Jul 19 Comcast drops Fox bid, paving way for sale to Disney By Mae Anderson, Associated Press Comcast is dropping its bid for Fox's entertainment businesses, paving the way for Disney to boost its upcoming streaming service by buying the studios behind "The Simpsons" and X-Men. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 8:02 How ‘Wrinkle in Time’ director Ava DuVernay is breaking down walls in Hollywood By PBS News Hour Known to millions of readers, Madeleine L'Engle's beloved fantasy book "A Wrinkle in Time" is breaking into a new dimension: as a big-budget Disney film. Director Ava DuVernay is the first African-American woman to lead a $100 million film production,… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch 3:34 How my son with autism made sense of the world by watching Disney movies By PBS News Hour When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife found out their son had autism, they were crushed by the fear that they couldn’t communicate. But they began to realize that he was learning to tell stories through Disney movies. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 5:27 How would a Disney-Fox merger affect what we watch? By PBS News Hour Disney is buying a sizeable chunk of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox for $52 billion. It comes on the same day that the FCC voted to end net neutrality. Hari Sreenivasan talks to David Folkenflik of NPR about what Disney… Continue watching
Dec 14 3 ways the Disney-Fox megamerger could affect you By Patty Gorena Morales The $52 billion deal for the Walt Disney Company to buy a large part of 21st Century Fox may affect your TV bill, habits, and what content is available. Here's how. Continue reading
Nov 07 Disney ends press screening ban on Los Angeles Times after backlash By Justin Scuiletti Disney will no longer block The Los Angeles Times from attending press screenings of its movies, ending a controversial ban that had many news organizations threatening to also boycott those screenings. Continue reading
May 16 Why there are bound to be sequels to the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ hack By Elizabeth Flock In the newest Pirates of the Caribbean film, Captain Jack Sparrow is dogged by deadly ghost pirates, led by the maniacal Captain Salazar. In real-life, he’s apparently being pursued by a different kind of foe: hackers that claim to be… Continue reading
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May 25 Watch 4:07 Long wait times for health care still dogging troubled Veterans Affairs department By PBS News Hour When Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald compared the exceptionally-long wait times veterans still endure to get health care to lines at Disneyland, a national firestorm erupted. House Speaker Paul Ryan said his words reflected a “culture of indifference” and McDonald… Continue watching
May 24 VA chief: ‘I deeply regret’ wait-time comparison to Disney By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Tuesday he regrets remarks he made comparing long wait times at VA health care sites to waiting in line at a Disney amusement park. Continue reading