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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Disney volition bestow "legends" presumption to 14 artists, including Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett and Miley Cyrus, who person shaped the company.
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The honorees, who the institution says person had a "significant impact" connected Disney's legacy, see manager James Cameron, iconic movie composer John Williams, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Ripa, among respective others.
This year's people of Disney Legends volition beryllium inducted into the company's mentation of the hallway of fame successful a ceremonial Sunday astatine The Honda Center successful Anaheim, California, arsenic a portion of the D23 instrumentality convention. Ryan Seacrest is acceptable to big the evening.
Director James L. Brooks is besides joining the starry club, on with Williams, known for the scores of the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" franchises, among galore others.
The prima of those franchises, Ford, volition person his signature and handprints done up again implicit 20 years aft helium was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The revered histrion is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe successful the upcoming "Captain America: Brave New World."
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Fan costumes are seen astatine D23 successful Anaheim, Calif. connected Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.
At Comic-Con International, Ford amazed the packed location astatine a sheet discussing caller Marvel projects and flexed his muscles to the roaring crowd, channeling his character, who transforms into the Red Hulk.
Fellow MCU histrion Bassett, who appeared successful "Black Panther" and "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," besides is being honored. Bassett besides stars successful ABC's "9-1-1."
Cyrus, who roseate to fame aft starring successful the Disney Channel amusement "Hannah Montana" successful 2006, is the youngest recipient of the Legends honor. Following her clip connected the sitcom, Cyrus has had a long-running vocation successful music, winning her archetypal Grammy Award successful February.
Curtis has appeared successful her just stock of projects nether The Walt Disney Studios banner, from "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" to "You Again." She is acceptable to reprise her relation successful the upcoming sequel of the fan-favorite movie "Freaky Friday," other Lindsey Lohan.
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ABC speech amusement big and mainstay Ripa volition reunite with her erstwhile co-host Seacrest. Her vocation astatine the tv web spans implicit 30 years and she present hosts "Live with Kelly and Mark" with her husband, Mark Consuelos.
Disney besides is honoring six behind-the-scenes creatives who person contributed to groundbreaking films, creation and Disney experiences.
Those honorees see Colleen Atwood, an Oscar-winning costume designer, Mark Henn, a salient animator, Steve Ditko, the precocious comics creator known for characters similar Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, Frank Oz, a noted puppeteer and filmmaker, Martha Blanding, a longtime manager astatine The Walt Disney Company and Disneyland, and Joe Rohde, a erstwhile Disney Imagineer.
Previous Disney Legends see Elton John, Steve Jobs, Betty White, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Downey Jr. and Whoopi Goldberg. They are among much than 300 honorees since the program's inception successful 1987.
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