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Former Disney Star Skai Jackson Arrested at Universal Studios for Domestic Incident
Former Disney Channel actress Skai Jackson was arrested while at Universal Studios on Friday. Police responded to a domestic incident involving Jackson around 5 p.m. on Friday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Per the authorities’ initial investigation, Jackson was determined the primary aggressor and was arrested for spousal battery. […]
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Zendaya Auditioned “Many Times” for ‘Descendants,’ Former Disney Channel Exec Says
Before starring in blockbusters, Zendaya could have almost been part of Disney Channel’s Descendants franchise at one point. In a recent interview on the Magical Rewind podcast, Cornelia Frame, the former vp casting and talent relations at the network, revealed the Emmy winner actually auditioned multiple times for the musical fantasy television film. “Zendaya did audition many […]
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Brandy Norwood Is Loving Her “Resurgence” With Her Return as Cinderella: “I’m Still Inspired”
Brandy Norwood is having quite a year, which includes returning as Cinderella more than two decades after first playing the role for Disney. Norwood starred as the storybook heroine for ABC’s 1997 television movie Cinderella, opposite Paolo Montalban as Prince Charming. The pair is back to reprise their characters in Descendants: The Rise of the […]
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Andrea Lewis on Working With Hilary Duff on Disney Movie ‘Cadet Kelly,’ Film Resonating With LGBTQ Community
Andrea Lewis is looking back on starring alongside Hilary Duff in the Disney Channel Original Movie Cadet Kelly and the film’s newfound resonance. In the 2002 film, Duff portrays Kelly Collins, who is forced by her new stepfather to enroll in the George Washington Military School as a means of teaching her discipline. While she […]
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Hollywood Flashback: Teen Zendaya Served Up Comic Charm in ‘Frenemies’
Twelve years ago, Zendaya netted her feature debut in Disney Channel’s Frenemies. The actress had been starring opposite Bella Thorne on the Disney series Shake It Up, about performers on a Chicago-based TV dance show. Zendaya was 14 when she and Thorne filmed the anthology comedy for director Daisy von Scherler Mayer, who had helmed […]
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‘Bluey’ Isn’t Done Yet: New Episode Follows “The Sign”
It turns out “The Sign,” the widely discussed and critically adored Bluey special, wasn’t a series finale after all. The beloved kids’ show has at least one more episode in it — and it’s set to debut on April 21. The episode, appropriately titled “Surprise,” is set to stream on Disney+ at 3 a.m. ET/midnight […]
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Dylan and Cole Sprouse Once Brushed Off Matt Damon During ‘The Suite Life’ Set Visit
Most people likely wouldn’t brush off Matt Damon if they got the chance to meet him, but Dylan and Cole Sprouse can’t say the same. The Riverdale alum recalled on Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa that the twin brothers had such an obsession with the World of Warcraft video game when […]
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Dan Schneider Breaks Silence After Watching ‘Quiet on Set’ Doc: “It Hurts Really Bad” (Exclusive)
An apologetic and at times emotional Dan Schneider has broken his silence after viewing Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, a four-part docuseries that made claims about toxic workplaces for child actors and crews on Nickelodeon series he created and ran. “Watching over the past two nights was very difficult — me […]
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Former Disney Star Bridgit Mendler Launches Outer Space Communications Startup
Former Disney Channel star Bridgit Mendler is now a CEO. The actress, who rose to fame for her roles in Disney’s Good Luck Charlie and Wizards of Waverly Place, is now a founder and CEO of the Los Angeles-based startup Northwood Space. Mendler founded Northwood along with her husband, Griffin Cleverly, and engineer Shaurya Luthra […]
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Tish Cyrus Pushed Billy Ray Cyrus to Star on ‘Hannah Montana’ So Their “Family Could Be Together”
Tish Cyrus is looking back at Hannah Montana, the show that launched her daughter Miley Cyrus’ career as well as helped her then-husband Billy Ray Cyrus rise to a new level of fame. During a recent interview on Call Her Daddy with her oldest daughter, Brandi Cyrus, Tish opened up about how the popular Disney Channel […]
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Selena Gomez, David Henrie Set for ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ Revival at Disney
Selena Gomez and David Henrie are returning to Waverly Place. Disney Channel is looking at a revival of its comedy Wizards of Waverly Place, ordering a pilot for an updated take on the 2007-12 series. Gomez and Henrie will be executive producers of the project, with Henrie also attached as a series regular. Gomez will […]
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‘Phineas and Ferb’ Revived at Disney Channel
Restart the clock on the 104 days of summer vacation: Phineas and Ferb is returning to Disney. Co-creator Dan Povenmire has signed an overall deal with Disney Branded Television. As part of the deal, he’ll deliver two more seasons of Phineas and Ferb — totaling 40 episodes — and a second season of Hamster & […]
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