Disney Publishing has always been heavily involved in teaching English via their “Disney English” brand of language learning products, which are sold globally and at 31 language learning centers in China.
Now, Disney Publishing has increased their language learning product arsenal with a new digital app to help children learn Chinese. The new app features the international teaching method Diglot Weave.
Dubbed Learn Chinese: Toy Story 3, the read along app is now available in the United States, Australia, China and 25 other countries through Europe and Asia. The story is told …

Former Disney star Demi Lovato will be kicking off her summer tour in June, starting in California and making 21 stops around the United States as well as one stop in Canada. The tour will run the entire summer and culminate September 1. Hot Chelle Rae and Owl City are expected to be Lovato’s opening acts.
While Lovato has spoken candidly about her personal struggles in the past, she says that she didn’t want her most recent album to be exclusively about that. Lovato says:
I didn’t want to come out with …

Renowned shoe designer Christian Louboutin will be collaborating with Disney to come up with his own version of the iconic glass slipper from Disney’s Cinderella.
The shoe will be formally revealed this summer, and was designed to celebrate Disney’s re-release of the classic film on DVD and Blu-ray this fall. Says Louboutin:
I have been so lucky to have crossed paths with Cinderella, an icon who is so emblematic to the shoe world as well as the dream world.
What do you think Louboutin’s interpretation of Cinderella’s glass slipper will look …

Walt Disney World’s Swan & Dolphin Hotel has been named as one of the Top 10 Meeting Hotels in the United States by Cvent, the largest cloud-based provider of event management and venue selection solutions.
The list, which named the Top 100 Meeting Hotels in the U.S., chose from 80,000 hotels on the Cvent Supplier Network. The winning hotels were selected based on a number of criteria, including:

The number of electronic request-for-proposals (RFPs) the property received from the Cvent Supplier Network in …

Late last week, model/filmmaker Christy Turlington and her husband, actor/director Ed Burns visited Walt Disney World.
While visiting “The Happiest Place on Earth,” the couple took a break from the attractions and hustle of the theme park to pose with Minnie Mouse at Disney’s Polynesian Resort.
I’m not sure who looks happier – the couple or Minnie!
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Two Disney Cast Members’ children are being honored for placing in the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) annual Safety Poster Contest, a contest designed to teach children the importance of job safety while learning about careers in the fields of occupational safety and health.
13 year old Victor Fan, son of Ming Fan who works in merchandise at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, took first place honors. Meanwhile, 5 year old Takoda Paschel, son of Walt Disney Imagineering employee Christie Paschel, took third in his age group.
The winning children will be honored …

Despite 19 year old Selena Gomez’s thriving film career (she will next appear in The Getaway opposite Ethan Hawke,) the former Disney darling will always be a singer at heart and promises fans her long-anticipated Spanish language album is in the works.
Says Selena:
It’s at an in-between stage, because I still want to put out a fourth record and also the Spanish record. So it’s just all timing. I have a few other songs to do and it will come out. I promise.
While we don’t know when this album …

With her well-publicized stint in rehab for an eating disorder, self-harm and emotional issues, Disney darling Demi Lovato has now revealed another factor that led to her being placed in treatment – drug abuse.
The 19 year old says that self esteem issues and peer pressure led her to experiment with cocaine in 2010, and that promoters would supply her with drugs and alcohol while visiting clubs and restaurants because they wanted her to come back; essentially, Lovato says they were “kissing her ass.”
While Lovato is reluctant to go into too …

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 …

Legendary entertainment icon Dick Clark passed away from a heart attack yesterday morning, and Disney CEO Bob Iger issued a statement expressing his deepest condolences.
Said Iger:
For more than half a century, Dick Clark brought the best of American music to audiences across the country, creating careers and countless fans for artists on his iconic shows, “American Bandstand” and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” We’re proud that ABC was home to those programs and will always be part of his legacy. On behalf of everyone at Disney and …