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Business
State Reps Worried Disney Layoffs Will Stress Florida’s Unemployment Resources
The Disney layoffs have been the talk of the town since they were announced in February of this year. During the February 8 earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that the Walt Disney Company would be implementing substantial staff reductions, estimated to affect approximately 7,000 employees. The scale of these layoffs has provoked
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Here’s How Disney Lets Its Stars Have a “Normal” Childhood
Being a Disney star is not easy. To be in the spotlight and deal with the limelight from that young an age certainly takes a toll, as many have come out and spoken out about. Many celebrities have felt like their time with Disney was stress-filled and not always worth the trouble. However, it turns out Disney also does make an attempt to
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Disney Offering HUGE Discount On Its Newest Hotel Just For Annual Passholders!
One year ago, Disney's newest hotel opened at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida — the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. The Galactic Starcruiser — named the Halcyon — is a brand-new concept. Guests board the ship for a two-day voyage, where they can join the Resistance (or the First Order), learn how to use lightsabers,
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Mark Hamill is Helping to Save Lives in Ukraine
For nearly 50 years, actor Mark Hamill has been fighting fictional battles. He first came to our attention as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), and he subsequently returned for another five movies in the Star Wars universe. Once he finished his career in a galaxy far, far away, Hamill began a new career as a voice actor. His
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This Special Showing of ‘The Little Mermaid’ Features a Majority Black Cast
Disney certainly appears committed to its path of inclusion and diversity in its retellings and remakes of movies. As many Disney Fanatics already know, Disney recently cast Black actress and singer Halle Bailey as Princess Ariel in the upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid set for theatrical release in May of this year, and t
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Is D23 Coming to An End?
Back on February 8, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Disney would be engaging in massive layoffs. The layoffs were part of huge budget cuts, so the company could save $5.5 billion. An official date for the layoffs was not announced, but on March 27, the reported “bloodbath” at the House of Mouse began. Many executives lost t
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Satirical Article Mocks Iger’s Extreme Layoffs
According to the website called Babylon Bee, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has gone too far with his extensive layoffs within the Walt Disney Company. The layoffs have recently started, and in a brand-new satirical article, Babylon Bee has teasingly said that “heavy layoffs at Disney have now left Snow White with only three dwarf
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Movies & Entertainment
Johnny Depp Reveals Where He Lives
Some of us are amazed by how the other half live. We go on celebrity spotting tours in Hollywood and obsessively watch Articetural Digest's latest celebrity home tour. (Can you BELIEVE Debby Ryan's corn chair?!) We just want to KNOW! This week, one of Hollywood's biggest megastars got to speak with a small local magazine in an exclusive i
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Disney Honoring Legendary Ed Asner With New Pixar Short
In 2009, Disney and Pixar came out with one of its most beautiful and heart-wrenching movies, UP. UP tells the story of Carl Fredricksen, a man who doesn’t know what to do with himself after the death of his wife, Ellie. Carl meets a young Wilderness Explorer — Russell — and the two go on an incredible journey together. On the
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Disney Unveils Rare Archived “Treasures” For European Exhibit
According to the official Disney fan club D23, there are many valuable “treasures” in the famed Disney archives — and a small portion of these vintage Disney items are about to go on a trip around the world! Many Disney fans are fond of collecting — or simply learning about — rare Disney objects or tokens fro
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