Guess who's going back to Cali? ME! I am so excited to announce that I will be traveling to Los Angeles on December 17 as a guest of Disney on an all-expenses paid trip to attend a screening of Into The Woods, interview a few highly regarded members of the cast and that's not all! I'll also attend a super fun ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas dinner, visit the set of ABC Family's Melissa and Joey and Baby Daddy as well as hanging out with Disney animator Floyd Norman to celebrate the Diamond Edition of Disney's 101 Dalmatians.
In case you couldn't tell, I am REALLY excited about this trip!
{insert imaginary photo of my jumping with joy here}
The #IntotheWoodsEvent and #ABCFamilyEvent will take place December 17-19 and you can follow along with the excitement on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook with those hashtags.
Here's a little more detail on what I - along with 24 other super excited bloggers - will be doing while in LA!
First we will attend a dinner in honor of the ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas - if you haven't heard about this festive holiday line up, check out this post, where I share the entire schedule. We'll even be doing a Christmas gift exchange between ourselves to celebrate! I love any excuse to give presents, don't you?
On Thursday morning, we will be meeting with legen {wait for it} dary Disney animator Floyd Norman and finding out about the exciting Diamond Edition release of 101 Dalmatians, which will be in stores on February 10th, 2015!
Follow along with this portion of the day with the hashtags #IntoTheWoodsEvent and #101Dalmatians.
Then it's on to visit the set of Melissa & Joey...and we are going to watch the cast rehearse an episode and MEET Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. You can follow along with this portion of our trip with the hashtags #ABCFamilyEvent and #MelissaandJoey.
Mark your calendars - Melissa & Joey's new season premieres on January 14th at 8:00 PM EST!
Then we will head over to the set of Baby Daddy and meet Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Tahj Mowry, Derek Theler, Chelsea Kane and Melissa Peterman. If you haven't seen Baby Daddy yet, the new season starts on January 14th at 8:30 PM EST! You can follow the hashtags #ABCFamilyEvent and #BabyDaddy to follow along with our interviews while on the set!
If you think all of that is exciting, I can't wait to tell you what comes next!
We will be screening Dinsey's Into the Woods at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills...yeah, that's right, the official Academy Theatre!!!! I am excited to be able to see it prior to Christmas Day, when it will open in the movie theater!
Make sure to follow the #IntotheWoodsEvent hashtag between 9 and 10 PM EST on Thursday night because we will be attending a live Q&A session with Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Christine Baranski, Tracey Ullman, director and producer Rob Marshall, writer James Lapine, producers Marc Platt and John DeLuca, costume designer Colleen Atwood and cinematographer Dion Beebe.
Have I ever mentioned that I love my job? Because I do - and I am so incredibly grateful and honored that Disney has invited me to be a part of this incredible day. Maybe I was a saint in a past life and these amazing opportunities provided by my job are my reward?
Stranger things have been known to happen!
The fun doesn't stop with the live Into the Woods Q&A - bright and early on Friday morning, we will have a private interview session with Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Tracey Ullman, with Emily Blunt and James Corden and then with Anna Kendrick and director Rob Marshall.
I can't wait to get there and start sharing all of the fun with you!! Do you have a question you'd like me to ask any of these talented folks? Leave them here or tweet me your question with the #IntotheWoodsEvent hashtag!
Tammy Litke (@threedifferent)
Chris Pine and Christine Baranski are some of my favorite celebrities. I just love her in the Good Wife.
Marcie W.
I am so excited for the release of 101 Dalmatians since my kids have never seen it. I am sure you had an amazing trip!