Outspoken actress and director Elizabeth Banks recently challenged female Trump voters, asking, “What were you thinking?” She was a guest on Bustle’s One Nightstand podcast to promote her new Peacock series, The Miniature Wife, and discuss her career. When her role as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games films entered the conversation, her political opinions followed.
The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Magic Kingdom has recently undergone a wave of changes—not just to its prices and packages, but to the overall experience and even the costumes worn by Cast Members. This once-beloved “princess makeover” destination has long delivered magical transformations for young girls dreaming of becoming Disney princesses, as well as for boys hoping to become valiant knights or princes.
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?
Netflix is reissuing a sing‑along version of KPop Demon Hunters in theaters over Halloween weekend, and this time AMC is participating. The reissue is timed amid comparatively weak box office momentum in October 2025.
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and the operators behind Earl of Sandwich have announced a collaboration to open a British‑style gastropub named Gordon Ramsay at The Carnaby in the Downtown Disney District at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
According to a rumor from Nexus Point, Danielle Deadwyler is supposedly in talks with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler regarding a potential role in his upcoming The X-Files reboot. Staying true to the original format, the new series will feature two main investigators, one male and one female, with Deadwyler portraying the latter.
The biggest upgrades across all domestic Disney parks right now including Disneyland and Walt Disney World involve something Walt himself famously wanted to keep out: alcohol. In a Saturday Evening Post article from 1956, Disney stated, “No liquor, no beer, nothing. Because that brings in a rowdy element. That brings people that we don’t want, and I feel they don’t need it.”
Cracker Barrel leadership is once again locked in a high-stakes showdown with activist investor Sardar Biglari, marking yet another chapter in a feud that has now spanned more than 15 years. In a glossy new campaign mailed to shareholders and published at CrackerBarrelShareholders.com, the company’s board and CEO Julie Felss-Masino are asking investors to back all 10 of the company’s nominees on the white proxy card ahead of the November 20, 2025 Annual Meeting.
Snoop Dogg’s latest move is raising eyebrows across the entertainment world. Only weeks after his candid criticism of Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear for depicting same-sex parents, Snoop Dogg has joined forces with GLAAD to promote PRIDE-centric content through his animated children’s show Doggyland.
The Walt Disney Company appears ready to drop “Diversity Equity and Inclusion” in favor of “belonging.” After a tumultuous upheaval at the House of Mouse following the last presidential election, in which controversial programs like “Reimagine Tomorrow” were purged from the entertainment juggernaut, Disney is retooling employee outreach next week with a program all about “belonging” rather than DEI.
If you listen to the Hollywood access media this week, you’d think Superman has taken flight in streaming ratings. Headlines are praising its debut on HBO Max, highlighting how the reboot soared to #4 on Nielsen’s Top 10 Movies chart during its first three days of release.
Netflix has found its next modern audience “reinterpretation,” and this time it’s taking aim at one of the most famous revenge stories ever written. The streaming service has green-lit The Countess of Monte Cristo—a re-imagined version of Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo that replaces the novel’s male lead with a woman and reframes the narrative as a tale of female empowerment.
There are few discounts offered at Walt Disney World each year, so when one of them actually increases, it’s a big deal.
The Walt Disney Company’s new fiscal year has begun, and as we’ve seen in past years, this has meant price increases across the board. Everything from food and parking to hotel stays, Lightning Lane passes, park tickets, and annual passes have gone up in price.
One glaring exception, however, is the cost to renew your Walt Disney World Annual Pass if you’re already a member. Disney has long provided an incentive for current passholders to renew at the end of their yearly term in the form of a discount. This year, that renewal discount has actually increased.