Inside Disney's Controversial Plan to Open a Theme Park Inspired by American History
Disney provides a nostalgic and simplistic view of American history through its films and theme parks, aiming for an optimistic portrayal.
Disney Treasure cruise ship makes grand debut with 3 never-before done venues
Disney Treasure enhances storytelling at sea, blending themes from Disney parks, animation, and adventure inspired by Walt Disney's love of exploration.
Disney's planned community in California takes shape with nod to 'The Incredibles'
(Walt Disney Imagineering)
The House of Mouse?Think a whole lot bigger.Officials on Friday released fresh details about the first Storyliving by Disney project in Riverside County, an ambitious effort to infuse a master-planned community with the Burbank entertainment giant's trademark whimsy and wonder.
Disney's Bob Iger is swinging the ax as he plans to lay off 7,000 workers worldwide
Disney plans to lay off 7,000 employees worldwide.The announcement is part of returning CEO Bob Iger's statement to his board about the company's finances moving forward.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The Walt Disney Co. announced plans Wednesday to cut about 4% of its entire workforce.That means layoffs for 7,000 employees.
Inside Disney's Controversial Plan to Open a Theme Park Inspired by American History
Disney provides a nostalgic and simplistic view of American history through its films and theme parks, aiming for an optimistic portrayal.
Disney Treasure cruise ship makes grand debut with 3 never-before done venues
Disney Treasure enhances storytelling at sea, blending themes from Disney parks, animation, and adventure inspired by Walt Disney's love of exploration.
Disney's planned community in California takes shape with nod to 'The Incredibles'
(Walt Disney Imagineering)
The House of Mouse?Think a whole lot bigger.Officials on Friday released fresh details about the first Storyliving by Disney project in Riverside County, an ambitious effort to infuse a master-planned community with the Burbank entertainment giant's trademark whimsy and wonder.
Disney's Bob Iger is swinging the ax as he plans to lay off 7,000 workers worldwide
Disney plans to lay off 7,000 employees worldwide.The announcement is part of returning CEO Bob Iger's statement to his board about the company's finances moving forward.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The Walt Disney Co. announced plans Wednesday to cut about 4% of its entire workforce.That means layoffs for 7,000 employees.
Leaked Disney data includes secrets on Disney+, ESPN+ and Genie theme park passes: report
Walt Disney was targeted by hackers who leaked sensitive financial data regarding Disney+ and Genie+ services.
Amid Weak Digital Ad Outlook, Apple, Walmart, Internet TV Are Still Bright Spots
The outlook for digital advertising in 2023 will likely disappoint investors in internet and social media companies.But there still will be bright spots in digital ad growth for Apple ( AAPL), retail giant Walmart ( WMT) and internet television.Advertising agencies in December lowered 2023 digital media market forecasts, citing weakening economic outlooks.
Leaked Disney data includes secrets on Disney+, ESPN+ and Genie theme park passes: report
Walt Disney was targeted by hackers who leaked sensitive financial data regarding Disney+ and Genie+ services.
Amid Weak Digital Ad Outlook, Apple, Walmart, Internet TV Are Still Bright Spots
The outlook for digital advertising in 2023 will likely disappoint investors in internet and social media companies.But there still will be bright spots in digital ad growth for Apple ( AAPL), retail giant Walmart ( WMT) and internet television.Advertising agencies in December lowered 2023 digital media market forecasts, citing weakening economic outlooks.
25 Disney Facts That Are Truly Fascinating, And That You Might Not Know
Disney's history is marked by pivotal decisions and unexpected turns that shaped its brand and legacy over decades.
August 22: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
La Jaconde by Leonardo da Vinci famously disappeared from the Louvre in 1911, leading to rumors and reports of theft and complicity.
Disney composer Richard Sherman has died at 95
Richard Sherman, part of the acclaimed songwriting team with his late brother Robert, passes away at 95. Their iconic Disney film scores, including Mary Poppins, left a lasting impact.
Films, people with most Oscar wins, actors with most nominations: See the lists
'Oppenheimer' leads the 2024 Oscar nominations with 13 nods.
Walt Disney holds the record for the most Academy Award wins by a person, with 26 awards.
Fans celebrate what would've been Walt Disney's 122nd birthday at his birthplace in Chicago
A celebration in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood marked Walt Disney's 122nd birthday
The celebration took place at Disney's birthplace on North Tripp
Hollywood Writers Begin Strike, Late-Night Shows Go Dark | KQED
The writers' guild is seeking higher minimum pay, less thinly staffed writing rooms, shorter exclusive contracts and a reworking of residual pay - all conditions it says have been diminished in the content boom driven by streaming."The companies' behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce," the WGA said in a statement.
