Mark Ruffalo is escalating his campaign against Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, publicly warning California Attorney General Rob Bonta not to “cave” as reports indicate the two sides could be closing in on a settlement. The actor...
Chris Columbus has taken a stance against J.K. Rowling and, in turn, Harry Potter. The director of the first two Harry Potter films, and producer of the third, has zero interest in joining HBO’s upcoming small-screen reboot.
It’s looking increasingly likely that September 2025 will deliver the lightest Walt Disney World (WDW) crowds since the post-reopening doldrums of 2021. Several hard signals point the same way: multi-month wait-time trends, aggressive late-summer discounts, school calendars, hurricane-season risk, and new competition across town. Put together, they suggest a “Slowtember” that could rival any month since the pandemic period.
Universal Orlando Resort has announced the return of Volcano Bay Nights, a limited-capacity, after-hours event at its Volcano Bay water theme park. The event will be held each Friday from September 5 through October 31, 2025, and features access to select attractions, food and beverage offerings, and live entertainment.
A recent report confirmed that Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was involved in placing a message about the Hiroshima atomic bombing inside the “It’s a Small World” attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The message took the form of a handmade doll holding a small sign that read “Remember Hiroshima.”
It turns out the Cracker Barrel logo debacle wasn’t just a branding disaster—it was a preventable one. New revelations show that Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino and the company’s board dismissed explicit warnings from a top investor who predicted the chain’s “strategic transformation plan” would be an “obvious folly.”
Anima Interactive, the studio behind Take Us North, one of the most controversial games of the year, has erased itself from the internet just days after growing scrutiny connected it to Microsoft, Wings Interactive, Sweet Baby Inc., and even the United Nations.
When Snoop Dogg spoke this week about Disney Pixar’s Lightyear, it put him directly in Hollywood’s crosshairs. After sharing his frustration with the film’s two moms subplot, the rap legend is now facing censorship, celebrity attacks, and even calls to cancel his upcoming live performances.
The story isn’t just about Snoop Dogg anymore—it’s about how Hollywood reacts when one of its own dares to question the Disney cultural agenda, and how Snoop himself may be shifting with the times.
Hollywood can’t seem to resist taking beloved classics and “reimagining” them for what executives like to call “modern audiences.” The latest target? The Wizard of Oz. According to Deadline, Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a youth-focused, music-infused Wizard of Oz retelling called Dorothy, with pop star Gwen Stefani and country singer Blake Shelton serving as executive producers.
Cracker Barrel announced that it’s going back to its old logo after getting pushback from President Trump online.
Cracker Barrel just learned a very expensive lesson in branding: don’t mess with nostalgia, and don’t underestimate your customers. After unveiling a new “modernized” logo earlier this month, the restaurant chain faced swift backlash from loyal patrons, investors, and eventually President Donald Trump himself.
In what many are calling a last-ditch effort to revive flagging viewership, MSNBC is shedding its established name and Peacock logo in a bold rebranding to MS NOW—short for My Source News Opinion World. The changes come courtesy of Comcast’s spin-off of several cable channels into the new publicly traded entity, Versant, led by Mark Lazarus. But instead of injecting fresh vitality, the rebrand has coincided with another tumble in MSNBC ratings, reinforcing the narrative of a network struggling to stay relevant.
The future of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has been drifting in uncharted waters for years, but Orlando Bloom is clear about what he believes could steer the ship back on course: bring back the original crew.
Universal Destinations & Experiences has revealed that more than 18,000 people have expressed interest in job opportunities related to its planned theme park in Bedfordshire, England. Approximately 80% of these applicants are from Bedford and its surrounding areas, showing strong local engagement with the project.