The Premiere Idina Menzel Resource
I’ve decided to extend our September photography contest, since we only have 15 different entrants thus far! I know everyone’s busy with school, work, life, etc this time of year, so I’ll give you all one more week. Get your photos submitted to me by September 30th at 11:59 pm ET!
Read all about the photography contest’s rules by clicking here to read the original post.
While the September Shutterbug contest is fully in swing (get those awesome song-inspired photos in by the 23rd!), I wanted to give everyone some extra time to start working on the October contest.
Halloween is right around the corner. Over the years, many fans have assembled awesome Idina-inspired costumes. This is your chance to try it yourself. October’s contest is going to be an Idina costume contest! Detailed rules will be posted on October 1, but the most basic rule you need to know to get started is this: dress up as Idina, whether it’s an iconic look of her own or a costume from her career.
I’m not going to place any limitations on what you can or can’t wear, the allowance of props, scenery, animals, or teams (though you’d have to fight over the 1 prize!). You can be as crazy and creative as you want! Photos will be made public just like the Shutterbug photos, so please take that into consideration for appropriateness. 
The fans will vote to pick the winner (personalized, signed lithograph), so you better impress ’em! You have until November 1 to send your photo(s) to contest[at]idina-here.com with “October Contest” as your subject!
Idina & Taye have released the first super-extra-mega adorable photo of their new addition, Walker Nathaniel, exclusively to People Magazine. Here is the happy family.
And just another reminder that if you’d like to make a donation to Idina’s Stand Up 2 Cancer team in Walker’s honor, you may do so by clicking here.
It’s time to launch the second of Idina-Here’s Season of Contests! Last time, we had you digging through photos that someone else had taken. This time, you’re going to be the photographer! Charge up those batteries and free up space on your memory cards. Here we go!
PART I
Take a photograph of something that exists in your environment, whether it’s a building, a sign, a friend or family member, yourself, etc, that, by that image alone, can represent one of Idina’s songs. Confused? Here are a couple examples:
“Gorgeous”
PART II
On October 1, all photos will be added anonymously to the Idina-Here gallery where they will remain for posterity. If you do not wish your photos to stay in the gallery after the contest ends, please tell me in your entry email. Credit will be given to photographers upon contest-end. A link to this gallery will be posted in a news update and on Twitter. Everyone, even those who don’t enter the photography contest, will get to review the photos and submit their song title guesses for each photo via e-mail. I will post more details for PART II at that time.
The photographer of the image that gets the most correct guesses from the fans will receive a personalized & autographed Idina Menzel lithograph! The fan that gives the most correct answers will receive an autographed, limited edition copy of I Stand.
If you have general questions on PART I of the contest, please ask in the comments here. If you have a specific question about your entry and don’t want to give away what you’re working on, you may send me an e-mail. Do not ask about PART II yet, please. Contest is open to everyone, all ages, worldwide.
Have fun, and get creative!
Mazel tov and congratulations to Idina & Taye! They are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, born September 2, 2009. They have exclusively confirmed their son’s birth to People.com
“Mother, father and son are all doing well,” the reps said in a statement.
The Broadway belters announced the pregnancy in March, later sharing that the baby was a boy.
Although they had a few names in mind, Diggs said they were waiting to make a final decision.
“We have a couple [names] in the running,” the Private Practice star explained. “But part of us wants to see what he hits us with when we see him. We’ll see what he looks like.”
Walker is the first child for Menzel and Diggs, who are both 38 and met on the 1996 Broadway production of Rent. They wed in January 2003.
If you would like to show your excitement and congratulations for them in something more than words, you may donate to Idina’s Stand Up 2 Cancer team as a “charity baby shower.” Please do not send baby gifts to her fanmail address. If you would like to donate, you may do so by clicking here. After the awesome initial push, Idina’s fans donated more than $1,700 to Stand Up 2 Cancer’s research. Let’s see if we can double it in Walker’s name!