Analysis | Disney-Peltz Show Shouldn't Cast the Board as Villain
Just as Walt Disney Co. announced last week that Chairman Susan Arnold would step off the board after a 15-year run as a director, activist investor Nelson Peltz made public his all-out war against the company.Queue the palace intrigue.Was Arnold leaving as a concession to Peltz?Or because she wants no part in the nasty proxy battle that's likely brewing?
Hollywood Writers Begin Strike, Late-Night Shows Go Dark | KQED
The writers' guild is seeking higher minimum pay, less thinly staffed writing rooms, shorter exclusive contracts and a reworking of residual pay - all conditions it says have been diminished in the content boom driven by streaming."The companies' behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce," the WGA said in a statement.
Analysis | Disney-Peltz Show Shouldn't Cast the Board as Villain
Just as Walt Disney Co. announced last week that Chairman Susan Arnold would step off the board after a 15-year run as a director, activist investor Nelson Peltz made public his all-out war against the company.Queue the palace intrigue.Was Arnold leaving as a concession to Peltz?Or because she wants no part in the nasty proxy battle that's likely brewing?
'You Can Roll a Turd in Glitter': Will Poulter and Chukwudi Iwuji Became Marvel Villains in the Makeup Chair
The two Marvel newcomers praised the "Guardians of the Galaxy" makeup team to IndieWire, touting them for making their characters look so strange without sacrificing mobility.The High Evolutionary is a problematic guy.From his use of corporate loopholes to skirt intergalactic regulations against doing eugenics on carrot people to his interest in child trafficking and his belief that he is the closest thing the universe has to God, Chukwudi Iwuji's new Marvel villain has quite a few flaws.
An Obsession' With Philip Glass Inspires a Director's Memory Play
The first piece of theater that Phelim McDermott made after college, decades ago, used music by Philip Glass.And directing productions of three of Glass's operas has brought McDermott and Improbable, the theater company he helped found in 1996 glowing reviews and sold-out houses.So it's not surprising that McDermott's Tao of Glass, which arrives at the NYU Skirball on Thursday, is a loving tribute to his long relationship what, in an interview, he called my obsession with Glass's seemingly repetitive yet constantly transforming music.
Is the era of remote work over?
Is the great work-from-home era coming to an end?While some executives, like those at Walt Disney and Meta, are pushing employees to show up in person, other companies, especially those in "university towns, tech hubs, and government centers," per , have continued to offer remote positions well into 2023.
Theodore Kanamine dies; Japanese American prison camp survivor who became Army general
At 12, Theodore Kanamine's life drastically changed.Under United States order, Kanamine and his family hurriedly packed up their North Hollywood home and were bused to a prison camp in Arkansas.Kanamine no longer saw Walt Disney showing local children unfinished cartoons in his studio.Instead, barb wire decorated the perimeter and guard towers kept a close watch on prisoners.
Bob Iger admits Disney theme park pricing moves were 'a little too aggressive'
Walt Disney Co.Chief Executive Bob Iger acknowledges his company goofed on some of its pricing strategies.Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Thursday, Iger admitted that Disney's pursuit of higher profits at its sprawling theme parks - and its initial bargain-basement subscription fee for streaming service Disney+ - had negative consequences for the Burbank entertainment giant.
Generative AI Is Already Changing How Creatives Do Their Jobs
In need of a social teaser video to gin up excitement for a Super Bowl ad, Max Eastman, creative director at Mekanism, tapped into some of the hype around ChatGPT with an AI-generated script for an Alaska Airlines commercial.While the somewhat prosaic result left much to be desired, it did show the use of such tech to lay the groundwork for an idea.
Analysis | 'Avatar' Struggles Show How Japan Is Ditching Hollywood
In its economic heyday of the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a curious phenomenon of Hollywood celebrities showing up in Japanese commercials: Arnold Schwarzenegger hawking instant noodles, Harrison Ford pitching Kirin beer.To this day, Tommy Lee Jones still appears in a long-standing series advertising canned coffee.
An Obsession' With Philip Glass Inspires a Director's Memory Play
The first piece of theater that Phelim McDermott made after college, decades ago, used music by Philip Glass.And directing productions of three of Glass's operas has brought McDermott and Improbable, the theater company he helped found in 1996 glowing reviews and sold-out houses.So it's not surprising that McDermott's Tao of Glass, which arrives at the NYU Skirball on Thursday, is a loving tribute to his long relationship what, in an interview, he called my obsession with Glass's seemingly repetitive yet constantly transforming music.
Is the era of remote work over?
Is the great work-from-home era coming to an end?While some executives, like those at Walt Disney and Meta, are pushing employees to show up in person, other companies, especially those in "university towns, tech hubs, and government centers," per , have continued to offer remote positions well into 2023.
