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Apr- 2023 -24 April
Disney/ESPN Exec. Let Go After 43 Years While Wife Battles Cancer
Round Two of the bloodbath began today. What Disney CEO Bob Iger promised months ago has now come to fruition. The first round of layoffs at the Walt Disney Company started last month, and now, the second round of cuts began today, hitting Disney-owned ESPN the hardest. This week, the Disney Company is expected to lay off “several thousand” people to get closer to the 7,000 employees I
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24 April
Twitter Falls For Disney-Related ‘Scam’
Both Twitter and the Walt Disney Company have been facing plenty of controversies as of late — and now, the social media titan and the entertainment juggernaut have clashed! Twitter, under the new leadership of Elon Musk, recently changed its verification process for Twitter accounts (ie. the switch from blue check marks to a variety of colored check marks for verified accounts belonging to
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24 April
Supermodel Recreates Adorable Ariel Scene During Birthday Celebration
Supermodel Gigi Hadid recently turned 28 years old, and the fashion icon celebrated another year around the sun with a star-studded weekend in Walt Disney World Resort — complete with a rendition of “Part Of Your World” from The Little Mermaid that Ariel and Halle Bailey would be proud of! Gigi Hadid recently posted a “Part Of Your World” lipsyncing video on Instagra
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24 April
Team Selena Gomez or Team Hailey Beiber? Disney “Crushes” the Answer
One of the best parts of visiting a Disney Resort is the chance to be wholly and completely immersed in the Disney bubble. From being able to hang out with your favorite characters and meet and interact with them, and taking in your favorite ride or attraction—think like Space Mountain or Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom or Avatar Flight of Passage in Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park—there's a
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24 April
Disney Fans Panic After ‘The New Stitch’ Is Revealed
The upcoming 2024 live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch, a cult favorite animated Disney movie from 2002, has been leading to a lot of raised eyebrows — and outright complaints — from Disney's audiences. The biggest controversies have come from the casting of two light-skinned Hawaiian actors for dark-skinned character roles, and from one aforementioned actor's racist posts on social
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24 April
How DeSantis’ Meeting with This Foreign Leader Can Connect to Disney Fight
Recently, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss business relationships. But from the Disney fan's perspective, shaking hands in the picture below is a political leader struggling to wrestle power away from Disney and the leader of a nation whose Disney Resort is the only one in the world completely outside of the company's control. Governor DeSantis Mee
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24 April
75.2 BILLION Reasons Why Florida (and DeSantis) Needs Disney
After humble beginnings in 1923, the eponymous company founded by Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney began its journey that would revolutionize entertainment and animation, and pave the way for the Walt Disney Company to become one of the most prominent names in its field over the next hundred years—though it certainly had its ups and downs. The Walt Disney Company became known for its fami
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24 April
Disney Begins Second Round of Layoffs
Another round of layoffs was released across multiple aspects of The Walt Disney Company this morning. Following the first round several weeks ago, this next wave is expected to terminate over “several thousands” of jobs between Monday, April 24, and Thursday, April 27, getting the company closer to Disney CEO Bob Iger's 7,000 job-cut goal in an effort to reduce costs by $5.5 billion.
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24 April
Longtime ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Judge, Len Goodman, Dead at 78
We have some sad news to report, Dancing With the Stars, fans. Longtime judge and big British personality, Len Goodman, has died. He was just 78 years old. Goodman was a well-known professional ballroom dancer who became a judge on the hit ABC show Dancing With the Stars. Goodman was one of the show's three original judges, along with Carrie-Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. He also judged alongside fo
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23 April
CEO of Universal Resigns After “Inappropriate Relationship”
On Sunday, April 23, the entertainment industry was shocked to learn that the president of NBCUniversal, Jeff Shell, would be resigning, effective immediately. The resignation came about after an investigation was conducted, and it was determined that Shell had engaged in an “inappropriate relationship”. It was not said who he was involved in the relationship with. Both Shell and Comca
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