Hello! Have you been enjoying the Pixar Fest coverage? I have! I went Thursday and recovered Friday and Saturday, and I’m plotting my next trip over there (NOT a pre-opening-to-past-closing-get-from-place-to-place-as-fast-as-you-can marathon THIS time, thankyouverymuch!) So far, we’ve shown you:

, Fab News: Great Fans, Great Reads and Great MenPixar Fest Overview and Review
, Fab News: Great Fans, Great Reads and Great MenYou’ve Got a Friend in Food (mine!) <- also merchandise
, Fab News: Great Fans, Great Reads and Great MenThe Return of the Pixar Play Parade
, Fab News: Great Fans, Great Reads and Great MenDisneyland Photo Update
, Fab News: Great Fans, Great Reads and Great Men Pixar Food Fest Preview

…and our latest

, Fab News: Great Fans, Great Reads and Great MenTogether Forever – A Pixar Fireworks Spectacular
, Fab News: Great Fans, Great Reads and Great MenPixar Fest – Repainting the Night

You can always tell which pictures are mine because they’re blurry, crooked or have part of a thumb on the side.

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Updated: Legacy


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Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch, Karen Gillan and director Joe Russo greeted enthusiastic fans at a special Marvel Studios’ AVENGERS INFINITY WAR fan event held in Singapore.

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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Robert Downey Jr.
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Benedict Cumberbatch
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Benedict Cumberbatch
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Make-A-Wish Foundation
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Paul Foster, George Tanasijevich
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Trinh Tran
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Robert Downey Jr.
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Benedict Cumberbatch
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – George Tanasijevich, Joe Russo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karen Gillan, Robert Downey Jr., Mahesh Samat
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Karen Gillan
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Marina Bay Sands
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Marina Bay Sands
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Bobby Tonelli, Joe Russo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karen Gillan, Robert Downey Jr., Trinh Tran, Nikki Muller
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – George Tanasijevich, Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Mahesh Samat, Trinh Tran
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Talent Tour Red Carpet Fan Event, Singapore – April 16th – Bobby Tonelli, Joe Russo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karen Gillan, Robert Downey Jr., Trinh Tran, Nikki Muller

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This was preceded the day before by a very entertaining press conference.

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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Robert Downey Jr.
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Robert Downey Jr.
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Trinh Tran
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Trinh Tran, Karen Gillan, Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch, Joe Russo

Note that Singapore gets it two days earlier than we do – we get it April 27.

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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Karen Gillan, Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Trinh Tran, Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Karen Gillan
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Karen Gillan
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Benedict Cumberbatch
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Robert Downey Jr.
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Robert Downey Jr.
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Trinh Tran, Robert Downey Jr., Karen Gillan, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch, Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Trinh Tran, Karen Gillan, Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch, Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Trinh Tran, Karen Gillan, Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch, Joe Russo
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Karen Gillan
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Benedict Cumberbatch
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Marvel Studios’ Avengers Infinity War Talent Tour Press Conference, Singapore – April 15th – Robert Downey Jr.

Meanwhile, Tom Holland and director Anthony Russo were on hand to greet excited fans at a special Marvel Studios’ AVENGERS INFINITY WAR fan event held in Tokyo.

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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: (L-R) Iron Man, Actor Gaku Sano, Actor Junpei Mizobata, Actor Tom Holland, Film Director Anthony Lusso, Captain America attend the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Iron Man; Gaku Sano; Junpei Mizobata; Tom Holland; Anthony Lusso; Captain America
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: (L-R) Actor Tom Holland and Film Director Anthony Lusso attend the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Tom Holland; Anthony Lusso
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: (L-R) Actor Tom Holland and Film Director Anthony Lusso attend the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Tom Holland; Anthony Lusso
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Film Director Anthony Lusso attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Anthony Lusso
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Actor Tom Holland attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Tom Holland
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: (L-R) Actor Junpei Mizobata and Actor Tom Holland attend the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Junpei Mizobata; Tom Holland
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Captain America attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Captain America
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Iron Man attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Iron Man
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Film Director Anthony Lusso and Captain America attend the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Anthony Lusso; Captain America
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Actor Tom Holland attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Tom Holland
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Film Director Anthony Lusso attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Anthony Lusso
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: (L-R) Actor Tom Holland and Film Director Anthony Lusso attend the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Tom Holland; Anthony Lusso
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Film Director Anthony Lusso attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Anthony Lusso
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Actor Tom Holland attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Tom Holland
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Actor Tom Holland attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Tom Holland
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TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 16: Film Director Anthony Lusso attends the fan event for ‘Avengers Infinity War’ Tokyo premiere at the TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on April 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Anthony Lusso

The film comes out on April 27 in Tokyo, just like here. I want to go to a fan meeting!
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Chuck McCann was having lunch near his home in Los Angeles with a friend and telling him about a job he’d done for Disney a few years back, doing a voice for an attraction at EPCOT Center called “Journey Into Imagination”. He broke into Dreamfinder’s voice: “I am the Dreamfinder-” suddenly, from a few tables away, a young man let out a horrific scream and jumped up out of his chair, gaping at Chuck with his eyes and mouth wide open. Chuck immediately asked him what was wrong.

