{"id":435414,"date":"2026-08-17T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435414\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:32:08","slug":"new-class-of-disney-legends-joins-oprah-elton-and-miley-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435414\/","title":{"rendered":"New class of Disney Legends joins Oprah, Elton and Miley \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new class of Disney Legends inducted into the company\u2019s hall of fame during the D23 fan expo in Anaheim includes wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson, Broadway music composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and new Lakers owner Bob Iger.<\/p>\n

The Disney Legends award presentation on Sunday, Aug. 16 at the Honda Center marked the finale of the three-day D23 fan event taking place this weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center.<\/p>\n

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The Disney Legends award is given to artists, actors, voice actors, songwriters, musicians, broadcasters, directors, producers, executives and Walt Disney Imagineers who made significant and lasting contributions to Disney films, TV shows, music and theme parks.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/p>\n

Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as part of the D23 fan event in Anaheim. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Lin-Manuel<\/p>\n

Lin-Manuel Miranda on stage at the D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/p>\n

Robert Downey Jr., Diane Sawyer and Harrison Ford present the 2026 Disney Legends Award to former Disney CEO Bob Iger as part of D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Dwayne<\/p>\n

Dwayne Johnson at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as part of D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Kim<\/p>\n

Kim Irvine at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as part of the D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David Frankel presents the 2026 Disney Legends Award to Anne Hathaway as part of D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/p>\n

Eric Goldberg at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as part of the D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Alan<\/p>\n

Alan Tudyk with Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as part of D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Jerry<\/p>\n

Jerry Bruckheimer receives the 2026 Disney Legends Award from Orlando Bloom as part of D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/p>\n

Chris Berman with Steve Young on stage at the D23 Fan Event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

\"Susan<\/p>\n

Susan Egan at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as part of the D23 fan event in Anaheim on August 16, 2026. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

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Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as part of the D23 fan event in Anaheim. (The Walt Disney Company\/Image Group LA)\n<\/p>\n

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The 11 new Disney Legends include:<\/p>\n

Chris Berman \u2013 ESPN\u2019s voice of the NFL for more than three decades.
\nJerry Bruckheimer \u2013 Producer of the Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises.
\nSusan Egan \u2013 Belle in \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d on Broadway and voice of Megara in \u201cHercules.\u201d
\nEric Goldberg \u2013 Animator of Genie in \u201cAladdin,\u201d Louis in \u201cThe Princess and the Frog\u201d and Phil in \u201cHercules\u201d and co-director of \u201cPocahontas.\u201d
\nAnne Hathaway \u2013 Actress in \u201cThe Princess Diaries,\u201d \u201cElla Enchanted\u201d and Tim Burton\u2019s \u201cAlice in Wonderland.\u201d
\nBob Iger \u2013 Disney CEO who acquired Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox and opened Shanghai Disneyland.
\nKim Irvine \u2013 Executive Creative Director of the Disneyland resort for Walt Disney Imagineering and Madame Leota in Haunted Mansion Holiday.
\nDwayne Johnson \u2013 Maui in the animated and live-action Moana movies and Frank Wolff in \u201cJungle Cruise.\u201d
\nJonas Brothers \u2013 Musical trio starred in \u201cCamp Rock\u201d and other movies and shows on the Disney Channel.
\nLin-Manuel Miranda \u2013 Songwriter for \u201cMoana\u201d and \u201cEncanto,\u201d actor in \u201cMary Poppins Returns\u201d and \u201cPercy Jackson & The Olympians\u201d and producer of \u201cThe Little Mermaid\u201d live-action remake.
\nAlan Tudyk \u2013 Voice of King Candy in \u201cWreck-It Ralph,\u201d Duke Weaselton in the Zootopia franchise, Toucan in \u201cEncanto\u201d and Heihei in \u201cMoana.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Disney Legends class joins a select list of 329 honorees that features a handful of celebrity icons known by only one name \u2014 including Oprah (Winfrey), Elton (John), Harrison (Ford), Miley (Cyrus) and Whoopi (Goldberg).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new class of Disney Legends inducted into the company\u2019s hall of fame during the D23 fan expo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,7980,165,164,7,2222,1341,611,420],"class_list":["post-435414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-convention-center","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-disney-california-adventure","tag-disneyland","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}