In a stunning revelation from The New York Times, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reportedly turned down three separate acquisition offers from Paramount/Skydance, including one that would have made Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav the co-CEO and co-chairman of a merged company. The final proposal—The most aggressive Paramount WB bid yet—offered an 87% premium over WBD’s share price prior to news of the talks breaking last month.
Netflix has once again made its position clear: it has no interest in buying Warner Bros. Discovery, even as Hollywood braces for another major wave of consolidation.
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has turned down a second acquisition bid from Paramount Skydance. The updated bid—valued at roughly $24 per share, up from the initial $20 offer—was swiftly rejected by CEO David Zaslav, signaling that WBD isn’t looking for a quick sale.
According to a new Forbes analysis by Caroline Reid, Walt Disney World theme parks have seen a staggering 26% drop in popularity over the last five years — a trend that raises serious questions about the health of Disney’s once-unbeatable parks division.
Warner Bros. Discovery may soon look very different from the company that merged just three years ago. In an internal email sent Monday morning, CEO David Zaslav confirmed to employees that the company’s board of directors has begun a formal process to evaluate a broad range of strategic options—including potential sales, mergers, or structural separations.
Singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins has taken aim at President Donald Trump after his hit song Danger Zone was used in a viral meme video mocking the “No Kings” protesters — but the irony is that Trump didn’t even create the post himself.
For decades, The Walt Disney Company has billed itself as America’s storyteller — a studio and theme park empire built on optimism, imagination, and the American dream itself. But over the past few years, that image has come under fire. From removing historical scenes on classic attractions to corporate departments focused on “stories that matter,” many longtime fans have accused Disney of erasing the very Americana that once defined its spirit.
Disney has officially announced Soarin Across America, a brand-new version of its “Soarin” attraction, coming to both Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World in the summer of 2026. The new experience will replace the current Soarin Around the World film at Disney California Adventure and EPCOT’s The Land pavilion, marking a return to the skies with an all-new flight across the United States.
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! has revived its recurring “Drag Queen Storytime” segment where a drag performer in a dress and make up sits with a group of children to read them excerpts from conservative books and mock them. This time, performer Trixie Mattel, a biological male dressed as a woman, read excerpts from Under Siege: My Family’s Fight to Save Our Nation, a newly released memoir by Eric Trump, to a group of children on national television.
When academia tries to “decolonize” fantasy, the result looks more like parody than progress. That’s what happened when a British university professor claimed that the depiction of orcs in the works of JRR Tolkien are somehow promoting racism.
The Bari Weiss era at CBS News has officially begun — and she isn’t wasting time making her mark. In her first decisive act as editor-in-chief, Weiss has removed Claudia Milne, the head of Standards and Practices, signaling a long-overdue course correction for a network that’s been struggling to find its credibility amid years of ideological drift.
Gloria Estefan claims Rachel Zegler will play her in an upcoming biopic. The only problem is that the movie doesn’t exist and no role has been offered. Plus, after the Snow White disaster, is Rachel Zegler really Hollywood’s choice for anything?