Chocolate Crush

Amaury Guichon/Pixar

Duuuuuude, this is one totally awesome chocolate sculpture from Amaury Guichon. Crush looks like he's surfing the big blue. As Crush would say, it's righteous!

Sunday Dinner

Marvel

Each new glimpse of Marvel's The Fantastic 4: First Steps is amazing. It looks so delightfully retro and all about family. This clip shows the importance of Sunday dinners together to this family. 

The Fantastic 4: First Steps arrives in theaters on July 25th.

Black Widow Quote

Marvel

"At some point,

we all have to choose,

between what the world

wants you to be,

and who you are."

- Natasha Romanoff, Black Widow

A Pirate's Life

🎶Yo Ho Yo Ho 🎶

🎶 A Pirate's Life For Me! 🎶

Happy Independence Day!

"Those who won our independence

believed liberty to be the secret of happiness." 

- Louis D. Brandeis

Eyes of Wakanda Sneak Peek

All images: Marvel

"Wakanda is a kingdom of many secrets." Marvel's new animated series, Eyes of Wakanda, will explore many of those secrets from Wakanda's past.

Here's the official synopsis from Marvel: 

Marvel Animation’s new action-adventure series 'Eyes of Wakanda' follows the adventures of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history. In this globe-trotting adventure, the heroes must carry-out dangerous missions to retrieve Vibranium artifacts from the enemies of Wakanda. They are the Hatut Zaraze and this is their story.

Eyes of Wakanda arrives on DisneyPlus on August 27th.

Fantastic 4: First Steps "Welcome"

Marvel

Every trailer for Marvel's Fantastic 4: First Steps gives another little glimpse of their story. This one includes a news clip of their origins.

Fantastic 4: First Steps arrives in theaters on July 25th.

Coca Cola X Star Wars: Refresh Your Galaxy

All images: Coke/Lucasfilm

This summer, Coke wants to "Refresh Your Galaxy". Coca Cola and Star Wars makes for a surprisingly great collaboration. Here's Coke's fun tribute to the the Star Wars fandom.

Coke is also releasing 30 different Star Wars characters on cans and bottles. Three of the designs are exclusive to Disneyland and Disney World: Chewbacca, and First Order Stormtrooper, and the Mandalorian & Grogu. The remaining 27 will be available from various retailers around July 7th. 

Fans can also scan select bottles, cans, and even ads, to unlock an Augmented Reality experience. There, you can learn more about the character designs and even send your own hologram transmission. Just record your message and it will be transformed into a Star Wars-style hologram you can share with friends. So get ready to "Refresh Your Galaxy" this July.

Nora Roberts Quote

Photo: Evelyn Hockstein

"Light always wins.

Sometimes it takes way too long,

but it always wins."

- Cleo, Inheritance by Nora Roberts

Pride Mural At Disney Springs

For the last few years, Disney World has marked Pride month with murals in each of the four parks and Disney Springs. The murals make great photo spots for guests. These Mickey gloves making a rainbow heart aren't actually a mural, but rather 3D art, and can be found near the Orange Garage.

More Fantastic 4 Posters

All images: Marvel

There are so many different formats for picture and sound at the movies these days. And it seems like every one has to have their own poster when a big movie is released. As a result, there are a lot of awesome posters for Marvel's The Fantastic 4: First Steps. First up, is a poster for RealD 3D which features the Fantastic 4, H.E.R.B.I.E, a glimpse of the Fantasticar, and the Baxter Building. 

The IMAX poster hints at the Fantastic 4's powers and also includes a tiny H.E.R.B.I.E, Fantasticar, and Baxter Building. 

The Fandango poster focuses on the Fantastic 4's logo with tiny stylized silhouettes of the team.

This Dolby Poster includes images of the team before they acquired their powers along with their ship, the Excelsior, as well as the family after they become the Fantastic 4.

The ScreenX poster keeps it retro with stylized silhouettes of the team on color blocks.

And finally, the 4DX poster features the team, with Sue and Johnny using their powers.

The Fantastic 4: First Steps arrives in theaters on July 25th.

Their Greatest Strength Is Each Other

All images: Marvel

The latest trailertrailer for The Fantastic 4: First Steps shows that together, they're unstoppable. This film has such a delightful retro look and really stresses the importance of family.

Here's the official synopsis from Marvel: 

"The Fantastic Four: First Steps" introduces Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn), and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

The action adventure also stars Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Sarah Niles.

The Fantastic 4: First Steps arrives in theaters on July 25th.

Ironheart Has Arrived

Marvel

The first three episodes of Marvel's Ironheart have arrived. The series follows inventor Riri Williams as she returns to Chicago. She is driven to build more tech quickly, but it looks like she's getting in over her head.

Here's the official synopsis from Marvel:

Set after the events of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Marvel Television’s “Ironheart” pits technology against magic when Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne)—a young, genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world—returns to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions, she finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins aka “The Hood” (Anthony Ramos). The series also stars Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam and Anji White.

