Even Saturday Night Live is poking fun at what the internet has dubbed “Black Snape.” During a recent Weekend Update segment, comedian Kam Patterson appeared as the character set to be played by Paapa Essiedu in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series. The sketch delivered a rapid-fire series of jabs at one of the most talked-about topics in pop culture right now.
The embargo has lifted, and the truth is finally out: Disney’s live-action Snow White has officially earned a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, clocking in at a dismal 49%. It’s a brutal wake-up call, especially when contrasted with the studio’s carefully controlled early social media reactions that bizarrely labeled the film a “triumphant return to form” for Disney and called Rachel Zegler a “super nova.”
The Meghan Markle Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, is in a bind with (predictable) subpar viewership numbers and the likelihood of cancelation. Yet Newsweek claims it’s doing fine, thanks to all the “hate watchers.”
The legal showdown between Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively against Lively’s It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni has officially hit a boiling point. On Tuesday, March 18, Reynolds and his legal team filed a motion to dismiss Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit—throwing some serious accusations of their own into the mix.
Trigger warnings have increasingly become commonplace, often serving as tools to help audiences avoid distressing or unsettling content. Some view these as necessary, but the current political climate might be such that we could safely assume the majority of people are over being told what might “trigger” them in a movie. “Grow up and go watch Schindler’s List,” they could say. However, in the case of Disney’s recent adaptation of Snow White, the warnings provided to viewers have arguably crossed from helpful caution for the mentally fragile and into outright spoilers, detracting from the viewing experience by revealing critical plot points ahead of time.
It seems like Disney is once again turning its back on the families who built its empire in favor of the DINK (Dual Income No Kids) crowd and so-called Disney Adults. The latest evidence? EPCOT’s brand-new GEO-82 Spaceship Earth lounge, which is making headlines not for family-friendly offerings, but for being an exclusive, adults-only experience.
It seems as though even with Disney’s tight media restrictions in place, Rachel Zegler just cant stop herself from making headlines everytime she opens her mouth. Astoundingly, Zegler has once again connected her portrayal of Disney’s live-action Snow White to tone deaf political messaging. In a recent interview with Allure magazine, Zegler openly tied her casting—and the film itself—to broader social issues of race, inclusion, and combating division. According to Zegler, Snow White isn’t just about fairy tales; it’s a tool to promote acceptance and discourage societal prejudice.
It seems the tide has turned in Hollywood, and it didn’t take long for self-interest to reveal itself. Over 400 major Hollywood creatives—including big names like Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo, Ron Howard, Cate Blanchett, and even Paul McCartney—have submitted an open letter to the Trump White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Their plea? To protect their copyrighted Hollywood works from being freely exploited by AI giants like OpenAI and Google.
With Assassin’s Creed Shadows set to launch in just three days, Ubisoft’s mounting desperation has reached a new level. Reports now indicate that the company has quietly enlisted a special team tasked with shielding the developers from what they call “online harassment.” However, it’s the vague, undefined nature of what Ubisoft actually considers “harassment” that’s raising serious concerns—and has many questioning whether the company is simply using this initiative to silence critics and control the narrative around its latest, highly controversial title.
With Disney’s live-action Snow White remake just days away from release, the legacy media is pulling out all the stops to soften Rachel Zegler’s public image. The latest example? A laughable puff piece published by PEOPLE, which sidesteps months of controversy to present Zegler as a sweet, wholesome star paying tribute to the original Snow White.
A recent YouTube video from former NASA engineer and popular content creator Mark Rober has left many viewers questioning not only his methods, but also the true intent behind his latest experiment targeting Tesla’s autopilot technology. What started as an attempt to map Disneyland’s Space Mountain by sneaking a LiDAR camera into the park through security turned into something far more controversial, with critics calling out inconsistencies and misleading presentation in Rober’s subsequent Tesla tests.
It’s only been a few days since Disney dropped the first full trailer for its upcoming Lilo & Stitch live-action remake, and the numbers are already speaking volumes about both this film and Disney’s upcoming Snow White.
After a full month in theaters, Captain America: Brave New World has officially crossed $388 million globally at the box office, with $185 million of that coming from domestic ticket sales. While some media outlets have rushed to frame this milestone as a triumph, especially as the film edged past the box office totals of Ant-Man, Thor, and Black Widow, the reality tells a very different story.