Author: That Disney Guy

Pirates 4 Premiere at Disneyland

The stars turned out on the “black carpet” for the Pirates 4 premiere at Disneyland park on Saturday May 7th 2011. They actually built a huge screen on the banks of the Rivers of America.

First up, Jake T. Austin from WOWP with some blond chick that I’m assuming is his girlfriend.

I got a quick glance at Emma Roberts as she dashed past me.

Ashley Benson from Pretty Little Liars was looking very good.

My love Ashley Tisdale was there too. Sadly, I was so excited to see her that this vid was all I got of her.

I was just a few feet from the lovely Vanessa Hudgens as she signed some autographs. She is stunning up close.

The lovely dancer Lacey Schwimmer signed some autographs for fans too.

I did not expect to see Kyle Massey, but I guess he still follows Lacey around everywhere. 🙂

Eliza Dushku pretty much ran past as fast as Tizz did, but it was still a real treat to get to see her in person!

After seeing Lacey and Kyle, it was no surprise that Disney would want to have Chelsea Kane come by too.

I guess this Dancing with the Stars thing is popular. It didn’t seem like anyone knows her as “that blond chick from JONAS” besides me.

Eva Longoria is my one cliche older woman crush. So I got a kick out of seeing her in person too.

If you didn’t already know, Penelope Cruz is the female lead in Pirates 4. So of course she was there.

I just barely saw Mitchel Musso before the ushers pushed him along…

… to make way for our final guest of the evening Johnny Depp himself.

It was a lot of fun, and quite a sight to see. Even though the camera didn’t always agree!

In the next day or so I’ll be tracking down some of the professional press pics of Ashley, Vanessa, and the like as I regularly do for premieres. You can find move video from the even on my youtube and as always, click on each picture for a larger version.

May 9, 2011
Debby Ryan Meet and Greet in Long Beach

So yeah, I had a pretty good day yesterday.

I was second in line to see Debby at her Radio Disney meet and greet in Long Beach yesterday May 1st 2011.

How did I manage that you ask? Well, I got there waaaay earlier than I needed to. I know she’s not as big a name as Selena or Demi (yet) but I still expected more people.

She even remembered me! 😀 But enough about me and how about Debby? My God was she looking good!

She had a really nice top and her hair was perfect. I like it best dark, but the red works on her, and that’s exactly what I told her.

And that gold skirt looked great on her. She was showing a pretty good about of leg, and she has very nice legs, I must admit.

I was shooting most of these pictures after I met her from the far side of the rope. It was inside as well, so a lot of the shots that looked great on the camera screen came out kind of blurred. Sorry about that.

It’s not as good as being there, but at least I tried. I took some videos for my youtube too…

… including this one of a guy who actually Proposed to her! Debby was quite shocked by this and she was literally questioning out loud “Um, what do I do? What do I say? Do I say yes?”

Debby even mentioned it on her twitter: “today, a guy named Mark wrote me a song while he was in line to meet me, then proceeded to serenade me with it, ending in a proposal. #charm” … That bastard. He showed me his autograph after and she even wrote “my fiance” under his name!

Anyway… it was a fun day. She even posed with a giant sandwich!

As always, click any photo to view the full gallery of my original, exclusive photos, and you can find more of my videos on my youtube.

May 2, 2011
Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

I met Ashley Tisdale! <3

She was at the Barns and Noble at The Grove in LA (where I met Hilary Duff) to sign copies of her new movie Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.

Because I’m awesome (okay, I just got there really early) I was the 7th person in line and got some great photos of Tizz as she arrived.

There was quite a bit of press there. 15+ press photographers plus B&N’s own in house photographer. Disney did some filming there too.

I think I was the only one that caught her with her usual coffee prink though. LOL

She was behind that table most of the time, but I did get a few shots that showed her legs (You’re welcome Arwin. :P)

And of course, I got some nice actual signing pics too.

I’m not sure how I’m gonna properly display this autograph, though. I can’t really frame it.

As always, click any pic to see the full set of my original photos.

April 20, 2011
The Skinny on “So Random”

We all know that Demi’s back in LA and looking forward to getting back to work. Will she be returning to Sonny with a Chance? Well… maybe.

The third season of Sonny isn’t really a third season of anything. It’s really a spin off of the Show within a show, So Random. Or should I say, “SO R@n:D0?!” It’s basically kid friendly Saturday Night Live, without the “live” part.