Ironheart is available now on DisneyPlus. New episodes will debut weekly.

Meet the Delgados

Universal

The latest movie in the Jurassic Park saga shares elements of all of the previous stories, with a twist. This time around, the unfortunate family who becomes involved appears to not be seeking out dinosaurs. Yet, they're going to end up on one terrifying adventure filled with some of the scariest dinos yet.

Jurassic World Rebirth arrives in theaters on July 2nd.

Welcome to Nevermore Academy

Netflix

The latest trailer for season 2 of Wednesday is hilarious. The new principal, Barry Dort, has created a new promotional video asking outcasts to apply to Nevermore Academy. Even Wednesday Addams makes a surly appearance.

Part One of Wednesday season 2 arrives on Netflix on August 6th.

Part Two arrives on September 3rd.

Jaws Quote

Universal

"Well, this is not a boat accident!

It wasn't any propeller!

It wasn't any coral reef!

And it wasn't Jack the Ripper!

It was a shark."

- Matt Hooper, Jaws

Pride Mural At Magic Kingdom

For the last few years, Disney World has marked Pride month with murals in each of the four parks and Disney Springs. The murals make great photo spots for guests. This Mickey Ears love mural can be found on the Purple Wall at the entrance to Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom.

Elio "Overwhelmed" Clip

Pixar

Pixar's Elio looks like another amazing animated movie about family and fitting in. In this clip, Elio's aunt Olga is more than a little overwhelmed with her new responsibilities.

Elio arrives in theaters today, June 20th.

Elio "Gravity" Clip

Pixar

It appears that Pixar has done it again. Elio looks so fun and cute! In this clip, Elio is beyond excited to have finally been abducted by aliens. 

Here's the official synopsis from Pixar: 

Elio is a kid with goals: “I’m trying to get abducted—by aliens!” In Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film “Elio,” he might just get what he’s been searching for.

A space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession, Elio’s all in for an epic undertaking when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. When Elio is mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be. The film features the voices of Yonas Kibreab as Elio, Zoe Saldaña as Aunt Olga, Remy Edgerly as Glordon, Brad Garrett as Lord Grigon, Jameela Jamil as Ambassador Questa and Shirley Henderson as OOOOO.

Elio arrives in theaters this Friday, June 20th.

Meet H.E.R.B.I.E.

Marvel

Meet H.E.R.B.I.E., the state-of-the-art personal assistant of the Fantastic 4. H.E.R.B.I.E. helps with anything and everything they need, from cooking and cleaning, to watching Sue and Reed's baby. I think we could all use a H.E.R.B.I.E.

Marvel's Fantastic 4: First Steps arrives in theaters on July 25th.

Phineas and Ferb Theme Song

Disney

Phineas and Ferb are back for another 104 days of summer vacation. That means more over-the-top plans, more Candace trying to bust them, more Doofenschmirtz attempting to take over the Tri-State Area, and more Perry the Platypus putting a stop to his schemes. It should be a great summer!

Phineas and Ferb season 5 has begun on Disney Channel and DisneyPlus, with new episodes arriving each week. The first four seasons are available now on DisneyPlus.

Happy Father's Day

"A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way."

- Unknown

Happy Father's Day!

Pride Mural at EPCOT

For the last few years, Disney World has marked Pride month with murals in each of the four parks and Disney Springs. The murals make great photo spots for guests. This Spaceship Earth inspired love mural can be found outside Connections Café & Eatery in EPCOT.

Behind-the-scenes of Jurassic World Rebirth

Universal

Jurassic World Rebirth may be the most intense Jurassic story yet. With new dinosaurs (of course) like the Distortus Rex and Titanosaurus, and a new cast of characters, it's going to be quite an adventure. Here are a few behind-the-scenes videos of the making of this epic film.

The locations really add to the look of the film.

And then there's the dinos...

Jurassic World Rebirth arrives in theaters on July 2nd.

Creating Toothless

DreamWorks

DreamWorks' live-action How To Train Your Dragon looks amazing. And Toothless looks absolutely real. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Toothless. (I just knew he was a giant cat with wings!)

How To Train Your Dragon arrives in theaters tomorrow, June 13th.

Ironheart Merges Tech and Magic

All images: Marvel

The latest trailer for Marvel's Ironheart shows Riri Williams trying to find her place in the world. And it looks like she's merging her tech with magic to create something new, perhaps with dangerous consequences.

Here's the official synopsis from Marvel: 

Set after the events of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Marvel Television’s “Ironheart” pits technology against magic when Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne)—a young, genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world—returns to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions, she finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins aka “The Hood” (Anthony Ramos). The series also stars Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam and Anji White.

The first three episodes of Ironheart arrive on DisneyPlus on June 24th. Three additional episodes will complete the season.

Frozen: The Musical on DisneyPlus

Disney

Frozen: The Musical is headed to DisneyPlus. I love having the chance to see Broadway musicals at home. It's great for those of us who can't afford the travel and tickets to see them live on stage.

Frozen: The Musical arrives on DisneyPlus on June 20th.

