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A pop singer’s use of a Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn for parts of a music video has led to its pastor being penalized.
CNN video(CNN) - Disney Channel dedicated the Friday premiere of "Descendants 3" to its late star, Cameron Boyce. Boyce was 20 when he died in his sleep last month due to epilepsy. He played Cruella de Vil's teenage son, Carlos, in the "Descendants" franchise, which follows the children of Disney villains. Disney Channel canceled the red carpet premiere for "Descendants 3" last month, saying that its parent company would instead donate to the Thirst Project, a nonprofit Boyce was heavily involved in that provides communities with safe drinking water. Outside of his Disney roles, Boyce also appeared in "Eagle Eye" alongside Shia LaBeouf and "Grown Ups" with Adam Sandler.
CNN video(CNN) - The tragic death of Cameron Boyce cast an unexpected cloud over "Descendants 3," the latest edition of the Disney Channel musicals built around the kids of Disney heroes and villains. The show goes on, yielding an at-best serviceable addition to a promising concept that's beginning to feel worn and tired. Mal and her pals (played by Boyce, Sofia Carson and Booboo Stewart) are still trying to mainstream the Villain Kids and bring them over when a crisis strikes. It also continues its youth-oriented network's streak of spinning ratings gold out of live-action musicals, after the "High School Musical" and "Teen Beach Movie" franchises. But setting that aside, whatever magic "Descendants" initially possessed, this third time around the spell is pretty clearly fading.
Spears got her first taste of fame along with several other future stars on the sixth season of the Disney Channel's "The All-New Mickey Mouse Club" in 1993-94. Among her co-stars on the show were future stars in Christina Aguilera, Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake. Pictured here is Spears' autographed cast T-shirt from the show up for auction in July 2008. Hide Caption
