Disney Settles With Former Marvel Exec Victoria Alonso Over Sudden Firing

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical on Wednesday announced their appointment of former Amazon Prime Video exec Jason Pecora to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Distribution.

Ron DeSantis is claiming victory over silencing Disney following their public feud after the entertainment company openly opposed the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill that was signed into law by the Florida governor.

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.

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.”

Charna Flam Former CBS entertainment president Glenn Geller has joined Skybound Entertainment as its new head of television. Skybound hired Geller to guide the expansion of its slate both in the US and international markets.

MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes topped the 8 p.m. ET time slot on Wednesday night, a ratings win for a Fox News rival following the departure of Tucker Carlson.

Disney is set to wrap up its second round of layoffs today. Because of the sheer volume of the cuts, impacting thousands of staffers in the past couple of days, information on departures from the last couple of days is still trickling out. We will update with more news as we get it.

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Florida Gov.

A controversial new recycling scheme has been delayed.

announced in a statement by CNN before Lemon posted his own version of the day’s events online, came as a surprise across the news media spectrum and only hours after Lemon had appeared on “CNN This Morning” in his daily role as show host.But it wasn’t bad ratings after his shift from primetime to mornings or an investigation into his history of inappropriate remarks or behavior in the workplace from a recent report that ultimately toppled Lemon. According to the New York Times, a more recent issue with an on-air interview he was part of last Wednesday in which he casually shot back at an Indian American about “whatever ethnicity you are” played a role in his firing. CNN leaders who spoke with the New York Times were left “exasperated” by the interview with Vivek Ramaswamy, a right-wing GOP presidential candidate.

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Michael Schumacher‘s family is moving ahead and shared their plans to sue a German magazine over a recently published article with the former F1 star.

Disney has come to a settlement with former Marvel Studios exec Victoria Alonso, who was fired last month after 17 years with Marvel.

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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.

Humza Yousaf has revealed the SNP has still not paid back the full amount of a loan from Peter Murrell, its former chief executive.

Like a lot of people on Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel was very disappointed that the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News ended in a settlement. But Kimmel didn’t just call out Fox News which, all things considered got a pretty good deal. He also dinged Dominion for abandoning the high-minded justifications it insisted were behind the lawsuit.