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The Disney animation team of Ron Clements and John Musker wrote and directed the 1989 blockbuster musical fairy tale "The Little Mermaid," and followed that up with 1992's "Aladdin" and 1997's "Hercules." Seven years after their last Disney film, 2002's "Treasure Planet," the two are back with the new musical fairy tale, "The Princess and the ...

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THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: The Ultimate Disney Experience What: A screening of the film and special event at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.

Artist: Cage, Nicolas Nicolas Cage's current tax troubles were still ahead of him in September, when he was at the Toronto International Film Festival promoting Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans.

There are as many types of jazz as there are regional styles of pizzas. Born, as many claim, in New Orleans, the jazz sound trickled down and found its way to the hard bop of New York, the fluid bebop blues of Kansas City jazz, the cool jazz in San Francisco and other parts of the West Coast, and then later to the wild and free improvisational ...

The chairman of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority said Thursday he agrees with Mayor Ray Nagin that the agency should not get involved in a planned makeover of the Municipal Auditorium , as was suggested this week by the city's inspector general.

Nicolas Cage, here with Eva Mendes, plays a self-destructive cop in 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.' LENA HERZOG PHOTO Few directors would mean it as a compliment to say their lead actor behaved like a swine on the movie set.

LA PRINCESS AND THE FROG, 1ST LD-WRITETHRU NEW ORLEANS - An exhibit with original artwork from the Walt Disney Studio opened this week at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Joy Fleishhacker -- School Library Journal, 11/16/2009 11:40:00 AM A New Disney Princess The Princess and the Frog , an animated musical comedy from Walt Disney Animation Studios, opens in theaters nationwide on December 11, 2009.

A few years ago, when he was shooting a movie in New Orleans -- his directorial debut, Sonny -- something mysterious happened to Nicolas Cage.

New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century - the setting of Disney's animated "The Princess and the Frog" - is territory that composer Randy Newman has trod before.

Whether they're marching through the French Quarter or stepping through the Big Apple, when the Rebirth Brass Band is in the place, there's always a party.

Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio also will include artwork from the upcoming Walt Disney Animation Studios musical, The Princess and The Frog.

Harry Connick, Jr. performs your favorite songs live from New York! Watch his rendition of classics like "Just The Way You Look Tonight" and "Mona Lisa".... Biography With very few exceptions, the career of Harry Connick, Jr., can be divided in half -- his first two albums encompassed straight-ahead New Orleans jazz and stride piano while his later ...

The New Orleans inspector general has already expressed concern about how the contract to redevelop the municipal auditorium was awarded, and on Thursday some spoke out about what they call questionable ties between the mayor and the developers.

Preview: The Algiers Stompers, Azur at Marina Pavilion, tonight , 8pm. Back from New Orleans and in his native North-East, Brian Carrick formed The Heritage Hall Stompers, part of the British jazz scene ever since, while Kid Thomas Valentine, was still touring Europe into the 1980's. Then in 1996 Brian realised his long held dream, when the Algiers ...

NEW Year's Eve, 1912. Eleven-year-old Louis Armstrong and his posse of four friends were strolling along the crowds of Rampart Street in New Orleans when a thug started shooting at them with a cap gun.

Valobra Jewelry and Antiques stayed in its New Orleans location after Hurricane Katrina, but also opened a store in Houston.

Music composer Dave Bartholomew - who collaborated with Fats Domino to produce such hits as "Blueberry Hill," "I'm Walkin'" and "Blue Monday" - has been inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, an animated comedy that provides a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again.