Archives for February 2025

Personal Navigators, and other details from the  7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral. The Disney Treasure set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida on February 8, 2025. There are additional Personal Navigators from other sailings of this Continue Reading →

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By Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — The 2025 awards season is (finally) approaching its end.

The 97th Academy Awards will be held Sunday at the Dolby Theatre, where Hollywood’s biggest stars will assemble to celebrate this awards cycle’s best films and performances one last time.

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After devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles, the 97th Academy Awards are going forward.

Like the Grammys and other awards shows this year, the ceremony will be transformed by the fires and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has pledged to help its members and the broader film community recover.

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s show:

When are the Oscars?

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LEVEL99, the new interactive gaming venue moving into Disney Springs, is built around mental and physical challenges, unique games, group efforts and artwork, the company’s CEO says.

“We’re not an escape room. We’re not DisneyQuest,” says Matthew DuPlessie, founder and chief executive officer of LEVEL99, which eventually will be in the two-story, 45,000-square-foot area once occupied by the NBA Experience

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By James Walsh, The Minnesota Star Tribune

The golden September sun was wonderfully warm as I passed through the sliding glass doors at the aft of the ninth deck and emerged into a silent, mystical world.

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There’s a certain type of prestige TV that appeals to the gawker in all of us, and it increasingly functions as a sign of the times: The rich may have all the power and Hollywood is all too happy to reinforce that status quo. What about something punchier? A lampoon of boorish behavior will have to suffice. Which brings us

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By LINDSEY BAHR, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “I’m Just Ken” is a hard act to follow.

Last year’s Oscars was by all accounts a successful show, with memorable performances and unscripted moments (thanks in part to Emma Stone’s dress), and a winning movie that most people had seen. But the team behind last year’s show is “aiming

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Personal Navigators, and other details from the  5-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral. The Disney Fantasy set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida on February 16, 2025. During this cruise, the ship was under the control Continue Reading →

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By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the sixth week in a row, a welcome boost in purchasing power for home shoppers just as the annual spring homebuying season gets going.

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