Dwayne Johnson is responding to the rough reception surrounding Disney’s live-action Moana, arguing that the film accomplished something more important than winning over critics or dominating the box office. The Disney remake arrived in theaters on July 10 with...
Remember when David Zaslav was a buffoon CEO in need of being fired? Remember when Bob Iger was declaring that Disney was about to have their best box office run since 2019? We certainly do, and we’re reminded of just how much (and how quickly) times can change.
Warner Bros. has just etched its name into the record books in a way Disney never has. Over the weekend, The Conjuring: Last Rites stormed into theaters with an $83 million domestic debut, the third-largest opening ever for a horror film. That figure alone would be enough to grab headlines, but what makes it historic is the bigger picture: this marks Warner Bros.’ seventh consecutive film to open above $40 million.
The Black Widow movie that audiences got was apparently a much different story than the one originally conceived.
Disney’s big-budget live-action remake of The Little Mermaid has now entered the record books for all the wrong reasons. According to a new report by Caroline Reid at Forbes, the production cost for The Little Mermaid ballooned to an eye-watering $379.8 million — far...
The Walt Disney Company is facing yet another controversy, this time not in the form of box office misfires or declining theme park attendance, but in the realm of online privacy. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Disney improperly labeled YouTube videos targeted at children, which allowed the unlawful collection of personal data from under-13 viewers.
The result: a $10 million settlement and a new compliance program that puts Disney under regulatory scrutiny for years to come.
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.
The controversy surrounding the Snoop Dogg apology over his Disney Pixar Lightyear comments just took a bizarre new turn. What started as a blunt critique of Disney’s storytelling has spiraled into a cultural tug-of-war — and now, even Snoop’s own Instagram account is at the center of the storm.
The rappers reps have now claimed that despite originating on Snoop Dogg’s Instagram account and remaining up as of this writing, the apology was not written by Snoop himself.
For a brief moment, Snoop Dogg was the unlikely voice of dissent in Hollywood. His blunt reaction to Disney Pixar’s Lightyear—where he admitted being caught off guard by a two moms subplot while watching with his grandson—went viral and resonated with countless families who felt the same way. But after days of media outrage, celebrity condemnations, political pressure, and network panic, the rapper has now walked it back.
When Snoop Dogg called out Disney Pixar’s Lightyear for blindsiding families with a same-sex subplot, his comments went viral and sparked a wave of backlash. Now, the writer behind that controversial scene is stepping forward—not to soften the blow, but to double down.
Lauren Gunderson, who introduced the two moms subplot into Pixar’s 2022 film, is defending her creative choice as “beautiful” and says she is proud to have brought it into a children’s movie. Her remarks make clear that the divide between Hollywood creatives and everyday audiences is only widening.
When Snoop Dogg spoke openly about Disney Pixar’s Lightyear, he likely didn’t expect the cancel culture backlash he received to reach this level. What began as a grandfather voicing discomfort over a two moms subplot in a children’s movie has now escalated into a full-blown cancel culture campaign. From calls to strip him of TV roles to celebrities publicly condemning him, the entertainment industry appears determined to punish Snoop Dogg for stepping out of line and cancel culture is the weapon of choice.