While prestige dramas dominate the various streaming platforms, Peacock is preparing to bring back “family” television.
While prestige dramas dominate the various streaming platforms, Peacock is preparing to bring back “family” television.
On September 1, 2025, at Heathrow Airport, comedian and sitcom creator Graham Linehan, known for Father Ted and The IT Crowd, was taken into custody by five armed police officers following his arrival from Arizona.
The arrest stemmed from three posts on X that authorities allege involved incitement of violence against individuals identifying as “trans.” Linehan was detained, questioned, and afterward hospitalized due to high blood pressure. As part of his bail, he’s been banned from posting on X. Linehan may have posted the commentary in the United States, indicating that the United Kingdom is willing to arrest individuals for online discourse once they arrive upon British territory.
Hollywood promised that the summer of 2025 would be the big comeback. Bob Iger told Wall Street earlier this year that Marvel and Disney’s film slate would be the strongest since 2019 in terms of summer box office. Analysts across the trades said the industry could finally hit a $4 billion summer, marking the first real rebound since the 2020 lockdowns. The message was clear: after years of decline, Hollywood would deliver a box office season worth celebrating.
The summer 2025 box office has wrapped, and the headlines will tell you that Disney came out on top. That’s technically true. But if we’re being honest, this “victory” says more about how dismal the competition was than about Disney’s strength. This was not a coronation. It was a race where everyone tripped over their shoelaces, and Disney just happened to hobble across the finish line first.
The summer box office is supposed to be Hollywood’s surest bet. Big-budget blockbusters, loaded with effects and franchise branding, are meant to draw in global crowds and deliver the kind of revenue that keeps the industry afloat. Instead, the 2025 summer box office season has ended not with fireworks but with alarm bells.
A new lawsuit could expose Disney for hypocrisy when it comes to gender messaging.
The Walt Disney Company has built an empire in recent years on the language of empowerment and virtue signaling. From turning Marvel into a “girl brand” to leaning hard into Force is Female “girl power” messaging across Star Wars and the theme parks, Disney has marketed itself as the corporate face of gender progress. Now, the company finds itself accused of something that cuts against that very image. A former top lawyer, Alisa Clairet, has filed a lawsuit against Disney in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging gender pay discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
Avengers: Doomsday is in production with still no script finalized. So how in the world are they filming months into the movie’s process with no finished roadmap? According to sources, it’s based on the idea of shooting big action sequences required for the film and then filling in narrative gaps in between. Some might say that’s called “knowing the beats without the reasons”.
When families board a ferryboat at Walt Disney World, they’re supposed to be gliding toward the Magic Kingdom — not bracing for a disaster that sends dozens of guests flying. Yet that’s exactly what happened on the night of July 30, 2025, when the General Joe Potter ferryboat slammed into the dock at the Transportation and Ticket Center.
Labor Day at Walt Disney World, particularly in the Magic Kingdom, should be the grand finale of the summer season. It’s a day when Florida schools are closed, parents have time off, and families from up North take their last vacations before heading back to classrooms. Yet in 2025, what should have been a triumphant crowd surge instead looked more like the lockdown-era doldrums of 2020.
Nintendo has a strange problem on its hands in 2025: the hottest “new” Mario Kart game isn’t the one it just launched on its brand-new console. Instead, it’s a re-release that first showed up over a decade ago. Yes, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is outselling Mario Kart World on the Switch 2.
Star Wars Outlaws is reportedly having major issues ahead of its launch on Nintendo Switch 2. But for anyone familiar with the game, this should come as no shock.
A wild rumor has been spreading across social media, claiming Stephen Colbert has signed a $13.5 million contract with Netflix for a seven-episode docuseries. The supposed project was described as a behind-the-scenes look at Colbert’s rise to fame. It sounded...
The Walt Disney Company appears to be admitting that August and September of 2025 are looking very uncrowded at Walt Disney World. And the solution the company offers for people wanting to see it even less crowded? Well... but VIP events, of course! Here's the...