Disney Reaches Settlement With Fired Marvel Exec Victoria Alonso

Naman Ramachandran Disney’s “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” ruled the U.K. and Ireland box office with a £12 million ($15.2 million) opening, according to numbers released by Comscore. The latest Marvel Studios release debuted at Number 1 with an 72% market share, according to Disney, and had the biggest three-day opening weekend of 2023. In its fifth weekend, Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” collected £1.3 million in second place for a total of £49 million. In third position, in its third weekend, Studiocanal’s “Evil Dead Rise” earned £493,732 for a total of £4.4 million.

An Ayrshire mum has told how she “couldn’t cope” with the thought of losing her son after his chickenpox was diagnosed as an extremely aggressive cancer.

Heartbroken parents have paid tribute to their "warrior" Scots baby who died suddenly having battled a rare condition. Little Charlie McKeekin was just 14-months-old when he died on April 19 having suddenly stopped breathing at home.

. It started with , which has accrued over five million views. The video, which is soundtracked to the song “Remember You Omnichord” by Mars Bars, features still shot after shot of Disney princesses: Ariel from ; Aurora from Sleeping Beauty; Belle from Beauty and the Beast; Snow White from *Snow White—*each with their nose ringed in red.

Fresh-faced Nicola Peltz covered her face with her fluffy white dog as she and her husband Brooklyn Beckham were seen shopping in New York. Visiting the store What Goes Around Comes Around in Soho, the loved-up duo were trying to keep a low profile with their beloved pooch, Lamb.The 28-year-old actress, who starred in the TV drama series Bates Motel, donned a casual yet stylish outfit as they strolled the streets of Manhattan. She opted for a cropped black sweater, baggy jeans and platform boots.

fallout between Victoria and daughter-in-law, Nicola, has brought her and David closer together than ever.  A source says, “The last few months have been incredibly tough for Vic and David, but instead of letting the stress affect them, it’s strengthened their bond and made them an even tighter unit. “Watching Vic go through so much anguish prompted David to really step up for her in every way.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Guardians of the Galaxy” writer-director James Gunn revealed in a recent interview with ComicBook.com that Zoe Saldana’s Gamora was nearly killed off in 2017’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” about a year before the character met her demise in “Avengers: Infinity War.” According to Gunn, it was Marvel executives that talked him out of the decision. “Gamora almost died in ‘Vol. 2,'” Gunn said. “I knew from the beginning Zoe only wanted to play the character for so many years, and she’s been very honest saying that she’s done [after this]. And so I was going to have her die. I thought she was the one that was going to sacrifice herself…I was kind of talked out of it by Kevin [Feige] and Lou [D’Esposito], and then it just didn’t work that well. It didn’t feel right, it felt much more right to go where we go in that movie. That seemed what was correct for the story.”

on the video, which scored 5.3 million views since it was posted last month.A TikToker known as Robin Reaction also shared a clip last year making a similar argument. The creator claims that some of the earliest princesses barely had a nose at all, at least when the animated beauties were viewed head-on.

Emily Atack wowed fans as she channelled the late screen goddess Marilyn Monroe for Leigh Francis' 50th birthday celebrations at the weekend. The 33-year-old comedian, who was team captain on Leigh's ITV panel show Celebrity Juice, transformed into the Some Like It Hot legend as she joined a host of fellow celebs in dressing up as movie icons.

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Ron DeSantis’ appointees who control a special district overseeing Walt Disney World voted on Monday to file their own lawsuit against the company.

Carole Horst For 50 years, it’s been a safe place for storytellers – musicians, animators, directors, writers, artists of all kinds – to learn, grow and thrive. As CalArts celebrates its golden anniversary, it also faces the future head-on.  Broad trustee emeritus Tim Disney, whose great-grandfather, Walt Disney, laid the foundation for what is now a world-class arts school, says that CalArts was founded with very large-scale, utopian ideas by Walt Disney. “Disneyland and CalArts were very grand things,” Disney says, adding that Walt died before the school opened and that his grandfather, Roy Disney, “had the very hard job” seeing the plans through. “His commitment was a very beautiful thing.” 

The Prince of Wales has reportedly reached a settlement with publisher News Group Newspapers over claims of hacking, the High Court has been told. News of the settlement was revealed in court documents on Tuesday as a three-day hearing in London involving William’s brother, the Duke of Sussex, and actor Hugh Grant got under way.

Time flies! Giuliana Rancic shared a rare photo with her family at Disney World — and her and husband Bill Rancic’s 10-year-old son, Duke, is all grown up.  

Marvel Studios executive Victoria Alonso has resolved her dispute with Disney over her sudden exit from the company in a multimillion dollar settlement, Variety has confirmed. The news comes a month after Alonso was fired from Marvel after 17 years at the company, most recently as president of physical production, post-production, VFX and animation. In the days following the news of Alonso’s departure from Marvel, the reasons for it became a point of major contention. Sources at Disney asserted it was due to Alonso producing and then promoting the Oscar nominated film “Argentina, 1985,” which was made for rival Amazon Studios, in violation of an employment agreement she signed in 2022.

Disney has settled with former Marvel Studios visual effects exec Victoria Alonso over her abrupt firing.Terms were not disclosed in the multimillion dollar settlement reached earlier this week.Alonso was fired for promoting “Argentina: 1985,” which was in violation of her employment contract, a source confirmed to TheWrap last month.Alonso had been with Marvel Studios since the first “Iron Man” and served as president of Physical, Post Production, VFX and Animation.  “Argentina: 1985” was distributed by Amazon and Alonso is one of eight credited producers of the historical legal drama.However, by promoting the film, Alonso “breached a 2018 agreement that saw her violate the company’s standards of business conduct that stated employees would not work for competing studios,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the news.Alonso was warned repeatedly, and was even given a dispensation on the condition she would not work, promote or publicize the film going forward. Disney’s management audit team became involved and a new memo was signed.Alonso was reminded of her agreement and breach numerous times, yet kept up appearances.

EXCLUSIVE: The Walt Disney Company has settled with former Marvel Studios VFX chief Victoria Alonso after pink-slipping her last month.

Fox News’s $787.5 billion settlement with Dominion Voting Systems does not require that the network do an on-air a retraction or apology, sources confirmed.

Fox News has settled Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch-owned organization, averting a lengthy, expensive and certain to be embarrassing trial.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Fox Corporation and Dominion Voting Systems agreed to settle a much-discussed $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit mere hours after a jury had been seated to consider the matter in Delaware’s Superior Court. Attorneys for the two sides had been set to deliver opening statements to the jury. But that activity was delayed Tuesday after Judge Eric M. Davis called for a lunch break. “The parties have resolved their case,” the judge said. The legal case had already generated intense scrutiny, with documents, emails and texts from senior Fox executives and well-known Fox News anchors and hosts all suggesting many people at the company knew they were disseminating conspiracy theories around the 2020 presidential election and Dominion Voting’s role in it.