“Frozen 2” arrive in theatres this week and with it comes an iceberg of expectations. The original film arrived in 2013 and became an instant Disney classic, eventually making over $1.2 billion at the box office and driving parents crazy with the song “Let It Go” becoming every kid’s favourite […]
Idina Menzel is going from voicing the Snow Queen to playing an icy step-mom, and she couldn’t be more thrilled. The actress and singer walked the red carpet at the premiere of her new film, Disney’s Frozen 2, at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Thursday, and she […]
Welcome to a special edition of “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s movie podcast. I’m calling it “Frozen 2” Day because the new episode features interviews with the stars of the Disney sequel, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff and Evan Rachel Wood as well […]
“It’s still a revolutionary thing, to this day, to say, ‘That perfect girl is gone.’” Billboard is celebrating the 2010s with essays on the 100 songs that we feel most define the decade that was — the songs that both shaped and reflected the music and culture of the period — with […]
Who needs dinner and a movie when you can go to an awards show? Idina Menzel and husband Aaron Lohr and had a special date night at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. The couple stunned on the red carpet as they smiled and posed for photos together. […]
Let It Go is an iconic power anthem. What’s the song you turn to when feeling down? That’s a good question. I have a few. Sometimes, I honestly go to silence because if I’m in a depressed place then great, beautiful music can paralyse me. Because I’m so […]
Despite the majestic arc of Elsa’s “Into the Unknown,” the conditions in which Idina Menzel first rehearsed her “Frozen 2″ power ballad were remarkably unglamorous. Songwriting duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez first heard the “Wicked” alum belt the movie’s flagship track in her dressing room backstage at […]
The wait is over: six years after Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen took the world by (ice) storm in a way that no one, not even the studio, saw coming, the adventures of royal sisters Elsa and Anna continue in Frozen II. Loosely inspired by a story from fairy […]
Idina Menzel is basically the Queen of the Holidays this year, with her brand-new album Christmas: A Season of Love out now, not to mention another bombastic turn as Elsa in the blockbuster Disney sequel Frozen II in theaters. So she’s the perfect guest for a special holiday episode of […]
AVALANCHE is, well, a strong word. Snowball is, too. Yet both powerful weather wonders — one instantly explosive, one steadily expansive — describe the storm that blanketed the world when, six years ago, Disney’s animated musical Frozen made landfall. Two Oscars, two Grammys, two short films, a Broadway […]
With Frozen 2 now playing in theaters, I recently sat down with Idina Menzel to talk about making the highly anticipated sequel. During the wide-ranging conversation, Menzel talked about why making the sequel was a team effort, how the film doesn’t have the typical villain to contend with, […]
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel’s professional career is busier than ever. She reprises her role as the voice of Elsa in Disney’s “Frozen 2,” and stars in “Uncut Gems,” a drama/comedy, which opens Christmas Day. “Adam Sandler plays a jeweler who gets rappers and athletes all this crazy bling,” […]
The Showstoppers The Frozen Soundtrack 13 Weeks on Billboard 200 In a particularly cold climate? for music sales, Frozen broke virtually every Hollywood rule — no “prince charming” narrative or genre trends — to become the year’s biggest phenomenon. The soundtrack moved more than 3 million copies, making […]
For the first time in her career, Idina Menzel has a clear path of projects laid out ahead, starting with ‘Frozen 2’ — and she plans to keep it that way. In October, Idina Menzel released her latest holiday album, featuring a duet with one of pop’s biggest stars; in […]
As a wedding singer in the 1980s, Idina Menzel came up with a crowd-pleasing formula: trot out a broad range of familiar songs, keep the party moving and the banter light. But the actress, who has since won a Tony Award for “Wicked” on Broadway and starred in […]