Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion all-cash takeover, per Deadline and Variety reporting filed this morning. The special meeting delivered a near-unanimous "yes" despite the open letter signed by more...
Serenity Bay on Disney’s private island Castaway Cay has a new BBQ restaurant for adults only. Earlier in 2025, Disney Cruise Line closed the former barbecue facility at Serenity Bay, sometimes known as Serenity Bay BBQ or Air Bay BBQ, which was an open-air picnic pavilion style location. A new structure known as Hangar 98 BBQ just opened mid-December.
Winning an award used to be about… winning the award. But for Jimmy Kimmel, even a victory at the Critics Choice Awards couldn’t stay focused for long as the late-night host turned his acceptance speech into yet another public fixation on Donald Trump. This latest TDS meltdown by Kimmel makes his win less about television excellence and more about settling political scores.
The Avatar box office story has once again hit a major milestone, but context matters more than headlines. Avatar: Fire and Ash has officially crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, doing so in roughly three weeks of global release. While that number will inevitably be touted as another unquestionable victory for James Cameron and Disney, the underlying data tells a more complicated—and far less triumphant—story when placed next to its direct predecessor.
The post-finale damage control tour for Stranger Things continues — and somehow The Duffer Brothers keep making it worse.
In the latest attempt to explain away the backlash surrounding the show’s controversial ending, Matt Duffer has now admitted he regrets answering questions about the finale at all, while simultaneously asking frustrated viewers to cut him “some slack.” The problem? That plea lands about as well as the finale itself did for a large portion of the audience.
If you thought the 2025 domestic box office had outperformed the 2024 box office (as had I originally), think again. Only a gluttony of extra films managed to make that picture look like reality. But the truth is a much harsher mistress for cinemas and movie lovers....
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie won’t arrive in theaters until April 3, but merchandise for the film is already hinting at a minor redesign for Toad. For the last few months, the voice of Toad, Keegan-Michael Key, has been dropping hints that the character would be “finding his light” in the new movie. Now it’s clear what he meant. Licensed images spotted by The Direct show the addition of a headlamp, suggesting the look that Toad sported in Super Mario Galaxy and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker games.
For a show that once prided itself on emotional stakes, clear consequences, and a willingness to put its characters through the wringer, the Stranger Things ending lands with a dull thud. Not because it was quiet. Not because it was sentimental. But because it refused—again and again—to actually commit.
At the end of a rough year for the company, Disney had a historic win. Zootopia 2 has become Walt Disney Animation’s highest-grossing movie ever, with $1.46 billion at the global box office. Previously, the record was held by 2019’s Frozen II, with $1.45 billion. While many of the company’s 2025 releases, like Snow White and Captain America: Brave New World, faltered at the box office, Zootopia 2 could provide a template for projects in other franchises.
Remember when Disney was steeped in Americana? Being welcomed to Disneyland by hearing “Walkin’ right down the middle of Main Street, USA” sung with glee by The Dapper Dans felt as American as baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie! Well, in what seems like for the first time in forever, Disney is bringing back that Americana with their entry in this year’s Tournament of Roses Parade: a brand new, grand float to be called “Disney Celebrates America”.
George Clooney recently sat down with Variety while promoting his latest film. He offered some sharp criticism of how Paramount’s new CEO, David Ellison, is reshaping CBS News with the installation of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief. “Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak,” Clooney said. Now, Weiss has invited him to visit the newsroom for himself.
Will Smith has been accused of sexual harassment and retaliation in a newly filed lawsuit brought by male professional violinist Brian King Joseph, marking the first public legal action of its kind against the actor and musician.
As Netflix edges closer to absorbing one of Hollywood’s last legacy studios, alarm bells are ringing across the theatrical exhibition business — and for good reason. The streamer’s carefully worded assurances about theatrical releases are colliding head-on with insider reports from Deadline that the actual planned Netflix theatrical window for WB films may be as short as 17 days.