24 September 2008 3:30 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news
Earlier today, FS.net attended a Walt Disney Studios Showcase preview where it was announced that Oprah Winfrey will lend her voice to the character of Eudora in Disney's return to hand animation titled The Princess and the Frog. Eudora is mother to the lead character, Princess Tiana, who will notably be the first African American Disney princess. Oprah has assumed other voice-over roles in the past, including Bee Movie's Judge Bumbleton. At the same Hollywood event, it was announced that Randy Newman would write a total of six songs for the film, including one called "Down in New Orleans." Newman, if you didn't know, is a legendary composer who has also written music for much of Pixar's line-up. Considering that New Orleans is my all-time favorite city, which is the setting of Princess, and that I have an odd fascination with frogs, I can honestly say that despite
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