People walk in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images All is well in the Magic Kingdom. Disney’s theme park division posted record revenue and profit for fiscal 2024, …
Wicked, Gladiator II, and Moana 2 Movie Posters. Sources: Universal (L), Paramount (C) and Disney (R) Three heavyweight Hollywood blockbusters will face off at the box office in November, each vying for audience attention, ticket sales and time on theaters’ biggest screens. Universal‘s “Wicked,” Paramount‘s “Gladiator II” and Disney‘s “Moana …
Ryan Bergh, a machinist at Boeing’s factory in Everett, Washington for 10 years, cheers during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP …
Joaquin Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck in “Joker: Folie a Deux.” Warner Bros. Warner Bros. took a big swing with “Joker: Folie a Deux.” It’s turned into a big whiff. After the billion-dollar success of “Joker” in 2019 on a shoestring budget of just $55 million, the studio greenlit a …
Boeing factory workers gather on a picket line during the first day of a strike near the entrance of a production facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., September 13, 2024. Matt Mills Mcknight | Reuters RENTON, Wash. — Cash-strapped Boeing is facing mounting costs from an ongoing machinist strike as workers …
Amazon Prime Video’s “The Legend of Vox Machina” is one of the many shows using animation from independent studio Titmouse Animation. Amazon Studios There’s a powerhouse in the entertainment industry that remains unknown to many casual cartoon viewers — it’s called Titmouse Animation. As mainstream theatrical animation is digging itself …
The Hollywood sign is viewed during a clearing storm. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images For over 100 years, Hollywood has transported audiences to worlds outside their own, from the slick streets of New York City to the yellow bricks of Oz. Hundreds of acres of land …
Happiness is declining among America’s young adults, and no one seems to agree on why. In this year’s World Happiness Report, which ranks 143 countries across measures of life satisfaction, the U.S. fell eight spots from No. 15 to No. 23 on the list. It’s the first time the U.S. …
Leonard S. Riggio, founder of Barnes & Noble Rob Kim | Getty Images Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83. Riggio died …
Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Streaming is finally starting to pay off for media companies, but there’s a catch — to get there, consumers are facing higher subscription costs and increasingly frequent price hikes. Legacy media companies entered the streaming market with a focus on …
