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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Set sail with ‘Adventures in Amity: Tales from the Jaws Ride’ book

Travel back to the days of Captain Jake’s Amity Boat Tours at Universal Studios Florida with the new tribute book, “Adventures in Amity: Tales from the Jaws Ride” by Dustin McNeil.

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Exclusive, never-before-seen photo from the book: One of the freshly painted latex shark skins before being installed onto the shark armature for the 1993 version. Photo courtesy of Luke Sawh.

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Embrace the odd with Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Unconventional Art Contest

Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, in collaboration with DeviantArt, invites artists to break out of their norms with the Unconventional Art Contest.

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Show your best odd art with Ripley’s and DeviantArt’s Unconventional Art Contest.

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Five things we learned about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge from ‘Thrawn Alliances’

Star Wars Thrawn Alliances is the sequel to Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn novel. The story is about an alliance between Anakin Skywalker and Grand Admiral Thrawn both during the Clone Wars and the height of Imperial rule. Both stories partially take place on Batuu, the planet represented in the theme park land being constructed at Disney parks. Here are five things we learned about Batuu from the novel.

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Black Spire Outpost is the name of the village inside of the upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at both Disneyland Resort in California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. The new “Thrawn Alliances” book partially takes place on Batuu. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will open at Disneyland next summer and at Disney World in late fall 2019.
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Special signing held for ‘The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968’

Disney animator Floyd Norman looks on as other artists and composers sign copies of "The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968". Photos by Sarah Sterling.
Disney animator Floyd Norman looks on as other artists and composers sign copies of “The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968”. Photo by Sarah Sterling.

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Last month, the Taschen Gallery in Beverly Hills celebrated the most “expansive illustrated publications on Disney animation”, titled “The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968”. [Read more…]