help the two feuding step siblings bond. The plan works when the siblings learn their new dog has extraordinary abilities – he can talk and write.
The series will star G. Hannelius (Good Luck Charlie), …

This weekend, a select number of special guests attended the world premiere of Chimpanzee, the newest film from Disneynature. The film, which centers on Oscar, a young chimpanzee who is separated from his family, only to be taken in and cared for by the alpha-male chimp Freddy, debuted on Friday at the AMC Theater in Walt Disney World’s Downtown Disney before its theatrical premiere on April 20.
In attendance at the premiere was renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall, who expressed that the film will bring some much-needed exposure to the plight …

This season, audiences will be able to see the entire Modern Family clan travel to Disneyland in an upcoming episode of the show, but one of the show’s stars was recently spotted spending some of his own vacation time at a Disney park as well. Actor Nolan Gould, who plays Luke Dunphy on Modern Family, was recently spotted taking some time off in Walt Disney World.
Gould took some time out of his Walt Disney World vacation to pose with Donald Duck himself at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. Suited up …

Although The Phantom of the Opera still reins as the longest-running show in Broadway history, The Lion King took an important honor from the popular show this week. On Monday, it was announced that the show has surpassed Phantom to become the highest-grossing show in Broadway history.
The Lion King earned this honor with a total cumulative gross of $853,846,062, as compared to Phantom’s previously record-holding gross of $853,122,847. While Phantom has been running on Broadway for ten years longer than The Lion King–the former opened in 1988, while Lion King opened in …

Disney XD has ordered a new live-action comedy series dubbed Crash & Bernstein, with the pilot episode directed by Bruce Leddy (Mad TV) and It’s A Laugh Productions.
The show focuses on 14 year old Wyatt Bernstein, the only boy in a family with three sisters. He’s always wished for a brother, and Wyatt gets his wish when his puppet Crash (played by Tim Lagasse) comes to life.
Says Adam Bonnet, senior vice president, original programming for Disney Channel:
Full of unpredictable wit, Crash & Bernstein is another testament to Disney XD’s …