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Feb- 2024 -3 February
DeSantis Toots His Horn at Victory Over Disney: “You Heard a Lot of Squawking”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis preened at a press conference after a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit Disney had filed against him. Anyone who's been following the battle between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company will know that recently, the Florida Governor saw a notable victory. On January 31, 2024, Federal Judge Allen Winsor dismissed the Walt Disney Company’s First Amendm
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3 February
We’re a Month Into The New Year, And Disney Still Doesn’t Have Its 2024 Film Lineup Set
Last fall, when Walt Disney Studios announced that it was shaking up its 2024 film lineup, it seemed like a good idea. Disney CEO Bob Iger wanted fewer films but better quality films. This delay would, hopefully, allow Disney to avoid another disastrous year like it had in 2023. Related: Â Disney Delays Its Summer Blockbuster, Dramatically Altering Its Movie Calendar After the announcement, there w
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3 February
New Hotel and Restaurant Complex Coming to the Disney Springs Area
The Walt Disney World Resort is always in a constant state of flux. It was the way Walt Disney wanted it. He was always making changes, constantly adding new attractions for the guests. Unlike at Disneyland in California, Walt wanted to be able to control development around the Disney World Parks, but just like at Disneyland, the area outside of Walt Disney World has seen massive development of ho
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3 February
It’s Been A Year of DeSantis’ Disney District, With No End in Sight
This month marks one year since Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stripped Walt Disney World of the Reedy Creek Improvement District and replaced it with the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. And while this month will mark one year, there does not appear to be an end in sight to the feud between Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company. Related:Â DeSantis Cronnies Are Scoring Huge Pa
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2 February
Experts Believe Disney Could Be the Reason the Box Office Celebrates a $10 BILLION Year
Many analysts and experts are looking forward to the year when the box office finally fully recovers from the effects of the pandemic. It's been a long and difficult journey coming out of the pandemic that swept the entire world in 2020. The scale of the pandemic was one that few saw coming. Many of us were completely taken aback by the reality of its long-term effects on the economy and people's
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2 February
April 3 Will See the Battle for Disney’s Future Come to Head
April 3, 2024, is going to be an important day for Disney wherein key stakeholders in the company decide its future. Disney CEO Bob Iger has a stressful job. It's not easy being the head of one of the foremost entertainment companies in the world. Considering Disney has its fingers in many pies, managing all of them is no easy task. To add to this, there are constantly hundreds of opinions from va
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2 February
Disney Continues on Password Sharing Crackdown Across Platforms
The password-sharing crackdown that streaming services have been enforcing is coming to Disney-owned Hulu soon! The Walt Disney Company has been taking many steps over the last year to get its act together and clean up the mess the company found itself in at the end of 2022. Now that it's been over a year since the massive clean-up process began, we are slowly seeing the various pieces fall into p
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2 February
‘Mandalorian’, ‘Rocky’ Star Carl Weathers Dead at 76
Action star Carl Weathers died in his sleep on February 1, according to an announcement from his family today. Weathers is best known for playing the role of Apollo Creed in Rocky (1976), which he successfully turned into a career as an action star, with roles alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator (1987) and in Action Jackson (1988). But after a softer turn as Chubbs in Happy Gilmore (1996),
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2 February
Wayne Brady Explains Why He Was Fired by Disney
The talented Wayne Brady is a celebrity known for his singing, dancing, acting, comedy, and impersonation abilities. Brady is particularly well-known when it comes to his comedic work on the iconic improvisation show called Whose Line Is It Anyway?, in which he starred alongside Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles, Aisha Tyler, and (previously) Drew Carey. The Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Kinky Boots, The Mas
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2 February
Fans Nominate Who Should Play Flynn Rider in Disney’s Live-Action ‘Tangled’
Disney fans have had it up to their ears with live-action remakes and are clamoring for more original work from the teams behind Disney and Pixar films — but Disney announced plans for yet another live-action Disney Princess movie, regardless of fans' complaints! The 2010 animated Disney Princess film about Rapunzel, Tangled (2010), is reportedly receiving its own live-action remake. No More
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