A significant reshuffling is underway inside The Walt Disney Company, and one of the more consequential changes involves a business that sometimes receives less attention than Disney’s movies, television networks or theme parks: consumer products. Disney Consumer...
The death of Chuck Norris has led many to reflect on the action-movie icon’s life and career. However, a recent piece in Variety uses the moment as an opportunity for grandstanding a political ideology. A piece titled, “Chuck Norris Was a Great Action Star — but Politics May Overshadow His Legacy,” questions if there is something insidious about Norris’s brand of screen hero.
The Oscars may still represent the biggest night in Hollywood. However, viewership ratings suggest that for the rest of the country, it is just another Sunday evening. According to Nielsen’s big data plus panel, the 98th annual Academy Awards drew 17.86 million viewers on ABC and Hulu. That’s down 9% from last year’s 19.7 million viewers.
Almost-forever CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, is stepping down this week and new leadership is filling in the vacuum. After Wall Street moguls helped guide the company towards picking Josh D'Amaro as his replacement, they also sought to quell possible...
Have you noticed a stunning lack of Hollywood celebrity response regarding the historic Middle East conflict in Iran and their favorite subject for ridicule leading the momentous kinetic action? Sure, Rosie O'Donnell and Mark Ruffalo are speaking out... Jane Fonda...
On February 24, Waymo announced that it was expanding its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to Orlando, Florida and three other U.S. cities. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, who was the first to take an official ride, said that the city had been working with Waymo for several months.
Sorry, UK Government, it turns out your "avatar of awful" is actually someone everyone wants to love. A fictional persona named Amelia has unexpectedly surged to prominence on social media, particularly on X, as a character at the center of debates about British...
Is Greenville SC safe? Or has a masked vigilante descended upon these peaceful streets, armed with… kindness, CPR certification, and a dedication to not letting people drown near brunch spots? We’re talking of course about the masked menace that has come to be known as Greenville Spider-Man.
Could the U.S. government shutdown ultimately harm Hollywood?
The government shutdown threatens to take away food stamps (discretionary income) and could gravely damage family movie money as a result. With Avatar: Fire and Ash coming in late and Stranger Things mostly playing on New Year’s in 2026, can the domestic box office even match the horrible totals for last year?
According to a That Park Place source close to Warner Bros. Discovery, CEO David Zaslav hosted a company-wide town hall this week that left many employees buzzing—not because of major announcements, but because of one surprising moment.
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.
James Gunn might be making Warner Bros more and more uncomfortable with Peacemaker Season 2, but they're not the only ones. After an episode that has John Cena dancing in a way that harkens to symbolism of World War II era Germany, Fortnite has pulled the dance from...
In a move that has sparked heated debate in Central Florida, the Lake County Commission voted unanimously this week to rename Schofield Road as Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway. For those unfamiliar, Schofield Road runs not far from Walt Disney World and borders one of Disney’s strangest and most legendary creations: the Hidden Mickey forest — an aerially designed grove of pine trees planted in the early 1990s to form the world’s largest Hidden Mickey.