A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR J-LO & MARC: International superstars (and husband and wife) Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony Ð portraying the royal heiress Princess Jasmine and the streetwise Òdiamond in the roughÓ Aladdin Ð take a magical ride amidst the stars above the Kingdom of Agrabah in the newest image created for Disney Parks by world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. The scene, made famous in DisneyÕs classic animated film, ÒAladdin,Ó is reminiscent of the ÒMagic Carpets of AladdinÓ attraction at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida and the ÒDisneyÕs Aladdin Ð A Musical SpectacularÓ show at DisneyÕs California Adventure theme park in California. The image is one of the new Leibovitz photographs unveiled to celebrate Disney ParksÕ ÒYear of a Million Dreams.Ó Since January 2007, Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida have commissioned Leibovitz to create images featuring international celebrities in fairy tale settings. Other Leibovitz images that Disney Parks has released feature tennis ace Roger Federer as King Arthur in ÒSword in the StoneÓ; actress Julie Andrews portraying the Blue Fairy from Disney’s ÒPinocchioÓ with her apprentice fairy, portrayed by starlet Abigail Breslin; actress Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella; singer/actress Beyonce as ÒAlice in WonderlandÓ; and soccer star David Beckham portraying Prince Phillip from Disney’s ÒSleeping Beauty.Ó Other new Leibovitz images just released by Disney Parks include comedienne Whoopi Goldberg as The Genie from ÒAladdinÓ; supermodel Gisele Bxndchen, dance legend Mikhail Baryshnikov and actress Tina Fey portraying a scene from DisneyÕs ÒPeter PanÓ; and actress Jessica Biel as the brave Native American ÒPocahontas,Ó from DisneyÕs 1995 animated film.
