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Film and TV actor Yani Gellman was 17 years old when he was cast to play Paolo -- the famous and hot Italian pop star who uses Lizzie McGuire to embarrass his former singing partner -- in Disney's 2003 family/comedy film "The Lizzie McGuire Movie."

Gellman was part of an ensemble cast, obviously starring Hilary Duff as the recent junior high graduate heading to Rome for a class trip, Lizzie, Adam Lamberg as Lizzie's intelligent best friend, David AKA Gordo, and Hallie Todd as Lizzie's loving mom, Jo.

From 2011-2012, Yani played Garrett Reynolds on "Pretty Little Liars."

A Disneyland employee died Friday after sustaining injuries in a golf cart accident ... according to the Anaheim Police Department.

The incident occurred Wednesday -- APD said in a statement released Saturday -- saying police, fire and rescue personnel arrived at Disneyland just before 11:30 AM PT.

Cops say the victim suffered a head injury after falling from a moving golf cart that occurred backstage, not within the park grounds where patrons are allowed.

"Deadpool & Wolverine" officially secured a hard R rating -- but don't expect any sex or nudity this time around ... although, we've learned Disney isn't to blame for that.

Here's the deal ... the official MPA rating is kinda historic -- it's the first R-rated flick in the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- and like fans were promised, it ain't for children under 17. However, eagle-eyed moviegoers noticed something was missing from this 3rd installment of the Ryan Reynolds franchise ... naked bodies.

'D & W' is rated-R for "strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references" -- whereas the the previous 2 installments included nudity and sex acts.

Millie Bobby Brown looks super proud to be Jake Bongiovi's wife ... so proud, she's wearing it on her sleeve ... or at least her head and booty anyway.

The happy couple ventured out to Universal Orlando Resort Monday in Florida for what appears to be some honeymoon fun, with Millie rocking a pair of super short jean shorts emblazoned with "WIFEY" across her backside.

MBB doubled down on her marital status with a "Wife of The Party" trucker hat ... and the newlyweds held hands and cheesed for the camera during a day at the theme park.

"The Garfield Movie" is a kitty with claws it seems ... 'cause the movie's taking out the competition left and right at the box office -- including "Mad Max: Furiosa."

The animated family film will eek out the top spot at the box office this weekend, according to Deadline ... beating out "Mad Max: Furiosa" $13 million to $11.5 million.

Last weekend, almost went the cat's way too ... though ultimately 'MM:F' took the top spot $32.3 million to $31.2 million -- paltry totals for both flicks but especially bad for 'Furiosa' with its huge production and advertising budgets.

Disney's gone off the deep end with their woke messaging and needs to focus on the building blocks of story, so says the director of several Mouse House classics.

John Musker -- who directed the animated versions of "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin" and "Moana" -- called out the content giant during an interview with El País ... basically saying Disney's gone overboard on getting their message across.

JM says, "I think they need to do a course correction a bit in terms of putting the message secondary, behind entertainment and compelling story and engaging characters."

Elton John didn't feel "Hakuna Matata" while working on the "Lion King" ... 'cause one of the movie's stars says he had serious gripes about some of the flick's original choices.

Nathan Lane -- the Broadway star and voice of Timon in the hit 1994 flick -- spoke with Entertainment Weekly for an interview published Friday ... where he revealed the Academy Award-winning song "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" was originally supposed to be sung entirely by his character and Ernie Sabella's Pumbaa.

The way Lane explains it ... when Elton found out he voiced his displeasure, saying he wrote the song because he wanted to have an epic Disney love ballad under his belt -- and "didn't want it to be sung by the rat and the pig."

Richard M. Sherman -- half of the Sherman Brothers songwriting duo responsible for some of the biggest Disney hits ever -- has died ... according to the Walt Disney Company.

Sherman passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, the company posted on its website. The announcement cites age-related illness as the cause of death.

Richard and his brother Robert -- who died of natural causes in 2012 -- caught their first big break in Hollywood in 1959 when their song "Tall Paul" reached #7 on the charts.

Some say The Kardashians are Hollywood's version of a Royal Family ... and now Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's firstborn is ready to take the crown!

North West made her Hollywood Bowl singing debut Friday evening ... performing "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" at the Bowl's "The Lion King" live concert event.

TMZ obtained a pic of Mama Bear Kim watching from the crowd with Chicago sitting in her lap.

