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Disneyland Changes ‘It’s a Small World’ for the Park’s 70th Anniversary
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- Disneyland is adding more magic to “It’s a Small World” for the theme park’s 70th anniversary
- Starting May 16 guests can check out bigger parades, spectacular fireworks and interactive surprises as they “Celebrate Happy”
- The limited-time festivities are happening now in Anaheim, Calif.
Disneyland is celebrating its 70th anniversary with some new magic coming to “It’s a Small World,” which opened at the park in 1966.
As the “Celebrate Happy” theme kicked off Friday, May 16, parkgoers visiting the Anaheim, Calif. location from now through summer 2026 can witness Miguel and his trusted alebrije Dante from Pixar’s Coco join in on the ride’s song with the dolls, while silhouetted by a stunning marigold bridge.
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“It’s a Small World,” which turned 50 in 2014, is an Old Mill boat ride located in the Fantasyland area at Disneyland.
It opened on April 22, 1964, at the New York World’s Fair before moving to California two years later. Versions of the ride also exist at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., Tokyo Disneyland in Japan, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland.
The attraction was created as a salute to UNICEF, “in which visitors enjoy a 10-minute boat ride seeing scenes of foreign lands,” The New York Times reported when the ride debuted.
The late brothers Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman wrote the cheerful “It’s a Small World” tune that a 2014 TIME article called “very likely the most played song in music history.”
When the song turned 60 last year, the Walt Disney Company unveiled a brand-new short film titled The Last Verse as a tribute. For Disneyland’s 70th celebration, guests can watch it inside the famed Main Street Cinema beginning July 17, to mark when Walt Disney opened the park on July 17, 1955.
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“We don’t live in the past, but we honor the past,” stage show director for Disney Live Entertainment, Scott Damien Arroyo said at a media preview of the “Celebrate Happy” festivities. “We really are always looking backwards as we move forwards.”
For the special occasion, Disneyland will also be hosting activities such as the “Celebrate Happy Cavalcade” parades on Main Street near the Main Street Magic Shop.
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Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and more beloved characters will line the streets with song and dance.
There will also be the “Tapestry of Happiness” projection show, which is new for the 70th celebration, and located at Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World” ride.
“I call this a little show with a big heart,” creative director of Disney Live Entertainment, Susanna Tuber, said. “It’s beautiful. It’s a five-minute projection show on the facade of ‘It’s a Small World’ that’s going to play three times a night.”
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She also described the show as a “love letter to all these Disneyland iconic experiences.”
Across from Disneyland, the Disney California Adventure Park has its own fair share of parades, projections and fireworks galore. There are also special activities like the one at Toy Story Midway Mania, where guests can look out for 70th anniversary “stickers” that Andy has stuck in different places along the midway.
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Six animated films — Encanto, Coco, Soul, The Princess and the Frog, Zootopia and Moana — join the Animation Courtyard.
More details on all the “Celebrate Happy” 70th anniversary magic happening at Disneyland can be found at Disneyland.com.
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Ioan Gruffudd claims ex-wife Alice Evans threatened to ‘Amber Heard’ him as dramatic trial kicks off

Ioan Gruffudd testified that his ex-wife, Alice Evans, threatened to destroy his career by making false, explosive accusations against him.
The “Fantastic Four” star’s trial against Evans kicked off Monday, in which he’s asking the court to renew the restraining order that he and his new wife, Bianca Wallace, had against Evans.
They claim Evans has stalked them and trashed them online.
In court, Gruffudd claimed his ex-wife threatened to destroy him and his career by “Amber Hearding” him, the Daily Mail reported. Gruffudd was referring to Johnny Depp suing Heard for $50 million for defaming him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed about abuse, which he won.
The actor described one alleged incident in which he dropped off their kids — daughters Ella, 16, and Elsie, 12 —after a scheduled visit, and Evans loudly berated him and yelled obscenities “at the top of her lungs.”
“She said she was going to destroy me and she was going to ‘Amber Heard’ me,” he said in court, according to the outlet. “Then she said to the girls, ‘If daddy is ever weird or creepy with you in a physical way, please let me know.’”
“She accused me of being a child molester, a pedophile and a drug addict,” he also claimed. “She said I was out of my mind on sex and drugs and millennials.”
The actor, 52, said he was “disturbed” by the lengths Evans was willing to go to denigrate him.
Gruffudd claimed Evans, 57, told him, “You won’t be an actor, baby, you’ll just be begging for money.”
He shared, “I was anxious that she would use my public image to create a scandal bigger than Brad and Angelina. I found that to be incredibly threatening.”
Gruffudd claimed Evans’ threats extended to Wallace, 33, whom he married in April 2025, the Daily Mail also reported.
“She said she was going to create a false crime that Bianca perpetrated and she would be deported,’” he claimed, alleging she put a private detective on Wallace.
Reps for Gruffudd and Evans didn’t immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
The exes split in 2021, and their divorce was finalized in 2023. Back in October 2021, Evans accused him of having a three-year affair with Wallace, who was previously her friend, and he denied the allegation in court.
In February 2022, Gruffudd filed for a restraining order against Evans. In documents obtained by Page Six, he claimed that Evans “repeatedly told me between August 2020 and our separation on January 1, 2021 that if I left her, she would make false public accusations about me, sell false stories about me to the press, and destroy me and my career.”
He further alleged that Evans “told me verbally multiple times that she would do to me what Amber Heard did to Johnny Depp.”
He was granted a three-year restraining order against her in August 2022, but the drama continued. The exes’ oldest daughter, Ella, filed for a restraining order against both her father and Wallace in June 2023, though it was denied.
In July 2024, Evans pled with the Los Angeles Superior Court to order Gruffudd to pay her more child support and spousal support, alleging she was on the brink of going broke.
“While I am struggling to put food on the table for our children, Ioan is jet setting around the world,” she alleged in court docs obtained by Page Six.
“I have drained all of my personal savings paying my prior attorneys in this case and paying for my expenses,” she also claimed.
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Kylie Jenner looks visibly uncomfortable at Alan Cumming’s cheeky joke at BAFTAs

