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To most fans, actor Gary Sinise is best known for playing Lieutenant Dan Taylor alongside Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994). Sinise has had a five-decade career as an actor, writer, and director. Despite that, Gary Sinise is probably best known for his work outside of Hollywood. To Disney World fans, Gary Sinise is known for the introduction at Mission: Space in ...

For 60 years, Mary Poppins (1964) starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke has been a beloved Disney classic. When it was released in 1964, it was a huge economic and technological success for Walt Disney Studios and has only become more popular in the decades since. It was a groundbreaking film. It was the culmination of Walt Disney’s work ...

The children’s show Bluey has become internationally popular and a lightning rod for controversy. Unlike other shows, the Australian show tackles real-world issues like infertility, death, and miscarriages in a way children can understand. The sensitivity of the topics requires families to watch Bluey together and discuss the issues like the Heeler Family does in the show. Related: We Have Bad News For ...

We all remember the first time we entered a Disney Park. You head through the gate, under the train tracks, and out into Main Street, U.S.A.. You are immediately transported to another world. You round the corner and see the iconic castle. It doesn’t matter if your first visit was to Walt Disney World in Central Florida or the Disneyland ...

During Disney Animation Studio’s renaissance in the early 1990s, CEO Michael Eisner was famous for letting his creative people just work and see what would come of it. One of those people was a young Kent Melton. Melton’s job at Disney Animation Studios was as an animation sculptor who created maquettes made of clay. Kent Melton was one of the ...

According to a new lawsuit filed in the Ninth Circuit for Orange County, a 42-year-old doctor from New York died after she suffered an allergic reaction to the food she was served at Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant at Disney Springs. Her husband filed the lawsuit on her behalf late last week. According to the court filing, Kanokporn Tangsuan, ...

It’s been nearly four years since COVID-19 shut down the Walt Disney World Resort and most of the world. During that shutdown, Disney CEO Bob Chapek got rid of the old Fast Pass system at Disney World, and guests were told that it would be replaced by something better. But by “better,” what Chapek and Disney World meant was something ...

According to the Health Resources and Services Administration, nearly 130 Americans die every day from opioid-related overdoses. This includes those who overdose on Fetenyal and prescription painkillers, but that number does not include those whose death is related to their opioid addiction but wasn’t directly caused by an overdose. Related: ‘Beverly Hills, 90210′ Star Tragically Dies at 58  Former Beverly Hills, 90210, ...

In the midst of its fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, there was some concern that, as retribution, the Walt Disney Company might forgo any future expansion of Walt Disney World. Some even wrongly believed that Disney World might pack up and head to another state. Related: In A Major Blow, Judge Dismisses Disney’s Case Against DeSantis Disney World even received ...

In recent years, the Walt Disney Company has run afoul of many conservatives. It started with Disney’s feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and continued last week as former advisor to Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, sued Disney, claiming it discriminated against white people.  But now, Disney finds itself in the middle of another controversy. A Los Angeles judge ruled that ...