A year into the run of Bob Iger 2: Return of the CEO, the Walt Disney Co. has not yet rediscovered its mojo.
08.11.2023 - 14:05 / variety.com
Selome Hailu Moonbug Entertainment has issued the global master toy licenses for two of its titles, “Blippi” and “Little Angel,” to Spin Master Entertainment, the company that produces the “PAW Patrol” franchise and its corresponding merchandise. Toys and games for both properties are expected to hit shelves in 2025.
Additionally, Moonbug will create short-form animated content on YouTube for some of Spin Master’s own titles, beginning with “Vida the Vet,” the preschool series that launched in October. Spin Master has also secured paid media for some of its brands across some of Moonbug’s channels on YouTube and CTV.
“We are thrilled to partner with Spin Master, a company that shares Moonbug’s values, especially the importance of giving children around the world the opportunity to laugh, learn and grow,” said Ryan Gorman, Moonbug’s vice president of consumer products franchise, toys and retail development. “Together, we will help kids interact with their favorite brands and characters in new and exciting ways across all aspects of our respective business capabilities in consumer products, content production and media management.” “We’re excited to have the opportunity to infuse Spin Master’s signature innovation into Moonbug’s incredibly popular properties which have enthralled children on a global scale,” said Doug Wadleigh, Spin Master’s executive vice president and head of global toy brands.
A year into the run of Bob Iger 2: Return of the CEO, the Walt Disney Co. has not yet rediscovered its mojo.
Robbie Williams has paid tribute to a fan who died after a fall during his concert in Sydney last week.The singer offered his condolences to Robyn Hall during his set at AAMI Park in Melbourne last night (November 22). She died on Monday (November 20) after falling down six rows of seats at the Allianz Stadium on November 16.Before he performed 1997 hit single ‘Angels’ he told the crowd: “I heard the news, the tragic news this week that a fan died in an accident after the show in Sydney and I feel after all the years that I am you and you are me and we are each other when we come together.“So when something happens like this it breaks my heart.
, the model and is pioneering nakedness in a new direction: No Shirt. Or bra, for that matter.During the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas, the America's Got Talent judge donned a pit-worthy black leather shirt jacket (a ), unbuttoned to reveal that there was simply nothing underneath, save her lanyards.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson, standout performers from Blitz Bazawule’s daring re-imagining of Alice Walker’s beloved novel “The Color Purple,” are vying for recognition in a fiercely competitive supporting actress race. Following three consecutive days of screenings in Los Angeles, the film has garnered enthusiastic applause from voters, critics and industry professionals, sparking burning questions about the potential award prospects for Brooks as the fiercely independent Sofia or Henson as the sultry blues singer Shug Avery.
Melinda French Gates, Amal Clooney, and Michelle Obama to Malawi. The initiative is aimed at ending child marriage and supporting women and girls in their pursuit of education.
EXCLUSIVE: More than a hit song, “Stand by Me,” by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Ben E. King, has transcended the notion of a “standard” — it’s been recorded more than 1,000 times and has made more appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 chart than any other song.
Tanyel Revan has announced that she is engaged, just ten months after she appeared on Love Island. The TV star, 27, reunited with her now-fiance Ediz, 31, after she left the villa after failing to find love during her stint on the ITV2 show. However, it was not long before she and Ediz had rekindled their romance, which had ended some time before her appearance on the dating show, and she later left fans shocked when she declared she had found her "soulmate" shortly after leaving the villa.
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater are moving right along to the deeper, more significant parts of their relationship.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes might be dressed up like a prequel in its early roots story of villain-to-be Coriolanus Snow, and some might think that Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird is just an early days Katniss from District 12.
Peter Hook & The Light have announced a huge 2024 world tour that will see the band play the ‘Substance’ albums from Joy Division and New Order in full – find dates and ticket information below.The New Order and Joy Division co-founder will be touring with his band from May next year, spanning New Zealand, Australia, North America, the UK and Ireland.The tour will open at the Opera House in Wellington, New Zealand on May 16, followed by eight more dates across New Zealand and Australia. From August 31, they’ll continue with a North American run that starts at History in Toronto, Canada.
