Lea Michele will be back as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s Funny Girl this weekend after missing shows this week due as unspecified health issue that that required the hospitalization of her two-year-old son.
08.03.2023 - 01:19 / thewrap.com
Walt Disney Imagineering, the secretive unit responsible for Disney theme parks, cruise ships and shopping experiences, has reclaimed one of its own: Bruce Vaughn, who left the company in 2016, will return to Disney. Vaughn will be installed as chief creative officer, working alongside Barbara Bouza, president of Walt Disney Imagineering.
They will both report in to Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (known internally as DPEP).“Together, Bruce and Barbara will partner closely to connect visionary creative thinking with project opportunities and flawless execution and delivery,” D’Amaro said in a memo to staff. “With significant developments under way and more on the horizon, this dedicated focus toward creativity and innovation will help us deliver next-level experiences well into the future.
To best accomplish this, they will be working together to swiftly identify the most effective way to structure Imagineering.”Vaughn joined Walt Disney Imagineering in the early 1990s. At the time Vaughn was working for Associates & Ferren, led by his mentor Bran Ferran, a special effects house who worked on “Star Trek V,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables.” At the time, Associates & Ferren were helping WDI on a new attraction for the Florida parks – The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror.
The work must have been pretty phenomenal, because Disney (at the time led by Michael Eisner and Frank Wells) bought them outright.From there, Vaughn rose in the ranks. As D’Amaro described in his memo, Vaughn spent “two decades in leadership roles including with WDI R&D,” the highly technical, even-more-secretive group that was established by Wells around the same time that Disney purchased
.Lea Michele will be back as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s Funny Girl this weekend after missing shows this week due as unspecified health issue that that required the hospitalization of her two-year-old son.
Chris Martin has an unusual eating habit.
Bruce Springsteen and other figures from the arts and entertainment industry at the White House this week.The US President was speaking at the National Medal of the Arts ceremony on Tuesday (March 21), where author Colson Whitehead, singer Gladys Knight, actor Mindy Kaling and designer Vera Wang were among honourees.When presenting to Whitehead, who has won back-to-back Pulitzer Prizes, the president said: “How in the hell did you do that? Pretty good man,” before saying that he was “kind of looking for a back-to-back myself”.Biden has not officially announced his bid for re-election for 2024, but is expected to do so in the coming weeks.The medals at this week’s ceremony were awarded to people who deepened the country’s “understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizen’s engagement with history, literature, philosophy and so many other subjects.”“Above all, you’re masters of your craft,” Biden said (via ABC News).Springsteen received a medal for “his extraordinary contributions to the American songbook”. Biden quipped that “some people are born to run” when honouring the US rock icon, a reference to The Boss’ 1975 song ‘Born To Run’ from his third studio album of the same name.“Bruce Springsteen, a poet troubadour, chronicler of American life and resilience and hope and dreams, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, along with 20 Grammys, an Oscar, a Tony, and an unyielding love from millions of fans across generations,” Biden said.Last month, Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off first tour in six years.
Lea Michele has a message for fans hoping to see her on Broadway.
Chris Martin is taking Bruce Springsteen’s advice when it comes to his diet.
Emma Heming Willis is once again letting fans in on her love story with husband Bruce Willis amid his ongoing health struggles.
Bruce Willis amid his ongoing health struggles.The 44-year-old model and mother of two took to Instagram, sharing rare footage from her 2019 vow renewal ceremony with Bruce.«On our 10th wedding anniversary we decided to renew our vows in the same place we said 'I do' back in 2009,» Emma captioned the beautiful video. «I’m so happy we did.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has revealed in a new podcast with Conan O’Brien that he only eats one meal a day after being inspired by Bruce Springsteen.The latest episode of ‘Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend’ was released yesterday (March 22) and a clip posted onto YouTube dives into why Martin only eats one meal now. When asked about meeting fellow musicians for dinner and the wisdom shared between Martin and his guests, Martin said: “I actually don’t have dinner anymore.
Highway works being crammed in before the end of the financial year has turned March into the ‘month of madness’ for motorists and buses, a councillor says.
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the series premiere of The CW‘s Gotham Knights.
Bruce Willis' wife Emma denies reports Demi Moore has moved in with couple after actor's dementia diagnosis. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children were officially given royal titles. King Charles names brother Prince Edward the new Duke of Edinburgh.
Snow is expected to fall across Greater Manchester tomorrow as temperatures dip below freezing.
Bruce Vaughn is returning as chief creative officer to co-lead Walt Disney Imagineering with Barbara Bouza, president of the storied division.
Bruce Willis, 67, had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia following an original diagnosis of aphasia. As the star's condition worsens, his beloved wife has made a public plea to paparazzi begging them to stop talking and yelling at the Die Hard star when he's outside.
Chelsea Vaughn, who competed on the reality show in 2021, lifted the veil on finding love after being jilted by the leading man of the series, which is airing its Season 27 finale on March 27.“Dating in New York was already hard enough before I went on the show,” Vaughn, 30, told The Post.Now it’s even harder. “Being in the “Bachelor” world, you get all of the negatives of being famous and none of the good parts … we’re not actually famous, but I can’t go anywhere without people recognizing me, coming up to me, and taking my picture.”The runway model applied for the show in June 2020 because she was attracted to its leading man, Matt James, the first black “Bachelor,” who happened to live on the Lower East Side.She was eliminated on week six and returned home to Bushwick in November 2020 — but contractually wasn’t allowed to be on dating apps or publicly dating for four months, until the episode in which she was kicked off aired.“It kind of puts your personal life on hold because you have the months that you’re filming and then there’s months in between and then it airs and you have those months,” she explained.When she was allowed to resume courting, she was hesitant to get back on dating apps.After a stint on “Bachelor in Paradise,” the franchise’s summer dating series where castoffs gather on the beach, she joined the elite dating app Raya for a year.“It wasn’t the best for me.
Ken Bruce aired his final show for BBC Radio 2 on Friday after 31 years with the broadcaster.
Bruce Willis’ health issues aren’t keeping him from getting out there.
Bruce Willis' wife shared a series of sentimental throwback posts of the Hollywood legend on her social media following his dementia diagnosis.
Bruce Willis discovered a new feature on Instagram that left her reminiscing about the past. Heming found the memory feature, which shows users the old photos or videos that they posted to their Instagram in previous years. Heming was shown a memory she shared a year ago of Willis praising her.She reposted the video and added a new caption saying, «What’s this new Memory thingy on IG!? Omg, my biggest fan.
READ MORE: Radio 2 fans 'gutted' as Ken Bruce says BBC 'want me to leave' nowVeronikaSain said: "You're an inspiration for all of us who believe in true love and soul mates. "I hope you find comfort in the beauty that you shared. "TheRealKyloBen added: "What a rare moment of beautiful humanity.