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May- 2023 -22 May
“This One’s for You, Dad”: ‘American Idol’ Winner Makes Emotional Tribute to Late Father
An audition that drew in 16 million views on YouTube wasn't even the start of the American Idol winner's pursuit of the title. On Sunday night, American Idol's crowned its Season 21 champion, and no one was more surprised by the win than Iam Tongi himself. Idol named Megan Danielle—a 20-year-old from Georgia—as Idol's runner-up, and Tongi stepped into the winner's circle. With captivating perform
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21 May
The Movie and Television Industry Is About To Hit a Cataclysmic Wall
Remember back to March 2020, when Covid first started. Everyone was stuck at home and desperately searching for something to watch. Remember how desperate we all were that we even watched Tiger King on Netflix for some reason? We needed television and movies more than ever in those early dark days of the Pandemic. But now, we may be losing all of that. The television and film industry is weeks awa
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21 May
New Reedy Creek Administrator Named in Disney Lawsuit
On May 10, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight Comittee — formerly the Reedy Creek Improvement Board —, officially got a new administrator. Glen Gilzean, a close ally of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, started the job. He will make an astonishing $400,000 per year, which was nearly $100,000 more than the person who previously held the role. There is no end day in Gilzean’s contract. Before he was
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21 May
‘We’re Not Safe Here.’ Another Company Joins Disney in Suing Florida Over ‘Anti-Woke’ Laws
Companies in the state of Florida are starting to get nervous. They are looking around the business and political landscape and are hearing from their employees, and it is beginning to make some companies nervous. When the Walt Disney Company spoke out against Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida's “Don't Say Gay” law, very few companies joined them. Related: Disney is Accused of Being &#
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21 May
Hiding Behind the Feud With DeSantis Are Disney’s Business Struggles
If you paid attention to any news about the Walt Disney Company last week, you indeed heard that Disney canceled its Lake Nona project. This cancellation cost the state of Florida more than $1 billion in investment and 2,000 high-paying jobs. The headlines, of course, all said the same thing; Disney's feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cost the state jobs and billions in investment. The truth
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20 May
Bob Iger Speaks on Future of ‘Indiana Jones’ Franchise
We've heard a lot about Disney cutting down on its content recently due to cost-cutting measures on the part of the Walt Disney Company. In order to make their streaming service more profitable, Disney CEO Bob Iger detailed many actions, including “rationalizing” the content they make and produce in-house. But one franchise that many have been on the edge of their seats about is the In
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20 May
More GOP Voices Speak Out Against DeSantis vs. Disney
The Disney vs. DeSantis saga has carried on for many months now. What began in the spring of 2022 has carried on through to the summer of 2023 with multiple escalations and punches (read: lawsuits, clever maneuvers, and significantly impactful business decisions). Most recently, Disney demonstrated in no uncertain terms that they were not bluffing about pulling investments out of the Sunshine Stat
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20 May
Florida’s Loss Could Become California’s Gain per Latest Reports
Florida lost out this week, but it seems California has a solid possibility to gain. It’s been a mixed bag of a week for the Walt Disney Company. On the one hand, the company announced that they would be canceling the Lake Nona campus and Walt Disney Imagineering’s move to Florida, but on the other hand, the company’s been moving forward with its DisneylandForward project, which appears to be incr
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20 May
Disney Guest Faces Backlash After Swimming In Forbidden Lagoon
Fistfights including children? Check. Unzipping Disney princesses' dresses? Check. Swimming in dangerous off-limits waters during a Disney vacation? Unfortunately, check! If you recognize this checklist as a list of ‘approved' (read: definitely NOT approved) tasks for terribly-behaved Walt Disney World Resort Guests, then you have most likely been well aware of the increasingly-atrocious beh
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20 May
Disney Holds Highly-Anticipated ‘Alien’ Project Hostage
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has been a very busy man since he returned from retirement to supposedly fix the mistakes of the now-former Disney CEO Bob Chapek — and one area where Iger has been particularly busy involves Disney's filmmaking process! Iger has mercilessly cut back on Disney, Marvel, or Star Wars endeavors that involve spending lots of money on new films or TV shows that mi
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