The aftershocks of Netflix’s stepping away from the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) are beginning to ripple through Wall Street. On Friday, Netflix stock saw a drop of around 10% despite posting results that slightly exceeded expectations during its Thursday Q1 earnings call.
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.
On October 20, 2025, both Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, experienced widespread operational disruptions due to a major internet issue. The outage temporarily disabled key features of the My Disney Experience app at Disney World and the Disneyland app, impacting guests throughout both resorts.
Netflix is ramping up promotion for the long-awaited fifth and final season of Stranger Things, set to premiere this Thanksgiving after a three-year hiatus. The streamer doubtlessly hopes that the online discourse will center around fan theories and building anticipation for the return to Hawkins, Indiana. However, a recent interview in Time magazine with star Noah Schnapp, which examines how the media’s long-standing focus on his sexuality has affected him, threatens to pull the focus into the Upside Down.
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.
On Friday, October 17th, 2025, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved a financial package which proposes an 8% excise tax on all video games it deems to be “violent.” This toll would apply to all gaming purchases, physical and digital alike, so long as they fit certain proposed criteria.
In a forceful public rebuke, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has formally rejected OpenAI’s newly unveiled video-generation tool, Sora 2, warning that its adoption poses “serious and harmful risks” to the intellectual property of artists, performers, writers, and other creative professionals.
The historic archway leading into the former Animation Courtyard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios was removed overnight between October 17 and 18, 2025. The arch had stood as a nostalgic gateway for 36 years, debuting with the park on May 1, 1989.
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.
After Marvel’s tumultuous announcement that Jake Schreier will be directing the X-Men reboot film, it seems the ever patient fans might finally have some good news, as an alleged release date has been revealed. According to a report from World of Reel, Jeff Sneider shared on The Hot Mic that Marvel’s X-Men is set to release at the beginning of the summer season, on May 5, 2028.