Disney Names Tinisha Agramonte Chief Diversity Officer

Streaming‘s challenging economics will make industry consolidation “inevitable,” in the view of Candle Media Co-CEO Kevin Mayer, but Big Tech and Hollywood are likely to remain in separate camps.

Disney today named Hugh F. Johnston its new chief financial officer as of Dec. 4, replacing interim CFO December 4, 2023, Kevin Lansberry, who will return to his position as EVP and CFO of the company’s Experiences segment.

Davide Abbatescianni Jim Lee, veteran comicbook artist and now chief creative officer of DC Comics, explained during an onstage interview at Lucca Comics & Games why the likes of Wonder Woman, Batman and the Joker still tug at the heartstrings of readers, and how his drive to rise to the peak of the business sometimes came at a price. Answering questions from radio host Andrea Rock, Lee said: “Many people can connect with a character like Batman, who is very rooted in tragedy and that is overcoming something horrific that happened to him as a child.” “Certainly, when you’re having a bad day a character like the Joker speaks very much to you.

Kourtney Kardashian and her husband Travis Barker, the drummer from Blink-182, have reportedly welcomed their first baby together.The couple haven't officially announced the birth or shared a photo yet, but a source told PEOPLE on Saturday, 4 October that Kourtney, 44 has given birth to their baby boy. And it seems "Rocky" could be the chosen name for their bundle of joy.

Next January, no bad good will go unpunished when Marvel Studios‘ latest Disney+ series “Echo” premieres. Subscribers to the streamer will already be available with Alaqua Fox‘s antiheroine from the 2021 series “Hawkeye.” But “Echo” is a standalone series for Lopez, seeing Echo take center stage as she squares off against Vincert D’Onofrio‘s Wilson Fisk, aka: Kingpin.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Henry Selick and Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is officially 30 years old. In a recent interview with The New York Times, the two collaborators recalled Disney not wanting to have its name on the project due to its darker tone. The studio had the film developed under its more adult-leaning production banner Touchstone Pictures.

This Morning star Rochelle Humes has landed a huge Disney role, as she described it as a “dream come true.” The Hit List host shared the exciting news on Instagram, confirming she's bagged a part in the upcoming film, Wish. Wish has been created by the makers of Frozen and is set to be released later this month, with 34 year old Rochelle starring alongside stars such as Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine and Alan Tudyk.Taking to Instagram, Rochelle told her followers: “It is a dream come true to join the voice cast of Wish.

Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song made the most of Halloween as they took their two children out for some trick-or-treating in LA's Toluca Lake neighbourhood. Actress Brenda Song, 35, who played London Tipton in the popular Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, dressed as a witch as she wore a black dress featuring lace sleeves, a cross necklace, and a black witch's hat. Completing her spooky ensemble, she opted for a smokey eye look, dark purple lipstick and some matching nail varnish.

Culprits kicks off where most stories end, after a high-stakes heist.The Disney+ show follows a crew of elite criminals who go their separate ways after their mission – that is until the gang find themselves being killed off one by one.The eight-part series picks up with one member of the crew, Joe (played by Misfits star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) who has since relocated to the States.Three years after the heist he’s living with his two kids and fiancé Jules, who has no idea about Joe’s previous life or UK identity. Canadian actor Kevin Vidal plays Jules and says it’s life imitating art between him and his character.

Rachel Zegler is making her Disney debut. She stars as “Snow White” in the latest adaptation of the Disney classic, with the company releasing the first look of the film.

after it had been criticized by “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage.“Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there,” the actor said during an interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast. “It makes no sense to me.

And the theatrical calendar shake-ups continue as the SAG-AFTRA guild strike fails to resolve itself. The biggest shift announced today? It’s something that’s not directly about the standoff between SAF and the AMPTP, actually: Searchlight has pulled “Magazine Dreams” from its December 8 release date as its star, Jonathan Majors, faces his domestic violence trial date on November 29.   READ MORE: ‘Magazine Dreams’ Review: Jonathan Majors Shoulders The Weight In This Incel, Bodybuilding Drama [Sundance] It’s telling that Searchlight has pulled “Magazine Dreams” from its calendar entirely, not resetting it for another date.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Paramount+ has released a first-look clip of the event special “South Park: Joining the Panderverse.” The opening of the clip (which can be seen below) sees Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny being played by a group of diverse women. As it turns out, the whole sequence is a nightmare of Cartman’s. His mother tries to comfort him, but he insists she check under the bed to make sure “there’s no Disney executives under there,” namely Kathleen Kennedy.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount is restructuring its streaming operations.

Netflix increased subscription prices for some streaming plans in the United States, Britain and France when it reported results last week.Disney said in August it would raise by 27% the price of the ad-free tier of the Disney+ service to $13.99 and hike by 20% the no-ad version of Hulu.

So what’s up next for James Wan after “Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom” finally hits theaters this December? According to EW (via THR), Wan’s Atomic Monster banner will produce a live-action “Gargoyle” series for Disney+. And while Wan won’t direct the series, one of his close cohorts will: Gary Dauberman, who’s worked with Wan on several installments in “The Conjuring” cinematic universe.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Warwick Davis is the face of the “Willow” franchise, which kicked off in 1988 with Ron Howard’s fantasy film and continued with the short-lived Disney+ sequel series in 2022. Disney canceled the television series after only one eight-episode season, and then it pulled the show off of Disney+ entirely for cost-cutting measures. Davis is now calling out Disney on X (formerly Twitter), asking the studio in a recent post to answer the many fans wondering why they can no longer watch the show via streaming.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Paula Reid, has been named CNN‘s chief legal affairs correspondent, a vote of confidence in the reporter who joined the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet in 2021. Reid has been highly visible on CNN in recent months, covering federal and state investigations into former President Trump as well as a Special Counsel probe into President Biden’s handling of classified documents during his time as vice president.

Disney is celebrating 100 years of magic today (October 16) and what better way to celebrate than by taking fun-filled movies quiz? Ten decades of creativity, innovation, and determination created The Walt Disney Company you know today, and it all started back in 1923 when Walt and his brother Roy founded the Disney Animation Studios in Hollywood. A mere five years later Mickey Mouse was drawn for the first time.

Prom Pact was first released in March this year, but one short clip from the movie is spreading online this week.The scene shows a cheering crowd at a high school basketball game – but one row of audience members look markedly different to those around them.While the people in the front row are all normal human actors, a close look at the row of “people” them is very disturbing indeed: Dead-eyed and stiff, their bodies jerk strangely as they stare straight ahead.They seem more like animated blow-up dolls than humans.