Disney Drops Federal Appeal in Florida Lawsuit, Ending DeSantis Fight

Game 7 of the epic 2024 Stanley Cup Final was worthy of the hype — and the TV ratings reflected the historic night. An average audience of 16.3 million viewers tuned in across multiple networks in North America, making Monday’s clinching tilt the second-most-watched NHL game in 20 years.

This is arguably where there’s smoke, there’s fire of a story, but it lends credence to a lot of recent online rumors growing louder and louder and hard to ignore. In a recently unearthed clip from W Magazine from nine years ago, Scarlett Johansson says she first met with Marvel she met for the characters Black Widow, The Scarlett Witch, The Wasp, and The Blonde Phantom, a project she is heavily rumored to be involved with.

A Florida teen’s night out turned into a tragedy earlier this month — and cops still aren’t sure what happened.

Disney‘s now-abandoned Florida relocation plan for staffers has created some pretty dark legal skies.

Ban This Book, by Alan Gratz, from its shelves, overriding its own Florida district book-review committee’s decision rejecting a challenge to the book.The children’s novel follows a fictional fourth-grade student who creates a secret library of banned books in her locker after her local school board bans those titles.Indian River School Board members said they disliked how it referenced other books that have been removed from schools and accused it of “teaching rebellion of school board authority.”Ban This Book, which had been housed in two elementary school libraries and a middle school, was challenged by Jennifer Pippin, president of the local chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing group that routinely rails against books that they claim contain “age-inappropriate content” and address LGBTQ rights, among other fabricated grievances.The school board voted 3-2 to remove the book from shelves, with two candidates backed by Moms for Liberty voting to remove it, along with a third member , Kevin McDonald, who was recently appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill a vacant seat following the ill-timed resignation of Brian Barefoot.McDonald tried to justify banning the book by claiming the board was acting on behalf of parents who wanted to keep their children from being “indoctrinated” or exposed to allegedly “woke” ideas.“The title itself and the theme challenges our authority,” McDonald said of Ban This Book.

Andrew Barker Senior Features Writer In his classic 1994 essay “How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart,” David Foster Wallace pondered why so many athlete memoirs — and tennis player memoirs in particular — fail to provide sports fans with what they really want to know. What does it feel like to fail in front of millions of people? How does a human being handle such intense pressure? What actually goes through one’s mind in those do-or-die moments where the difference between eternal glory and lifelong disappointment is one tiny miscalculation or half-second’s hesitation? Maybe, Wallace eventually concludes, the answer to that last question is “nothing much at all,” and “the real secret behind top athletes’ genius may be as esoteric and obvious and dull and profound as silence itself.” In his two previous sports documentaries, “Senna” and “Diego Maradona,” filmmaker Asif Kapadia has gone a great distance toward disproving Wallace’s thesis, using ingeniously edited archival footage to probe the psyches of Formula One champion Ayrton Senna and soccer god Maradona in all their noisy complexity.

If you’re visiting Walt Disney World with your family, you might want to eat first.

an Instagram post to mark Madeleine’s 42nd birthday June 10, the Royal House of Sweden announced their move to the country’s capital city was imminent.“Today marks the birthday of H.K.H. Princess Madeleine 42 years,” the royal house wrote in the caption, via translation from Swedish.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer share one of the most memorable rivalries in sports history. The two athletes players were fierce competitors over the course of their careers, making for some of the most entertaining matches in tennis history. Making it all better is the fact that both men deeply respect one another and have developed a special friendship.Rafael Nadal’s incredible career: Titles and records he’s wonRafael Nadal is celebrating his birthday! Best reactionsNadal recently attended the graduation ceremony of various students at the Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy located in his hometown of Manacort.

In men’s tennis, as in other sports, there is constant debate over which player qualifies as the Greatest of All Time. Djokovic with his unprecedented 24 Grand Slam wins? Nadal with his astonishing 14 French Open victories? Federer, the first man to win 20 Grand Slams? Or perhaps a player from an earlier era – Rod Laver – who swept all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year, not once but twice?

Mariah Carey celebrates Pride Month with the just released the 25th anniversary edition of her album Rainbow!

