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High School Musical fans get their own shot at fame

06.11.09

All over the world, children have dreamed of appearing in High School Musical... more

Video: Jim Carrey launches festival of Christmas lights in London

04.11.09

With 51 shopping days still to go, the Christmas lights in Oxford Street and Regent Street were switched on simultaneously for the first time.... more

MP reforms should be implemented in full

04.11.09

Today, Sir Christopher Kelly's report on MPs' expenses, six months in the making, is unveiled... more

Disney paves the way for the death of DVDs

21.10.09

New technology being touted by Walt Disney will allow consumers to ditch DVDs for permanent access to films across a range of platforms � from the internet to mobile phones ... more

Dates for your diary in London

20.10.09

From Disney on Ice to the MPH The Prestige and Performance Motor Show here are some of the best events for your calendar.... more

Jim Carrey to turn on Oxford Street Christmas lights

13.10.09

Jim Carrey, who voices Scrooge, in Disney's A Christmas Carol, will push the button for the Oxford Street's Christmas lights.... more

Take all your family to see Up

09.10.09

Animation reaches new heights with a powerful myth that touches the part in all of us that remains for ever a child in Up.... more

Realpolitik? It's more like Road Runner

07.09.09

Watching the Prime Minister's handling of the al-Megrahi fiasco (I don't think it's too soon to call it a fiasco - it's already well on its way to becoming a "-gate") has reminded me of nothing so much as a Road Runner cartoon... more

Disney shows comic belief with Marvel buy-up

01.09.09

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Action and animation from Disney in G-Force

31.07.09

Disney has combined 3D live action and animation to tell the story of three guinea pigs trained to work in human espionage in G-Force.... more

Jonas Brothers flirt to camera in The 3D Concert Experience

29.05.09

The three Disney-backed, Christian cuties that are the Jonas Brothers seem very conscious of the camera in their 3D movie... more

Best DVDs of 2008

19.12.08

From The Dark Knight to Curb Your Enthusiasm, here are DVDs not to be without.... more

My money's on the cunning little vixen

10.12.08

My money tree tried to commit suicide the other day, of which more later, because it's the Disney hawthorn in Kew Gardens that gets top arborial billing this week... more

Disney may tackle Sky for rights to Premiership

11.09.08

Media giant Walt Disney is mulling over the idea of bidding against BSkyB for Premier League football broadcasting rights next year... more

Friends at war in Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

11.09.08

Only in the last 10 minutes does The Boy in Striped Pyjamas get to grips with the full horror of the Holocaust.... more

How green was my Wall-E?

23.07.08

Wall-E has been criticised for preaching green politics to kids. So is the battered yellow robot the world's first ecological superhero?. ... more

From scrawny schoolboy to beefcake: Teen star Zac Efron bulks up

17.07.08

Disney teen star Zac Efron must have decided the pretty boy look is no longer for him – judging by his muscular new appearance.. ... more

London's must-see musicals

09.07.08

The hit West End shows to see this summer, by Daralyn Danns.... more

Ex-EastEnder Letitia Dean wins rave reviews as High School Musical hits the stage

07.07.08

The show is the latest new outing for the record-breaking global phenomenon, which first appeared as a children's TV film over two years ago.... more

Interview: Get ready for the Jonas boys next door

27.06.08

They wear virginity rings and are even squeakier than High School Musical.... more

10,000 to see Narnia premiere

20.05.08

Disney's fantasy movie Prince Caspian - the sequel to The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - will be screened before an audience of 10,000 at the O2 arena. Watch an exclusive clip here... more

DVDs of the week

12.02.08

A magical feast for the eyes in Ratatouille, the award-winning Control, and Jodie Foster wastes her talent in The Brave One.... more

Animated beauty

07.02.08

The beauty of Azur and Asmar: The Prince's Quest makes it worth a look, inspired as it is by, among other things, Persian miniatures.... more

Disney's dog goes walkies

31.01.08

Those who think that Disney has found itself a new lease of life will be either disappointed or comforted by Underdog.... more

School's in for summer

28.01.08

High School Musical, the blockbuster children's TV film, is coming to the London stage.... more

Disney Rhino gets a second chance

15.10.07

Dropped from The Jungle Book in 1967, Disney character Rocky the Rhino is set to get another chance to grab the limelight.... more

It's the Bear Necessities

28.08.07

When the big songs arrive, this free production of The Jungle Book seems just about worthwhile, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Dangerous Book For Boys to become a film

07.08.07

Best-seller The Dangerous Book For Boys is to be turned into a film. Disney has snapped up the rights after a fierce bidding war.... more

Duck, it's heading straight for you

29.03.07

The most intriguing thing about Meet the Robinsons is that its shot in 3D. Once you've got over ducking when things are thrown into the foreground, you begin to tire of this mediocre story.... more

Disney play draws on American paranoia

17.08.06

Decent new writing on the Fringe is rare these days, which only makes Mickey Mouse Is Dead, by former Fringe First winners Spankin' Yanks, all the more impressive.... more