I was lucky enough to be able to attend the live audience filming of the fifth SR episode and it was pretty good. There’s no plot, like the Halloween and Christmas specials, it’s all sketches. Sonny is just gone and Chad is a regular on so Random. There’s no explanation given in the show itself, but it’s obviously because Demi’s not there and because they want to keep Sterling. Better to have chad out of character than to not have him at all, I suppose.

Demi is welcome to come back if she wants, but it sounds like they have the whole season planned out based on the assumption that she will not be there. I wouldn’t hold my breath for Sonny’s return. Even is she did, they’d probably just add her into the sketches and not address the plot points of the first and second seasons.

Also, Selena Gomez was this week’s musical guest. <3 I love her new song “Who Says,” but I think you could all guess I would say that.

I really hope you all give So Random a fair shake. It’s not the Sonny we know and love, but you guys didn’t see how hard they were working on this show. It really touched me and I’m so afraid that it’s gonna fall flat just because Demi’s not there.

Got a question about the show? Leave a comment at the Sonny With A Chance Forum or below.

March 9, 2011
Disney Tops First Quarter Financial Estimates

Good news for the Walt Disney Company! Earnings are up, and by a fairly significant amount!

If you are so inclined, you might also want to take a look at the Disney 2011 Annual Report.

Feb 08, 2011 (SmarTrend News Watch via COMTEX) — Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) reported Q1 EPS of $0.68, topping consensus estimates of $0.56 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose to $10.72 billion, ahead of consensus estimates of
$10.52 billion.

“We had an excellent first quarter, driven by strong creative content and our unique ability to leverage great entertainment across the many platforms, businesses and markets in which we operate,” said Robert A. Iger, President and CEO. “With net income up 54%, it’s a great start to a new fiscal year.”

Walt Disney has a potential upside of 4.8% based on a current price of $41.19 and an average consensus analyst price target of $43.16.

Walt Disney is currently above its 50-day moving average (MA) of $38.37 and above its 200-day of $35.39.

In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day MA has climbed 0.64% while the 200-day MA has risen 0.17%.

The Walt Disney Company, an entertainment company, conducts operations in media networks, studio entertainment, theme parks and resorts, consumer products, and Internet and direct marketing. The Company produces motion pictures, television programs, and musical recordings, as well as publishes books and magazines. Disney also operates ABC radio and television and theme parks.

February 10, 2011
Greg’s 2010 Jingle Ball LA Recap!

Never one to miss an opportunity to see my girl Selena Gomez in person, yesterday I attended KIIS FM’s 2010 Jingle Ball yesterday (12/05/10) at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Selena was the second act and for some reason she actually wore pants instead of a pretty dress like usual. They where split up the side, but she still wasn’t showing that much leg. Her top was nicely low cut, though. 😉

(Click the pic to see the full photo set of Selena arriving and preforming)

Miss Gomez sang a four song set consisting of her hits Round and Round, Rock God, A Year Without Rain, and Naturally. Before singing “Rock God” she made sure to thank Katy Perry for giving her the song.

Her Wizards co-stars David Henrie and Jake T Austin also came out to support her.

As you can see, by sure dumb luck I ended up being only a few rows away from where the interviewed some of the surprise guests. This came in handy when they brought out Lacey Schwimmer & Kyle Massey two acts later. 😉 I’ve liked Lacey ever since Mean Girls so it was very cool to finally get to see her in person! Kyle was cool too, I guess.

But the surprise guests got even better when they announced that “The star of Victorious is in the house!” I was sitting updating my twitter at the time, but I bolted right up at the announcement that the unbelievably hot Victoria Justice was mere feet away from me! It’s a shame none of her costars where with her, but I did already meet Ariana so it’s okay, I guess. 🙂

The last highlight, of course, would have to be Katy Perry’s spectacular performance. She was a Snowman Snowwoman.

She got the single longest set of the evening, an entire six songs! Here’s my favorite:

All in all, it was a very interesting night. There was even this one guy that Enrique Iglesias pulled up on stage with him that was so much fun that Ryan Seacrest had to pull him back up on stage to talk with afterward. I wish I could have videoed it but my camera was dying.

Be sure to check out my youtube channel for more videos of Selena & Katy plus some other vids of Enrique Iglesias and BOB with Hayley Williams.

