Highlights From Disney Upfront; Serena Williams & Damar Hamlin Promote ESPN; Samurai Warriors Battle On Stage For ‘Shogun’
deadline.comDisney kicked off its upfront presentation on Tuesday in typical fashion, with a flashy highlight reel that drove home the “magic” of the Mouse House.
A brief voice over from Ellen Pompeo reminded the audience that “when the imagination is limitless, life’s possibilities are endless,” as they settled in for the lengthy two-hour presentation at New York’s Javits Center.
Here were the highlights: The first hour of the presentation included lots of talk about sports and people having babies, beginning with none other than Serena Williams, who announced a new docuseries and said that she’d planned to also reveal that she’s expecting another child at Disney’s upfront, if only the Met Gala hadn’t happened first.
Williams was followed by SportsCenter’s Elle Duncan, who told an awkward joke about how she tried to pretend “to be too feeble” to do anything while pregnant until Williams won the Australian Open during her own pregnancy.
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