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This 5 minute Disneyesque animated short is the saddest thing I've ever seen. The song and images tell the story of what it means to see a Country descend into an Islamic state. Beautifully done and so on the mark.

Disney is facing intense criticism for introducing a new cartoon superhero named “Captain Durag” on its Disney Jr. show “Hey AJ! The character, who debuted in the middle of Black History Month, has been slammed by leftists as tone-deaf, stereotypical, and disrespectful to black culture. Captain Durag is depicted as a black superhero fighting “grime” in Slime City, with his durag serving as both his cape and a mask that covers the upper part of his face. The concept of Captain Durag is wildly tone deaf. A black superhero with a durag as both his cape and mask, with a...

Disneyworld offers Epstein special vacation packages a few years after his conviction. Ghislaine was a talent recruiter for Disneyworld. Disney Cruises used to stop at Little St. James Island (actual name of Epstein Island)

Disney's live-action Snow White has reportedly flopped - with the woke rebrand costing the company a staggering $170 million loss. The fairy-tale epic, led by 'progressive' Rachel Zegler, came with a jaw-dropping $336.5 million production price tag. But the film brought in just $87.3 million during its May 2025 opening weekend and went on to earn a total of $205.7 million, per Forbes. This live action princess movie now ranks as the fifth-lowest grossing among the 21 live-action remakes produced by The Walt Disney Company, per the outlet. Alongside its financial flop, the classic faced backlash over changes made to...

A long-running Pride Month event known as “Gay Days” at Disney World has been placed on pause for 2026, with event organizers citing a sponsorship loss and other logistics challenges. “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to pause the GayDays Orlando event scheduled for June 2026,” Gay Days event organizers announced on Sunday. “Changes to our host hotel agreement, the loss of key sponsorship support, and broader challenges currently impacting LGBTQIA+ events nationwide made it impossible to deliver the experience our community deserves,” they added. Organizers went on to insist, in a ChatGPT-esque banality, “This is a...

Queen’s University Belfast is to remove the name of former US Senator George Mitchell — one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement — from a peace center following the emergence of new information contained in the Jeffrey Epstein files released on Friday. A bust of Mr. Mitchell will also be removed from the university grounds. Mr. Mitchell chaired the negotiations which led to the 1998 peace agreement. The former senator has a long-standing association with the university where he was chancellor from 1999 to 2009. …

A gunman randomly shot three tourists in a neighborhood near Florida's Disney World over the weekend, cops said. Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, 29, was arrested after the 'cold-blooded' killing of three men in Kissimmee, a small city just outside of Orlando, after they got stuck at a rental property next his home when their car broke down. A motive for the shooting is unclear, as Bojeh reportedly did not know the murdered men.

Three academics analyzed Oscar-nominated animated films from 2016-2024 using a racism test they developedThree professors argue that animated Hollywood films promote White privilege and "racist cultural narratives," according to their new academic analysis. Natalie Khazaal, director of the Middle Eastern and North African studies programs and associate professor of Arabic at Georgia Tech, Ellen Gorsevski, associate professor at Bowling Green, and Tobias Linné, head of the communication department at Lund University in Sweden, recently co-authored a paper lamenting racism and White privilege in Hollywood animated films. The analysis, published Jan. 6, is titled "Media Analysis of Racism and Speciesism (MARS)...

2025 began with the devastating fires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, which destroyed the homes of many in the industry and stymied production and livelihoods for others. Then there were the ups and downs of the theatrical box office — And, of course, there were the big industry shakeups. Just in this year, we saw the completion of the Paramount-Skydance merger followed by Paramount’s initial bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, and then the potential acquisition of Warner Bros.’ studios, HBO and HBO Max by Netflix. About the only thing I can predict with certainty is that 2026 is going...

Avatar: Fire and Ash is another box office disappointment for Disney, which had hoped the film would provide a short-term boost. The previous sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, opened to more than $134 million domestically in 2022 and went on to earn nearly $685 million in the U.S., while Fire and Ash debuted with just $89 million. Adjusted for inflation, the decline is even more pronounced, signaling a sharp drop in audience interest and raising doubts about the franchise’s once-reliable box office pull. I stopped caring about the franchise after the original film. To be fair, audiences don’t help....