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers fromSeason 3 of “Bridgerton,” now streaming on Netflix. In the Season 3 finale of “Bridgerton,” when Lady Whistledown steps into the light of her true identity — Penelope Bridgerton (Nicola Coughlan) — her husband, Colin (Luke Newton), learns not only to accept, but to applaud her for who she is. After that, Whisteldown imposter Cressida Cowper (Jessica Madsen) is shunned from London, the ton rejoices in the birth of a “Polin” baby (a boy, making them the new Lord Featherington) and delightedly theorizes about which Bridgerton sibling will take the lead next.

What’s next for Emma Roberts in 2024 after the “Madame Web” debacle?  In fairness to the actress, she only had a supporting role in Sony‘s Spidey-verse spinoff, but that doesn’t mean Roberts isn’t looking to rebound somehow.  Well, how about a winning comedy to set things right again? READ MORE: Amazon Dates Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Road House’ For March, ‘Red One’ With Chris Evans & The Rock For November & More “Space Cadet” sounds like a comedy right in Robert’s comfort zone: a comedy about Rex, a Florida party girl who inexplicably gets accepted into NASA’s astronaut training program and somehow becomes the top of her class.

This Morning is set for a change on Friday, as Dermot O'Leary has decided to step back from his usual slot alongside Alison Hammond.The 51 year old presenter, who usually takes over from Ben Shepherd and Cat Deeley every Friday, will be replaced by Josie Gibson on tomorrow's show [14 June].The chemistry between Alison and Dermot is undeniable and loved by viewers. However, ITV may need to pull out all the stops to keep this dynamic duo intact, as it's been revealed that the BBC are trying to lure her away.The broadcaster has reportedly offered the star, who has become a fan-favourite since joining the daytime show in 2002, her own travel show.

ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender youth.Florida is currently one of 25 states with such restrictions in place.Hinkle’s ruling also blocks Florida officials from enforcing rules approved by the Florida Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine in order to comply with the law.Those rules not only bar youth from accessing gender-affirming treatments, but imposed the first-of-their-kind restrictions to make it more difficult for transgender adults in the state to access gender-affirming care.Among those restrictions were that adult patients could only see a doctor in person before receiving any kind of gender-affirming treatment, including regular prescription renewals. That limited the number of medical professionals available to transgender adults.

Roger Federer. The Swiss tennis legend was the guest speaker at this year’s Dartmouth University graduation. Federer gave graduates a speech full of wisdom and humility, one that quickly went viral due to some of the great advice that he provided.Friends David Beckham, Anna Wintour and Roger Federer reunite at screeningRafael Nadal’s incredible career: Titles and records he’s wonFederer compared the moment that graduates are going through with the moment he’s experiencing in his real life.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Producer Joe Sabia first encountered tennis legend Roger Federer in 2019 for Vogue’s “73 Questions” series. Sabia enjoyed the interview and kept in touch with his team. Three years later, as Federer looked to retire from the sport as a professional player, Sabia was brought into his offices.

Roger Federer’s 2022 retirement at age 41 certainly unleashed a tidal wave of mourning.The Swiss ace — renowned for his graceful movement, easy power and class — dominated courts around the world for more than two decades.So, when the 20-time winner of the four major tournaments put down his racket for good, the mood wasn’t so much the changing of the guard as the death of the king. For many, Roger Federer was tennis.“It’s been a wild journey,” Federer told the audience at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea.

Selena Kuznikov A Disneyland employee died of her injuries Friday after falling from a moving golf cart at the theme park two days prior. Anaheim Police and Anaheim Fire and Rescue personnel arrived at the resort Wednesday at around 11:30 a.m.

Jon Burlingame The recent death of Walt Disney songwriting legend Richard M. Sherman appeared to have closed the book on the history of classic Disney tunes, as Sherman, 95, was the last link to many of them, from “Chim Chim Cher-ee” to “Winnie the Pooh” and “It’s a Small World.” But the recent discovery of previously unknown tape-recorded conversations between Sherman, his brother and songwriting partner Robert B. Sherman, and “Mary Poppins” creator P.L.