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Iger returns to lead Disney after rocky 2 years under Chapek
By The Associated Press on November 21st, 2022
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) – Bob Iger, the enterprising entertainment executive who brought Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel under the Disney marquee and challenged the streaming dominance of Netflix, will replace his handpicked successor, CEO Bob Chapek, whose two-year tenure has been marked by clashes, missteps and a weakening financial performance. The stunning development comes two ... Read More »
1 responseDisney taps ex-CEO Bob Iger to return, set strategy
By The Associated Press on November 21st, 2022
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) – The Walt Disney Company has tapped its former CEO Bob Iger to return to head the company for two years, firing his successor Bob Chapek in a move that stunned the entertainment industry. Chapek is leaving after the company posted lower than expected earnings in the last quarter. Hollywood’s creative community ... Read More »
1 responseElton John rockets toward retirement at Dodger Stadium
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on November 21st, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Forty seven years after he took the stage at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in a sequined-studded baseball uniform as the world’s biggest pop star, Elton John walked on to the same stage on Sunday night wearing a bedazzled Dodgers bathrobe, a uniform more fitting for a 75-year-old man on the ... Read More »
1 responseDisney announces ex-CEO Bob Iger to return for 2 years
By The Associated Press on November 20th, 2022
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) – The Walt Disney Company announced late Sunday that former CEO Bob Iger would return to head the company for two years in a move that surprised the entertainment industry. Disney said Bob Chapek, who succeeded Iger in 2020, had stepped down from the position. “The Board has concluded that as Disney ... Read More »
2 responses‘Power Rangers’ star Jason David Frank dies at 49
By The Associated Press on November 20th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died. He was 49. Justine Hunt, Frank’s manager, said in a statement Sunday that Frank passed away. She did not name the cause of death or say when he died, ... Read More »
2 responses‘Wakanda Forever’ extends reign, ‘She Said’ struggles
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” extended its box-office reign in its second week of release with $67 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while “She Said,” about the journalistic investigation into Harvey Weinstein, struggled in wide release. After its $180 million launch, Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” ... Read More »
4 responsesHonorary Oscar awards celebrate Fox, Weir, Warren and Palcy
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Four standing ovations in one night might seem a little over-the-top, even by Hollywood standards. But at the Governors Awards Saturday night, where Michael J. Fox, Euzhan Palcy, Peter Weir and Diane Warren were celebrated with honorary Oscar statuettes, each moment felt worthy. After several pandemic-adjusted years, the annual event to ... Read More »
3 responsesGeorge Lois, icon of ads and magazine covers, dead at 91
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on November 19th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – George Lois, the hard-selling, charismatic advertising man and designer who fashioned some of the most daring magazine images of the 1960s and popularized such catchphrases and brand names as “I Want My MTV” and “Lean Cuisine.” He was 91. Lois’ son, the photographer Luke Lois, said he died “peacefully” Friday at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eurovision winner Ruslana leads Ukrainians in Athens march
By The Associated Press on November 19th, 2022
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Several hundred Ukrainians and symapthizers protesting the Russian invasion were joined by Ukrainian singer and 2004 Eurovision song contest winner Ruslana on Saturday in a march through central Athens. The protesters ended up at Athens’ central Syntagma Square, where they sang Ukrainian folk songs, led by Ruslana. They were joined by ... Read More »
4 responsesTaylor Swift tickets breakdown probed by attorneys general
By Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press on November 19th, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The breakdown in Ticketmaster’s sales of Taylor Swift tickets is a mess some attorneys general aren’t shaking off. With fans sharing outrage and heartache over the fruitless hours they spent trying for seats for Swift’s upcoming concert tour, top legal chiefs in Nevada, Tennessee and Pennsylvania have launched investigations into the ... Read More »
3 responsesChina’s COVID-19 restrictions hit historic Beijing theater
By The Associated Press on November 18th, 2022
BEIJING (AP) – Performances have been suspended at one of Beijing’s oldest and most renowned theaters as part of a new wave of shop and restaurant closures in response to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Chinese capital. The Jixiang Theater in the downtown Wangfujing shopping district was originally built in 1906 and recently ... Read More »
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