“I’m out here on vacation.” the young man explained, shakily. “I just got here this morning. I work at Walt Disney World, in THAT RIDE, and all day long, I hear that over and over and over and over and over and I just wanted to get away from it for a week!” Chuck promised he would never do Dreamfinder in a restaurant again.

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MouseInfo posted this touching tribute on their Twitter feed shortly after the news broke.

But Dreamfinder was just my favorite thing that he did. When I was little, I’d open my dad’s medicine cabinet and look for him on the other side because of the television commercials he would do for Right Guard, but most remember him as Sonny from Cocoa Puffs. He did many childrens’ shows on the East Coast, then was a supporting actor in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter in 1968.

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“Hi guy!”

After that, his acting career really took off. He was in scores of television shows and movies, many for Disney, and later in life performed as a voice actor on DuckTales (both) TaleSpin, and several other Disney and Marvel series (among many others). He was a sweetheart; we were Facebook friends. I was one of many, but he would take time to chat with me about this question or that story, as long as it wasn’t politics. He hated when people talked about politics. He was a founding member of Sons of the Desert, the Laurel and Hardy so much more than a fan club fan club.

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If I showed you even a tiny bit of what he did, we’d be here all day, so here he is with fellow Son of the Desert Dick Van Dyke, selling vacuums:

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It’s time for the summer issue of Disney twenty(Thanos’ head)three Magazine! If you’re a D23 gold member or above, you’ve got some good reading and some oohing and aahing ahead of you. Curl up with something ice cold if you’re out here or piping hot if you’re out there and get ready for some solid entertainment. Says them:

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This issue is filled with exclusive interviews with the casts and creative teams behind this season’s films. Directors Anthony & Joe Russo—along with Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana, and Sebastian Stan—take readers inside the thrilling ride that will be Avengers: Infinity War. And just for Disney twenty-three, Marvel’s Ryan Meinerding has created a spectacular piece of artwork, “The Road to Infinity War—10 Years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” featuring 14 characters heading into a battle. Director Ron Howard and star Alden Ehrenreich talk about filling the big boots and capturing the swagger of the galaxy’s greatest smuggler in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) takes off on his character’s greatest adventure yet: being a stay-at-home dad in Incredibles 2. Plus, Edna Mode gives her list of the best-dressed Disney characters. Ant-Man and the Wasp director Peyton Reed reveals he had a special visit from exterminators after finishing the first Ant-Man, while the hilarious Evangeline Lilly talks about playing it cool with co-star Paul Rudd. Rounding out the summer, Christopher Robin promises to charm us, and Ewan McGregor, who plays the title character, talks about relating to the challenges of the now-grown-up Christopher, as he meets up once again with Winnie the Pooh and his childhood friends.

The issue also takes readers down the aisle for a first-look at Freeform’s Disney’s Fairy Tale WeddingsDisney twenty-three spoke to some of the happy couples—and happy hosts Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Allison Holker—about tying the knot at the happiest places on earth: Disney theme parks and resorts.

Plus, in honor of the 20th anniversary of Mulan, actress Ming-Na Wen shares some of her memories of making the beloved film—and the traits she thinks the animated warrior shares with Wen’s current role as Agent Melinda May on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Also included in the summer issue of Disney twenty-three:

  • “From the Desk of” Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige
  • A celebration of all things tiki at Disney parks and resorts around the world
  • A look at the groundbreaking short Three Little Pigs
  • The rich history—and vibrant present—of the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood
  • Regular features including Character Analysis, D Society, and Ask Dave

Wow! Is it past 6AM? I still have stuff to write about! I guess I’ll have to see you later this week! Thanks for reading!

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Shelly Valladolid
Shelly Valladolid, aka Fab, has been writing about Disney and theme parks for about two decades. She has written for various fan and pop culture sites, Disney Magazine and OCRegister.com and participated in several books, including Passporter's Disneyland and Southern California and Disney World Dreams. She was co-founder and president of the Orlando, Florida chapter of the NFFC (now Disneyana Fan Club). She taught a class on theme park history at a Southern California University. She is creator and co-owner of Jim Hill Media, one of the creators of MousePlanet and was a consultant on MSNBC, The Motley Fool and others about Disney and various media matters. She was a Heel wrestling manager on TV and a voice artist on the radio in Honolulu, HI, where she grew up. She has a blog and a podcast with her daughter, Mission:Breakout Obsessive Alice Hill. She and her husband, MiceChat columnist Noe Valladolid, live in Southern California with Alice.