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cstephens2

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I'm a Cal grad who loves Disney, Star Wars, Genesis, Phil Collins, movies, music and food and more.

My profile picture is the window to my apartment in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu at Disneyland.

Opinions are solely my own.

I'm also @rancoreats on IG.

#nobridge

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OMG OMG OMG OMG

Come to the States!!!!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/CORALINE-A-MUSICAL-Will-Premiere-at-Leeds-Playhouse-in-2025-20240522

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They "accidentally" wrote up an entire section blaming a 9 year old for unknowingly being filmed in an airplane bathroom . Even if it was a pie-in-the-sky defense that was only supposed to be in the draft and not actually filed, that's a crappy position to take regardless.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/american-airlines-backtracks-filing-blamed-9-year-filmed/story?id=110466927

cstephens2, to Disneyland
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While we were waiting for the fireworks last night at , we noticed the dark circle from the first fireball in at floating overhead. We were hoping that the winds would blow the right way so it would ring the moon, but alas, it was not meant to be. Might need to sit on Main Street at some point to follow a ring.

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cstephens2, to Disneyland
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Short video of Kevin and Russell (and Carl and Dug) from today.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7LLh10Lwge/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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Saw again today, and we saw Kevin with Russell! I don't think we saw them last week. So cute.

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cstephens2, to Disneyland
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Got to see Dug today. His talking collar works too. There was a little girl who was so incredibly happy to see him. She didn't want to leave. #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure #UpMovie 1/2

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Got to see Dug today. His talking collar works too. There was a little girl who was so incredibly happy to see him. She didn't want to leave. #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure #UpMovie 2/2

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cstephens2, to Starwars
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Back in stock and a good discount meant I couldn't say no this time. The with the stormtrooper helmet drums on the sleeve sealed it. And because the ewok in the AT-ST on the back is to the side and further down, you can still see them when I'm wearing it.

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He's not sorry he abused and assaulted Cassie Ventura. If he was, he would have issued this statement long ago, before he was forced to because the footage surfaced.

And he generically apologizes. He doesn't apologize to her personally, for assaulting her and for lying about it.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/diddy-allegedly-assaulting-former-girlfriend-cassie-ventura-hotel/story?id=110348428

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This is a very different than the last time I came to a game. I come to the Stadium once a year for the 5k but I haven't been to a game in forever. For the record, the soju flavor is peach.

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I was very fortunate to be able to attend this tribute to . What an amazing evening. And to top it off, they didn't pick this date for that reason, but today would have been Howard's 74th birthday.

The main guests were John Musker and Ron Clements, who, among other things, directed the animated films and , so they had a lot of stories to tell about Howard. /1

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Several people had prior commitments and so could not be at the event but sent video messages - Alan Menken, Paige O'Hara, Susan Egan, and Jodi Benson. Jodi's tribute especially brought many of us to tears.

As expected, many songs were sung during the course of the evening.

"Part of Your World" was performed by Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, who are also currently working on "Moana 2". /2

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I don't know the woman who sang "Poor Unfortunate Souls", but she's on the far right in the picture, & she was terrific. (Found her - Kerry O'Malley.) I learned tonight that they'd originally wanted Bea Arthur to voice Ursula, but that didn't work out. Charlotte Rae was also in the running, but that didn't work out either.

"Proud of Your Boy" (which was cut out of the animated film "Aladdin" but included in the stage musical) was sung by the man on the left of the picture, who I don't know. /3

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Julie Garnyé performed "Disneyland" from the show "Smile".

Two songs from "Little Shop of Horrors" were performed, "Somewhere That's Green" and "Suddenly Seymour", with Darren Criss dueting on the latter song. /4

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For "Beauty and the Beast", there was a clip played of a recording session for the song "Be Our Guest", from the documentary "Waking Sleeping Beauty". If you haven't seen that documentary, I highly recommend it. It's available on Disney+, and I believe it's available for rent or purchase from other platforms. /5

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The evening ended with a rendition of the title track from "Beauty and the Beast" from Darren Criss on the piano.

Thank you to everyone involved for an incredible evening. /6 end

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Celebrating the life and lyrics of Howard Ashman

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I saw last night, and I generally liked it, though I much preferred the second half to the first half. I thought the set-up took too much time, and I might also have liked the approach to be a little different. I also never really got the motivation for why Bea took on the endeavor, which I think would have helped. /1

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I did have a problem with one of the IFs (IF means Imaginary Friend) in that every time a person was in front of them, it looked completely like the person was standing in front of a screen with the IF projected on it. Didn't have that problem with any of the other IFs, so it was weird and really ripped me out of the story.

There's no after-credits scene per se, but there is an acknowledgement at the very end that was nice. /2

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I've been thinking that it seems very coincidental that two movies about imaginary friends were coming out within months of each other, taking polar opposite turns of what happens to the forgotten friends. I was interested in knowing what happened in "Imaginary" but there was no way I could watch it. /3 end

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Has anyone watched "The Bear" on FX? Thoughts? I don't know anything about it... haven't even searched/researched it but just saw a TV ad & it intrigued me.

Which is rare for a TV ad for me.

"The Bear" Season 3 Teaser - FXnetworks
https://youtu.be/IlYakqjYNIU?si=48PE9dD-gHpw6bZD

#thebear #FXNetworks

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@kurtsh I love the show. It's even better if you know anything about kitchen culture, but it's not required. There's plenty that involves just family dynamics. There are some episodes in season 2 that are incredibly tense and uncomfortable. It deserves all of the accolades it's gotten. I'm looking forward to seeing where they go with season 3.

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@kurtsh The basic story is that a chef who's well regarded and been working in fancy upscale international restaurants comes back to Chicago to help salvage the family restaurant after the death of his brother. There's a lot of family drama surrounding why he'd originally left home as well as his return. There's also the individual stories of the various people who work in the kitchen and the new, young manager as well as the older manager.

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Musical Journey to the Past: A Conversation with the Creatives Behind Anastasia

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The panel ended with a live performance by Liz Callaway, the original singing voice of Anastasia, singing "Journey to the Past", accompanied on the piano by Stephen Flaherty, as Lynn Ahrens looked on. Amazing.

Loved hearing all the development stories, especially about Carrie Fisher being hired for two weeks to punch up the dialogue in the scenes between Anya and Dimitri.

She's a Disney princess now. Hope she eventually gets her due.

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(about 10 mins video - first of two videos) I was fortunate on Sunday to see two of the on a training walk. They got to interact with some other droids, and showed us how they've been taught to react to royalty. Unfortunately, one of the droids ran out of charge before the end of the training and had to be helped off. (You know how when kittens are sleepy, they just stop and plop wherever they are and take a nap? Droids are apparently the same.)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6_y-4cpvSC/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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@troy I haven't watched the controllers at all because I'm too fascinated with the droids. I'll have to do that sometime.

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