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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS products are set to be unveiled in the world’s first-ever global live toy unboxing event. Unfolding over 18 hours in 15 cities and 12 countries, the event will see highlights from the range of epic merchandise revealed in a rolling New Year’s Eve style celebration featuring top digital stars from the Maker Studios network.
Star Wars toys have always played an important role in how our fans interact with the Saga,” says Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. “They’ve inspired multiple generations to relive the experience of the movies and to create new adventures all their own. These spectacular Star Wars: The Force Awakens products will continue that tradition.”
Kicking off in Sydney, Australia on the morning of September 3, and continuing through Asia, Europe, Canada, and North & South America, selections from the new toy line will debut to global fanfare leading up to retailers around the globe opening their doors at midnight.
“Over the course of 18 hours, some of Maker Studios’ biggest stars will each be unboxing a new toy from the Star Wars: The Force Awakens product line in a different city around the world and sharing the experience live on YouTube.” said Leslie Ferraro, President, Disney Consumer Products. “We’ve seen tremendous excitement for these new products and can’t wait to see the global reaction from the Star Wars fan community.”
The Star Wars YouTube channel will host the live stream, which kicks off with the first unboxing in Sydney, Australia at7:45 a.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 3 (5:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 2), with the grand finale at Lucasfilm in San Francisco at 8 a.m. PDT (11 a.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 3. Each of the 15 locations will reveal a new product inspired by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
These “unboxing” videos will feature online personalities sharing the excitement of opening the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys. Unboxing videos overall have captivated millions of Internet viewers and continue to grow in popularity. Eighteen of the top 100 most viewed YouTube Channels worldwide are dedicated to toys and toy unboxings. These 18 channels accounted for 8.1 billion views in Q1 2015.[1]
“We’re excited to be part of this first-of-its-kind initiative,” said Chris M. Williams, Chief Audience Officer, Maker Studios. “The unboxing world continues to expand rapidly as audiences around the world connect with digital creators who share their passions. This shared fandom helps attract billions of monthly views and consistently puts the genre at the top of the YouTube charts.”
The global unboxing event will incorporate traditional toy unboxers such as the popular EvanTubeHD, channels featuring families such as Bratayley, lifehack specialists such as ExpCaseros, gamers such as AlexBy11 and Star Wars fans from around the world, including Chris Pirillo, bringing with them a broad audience and appeal.
The full schedule is available at www.StarWars.com
Several countries will join the live stream from YouTube Spaces (Berlin, Tokyo, London), with Star Wars commentators Anthony Carboni and Andi Gutierrez hosting the event from the YouTube Space, Los Angeles.
Fans can tune in to watch live unboxings at home or on mobile devices, and also enjoy the latest trailers on the upcoming movie, commentary from special guests, fun product videos and demos, and footage from recent Star Wars events.
The global celebration culminates at midnight local time, when many retailers around the world will open their doors to fans to purchase Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys, collectibles, books, apparel and more. Visit starwars.com for more details on participating locations. Additionally, select Disney Store locations around the world will take part. More details are available at www.DisneyStore.com/ForceFriday.
Fans are encouraged to document their experiences around the event on social media using the hashtag #ForceFriday.
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS arrives in theaters everywhere on December 18th!

One of this year’s most acclaimed series of special edition albums, Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection, will be released November 13TH in a long-awaited, 12-album, 28-disc collectors’ box gift set. The individual albums celebrate the anniversaries of Disney’s most cherished and classic films that have been enchanting audiences for generations.
This CD series combines great songs, background scores and rare recordings from over a half-century of animation classics–plus music from Disneyland® Park. In addition to remastered tracks, each album in Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Box Set comes in its own hardcover book, filled with art treasures, exclusive essays, and new illustrations by Lorelay Bové, a visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios (“Tangled”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “Wreck-It Ralph”). Bove was recently named one of ‘10 Animators to Watch’ by Variety (March 3, 2015) and her art can be seen in the hardcover book, Lovely: Ladies of Animation: The Art of Lorelay Bove, Brittney Lee, Claire Keane, Lisa Keene, Victoria Ying and Helen Chen.
Designed for display, all 12 albums are presented in a specially fitted collectors’ slipcase. The 28-disc Walt Disney RecordsThe Legacy Collection Box Set contains over 130 songs; 270 instrumentals; 75 “Lost Chords” deleted songs and demos; and much more–totaling over 25 hours of matchless entertainment for all ages.
The 12 albums in the new box set are as follows:
The Lion King
The Oscar® and Grammy®-winning songs by Elton John and score by Hans Zimmer plus 30 minutes of expanded underscore and Lost Chords demos not used in the film.
Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in an artistic triumph of Walt Disney and the Sherman Brothers, including the world premiere recording of the lost song, “The Eyes of Love.” Album includes the Sherman Brothers’ demos of the film’s songs and is the largest collection of Lost Chords original demos and new versions in the entire series.
Sleeping Beauty
The magnificent music of Tchaikovsky is transformed into one of Disney’s most dramatic and memorable scores, plus special versions from vinyl record master tracks.
The Little Mermaid
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s multi-award-winning music and songs with the original demo recordings and previously unreleased background score.
Fantasia
Leopold Stokowski’s complete FantaSound score from the innovative film, the complete digital score conducted by Irwin Kostal plus bonus tracks by Sterling Holloway.
Pinocchio
One of the most brilliant scores in movie history—it introduced “When You Wish Upon a Star”—plus six new-to-CD Mickey Mouse Club songs sung by Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards).
Cinderella
The Oscar®-nominated score and all the songs from the animated classic, plus The Lost Chords, featuring 7 original demos and new versions.
Toy Story
Randy Newman’s hit songs and score from the Disney/Pixar’s landmark animated feature, as well as bonus tracks and three never-before-released background tracks.