American actress Rachel Covey was just 8 years old when she conveyed her colorful imagination as Morgan -- Robert's adorable daughter in Disney's live-action musical fantasy film "Enchanted" back in 2007.

Young Rachel shared the big screen with Amy Adams whose destiny is to live in a fantasy world happily ever after, Giselle, Patrick Dempsey as the serious businessman who falls in love with Giselle, Robert and James Marsden as the dashing prince who attempts to marry Giselle, Prince Edward.

Actresses Susan Sarandon, Idina Menzel and Jodi Benson were also featured in the film with Julie Andrews narrating.

Tinker Bell's not getting the boot from Disneyland -- even though a crap ton of people are under the misconception she is ... all 'cause of baseless fan theories that have run amok.

You may have heard about this in recent weeks -- namely, reports that have suggested that the live version of the Tinker Bell character at Disney parks in the U.S. was persona non grata going forward ... and that they were putting her on the shelf for being "problematic."

This all stems from a NYT story that detailed an internal study Disney did a few years ago analyzing which of their characters didn't hold up to modern-day standards ... and Tink was one, as their own people felt she wasn't a good role model for girls in the 21st century.

Before this cowgirl cutie with five older siblings turned into an actress, singer and model ... she was just a theatre kid playing dress up, throwin' on her cowboy hat and hip hoppin' around Oakland, California.

She first broke into the entertainment biz as a model and a backup dancer for commercials -- eventually landing at Disney and really shook things up! In 2013, she was so close to taking home the Mirrorball Trophy but was snagged by Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough ...

Ain't no challenge this euphoric star can't handle ...

Antes de que esta pequeña vaquera con cinco hermanos mayores se convirtiera en actriz, cantante y modelo, no era más que una niña que jugaba a disfrazarse, se ponía el sombrero de vaquero y crecía en Oakland, California.

Su primera incursión en el mundo del espectáculo fue como modelo y bailarina de acompañamiento en anuncios publicitarios, hasta que acabó aterrizando en Disney. En 2013, estuvo muy cerca de llevarse a casa el trofeo Mirrorball, pero Kellie Pickler y Derek Hough se lo arrebataron.

No hay reto que esta eufórica estrella no pueda superar.

The former Kermit the Frog actor says he's not hurt he's excluded from the upcoming Jim Henson documentary ... he's hurt 'cause he thinks Jim's spirit within The Muppets is dying.

Steve Whitmire -- who took up the role in 1990 after Henson's untimely death -- tells TMZ ... producers contacted him about the forthcoming documentary "Jim Henson Idea Man" all about the iconic puppeteer a few years ago for home movies he shot dating back to 1978.

Whitmire says he happily handed over the tapes and expected the team to come back around when they were ready to interview him -- after all, he voiced the franchise's most iconic character from '90 until his firing in 2017 -- but, he says no one followed up.

El ex actor de la Rana René dice que no está dolido por haber sido excluido del próximo documental de Jim Henson, dice que está dolido porque cree que el espíritu de Jim dentro de Los Muppets se está muriendo.

Steve Whitmire, quien asumió el papel en 1990 después de la muerte prematura de Henson, le dice a TMZ que los productores se pusieron en contacto con él por el próximo documental "Jim Henson Idea Man", sobre el icónico titiritero, particularmente por unas películas caseras que filmó que se remontan a 1978.

Whitmire dice que felizmente entregó las cintas y esperaba que el equipo volviera para entrevistarlo, después de todo, dio voz al personaje más icónico de la franquicia desde el 90 hasta su despido en 2017, pero dice que nadie lo llamó.

3:41 PM PT -- Fuentes con conocimiento directo le dicen a TMZ que Disney es muy intenso cuando se trata de la integridad del personaje, ya que mantener la magia viva con sus huéspedes y clientes es de suma importancia para ellos, por lo que terminaron despidiendo a Sophia Dottir.

En este caso en particular, nos dicen que la integridad de los personajes que valoran se ha roto, así que han tenido que hacer lo que tenían que hacer. En cuanto a los rumores de que Blancanieves está "prohibida" en sus parques, nuestras fuentes afirman que no podría estar más lejos de la realidad y que eso nunca ocurrirá... y que si vas a cualquier parque de Disney hoy en día, el personaje estará allí siendo interpretado por otra actriz.

Una mujer que interpretó a Blancanieves para un trabajo afirma que fue despedida por la Casa del Ratón por arruinar la magia en redes sociales, lo que ha dado lugar a cierta confusión entre los fans de Disney.