London, Feb 20: After Barack Obama claimed his place in history as America''s first black president, Walt Disney has introduced its first black American Princess.

Princess Tiana, of the animated film "The Princess and the Frog", hails from New Orleans.

Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose will lend her voice for the character and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey plays her mother. Rose says that she is thrilled with the film.

"This feels amazing," The New York Daily News quoted Rose as telling People magazine.

Washington, Feb 11 : Walt Disney and Dream Works have joined forces for a long-term distribution deal, which aims at bringing Bollywood movies to the States.

Though the deal has not been fully disclosed, the terms of the deal state that Disney will distribute and market six DreamWorks films a year under its existing partnership with India''s Reliance Big Entertainment.

Disney chairman Dick Cook has revealed that he is "thrilled and honored" to be working with DreamWorks'' founder Steven Spielberg and chief executive Stacey Snider.