Tim Cook's Apple succession plan is unfolding in plain sight as executives Kate Adams, Lisa Jackson, John Giannandrea, and Alan Dye depart Cupertino—but this isn't corporate chaos, it's choreographed transition. Giannandrea's removal follows Apple Intelligence failures and broken Siri promises, while Alan Dye's surprise departure to Meta left Apple blindsided, with insiders reportedly celebrating his exit and welcoming replacement Stephen LeMay. Meanwhile, Johny Srouji confirmed he's staying despite Mark Gurman's Bloomberg report, and Apple's Silicon chief remains crucial to the company's future under a likely John Ternus CEO succession. Comparing Apple's strategy to GE's Jack Welch disaster, Amazon's smooth Bezos-to-Jassy...

Disney World has been furiously slammed online after it announced a shocking 150 percent price increase for a popular service. Almost everyone who goes to the beloved theme park ends up buying something, whether it's a stuffed animal for your child, one of the iconic popcorn buckets, some new ears or a cute sweatshirt. Between the dazzling clothes and gleaming toys, it's easy to spend hundreds of dollars on merchandise alone. And now, those purchases have just become much more expensive for some. Instead of lugging all your new Disney stuff through the airport or trying to fit them in...

Jimmy Kimmel has signed a one-year extension with Disney’s ABC Network and will continue to host Jimmy Kimmel Live! through at least 2027, the Guardian has confirmed. Bloomberg first reported the news on Monday, noting that Kimmel and Disney struck a new one year extension. His current contract had been set to expire in May 2026. Kimmel and Disney agreed on the extension several months ago but delayed announcing their plans out of respect for fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert, according to Bloomberg. This summer, CBS announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had been cancelled and would end...

The family of a Colombian fisherman who died in a U.S. military boat strike in September has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleging the U.S. government illegally killed him. Alejandro Carranza was killed in a strike in the Caribbean on Sept. 15, according to the petition, filed on Tuesday. "From numerous news reports, we know that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of Alejandro Carranza and the murder of all those on such boats," according to the petition. In the petition, Carranza's lawyer Dan...

Disney's "Zootopia 2" tallied an estimated $156 million domestically over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Universal's "Wicked: For Good" added around $93 million to the domestic box office haul during the five-day frame. The total Thanksgiving box office is expected to post a top five performance of close to $300 million. Final results will be calculated Monday. "Zootopia 2" had the highest global opening of an animated movie of all time, with an estimated haul of $556 million. It is the fourth-highest global opening of all time, the company reported. "This holiday weekend now sets the stage for a solid final...

I remember Star Wars. I had no idea what I’d be seeing that 1977 day in that common theater of the time. Popcorn and pop were affordable, as was admission, which was fortunate, because I saw the movie four times in quick succession with a variety of friends.From the moment the Star Wars logo filled the screen, accompanied by John Williams’ main title fanfare, I, and countless others, were enthralled. We’d never seen anything like it, and while the special effects now seem a bit dated in comparison with contemporary computer-generated imagery, they still hold up well.Like all epic literature,...

Trump supporters wearing MAGA hats and Make Disney Great Again t-shirts are planning an “invasion” of Disneyland to make their voices heard in support of a “return to American roots and classic values.” The Patriots in the Park event presented by 805 Patriots will be held at the Anaheim theme park on Feb. 28, according to social media posts promoting the Disneyland MAGA Invasion. “Get ready to stand for tradition and make your voice heard at the Patriots in the Park event,” according to the 805 Patriots events webpage.

A fifth person has died at a lavish Florida Disney World resort in a chilling string of deaths in less than a month that’s cast a dark shadow over the “Most Magical Place on Earth.” The unidentified guest was reportedly pronounced dead at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista, just steps from Disney Springs, on Nov. 8, the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to The Post Wednesday. “Although there was a death at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort, we declined jurisdiction,” the Medical Examiner said in a statement, noting the body was ultimately turned over to...

Despite the blow, it has now been reported that Disney has its eye set on remaking another old cartoon: Sleeping Beauty. He also claimed that it will be set in Mexico instead of France, where the original took place. Sleeping Beauty followed princess Aurora, who had been cursed by an evil fairy named Maleficent, forcing her to fall into a deep sleep that can only be broken by true love's kiss.

YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal. Other channels that vanished from Google’s pay TV platform include the Disney Channel, FX and Nat Geo. Google’s pay TV platform said in a blog post late Thursday that Disney had followed through on a threat to suspend its content amid the negotiations.