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Disney-Owned ESPN Announces Major Shakeup

ESPN announced Friday that it will part ways with some of its on-air personalities in a bid to cut costs, with some reports indicating that well-known sports personalities are among those departing the Disney-owned channel. “Given the current environment, ESPN has determined it necessary to identify some additional cost savings in the area of public-facing…


DeSantis Aims to Push Disney Lawsuit After 2024 Elections

The Walt Disney Company in April filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and seven other officials alleging harm to its business (pdf). In May, the governor announced his intention to run for president. The lawyers met on June 15 via videoconference and on Tuesday filed a joint report (pdf). Disney’s team proposed a…


Shareholder Levers Disney, Woke Companies to Stop Pushing K-3 Sex Ed, Gifting Planned Parenthood

As woke Buzz “Lightyear” crashed and burned at the box office, as Bud Light spilled its suds before Kid Rock’s rattling submachine gun, it’s never been so obvious that—if you are a company and go woke, you will go broke. Yet as CEOs double down and triple down on ignoring their customers’ values in favor…


Disney Continues Decline at the Box Office as Flagship Films Plummet

The Walt Disney Co. is bleeding big money on its recent studio releases. That’s according to box office analyst Valliant Renegade whose recent YouTube video estimated that the House of Mouse has lost a staggering $890 million on its last eight films, including highly anticipated releases The Little Mermaid and Elemental. Elemental, which features Pixar’s…


Use of Artificial Intelligence in Film and Music Sparks Controversy

The more human beings learn about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in creative endeavors like film and music, the more it seems to gain resistance. That is the conclusion of a week of Hollywood headlines that had entertainment consumers and insiders alike rattled about how the field of AI will work to replace the…


Disney’s ‘Elemental’ Featuring Non-Binary Character Records Disappointing Opening Weekend Sales

Disney Pixar’s new movie “Elemental,” which features the animation studio’s first-ever non-binary character, has set a record as the lowest debut ever for a Pixar movie on its opening weekend, according to reports. The movie, a computer-animated romantic comedy-drama, opened over the June 16–18 weekend and earned an estimated $29.5 million, failing to reach the $31 million in sales…


Disney Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy Steps Down: Company

The Walt Disney Company confirmed that its chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, is stepping down and will take a medical leave of absence, according to the media giant. Disney’s chief executive, Bob Iger, confirmed her departure in a news release issued Thursday, saying that McCarthy “is stepping down from her CFO role as she takes…


DeSantis Says Trump’s ‘Going Soft’ on Abortion After ‘Harsh’ Comments on Heartbeat Bill

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has accused his 2024 presidential rival Donald Trump of going “soft” on the issue of abortion after the former president said last month that some believed it was “too harsh.” The Republican governor made the comments during an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network News’ David Brody set to air on the 700 Club on…


‘Avatar 3’ Pushed to 2025 and Disney Sets Two ‘Star Wars’ Films for 2026

NEW YORK—“Avatar: The Way of Water” may have finally arrived in theaters in 2022, but that long parade of “Avatar” delays isn’t done, yet. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday pushed the release of “Avatar 3” a year, bumping it from December 2024 to December 2025. The timeline is stretched even further for the next…


Disney Works to Destroy the Values That Built Its Company

Commentary In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Lawrence v. Texas, found Texas’ anti-sodomy law unconstitutional. This is a free country, the Court proclaimed, and individuals can engage in whatever private consensual sexual activity that they wish. But freedom is not the value that LGBTQ activists seek. They will not rest until their values and…