First Picture From My New Appt!

It was a gorgeous full moon night ...a few nights back ...ok,QUITE a few nigts back!(i just got my pics off my cam today).

So here is downtown Toronto on a full moon night as seen from my balchony!:-)

WDCC: "Celebration Of Springl"

Starring the Dewdrop Fairy from the Nutcracker Suite from the original Fanstasia(1940), comes "Celebration of Spring" by Kent Melton.
The Dewdrops are actual Swarovski Crystals!
I know,I know...it aint the time for anything "Spring" now , but the other piece in this series "Delicate Dance Of Winter" is VERY difficult to find...am working on it! :-)
This sculpture was fun taking pictures off. I need a tripod!

Alan Vs Randy & A Disney Princess Like We Have Never Seen Before?

Many fans of the traditional Disney Animated Musical features rejoiced at the news that Disney is finally getting into 2D Animation again with "The Frog Princess".
One of the many reasons for the excitement for people like me was that the key filmmaking team behind this project was gonnna be the same as "The Little Mermaid" which bought about the last "Golden Age" of Animation.
It just seemed right and poetic, if u will...That once again the Directing team of Ron Clements & John Musker along with the amazing composer, Alan Menken would bring about this re-birth of the Classic Disney Musical. Cause these storytellers and Alan's music played a very important part in the success of all those disney musicals Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty & The Beast etc.

However, the news just broke this week that the new Animation head honcho and disney, John Lasseter (of Pixar), has decided to replace Alan Menken with Randy Newman and give him his Musical debut Randy Newman is no stranger to Pixar, he has been a staple composer for most of their movies and specially all of John's movies (Both the Toy Storys,Bug's Life, Cars).

This sent many Alan Menken fans into a fit of anger (including myself) with people already predicting Frog Princess to be doomed and the saying how John L. is gonna turn Disney into Pixar 2!

But on further discussion with a friend in Animation (who was equally disappointed with the switch),it led to him doing some investigations.
Which in turn led to quite an interesting discovery which might explain this move.

It SEEMS, The Frog Princess could be Disney's first African American princess, in a New Orleans-ish setting with a Jazz soundtrack and not a very theatrical soundtrack!
And that might explain the preference of Randy Newman over Alan Menken.
I can honestly say, IF this is a fact...am actually excited by this decision and its about time Disney shook things up in this direction!

Coupled by the fact that Alan Menken is swamped with so many projects for Disney already , with bringing Little Mermaid and Sister Act On Broadway , writing songs and scoring the 2d/Live Action hybrid "Enchanted" etc etc..it just might just be the best thing to have happened!

Am happy again...for now! :-)

Of Posters,Trailers, Accidents & Appartments!

Here are posters for the 2 new movies coming from Disney/Pixar in 2007...both look so promising(the movies, not the posters)!

(Check out the cool new trailer for Meet The Robinsons by clicking on the poster)

And yes...i have not updated the blog since forever...with good reason though!
Was in a car accident 2 weeks or so ago...quite bad and traumatic..but everyone is alive & kicking , including myself...it coudl have been a LOT worse.
The gentleman at the other end was drunk and was handcuffed and arrested! Have a new found hatred for drunk drivers now! With a passion!

Anywho, moving on to better things..i found a great appt in Dtwn Toronto and have been busy with the moving in and settling in stuff. (It aint easy with an ailing back, thnx to all those who helped).

I have a great view of the city and the lake...will post some pics real soon! :-)