Pocahontas
Majestic music of Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked”) plus songs that were deleted from the finished score and original demos sung by Menken himself.
Lady and the Tramp
An eagerly requested soundtrack in the series showcasing the vocal and songwriting genius of Peggy Lee, plus bonus track and rare demos.
The Aristocats
From the Disney film favorite comes the famous score, including songs by the Sherman Brothers, the voices of Phil Harris and Maurice Chevallier. This is the first time the original soundtrack has been available in its entirety.
Disneyland
Beginning with the recordings from the opening day of Disneyland in 1955, the collection guides the listener down Main Street U.S.A., through the greatest attractions, shows and lands that exist today and those that are a happy memory.
The release of Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Box Set marks the first time such a massive body of musical and visual masterworks have been contained in a single package.
Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Box Set 12-album, 28-disc set will be released on November 13, 2015 and is now available for pre-order at disneymusicemporium.com. D
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Are you ready for some football?! I know we are! January is always a big month around our house with all the playoff games and the Super Bowl…This year is even bigger with Super Bowl 50! Game day food is a major part of watching a game in our house, with 4 boys and my husband, I have to have plenty to go around and something for everyone…this includes drinks. While the men enjoy their beer and the boys some mocktails..I enjoy my cocktails.
With Super Bowl 50 I had to come up with something that’s going to be just as exciting. Why not take my guests back to when the players played on real fields and got dirty?! That’s how I came up with this years cocktail “Play Dirty” a Chocolate Salted Caramel Martini with chocolate football garnish.
I knew I could pick up a lot of what I needed at my local World Market…so that’s where I headed first to pick up a few things I knew I would need.
To create this delicious cocktail for your own party you will need:
Drizzle some of the caramel sauce into your glass in a swirled design…then place into freezer until you are ready to pour your drinks. I used these stemless martini glasses that I absolutely love!
Lets create the football chocolate garnish
You’ll want to create a template from something like an index card, as paper will be to thin ( I used photo paper ). I used a mini football that I found at a party store to create my template, i just placed the football onto my photo paper and traced the edges then cut out my templete. Place your template diaginally onto your Ghirardelli chocolate ( I choose the Milk Chocolate Sea Salt Brownie because it has the sea salt flavor and would hold together better than a caramel filled ) & make a small score along the edge of your template. You don’t want to cut all the way through right away this will cause your chocolate to crack and break. Once you have your score, you can slowly start to cut deeper and deeper until you have your shape cut out. If you do it slowly you wont have any issues with breakage. After you get your shape cut out you’ll want to cut out a notch so that you can place it on your glass. After trial and error, just a small cut in the center of the football is best.
Now let’s create your game day drink:
Place 1 cup ice into shaker
Pour in
3 oz Torani Salted Drink Mixer
1.5 oz Chocolate Liquor
1.5 oz Vodka
Shake then strain into glass
Garnish with Football Shaped Chocolate
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The battle between light & dark is never ending…but is it always the way you were told? “Maleficent” explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic “Sleeping Beauty” and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.
My family just loves Maleficent, it was one of our favorite movies that came out in 2014…since we’ve already seen it several times, I wanted to make it into a “movie night” and not just any movie night, but one that would take you into the movie before it even begins!
Want to know how to set the stage and immerse your guests in the movie?! The key to making this display is lots of black, white & nature. There are several World Market Entertaining Essentials that helped me put it all together!
Aurora’s light side starts with a few platters, a large square one for the cupcakes and a rectangular one for the vanilla pizzelle cookies. Add a small oval bowl for the Haribo raspberries, and a larger bowl, for the popcorn, that fit perfectly into the natural looking mossy fern nest. Add in a few white candles, clear acrylic stemless tumbers for the kids mocktails (milk in this case) & a white wine glass to go with the Riesling & natural elements like the smaller nests, flowers & moss to complete the look. Everything I used for Aurora I tried to keep light, airy, natural & fruity.
Maleficent’s dark side starts with a large square platter for the cupcakes, a square bowl for the dark chocolate expresso beans, a smaller square fuji footed dish for the licorice. Then I added a wood bark pedestal stand for the candles, a black candelabra I picked up from World Market at Halloween & black vines to represent the wall Maleficent created.
For the kids mocktails I purchased some Black Cherry soda, and put it into a black acrylic stemless tumbler & for the adults I purchased Apothic Red Wine & red wine glasses.
For the desserts I made a Dark Cherry Cupcake for the Maleficent side & a Coconut Cupcake for Aurora’s side.
Aurora Coconut Cupcake
Cake
Box of white cake mix fixed to specifications
divide in half (using other half for Maleficent cupcakes)
add a 1/2 tsp of coconut extract into the Aurora batter, mix
Bake as directed
Icing
Mix together 1 cup softened salted butter, 1 cup vegetable shortening, 2 lbs confectionery sugar, 1 1/2 tbs of hot water
Divide (using other half for Maleficent cupcakes)
add in 1 tsp of vanilla extract, mix
Place into piping bag
Pipe on icing
Put coconut into a bowl and dip the top of the cupcakes into coconut rolling them around a little to cover the top
Maleficent Dark Cherry Cupcake
Cake
Using the half batter saved from Aurora cupcakes, add in 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
Chop up 1/4 cup of cherries, blend into batter
Bake as directed
Icing
Using the leftover icing add in 1/4 cup of cocoa powder, 1 tsp cherry extract, & 2 tbs of butter
Mix till blended well
Place into piping bag
Pipe on icing
Top with a Cherry & Chocolate shavings or sprinkles
We had fun being immerse in the movie & loved the activity sheets which you can download to use for your movie night!
Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored post.” The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to write it. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”