Theodore Kanamine dies; Japanese American prison camp survivor who became Army general
At 12, Theodore Kanamine's life drastically changed.Under United States order, Kanamine and his family hurriedly packed up their North Hollywood home and were bused to a prison camp in Arkansas.Kanamine no longer saw Walt Disney showing local children unfinished cartoons in his studio.Instead, barb wire decorated the perimeter and guard towers kept a close watch on prisoners.
Bob Iger admits Disney theme park pricing moves were 'a little too aggressive'
Walt Disney Co.Chief Executive Bob Iger acknowledges his company goofed on some of its pricing strategies.Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Thursday, Iger admitted that Disney's pursuit of higher profits at its sprawling theme parks - and its initial bargain-basement subscription fee for streaming service Disney+ - had negative consequences for the Burbank entertainment giant.
Generative AI Is Already Changing How Creatives Do Their Jobs
In need of a social teaser video to gin up excitement for a Super Bowl ad, Max Eastman, creative director at Mekanism, tapped into some of the hype around ChatGPT with an AI-generated script for an Alaska Airlines commercial.While the somewhat prosaic result left much to be desired, it did show the use of such tech to lay the groundwork for an idea.
Analysis | 'Avatar' Struggles Show How Japan Is Ditching Hollywood
In its economic heyday of the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a curious phenomenon of Hollywood celebrities showing up in Japanese commercials: Arnold Schwarzenegger hawking instant noodles, Harrison Ford pitching Kirin beer.To this day, Tommy Lee Jones still appears in a long-standing series advertising canned coffee.
Disney llega a los 100 anos con grandes retos por delante
Walt Disney murio hace casi 57 anos.Sin embargo, en las proximas semanas se encargara de recibir a los visitantes de museos de dos continentes.Como parte de la impresionante campana de mercadotecnia en torno a su centenario, Walt Disney Co. creo, con ayuda de herramientas de video de archivo e inteligencia artificial, un holograma realista de su fundador: un avatar digital de tamano real que habla con la voz de Walt Disney y forma parte de algunas exposiciones interactivas de arte, utileria y vestuario de Disney, que recorreran el mundo por lo menos hasta 2028.
Her work as a pioneering animator was lost to history until now
A drawing from a series featuring the character Colonel Heeza Liar, which ran from 1913-17 and 1922-24, that Kelley worked on.Manitou Productions With a trunk full of paper stock, charcoal, and a giant easel in tow, Bessie Mae Kelley would travel the country for her vaudeville circuits in the 1920s.
Disney llega a los 100 anos con grandes retos por delante
Walt Disney murio hace casi 57 anos.Sin embargo, en las proximas semanas se encargara de recibir a los visitantes de museos de dos continentes.Como parte de la impresionante campana de mercadotecnia en torno a su centenario, Walt Disney Co. creo, con ayuda de herramientas de video de archivo e inteligencia artificial, un holograma realista de su fundador: un avatar digital de tamano real que habla con la voz de Walt Disney y forma parte de algunas exposiciones interactivas de arte, utileria y vestuario de Disney, que recorreran el mundo por lo menos hasta 2028.
Her work as a pioneering animator was lost to history until now
A drawing from a series featuring the character Colonel Heeza Liar, which ran from 1913-17 and 1922-24, that Kelley worked on.Manitou Productions With a trunk full of paper stock, charcoal, and a giant easel in tow, Bessie Mae Kelley would travel the country for her vaudeville circuits in the 1920s.
Why the zip-a-dee-doo-dah' lyric is so controversial and why Disneyland has removed it
Disneyland has removed the zip-a-dee-doo-dah lyric played during its park parades because it comes from a movie that has been criticized for racist portrayals of Black Americans.The lyric initially appeared in the Magic Happens parade when it debuted in March 2020.The parade recently returned after a nearly three-year hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Big tech's job cuts spur rallies even as an economic slowdown looms
By Subrat Patnaik and Ryan Vlastelica | Bloomberg Massive job cuts in Silicon Valley are bringing some relief to investors after a year-long stock selloff, as companies indicate they're focused on bolstering their profits heading into a key earnings reporting season.Big US tech companies including Alphabet Inc. and Salesforce Inc. experienced, on average, a 5.6% bump in their stock price this month in the session following an announcement of job cuts, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
'Avatar' marks 6 straight weeks at No. 1 as it surpasses $2 billion in ticket sales
This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Jake Sully, portrayed by Sam Worthington, in "Avatar: The Way of Water."AP NEW YORK James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water led ticket sales in movie theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a sustained reign atop the box office since 2009's Avatar.