Kylie Jenner was visibly uncomfortable when host Alan Cumming made a rather cheeky joke at the 2026 BAFTAs Sunday.
During the British Academy Film Awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Cumming weaved through the A-list audience to hand out “very British snacks.”
Upon coming up on Timothée Chalamet and Jenner, the “Traitors” host handed the actor British pub snack Scampi Fries while the makeup mogul was given a giant Jammie Dodger.
A Jammie Dodger is a popular British shortbread biscuit sandwich with a raspberry or strawberry-flavored jam filling and a heart-shaped cutout on top.
“Kylie, have you ever had your gums around a giant Jammie Dodger?” he asked her before offering her the snack.
Taken aback, she shook her head and said no before accepting the snack and muttering “thank you.”
Jenner, 28, and Chalamet, 30, kept their award show date night streak going when they pulled up to the BAFTAs in matching black ensembles.
The “Kardashians” star showed off her curves in a vintage black velvet Thierry Mugler gown embellished with colorful jewels at the bodice.
Meanwhile, the “Marty Supreme” actor kept things classy in a custom all-black outfit by Givenchy’s Sarah Burton that included a double-breasted tuxedo jacket, pleated trousers, a silk shirt and a bow tie.
Chalamet was nominated in the best leading actor category for his performance in “Marty Supreme.”
The film itself secured a whopping 11 nods this year, including for best film, best director, best original screenplay and best cinematography.
However, Chalamet — as well as the rest of the cast and crew — left completely empty-handed as “Marty Supreme” failed to win any accolades.
After keeping their romance under the radar since April 2023, Chalamet and Jenner have been stepping out during this year’s award season.
Most recently, Jenner accompanied Chalamet to the Critics’ Choice Awards on Jan. 4 and the Golden Globes on Jan. 11.
During both award shows, Chalamet won the award for best actor and thanked Jenner for her support and love.
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Jennifer Lopez celebrates twins Emme and Max’s 18th birthday with sweet tribute

Jennifer Lopez shared an emotional tribute to her twins, Max and Emme, on their 18th birthday.
The singer and actress shared an intimate video montage of her twins over the years on Instagram Sunday. Set to One Direction’s “18,” the video featured special moments in their lives, including Emme’s surprise appearance during her mother’s Super Bowl LIV halftime show alongside Shakira in 2020.
Lopez, who shares Emme and Max with her ex-husband, Marc Anthony, recalled giving birth to her twins in the middle of the night during a snowstorm in New York City.
“It was as if God was making sure you would enter a world full of pure magic!!” she wrote. “In my heart, I knew that’s how your life would always be!!”
“When I would hold you as infants, I honestly felt as if I were holding two angels sent straight from heaven above,” she continued, “My life was changed forever.”
The “Hustlers” star fondly referred to her children as her “coconuts.”
“‘I love you’ could never encapsulate the depth of feeling, affection, and care that I have for you, my coconuts,” she wrote. “It has always been the three of us!! We have been on this journey together.”
“We have always had each other to hold on to and be that steady presence in the middle of any snowstorm,” she added. “And I promise you, my beautiful coconuts, no matter how big you get, that’s how it will always be.”
“Always remember, Lulu, you are my sunshine…and Max, you’re amazing just the way you are!! … Happy 18th Birthday, my wonder twins!!!”
Last October, the twins made a rare appearance at the New York City premiere of her film, “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”
Lopez, 56, beamed as she posed with them on the red carpet.
Emme rocked a red velvet suit jacket, black satin shirt and a pair of black pants, while Max wore a multi-colored jacket over a burgundy sweater and a pair of khaki slacks.
Later that month, Lopez revealed that Max and Emme once confronted her about not being present in their lives as she navigated being a single mom following her divorce from Anthony.
During her appearance on “The Howard Stern Show,” she revealed that the pivotal conversation happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, when she was able to “stay home” and be more present,
“They spoke to me, [and] they’re like, ‘You’re not a regular mom. You’re not here every day. You don’t drop us off and pick us up like the other [moms],’” she recalled, noting that her kids were around the age of 10 at the time.
“And I realized how much they needed me there,” she added.
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