The Pirate Fairy - EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED SNEAK PEEK!

Up until my trip to LA last month, I had never seen a Disney Fairy movie before. However, when I saw The Pirate Fairy, I fell *in love* with it! And no, not just because Zarina, the main character standing center below, looks strikingly similar to one particular mom blogger... Haha! I seriously wish I looked that good in a short skirt and that my hair was that voluminous! Still, how rad is she?

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The Pirate Fairy releases on Disney Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital HD on April 1st, but you can get an *exclusive* extended sneak peek right here, right NOW! Check it out!

I'm so excited for all my readers and their families to see this movie! I can't hide it, really, but I was definitely impressed with the characters and story. Be sure to pick it up on launch day, even if you're like me and you only have a son. You won't regret it!



Disclosure: This post is part of a series of sponsored posts to promote Disney's The Pirate Fairy. Please see my disclosure tab for more information.

Spooksville Returns to Hub Network This Saturday!

The groundbreaking kids' thriller series Spooksville gears up for the spring season on Hub Network this Saturday, March 8th at 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific. The mid-season return kicks off with action-packed episode “Shell Shock” in which Sally reluctantly agrees to go along with her parents to visit the exclusive Springville Yacht Club, where a teenaged boy, who is an aspiring yacht club member, disappears. To help solve this mysterious disappearance, Sally enlists the  help of Adam and Watch to investigate and they soon discover that the Yacht club is  home to Spooksville’s  latest supernatural terror  –  a giant mutant crab pirate.  

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Check out this #HubClubBlogger exclusive "Behind the Screams" video featuring the Spooksville cast... "What would your super power be?":

EXCLUSIVE - Teaser Trailer for The Boxtrolls!

If you've been to a kids' movie recently (and you all SHOULD because by now you've seen The LEGO Movie, right?.... RIGHT?) you may have an inkling about the new movie from the creators of Coraline and ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls.

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From the press release: "The Boxtrolls [are] a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright) in the amazing cavernous home they’ve built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town’s villain, Archibald Snatcher (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley), comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, “into the light,” where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnifred (Elle Fanning). Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs’ family."

The Boxtrolls releases in theatres everywhere on September 26th, 2014, but here's a sneak peek!

What's the Hubbub with Jackée Harry!

Last night, while you were watching primetime TV, I was interviewing someone who had been ON primetime TV! As part of my membership with The Hub Club Bloggers, I was invited to a video chat with Jackée Harry of television's Sister Sister and 227 fame! Jackée has won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and has played numerous roles both on screen and on stage.

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So, I asked you on my Facebook page if you had any questions for the shining star Jackée. Most of you seem to remember her better from her time at 227... and I'm going to admit something here. While I was indeed young during that show's run, I watched adult television with my parents, and I do not remember this show. I must have been in some weird time warp or something. I remember M*A*S*H, I remember Murphy Brown, I remember Cheers, I even remember when Steve Martin was still on Saturday Night Live. But my knowledge of this show is pretty slim and I don't know why! However, when I asked her about her catchphrase on the show, she obliged, and it kind of rings a bell. Still, like many my age, I remember her as Lisa, the mother on Sister Sister who finds out her adopted daughter has an identical twin and that they were seperated at birth.

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The Hub Network has recently acquired the syndication rights to Sister Sister, and in celebration of that fact, they are having a "Tia and Tamara-thon" of back to back episodes this Friday night at 7pm Eastern.

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They also are beginning a new webseries called "Hub Network's What's the Hubbub?" in which they sit down with the stars of their shows and have bloggers ask them questions, which is what I did last night on their inaugural episode! My questions for Jackée were about her time on Sister Sister, her favorite role from her time in theatre, her weight loss secrets from her time on Celebrity Fit Club, her philosophy on life, whether she liked television, movie, or theatre acting best, and more. Check out the video below and listen for my super-loud radio voice (I was in morning radio about ten years ago). Jackée was so fun to chat with!

Celebrate Frozen's Oscar Wins!

This week will be HUGE here at TheTVMom.com! In case you are living under a rock and weren't either watching TV or on the interwebs last night, Frozen won the Oscar for Best Original Song and Best Animated Feature! Here's why I find that exciting...

Do those three look familiar? They ought to... they even stood in the same order on stage at the awards!


Yes, I got to sit down for a roundtable chat with those very three people! I have the entire thing on video and that is coming later this week! I couldn't wait to share it with you before, and now with all the Oscar winning fun, I am even more excited! Check out their heartwarming Thank You Cam moment!

Here's a fun clip of the cast singing "Love is An Open Door" from the new Disney Movies Anywhere app to tide you over in the meantime until I get my video up and live!


Love Is An Open Door by Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana from Frozen - Disney Movies Anywhere - Disney Video

A very huge congratulations to all my new friends at Disney Animation Studios!!! Be sure to stay tuned for more on the Frozen Blu-ray!

Disclosure: I received a trip to Disney Animation Studios in return for blog coverage of the Frozen Blu-ray release. See Disclosure tab for more information!