There are times when entertainment crossovers work incredibly well, and others when they are complete disasters. The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy have built their shows by incorporating characters from other shows into their storylines. Of course, South Park’s latest crossover with Disney absolutely eviscerated the Mouse House for pandering in its attempts at diversity. The entire MCU is built around characters ...
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Disney Suffers Another Legal Setback With More to Come
This has not been a good year for Disney on the legal front. Over the summer, the Walt Disney Company lost a First Amendment lawsuit over using Lots-a-Huggin bear in Toy Story 3 (2010). That suit could cause Disney to pay millions to the designer of the bear. The year continued with Disney being sued for using a bag in Indiana ...
Read More »Disney FINALLY Gets Some Good News…Sort of
Let’s be honest: 2023 was not a good year for Disney. Ad revenues in the television industry tanked, attendance at Walt Disney World was down, the actors and writers’ strikes stopped all productions, and the company was dragged down by its fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. But the worst part of the year was quite possibly Disney’s movie releases. ...
Read More »Former ABC Star Roseanne Barr Silences Crowd With Bizarre Rant
Former ABC star Roseanne Barr is no stranger to controversy. At the height of her show’s popularity in early 1990, Barr purposely sang the National Anthem out of tune at a San Diego Padres game and finished her version of the song by grabbing her private parts. Fans and critics were outraged that Barr would treat the anthem with such ...
Read More »The DOW Just Hit A Record High, So Why is Disney Still Struggling?
The end of the year is nearly upon us, and the stock market is having an historic rally. After a bumpy first 10 months of the year, the DOW Jones Industrial Average has been on an incredible upswing these last two months, gaining nearly 5,000 points. For the first time in history, the DOW broke 37,000. Most of this increase ...
Read More »Disneyland Paris Drone Show Company Moving to Orlando, Sparking Hope for A Disney World Drone Show
It’s rare for Disney fans in America to have Disney Parks envy. What exactly is that? It’s when another Disney Park around the world gets a show or attraction we don’t have here in America. But recently, Disney Parks envy has gotten out of control as Disney has set out to expand its global parks with some incredible experiences. When ...
Read More »Tired of Disney’s ‘Woke’? Texas Has Something For You
When Disney’s feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis started, several states vied for the jobs and investment the Walt Disney Company provided to Florida. North and South Carolina made pitches to Disney, hoping to attract them to their state, but Texas was the loudest. But that was mainly from a man who claimed that Disney was coming, only to steal ...
Read More »Disney Has a Majors Problems and No Good Way Out of It
The Walt Disney Company has a problem. To be more precise, The Walt Disney Company has several issues, but let’s just focus on one of them for now. That problem is Marvel Studios. Before the pandemic, putting out a Marvel film was a license to print money. So far, 10 Marvel films have made over $1 billion at the box ...
Read More »DeSantis Just Put Aside $1 Million In State Funds For Another Disney Lawsuit
There is a scene in the movie Concussion (2015) where Alec Baldwin’s character, Dr. Julian Bailes, is trying to explain America’s obsession with football to Will Smith’s Nigerian-born character, Dr. Bennett Omalu. Bailes held us two fingers and said, “my daddy, a Louisiana judge, always said that in the South God is first.” He then switched his hand to hold ...
Read More »Reedy Creek Once Ruled the Kingdom, Then It All Went Away
After former Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek spoke out against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, known by its critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had very few options to retaliate. After all, Walt Disney World was one of the state’s largest employers and taxpayers. So, what could be done? Governor Desantis could organize ...
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