If you have been anywhere near the Walt Disney Parks or on Disney+ in the past several months, you have noticed the extensive advertisements for Disney’s 100th Anniversary. The celebration wrapped up in 2023, commemorating the 100th year since Walt and Roy Disney opened their animation studio, starting the brand and its connection to all of us. Disney decided to ...
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State Department Issues Travel Warning For Disney Hot Spot
When you’re traveling, the last thing that you want to think about is being the victim of a violent crime. But traveling in the United States the previous year may have been the safest time to do so. The U.S. saw a 10 percent decline in murders in major cities across the country. The two cities closest to Disney properties, ...
Read More »Disney World Offers a Resort For Pets, And It’s Nearly As Expensive as a Day In the Parks
One of the more challenging parts of heading to Walt Disney World is what to do with your pet when you leave. Finding someone willing to come to your house and babysit your animal is nearly impossible, or you can board your animal and have to worry about its safety the entire time you’re gone. Either way, there isn’t really ...
Read More »Satirical Website Wrote DeSantis Was Sending National Guard to Disney World, New Florida Law Would Let Him
Last year, amid the feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company, the satirical website Mousetrap News published an article about the Governor sending the National Guard to block the entrance to Walt Disney World. As is the case with most stories on the internet, some people believe it. However, it was quickly debunked as satire from ...
Read More »The Family of George Carlin Wants to Singlehandedly Stop AI From Recreating Dead Celebrities
Save Taylor Swift was trending on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this week. It was a strange thing to be trending, as it did not seem that the pop star needed saving, but it turns out that she actually did. As it turned out, using AI, someone was able to create nude photos of Taylor Swift and began circulating them across ...
Read More »Dwayne Johnson Finally Gets His Name Back
What’s in a name? A Dwayne Johnson by any other name is still The Rock. The legendary Dwayne Johnson has been in the public spotlight since his WWE debut in 1996. He turned that into a multi-billion dollar career as an actor starring in the Fast and Furious franchise, the Jumanji franchise, and Disney’s Jungle Cruise (2021). But throughout his entire time as a star, ...
Read More »Filmmakers Put R-Rated Message to Disney in Their Disney Film
Disney is the king of Easter eggs. Disney’s latest film, Wish (2023), was essentially a two-hour Easter Egg to the 100 years of Disney Animation Studios. Pixar has managed to tie together its entire universe with the Planet Pizza truck and A113. But most of Disney and Pixar’s Easter Eggs are primarily benign and meant for the fun of the audience ...
Read More »They Gave It All They Had! On Its Final Night, Country Bear Jamboree Breaks Down
As paying audience members, we expect performers to give it everything they have. We enter a show hoping to see a three-hour Taylor Swift or Bruce Springsteen concert. But rarely do we get that kind of performance. More often than not, we end up disappointed by the show. For fans who waited hours to see the final show of the ...
Read More »After Censoring Him, John Oliver Brutally Trolls Disney Using Public Domain Mickey Mouse
It happens all the time, but usually, the public will never know about it. Studios feuding with their stars has become commonplace over the decades in Hollywood. But they get together behind the scenes, and it’s over. On those rare occasions, the feud will spill into the public. See Walt Disney’s fight with Scarlett Johansson over royalties. But the two ...
Read More »Bob Iger’s Purge of Younger Talent Is Haunting Disney
Late last year, when activist investor Nelson Peltz launched his second proxy battle against the Walt Disney Company and its Board, one of his many complaints was that there was no clear succession plan for Disney CEO Bob Iger. Peltz’s main concern was that without a plan, Disney would get a repeat of former CEO Bob Chapek. So, how hard ...
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