according to Bloomberg.A trailer is expected to be released in December, just as Rockstar Games is celebrating it’s the 25th anniversary.The new game will be the first “GTA” release since the massively successful “Grand Theft Auto V” came out in 2013.That game, a multi-platform phenomenon, has sold over 185 million copies second only to Minecraft, which has sold over 300 million since its release in 2011.GTA V is available for users to play using PC, Playstation, and Xbox, where players can play either the story mode or the online mode format where your character is inside an open world with the ability to drive fly, and sail around the map while completing missions, heists and business dealings.Over the years, the GTA online community has been plagued with hackers, who “grief” or intentionally disrupt the gameplay for other players, something the developers have tried to combat, but to no avail.In 2018 a Georgia man was sued by Take-Two Interactive after claiming it lost $500,000 because the man developed a cheating system that “allows a player to “alter” the games of those they’re competing against.The new game will be set in a fictionalized version of Miami and South Florida, while featuring a man-woman duo, with the latter being the first female protagonist of the series.This new installment will also reportedly cut back on the crude, and potentially offensive jokes about minority groups, that were made popular in the previous games.Reports of the milder language have sparked a debate among the fans, with some complaining they are taking away the jokes, and are leaving behind the violent gameplay, because players can drive over non-playable characters (NPC) shoot and kill police officers, and rob convenience
Mt. Joy.The rootsy indie rockers just announced their largest tour yet that will send them to stadiums, arenas, amphitheaters and festival grounds all over the U.S.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to “Wicked Little Letters,” a stranger-than-fiction mystery comedy starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley. The movie, directed by “Me Before You” filmmaker Thea Sharrock, had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. “Wicked Little Letters” will debut in theaters sometime in 2024.
Having made his UFC debut in July 2020, Wigan born Tom Aspinall has become one of the most exciting British prospects within the sport in recent years.
Marks and Spencer customers can snap up a free bottle of the brand's popular light-up gin, as well as vodka or rum worth £15 ahead of Black Friday. M&S' sell-out snow globe gin is no longer available to buy this year, but has been replaced with a different light-up bottle which is equally as attractive.
Yellowstone‘s final chapter, the second half of its fifth season, will premiere on Paramount Network in November 2024. Additionally, the Yellowstone universe is expanding with another prequel, 1944 (working title). And the previously announced contemporary spinoff series is now expected to carry on with the title format of the prequels, getting a 2024 working title, as Paramount is doubling down on the decade idea. Its premiere will follow the conclusion of Yellowstone.
John Mellencamp is going to sing a few “little ditties” in 2024.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee just announced 27 new concerts as part of his ongoing ‘Live And In Person Tour’ that began back in February 2023.Along the way, the “Jack and Diane” singer will drop into Rochester, NY’s West Herr Auditorium Theatre on Friday, March 8, Newark, NJ’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 10 and Schenectady, NY’s Proctors Theatre on Thursday, March 14.As of now, Mellencamp has lined up just one show in each city he’s set to perform in; last year, he played four back-to-back-to-back-to-back gigs at New York City’s Beacon Theatre in June.This time around, he’ll likely be playing all the hits you know and love — “Jack and Diane,” “Pink Houses,” “Hurts So Good,” “Small Town,” “R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.” to name a few — as well as tracks from his recently released album “Orpheus Descending.”Want to go to a ‘Live and In Person’ show?As of today, you can grab tickets for all 27 shows on the 72-year-old rocker’s tour calendar.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Nov.
Dark And Darker has announced that it will be banning players who are making “mobs of insiders”, leaving fans worried that innocent players might be caught in the crossfire.“Starting today, if you are caught grouping with another team to kill other players inside the dungeon, you will be banned,” said developer Ironmace on the game’s Discord (via PCGamesN).Sanctions will be a temporary 14-day ban for teaming up, and if identified to be doing it in a second offense, they will be permanently banned.Naturally grouping together in the game is passable, Ironmace said, and it is “not looking to penalise players that team up temporarily for unique emergent experiences”.Players themselves expressed their anxieties that this approach would eradicate the emergent moments through teaming up.“The game is intended to be [Dungeons & Dragons], half the fun is playing the role. Beyond that, the guidelines for this are so flimsy that we will 100 per cent have people getting banned even when paying the game organically,” said one.In response, Ironmace clarified that it “[reserves] the right to ban people we think are unambiguously violating the unfair teaming policy”, but that it will require a “multi-faceted approach” to taking action.“We are not against roleplaying for fun,” continued the developer.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Chances are, you know someone like “Quiz Lady” Anne Yum. As played by Awkwafina, this socially awkward young woman works a boring CPA job by day, doing her best to blend in with the gray walls of her cubicle.
Naman Ramachandran India’s Matchbox Shots is developing a project on slain Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala. Indian rapper, singer and songwriter Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moose Wala, was a star of Punjabi-language music and cinema whose work charted on Billboard globally. His work was not without controversy – it delved into raw, unfiltered issues, making him a voice for many.