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Disney Makes Oscars Magic Once again with 'Encanto'

With a sprinkle of magical realism and catchy tunes by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Disney again claimed Oscars gold for best animated film Sunday with "Encanto," a colorful celebration of Colombian culture and the importance of family. The film defeated a diverse field -- Afghan refugee documentary "Flee," Pixar's Italy-set coming-of-age tale…

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Turning Red's portrayal of ancestor worship highights an important part of Chinese culture

Disney’s new Pixar film, Turning Red, follows Meilin “Mei” Lee, a 13-year-old living in Toronto, Canada. She’s an average teenager contending with all the things girls her age do (boys, friends, school). However, she has the added pressure of making her strict and overprotective mother.

The Conversation

Turning Red: Girlhood in animation should be allowed to be angry and messy

Animation has been conceived as “for children” for decades even though animation pre-dates cinema (the magic lantern show, for example) and was originally made for adults. However, while these films might be for children and often are about children, it’s not always the children who choose these films but the…

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Mamás furiosas: la charla sobre la menstruación en la película de Disney no es apropiada. Y punto. ¿Tienen razón?

En la nueva película de animación de Disney/Pixar, Turning Red, una niña chino-canadiense de 13 años llamada Mei Lee llega a la pubertad y se convierte en un gigantesco y peludo panda rojo cada vez que las fuertes emociones adolescentes la desbordan.

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Analysis: Amid 'Lightyear' Kiss, Here Are Major Milestones In Bringing LGBTQ Characters Into Animated Film, TV Series

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is making history with the upcoming release of its Pixar animated feature “Lightyear” by having a same-sex kiss between two female characters.

Benzinga

Angry moms: Disney film's menstruation talk not appropriate. Period. Are they right?

In Disney/Pixar's new animated film, "Turning Red," a 13-year-old Chinese Canadian girl named Mei Lee comes into puberty and turns into a giant, furry red panda whenever strong teenage emotions overwhelm her.

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Same-sex kiss restored to Toy Story prequel after backlash – report

Gay kiss from upcoming Disney-Pixar film Lightyear reportedly reinstated after allegations executives opposed ‘overtly gay affection’

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Turning Red celebrates how pop fandom shapes our lives for the better

Pixar’s new film is a refreshingly respectful exploration of how much teenage girls invest in their pop idols – and what they get in return

The Guardian - UK

What is Turning Red about on Disney+ and what are the reviews saying?

Find out about the new animation now streaming on Disney+

Manchester Evening News

The red panda rebel

In Pixar's latest film, as in life, teenage girls are onto something when it comes to this fierce fuzzball

Salon

Pixar’s Turning Red pairs supernatural red panda with a teen movie about sexual awakening and mother-daughter relationships

Set to a nostalgic early 2000s soundtrack, Turning Red is a millennial pink-tinged coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old girl navigating the growing pains of adolescence.

ABC News

'The Batman' and a BTS concert broadcast power box office

In its second weekend of release, Warner Bros

The Independent UK

Turning Red review – Pixar’s fizzing journey through female adolescence

A 13-year-old girl’s emotions take the form of a large red panda in this uplifting tale of menstruation, friendship and embracing change

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Mel Giedroyc throws a big night for 90s music enthusiasts

Take a musical journey back to 1991. Plus: Turning Red is Pixar’s family masterpiece about a giant red panda. Here’s everything to watch this evening

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Mary McNamara: If you can’t relate to ‘Turning Red,’ you must not like good movies

Here’s something I did not know about myself until I saw Domee Shi’s new Pixar movie “Turning Red”: Apparently I am a 13-year old Chinese Canadian girl living in Toronto in the early 2000s.

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Pixar character supervisor played with red pandas as research for 'Turning Red'

PITTSBURGH — Christian Hoffman swears his trip to the San Francisco Zoo to hang out with a bunch of red pandas wasn't just for fun. Unlikely as it may seem, his story checks out.

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Karla Peterson: Meet the animator who made Pixar's 'Turning Red' so cute and fluffy

SAN DIEGO — Thirteen-year-old Mei Lee is an overachieving teenager hiding a supersized secret. When Mei gets anxious, aggravated or angry, she turns into a giant red panda. And yes, panda-monium does ensue.

Los Angeles Times

How boy bands and anime inspired Pixar's magical must-see 'Turning Red'

Director Domee Shi is excited as she discusses one of her favorite scenes from her first feature: when Meilin Lee, her 13-year-old protagonist, "goes down her lusty drawing spiral under her bed with her sketchbook."

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The Guardian - UK

Disney accused of removing gay content from Pixar films

Accusation from Pixar employees comes after company refused to take public stand against controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

The Guardian - UK

Turning Red to Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood: seven films to watch this week

Pixar’s fun new animation sees a 13-year-old turn into a giant red panda, while Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star in Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to late-60s Hollywood

The Independent UK

Pixar employees accuse Disney of censoring same-sex affection in their films

The claims follow Disney CEO’s expression of ‘unwavering support’ for the LGBTQ community

Los Angeles Times

Disney employees 'hurt' and 'angry' over CEO's response to Florida LGBTQ bill

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Chapek on Wednesday tried to soothe outrage at the company's muted response to Florida's controversial bill restricting classroom instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Independent UK

Disney CEO says LGBT+ representation is more powerful than lobbying. Pixar staff say they’re barred from creating it

‘Beyond the ‘inspiring content’ that we aren’t even allowed to create, we require action,’ Pixar’s LGBT+ employees write in letter to Disney leadership on ‘Don’t Say Gay’

Benzinga

Pixar Employees Accuse Disney Brass Of Censoring LGBTQ Content: Report

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is facing a new controversy related to its support of the LGBTQ community, with employees of its Pixar unit claiming executives have rejected any attempt to depict same-sex affection in their films.

The Independent UK

Turning Red review: A refreshingly un-queasy puberty movie that can’t be divorced from the Disney machine

Disney/Pixar film is full of earnest warmth and lovely pops of imagination, but it doesn’t exist in a vacuum, either

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