December 6, 2010
Zorro Screening at the Walt Disney Studios

On Saturday October 23rd, Webmaster Greg returned to Disney’s Burbank studios for a special D23 member event.

It was part of their “50 and Fabulous” series of classic film screenings at the studio. I actually ended up going because my mom is a huge Zorro fan, but I certainly had a good time as well. Guy Williams (Zorro) is no longer with us, but I did get a photo with his son (far left), wife (center), and daughter when they came out for the event.

I also got a picture of something else really cool. Being the huge Sonny with a Chance fan that I am, I instantly recognized the exterior shot of the “Condor Studios” Commissary…

… as actually being the Walt Disney Studios commissary building!

It’s not exactly the same shot, but you get the idea. They wouldn’t let me get any closer. Like I was gonna steal the squirrels or something? LOLz

I did get one really great pic, as you can see, with the iconic street sign at the corner of Mickey Avenue and Dopey Drive. It was actually built as a prop for a behind the scenes special, but it was so popular that Walt decided to leave it up.

I also noticed that they changed the Sorcerer’s Hat at the Roy E. Disney Animation building in support of Tangled. Pretty cool, huh? 🙂

November 28, 2010
Selena Gomez on Lopez Tonight

On Tuesday November 16th 2010, I made a special trip to the Warner Brother’s Studios in Burbank CA to be in the audience for George Lopez’s TBS talk show Lopez Tonight.

But this was no ordinary episode as none other than my dream girl, Selena Gomez, was his first guest!

And look at this, I even (indirectly) got another picture with her!

It was very interesting to see the interview in person. I had never noticed how much Selena touches her face/hair before. The edits in the final program hid most of them, but I did find this one cap.

And my goodness, how adorable was she? It was almost painful! Especially with how leggy that outfit was…

Interesting story, she was absolutely cracking up when they cut to the clip from the last time she was on the show.

I also found it very interesting that she talked about her dad Ricardo Gomez. I’ve heard her talk about her step dad Brian Teefy numerous times, but she hardly ever talks about her dad. But I’m glad they’re still close. 🙂

Then after a break that was waaay too long Selena came back in a sexy silver dress to sing a Year Without Rain (the Multilingual version?) 🙂

She was literally like 20 feet away from me. A little further in this particular shot, but still really close.

And I swear to God, she looked right at me, twice! The first time I looked away so as not to stare (I know, I’m an idiot) so when she looked the second time I didn’t look away. I’m sure she only held the gaze for a fraction of a second but it felt like eons…

Anyway, Selena was awesome. George was great. Click any pic to see the full set of HD screencaps from the show. The next best thing to being there. 😉

November 17, 2010
Greg meets Hilary Duff

Sorry about the recent lack/slowdown in new posts. My computer is acting up and I didn’t have a chance to work on it today because I went to see/meet/get the autograph of the multi-talented Hilary Duff at her book signing today at the Grove in LA!

I used to be obsessed with Hilary. From like 2003 through 2006 I would do anything for her. Probably even worse than my current obsession with Selena, if you can manage to imagine such a thing…

I swear I’m happy. I just can’t smile on command. Plus I wasn’t ready, I was still trying to talk to her. LOL

Anyway, I got my autograph plus a picture (which Barns and Noble said wouldn’t be allowed but Hil overruled them ’cause we had been waiting so long <3)

So yeah, that was fun. Glad I went. 🙂

October 20, 2010
My Selena Gomez Concert (Part 1)

So I finally got to see Selena sing! Through some rather unfortunate circumstances, I ended up missing her show in Anaheim last year, and it took almost a year for her to schedule another show in SoCal. Of course, I did get to meet her on the set if Wizards back in February, so I guess it all worked out.

Anyway, Selena Gomez and The Scene performed a sold out show at the LA County Fair on yesterday night (September 18th, 2010) in Pomona, CA.

Selena sang quite a few of her own songs – “Round and Round”, “A Year Without Rain“, “Off The Chain”, “Naturally”, “Magic”, etc. She also mixed it up with some covers of Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me”, Weezer’s “Island in the Sun”, Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold”, Pat Benetar’s “Love is a Battlefield”, and Jason Derulo’s “In My Head”!

I recorded every song except for “Crush” when I had some, err, technical difficulties. Let me just say I’m glad I had a second battery for my camera!

And remember, Selena’s new album A Year Without Rain releases next Tuesday! Be sure to get your copy! 🙂

September 19, 2010