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YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal. Other channels that vanished from Google’s pay TV platform include the Disney Channel, FX and Nat Geo. Google’s pay TV platform said in a …
Read More »Child fell off Disney cruise ship after mom told her to pose for photo on railing, police say
A five-year-old girl who fell off a Disney Dream cruise ship in June had been posing for a photo on a porthole railing at the request of her mother, according to Florida authorities in reports obtained by CBC News. A report from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office called the accident …
Read More »Canadian actor Tatiana Maslany joins calls to boycott Disney amid Jimmy Kimmel fallout
Several Hollywood names have joined the growing movement to boycott Disney after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air. Tatiana Maslany, the Canadian actress who starred in the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, posted a call to action in her Instagram stories Thursday. “Cancel your @disneyplus @hulu @espn subscriptions!” she wrote in …
Read More »Fired Mandalorian actor Gina Carano settles legal dispute with Disney
Walt Disney has resolved a legal dispute with actor Gina Carano over her firing from the Star Wars streaming TV series The Mandalorian, a spokesperson for Disney unit Lucasfilm said on Thursday. Disney removed Carano from The Mandalorian in 2021 over social media posts that the company at the time called “abhorrent and unacceptable” for “denigrating people based …
Read More »Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement
Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have entered the legal battle over generative AI. Filed in federal district court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, the complaint claims Midjourney pirated the libraries of the two Hollywood …
Read More »The Walt Disney Company to mark 100th anniversary with new experiences
The Walt Disney Company was founded in October 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy in Hollywood, Calif. Now one of the largest media companies in the world, the journey began with pencil cartoon drawings on paper, turned into animation. Then, in 1928, the landmark animated short film, Steamboat …
Read More »Nova Scotia family’s Disney World trip grounded after Sunwing quietly reduces service
A Nova Scotia family is upset after Sunwing cancelled their March break flight to Orlando, Fla., with little explanation. Kevin Hindle said he and his wife made the decision at the end of October to take their daughter, son-in-law, and their two kids to Disney World and booked their flights …
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