Idina Menzel Accepts Disney Legend Award

Idina Menzel Accepts Disney Legend Award

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Idina Menzel accepted the Disney Legend Award at the 2022 D23 Expo earlier today! The award is given to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the Disney legacy. Idina’s FROZEN castmates, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, and Jonathan Groff, and her Disenchanted castmate, Patrick Dempsey, were also among those honored.

I’ve posted Idina’s lovely, heartfelt and funny speech above! Watch until the end for an a cappella rendition of “When You Wish Upon A Star”!

The intro package also included the first look at Nancy in Disenchanted! Check it out:

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Idina & Cara Promote Library Card Sign-Up Month

Idina & Cara Promote Library Card Sign-Up Month

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Idina Menzel and Cara Mentzel will serve as honorary chairs of Library Card Sign-Up Month this month! As honorary chairs, Idina and Cara will remind everyone that one of the best place to find your voice is at the library. And during Library Card Sign-Up Month, they want you to explore all the library has to offer, like new children’s books, access to technology, and educational programming. Learn more at ILoveLibraries.org.

“It’s a little card that goes a loud way. Let your imagination sing at the library.” — Idina Menzel

“The library is where your imagination sings. Get your library card and ‘check it out’ today.” — Cara Mentzel

A “Loud Mouse” bookmark and an Idina poster promoting reading are also for sale on the American Library Association website. On that note, “Loud Mouse” promo is starting with a new interview in Publisher’s Weekly. Here’s a short excerpt:

What was it like to create a picture book together? What do you feel you each brought to the creative process?

Menzel: It was so fun! It was a really joyful and fulfilling project. Cara is such a gifted writer and teacher—she has her master’s in elementary education and literacy. I feel like she’s my street cred. And she just knows how to capture the minds of the kids we’re trying to reach with this story. You know, in some ways, I think I brought the what to the project—what do we want to achieve here? And she brought the how—how do we go about achieving that?

Mentzel: Dee makes it easy. She’s just naturally creative. She’s the one who thought Dee should be La, la, la, LA LOUD. It was also really rewarding to work together as professionals, not just sisters.

Read the rest on PublishersWeekly.com.

Listen: Idina on LOL with Kim Gravel

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Idina Menzel spoke with Kim Gravel on Kim’s podcast, LOL with Kim Gravel. The fun interview covered a wide range of topics including Encore by Idina, Loud Mouse, reinvention, remaining authentic and vulnerable, weak bladders and more! Idina also answers the question, “Who would win in a fight? Elsa or Elphaba?” I highly recommend listening!

You can listen here or on any major platform including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The full video of this episode will be also available on QVC+ starting in September, so check back!

Idina Debuts Encore’s Fall Collection

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Idina Menzel debuted Encore by Idina’s Fall collection on QVC earlier this week! First up, here are some beautiful new photos showcasing the pieces.

Idina made two quick appearances – first on Jayne’s Closet and then on Fashion Night In – on Monday before her own hour-long showcase. Here’s a playlist with all three appearances:

Idina Menzel Will Be Honored With Disney Legends Award!

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Disney has announced that Idina Menzel will be one of the recipients of the Disney Legends Award at this year’s ceremony! The Disney Legends Award is given to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the Disney legacy. Congratulations, Idina, on this well-deserved award! You truly brought Elsa to life in a way that touched billions of people around the world.

As we know, Idina stars as Elsa in Frozen and Frozen II. Idina’s performance of the Oscar- and Grammy-winning song “Let It Go” became an international phenomenon, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and helped launch Frozen and Frozen II on their way to becoming the two highest-grossing animated movies of all time. Her songs have amassed billions of streams and she also reprised the role of Elsa in Disney’s Ralph Breaks The Internet and appeared in numerous animated shorts, theme park experiences and more. She also appeared as Nancy Tremaine in Enchanted and also reprised the role in the Disney+ sequel, Disenchanted, out this Thanksgiving.

The awards ceremony will take place at the D23 Expo kick-off event on Friday, September 9, at 10:30 a.m. in Hall D23 inside the Anaheim Convention Center. The event will be livestreamed and will feature musical performances, special guests, and surprises for the audience, including a special performance by cast members from Disney On Broadway’s productions of Aladdin and The Lion King, and The North American Tour of Frozen.

This year’s honorees also include her FROZEN castmates, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad among others. Will Frozen 3 also be announced at the event? Time will tell!

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