Hamilton at the Tonys

CBS

The original cast of Hamilton reunited at the 78th Annual Tony Awards last night. They performed a medley of songs from the musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It was incredible.

Hamilton, performed by the original cast, is available on DisneyPlus.

Jean-Luc Picard Quote

Paramount

"To say you have no choice is a failure of imagination."

- Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Picard

Pride Mural at Animal Kingdom

For the last few years, Disney World has marked Pride month with murals in each of the four parks and Disney Springs. The murals make great photo spots for guests. This Mickey Love mural can be found in Animal Kingdom opposite Tiffins restaurant.

They're One Fantastic Family!

All images: Marvel

Marvel's The Fantastic 4: First Steps looks absolutely fantastic. I love the retro look and the fact that they are really focusing on the Fantastic 4 as a family. 

Here's the official synopsis from Marvel: 

"The Fantastic Four: First Steps" introduces Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn), and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

The action adventure also stars Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Sarah Niles.

The Fantastic 4: First Steps arrives in theaters on July 25th.

Wicked: For Good Trailer

All images: Universal

The first trailer for Wicked: For Good has arrived, and it looks just as incredible as the first part. This film tells the second half of the tale of Elphaba, Glinda, and that dastardly Wizard of Oz.

Here's the official synopsis from Universal:

The final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices. 

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).  

Glinda (Ariana Grande), meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, living at the palace in Emerald City and reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. Under the instruction of Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh), Glinda is deployed to serve as an effervescent comfort to Oz, reassuring the masses that all is well under the rule of The Wizard.  

As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts will fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda only further apart. The aftershocks will transform Boq (Ethan Slater) and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose (Marissa Bode), when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives. 

As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good. 

Wicked: For Good also stars Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James as Glinda’s fawning assistants, Pfannee and ShenShen and Sharon D. Clarke as the voice of Elphaba’s childhood nanny, Dulcibear.

Wicked: For Good arrives in theaters on November 21st.

Elio Special Look

Pixar

Pixar's next movie, Elio, looks so good! Everyone should have a place where they fit in, and young Elio goes to extremes to find his.

Elio arrives in theaters on June 20th.

Wednesday Season 2 The First Six Minutes

Netflix

Netflix has released the first six minutes of season 2 of Wednesday and it looks just as dark and delightful as season 1. It appears Wednesday Addams has been working hard all summer to control her psychic talents, and now she's putting them to the test.

Part I of Wednesday season 2 arrives on Netflix on August 6. Part II arrives on September 3rd.

George MacDonald Quote

National Portrait Gallery

"The roses make the world so sweet,

The bees, the birds have such a tune,

There's such a light and such a heat

And such a joy this June."

- George MacDonald, "To ----"

Smellephants on Parade at Fantasyland Station

It's rather fun finding all of the Smellephants on Parade in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. Each elephant statue has its own circus inspired scent courtesy of Scentsy. And near the exit for the Fantasyland Train Station, you can see where those scents arrive, along with the luggage of the Big Bad Wolf and Hyacinth Hippo. 

Elio Final Trailer

Pixar

Pixar's Elio looks so cute! He may have trouble fitting in on Earth, but it seems he's finding his place among the stars.

Here's the official synopsis from Pixar: 

The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be.

“Elio” features the voices of Yonas Kibreab as Elio, Zoe Saldaña as Aunt Olga, Remy Edgerly as Glordon, Brad Garrett as Lord Grigon, Jameela Jamil as Ambassador Questa and Shirley Henderson as OOOOO.

Elio arrives in theaters on June 20th.

Jurassic World Rebirth Trailer & Posters

All images: Universal

The latest entry in the Jurassic Park saga has dinos that will give you nightmares. The Distortus Rex is the most frightening because it's like a T-Rex with long arms. It's seen reaching for someone in the trailer and two of the new posters. I'm sure it will be somewhat terrifying on the big screen.

Here's the official synopsis from Universal: 

A new era is born. This summer, three years after the Jurassic World trilogy concluded with each film surpassing $1 billion at the global box office, the enduring Jurassic series evolves in an ingenious new direction with Jurassic World Rebirth. 

Anchored by Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, this action-packed new chapter sees an extraction team race to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park, inhabited by the worst of the worst that were left behind.

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.

Scarlett Johansson plays skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett, contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure the genetic material. When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on a forbidden island that had once housed an undisclosed research facility for Jurassic Park. There, in a terrain populated by dinosaurs of vastly different species, they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that has been hidden from the world for decades.

Mahershala Ali is Duncan Kincaid, Zora’s most trusted team member, Jonathan Bailey plays paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis, Rupert Friend appears as Big Pharma representative Martin Krebs and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo plays Reuben Delgado, the father of the shipwrecked civilian family. 

The cast includes Luna Blaise, David Iacono, and Audrina Miranda as Reuben’s family. The film also features, as members of Zora and Krebs’ crews, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, and Ed Skrein. 

Jurassic World Rebirth arrives in theaters on July 2nd.