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Disney and NFL Team Up on Apparel Collection, Pairing Each of the League’s 32 Teams With Beloved Franchise Characters
Disney is taking fantasy football a little more literally. The entertainment giant has teamed with the NFL, Champion and Fanatics on a new a
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Disney Offers Executives Voluntary Early Retirement Packages Amid Overall Cost-Cutting Plans
Disney is offering longtime executives early retirement packages amid larger cost-cutting efforts and ongoing layoffs. The offer, announced
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Former Child Star Raquel Lee Sues Disney Over Alleged Rape at 14 by Ex-Employee
Raquel Lee, who appeared on “The Amanda Show” and “The Proud Family” as a child star, has sued Disney, alleging that an ex-employee raped he
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Paramount Says It Did Not Leak Discussions With California’s Attorney General to the Press
David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance released a statement Monday after California attorney general Rob Bonta abruptly canceled the two sides’
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Pixar’s ‘Cars’ Returns to Theaters for 20th Anniversary
Rev your engines because “Cars” is back in theaters to celebrate its 20th anniversary, starting Sept. 4 The race back to theaters coincides
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CNN Blames ‘Technical Issue’ Across Warner Bros. Discovery for Channels Going Dark
CNN’s channels went dark on Monday across multiple distribution points, a problem the news network attributed to a “technical issue” at pare
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Emily Compagno Joins Fox News’ ‘The Five’ as Co-Host
Fox News is making a slight change to a program that carries a lot of weight. Emily Compagno, a co-host of the early-afternoon program “Outn
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Kit Harington Joins ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 as Gilderoy Lockhart, Replacing Nicholas Hoult
Kit Harington will now play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of HBO’s “Harry Potter” series, replacing Nicholas Hoult, who exited the productio
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CAA Launches Indie Game Acceleration Fund Frame1Games (EXCLUSIVE)
CAA has launched Frame1Games, a new venture to fund, accelerate and market independent video games. Per the agency, Frame1Games “pairs multi
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WildBrain Acquires ‘Kid Safe’ Generative-AI Platform Personality AI in Deal Worth up to $69 Million
WildBrain, the Canadian children’s media company with the rights to titles such as “Yo Gabba Gabba!” and the “Teletubbies,” has purchased th
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John Leguizamo, Inde Navarrette and James Ortiz Among Latino and Hispanic Stars Set for Honors at Critics Choice Celebración Ceremony
Veteran actor John Leguizamo, breakouts James Ortiz and Inde Navarrette and more Latino Hollywood talents are among the Critics Choice Assoc
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ESPN to Hike Prices of Streaming Plans Next Month
ESPN is ratcheting up the price of its streaming services — just in time for the busy fall sports season. Effective Sept. 17, the Disney-own
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Rosie O’Donnell Should Host Her Own Show on Late Night TV — and Shatter Comedy’s Greatest Glass Ceiling
Late night is in the doldrums. It’s not just that the remaining hosts are taking much of the summer off. But, post-Stephen Colbert on CBS, A
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Orlando Bloom to Be Honored During Venice Film Festival With Filming Italy Award
Orlando Bloom, who will be attending the Venice Film Festival as part of the cast of Warner Herzog’s competition title “Bucking Fastard,” is
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‘The Gentlemen’ Officially Renewed for Season 3 as First Season 2 Trailer Drops: ‘I’m Looking Forward to Pushing the Boundaries Further,’ Guy Ritchie Says (EXCLUSIVE)
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‘Black Mirror’ Season 8 Starts Production as Netflix Renews ‘Being Gordon Ramsay’ and ‘Legends’ (EXCLUSIVE)
An eighth season of “Black Mirror” is officially in production, Variety can confirm. The show started shooting this summer, although no laun
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Reggie Watts’ Theme Song Axed From ‘Comedy Bang Bang’ Podcast After Report Alleging ‘Reckless’ Drug Use in Relationships
Reggie Watts’ “Comedy Bang Bang” theme song was cut from Monday’s episode of the popular podcast following a Rolling Stone report that alleg
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‘Small Things’ Review: Zvonimir Jurić’s Island-Set Chamber Drama Unfolds a Quietly Devastating Family Reunion
In the opening of “Small Things,” Zvonimir Jurić’s elegant and understated chamber drama, the giggling grandchildren of an elder patriarch (
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Guillermo del Toro, James Gunn, ‘Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Directors Set for Crunchyroll’s Inaugural Anime Future Forum
Anime giant Crunchyroll plans to dissect the growing business of anime with its first-ever thought leadership summit to be held as a precurs
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Roku Names Gianluca Pucacco VP, Revenue Operations, International Growth
Gianluca “GL” Pucacco has been named vice president of revenue operations and international growth at Roku, just as the streaming company is
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‘EastEnders’ Puts Out Casting Call for Character Named Meghan After Duchess’ U.K. Return: ‘Confident, Gorgeous and Ready to Cause Chaos’
Reports of Meghan Markle’s return to acting in the U.K. prompted numerous quips and memes over the weekend that the Duchess of Sussex was pl
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Toronto’s Midnight Madness Title ‘Vintage Violence’ Starring Cole Sprouse and Kiko Mizuhara Gets Boarded by Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE)
Best Friend Forever has boarded international sales on Eugene Kotlyarenko’s “Vintage Violence,” starring Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”) and Kiko
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Vietnamese Found-Footage Horror Hit ‘Lau Chu Hoa: The Deadliest Mansion’ Heads to North American Theaters (EXCLUSIVE)
Vietnamese found-footage horror film “Lầu Chú Hoả: The Deadliest Mansion” is opening in North American theaters on Sept. 4, with Mockingbird
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Brad Pitt’s ‘Heart of the Beast’ Added to San Sebastián Lineup
Paramount Pictures’ “The Heart of the Beast,” starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Ayer, has been added to San Sebastián Film Festival’s
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