Google lands the NFL's Sunday Ticket package for YouTube TV
In a move that further deepens the tech industry's move into streaming live televised sports, the NFL has awarded the rights to its Sunday Ticket package to Google.The NFL and the Mountain View, Calif., company announced Thursday that the package, which gives viewers access to out-of-market network TV broadcasts of the league's Sunday afternoon games, will be offered as a subscriber product through its YouTube TV streaming service starting in the 2023 season.
Queen Mary is back in business after 2-plus years. Free tours fully booked
The Queen Mary is back in business.Beginning Thursday, fans of the aging Long Beach tourist attraction will be able to tour sections of the vessel for the first time since March 2020, the city of Long Beach announced this week.To celebrate, the city is offering free guided tours for a limited time.The hour-long tours include biographical lessons, including some haunted history, about the Queen Mary and access to select areas of its promenade deck, all led by a docent.
Coming this year: The Queen Mary's partial reopening
Fans of the venerable Queen Mary who have been waiting more than two years to visit the aging Long Beach tourist attraction may not have to wait much longer.A summer of critical repair work to the Queen Mary has set the city on track to move into the final stage of renovations, the Long Beach City Council announced in a press release Monday.
'Avatar' marks 6 straight weeks at No. 1 as it surpasses $2 billion in ticket sales
This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Jake Sully, portrayed by Sam Worthington, in "Avatar: The Way of Water."AP NEW YORK James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water led ticket sales in movie theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a sustained reign atop the box office since 2009's Avatar.
Google lands the NFL's Sunday Ticket package for YouTube TV
In a move that further deepens the tech industry's move into streaming live televised sports, the NFL has awarded the rights to its Sunday Ticket package to Google.The NFL and the Mountain View, Calif., company announced Thursday that the package, which gives viewers access to out-of-market network TV broadcasts of the league's Sunday afternoon games, will be offered as a subscriber product through its YouTube TV streaming service starting in the 2023 season.
Queen Mary is back in business after 2-plus years. Free tours fully booked
The Queen Mary is back in business.Beginning Thursday, fans of the aging Long Beach tourist attraction will be able to tour sections of the vessel for the first time since March 2020, the city of Long Beach announced this week.To celebrate, the city is offering free guided tours for a limited time.The hour-long tours include biographical lessons, including some haunted history, about the Queen Mary and access to select areas of its promenade deck, all led by a docent.
Coming this year: The Queen Mary's partial reopening
Fans of the venerable Queen Mary who have been waiting more than two years to visit the aging Long Beach tourist attraction may not have to wait much longer.A summer of critical repair work to the Queen Mary has set the city on track to move into the final stage of renovations, the Long Beach City Council announced in a press release Monday.
Wife of 'American Horror Story' driver on Cape sues over COVID death
BOSTON (AP) - The wife of a late Massachusetts man is suing the companies involved in the 2021 production of "American Horror Story" on Cape Cod, alleging their lack of precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 led to his death.In a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Boston, Patricia Woodward, of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, alleges that Twentieth Television, Ryan Murphy Productions and the Walt Disney Co. failed to follow their own COVID-19 safety protocols when filming in Provincetown in early 2021.
The 2022 World Cup overcomes obstacles to score a ratings hit
Argentina's nail-biting penalty shot victory over France to win the 2022 World Cup on Sunday drew an average of close to 26 million viewers, including a record-setting English language audience for Fox that capped a better than expected ratings performance for the tournament.The soccer match from Lusail, Qatar, that featured the sport's two biggest global stars, Argentina's Lionel Messi and France's Kylian Mbappé, pulled an average of 16.8 million viewers on Fox.
Analysis | Disney's CEO Boomerang Reveals Iger's Biggest Failing
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger attends the Exclusive 100-Minute Sneak Peek of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back at El Capitan Theatre on November 18, 2021 in Hollywood, California.(Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney) (Photographer: Charley Gallay/Getty Images North America)Wall Street loves a boomerang CEO.
The 2022 World Cup overcomes obstacles to score a ratings hit
Argentina's nail-biting penalty shot victory over France to win the 2022 World Cup on Sunday drew an average of close to 26 million viewers, including a record-setting English language audience for Fox that capped a better than expected ratings performance for the tournament.The soccer match from Lusail, Qatar, that featured the sport's two biggest global stars, Argentina's Lionel Messi and France's Kylian Mbappé, pulled an average of 16.8 million viewers on Fox.
Analysis | Disney's CEO Boomerang Reveals Iger's Biggest Failing
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger attends the Exclusive 100-Minute Sneak Peek of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back at El Capitan Theatre on November 18, 2021 in Hollywood, California.(Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney) (Photographer: Charley Gallay/Getty Images North America)Wall Street loves a boomerang CEO.