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Actor Emilio Estevez has been the driving force behind the unlikely success of the “Mighty Ducks” franchise. He has been in three movies and a season of the new Disney+ show, but he won’t be back for season two. Did he ask for too much money, get involved in some sort of scandal, or accept an offer to finally make “Young Guns III”? Nope. The popular actor got canned by Disney for not getting jabbed. According to Nellie Andreeva at Deadline: I hear Disney Television Studios’ ABC Signature, which produces the hockey-themed sequel series, made the decision not to pick...

Henry Samueli and Arturo “Arte” Moreno have a few things in common. They’re both billionaires, Republicans and Orange County pro sports team owners. Moreno is a fourth-generation American of Mexican descent. He served in Vietnam right after high school and returned to earn a degree from the University of Arizona. Samueli’s parents survived the Holocaust and emigrated from Poland to the U.S. in 1950. After settling in Buffalo, the family moved to West Hollywood when Samueli was a boy. He later earned three degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. The Samuelis have made more than $150 million in...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Walt Disney Co. agreed to sell the Anaheim Mighty Ducks to billionaire Henry Samueli and his wife Susan. Samueli's company operates the Arrowhead Pond, the Mighty Ducks' home arena. The deal, announced Friday by Samueli, is subject to approval by the NHL. However, it won't be on the agenda Tuesday when the board of governors meet in New York, said Bill Daly, the NHL chief legal officer. Despite the ongoing lockout that forced the cancellation of the hockey season, the pending sale is not expected to be different than others in the past. Samueli said that...