“Alice and Steve,” played by Nicola Walker (“The Split”) and Jemaine Clement (“What We Do in the Shadows”), are best friends. And then they aren’t, because Steve sleeps with Alice’s twentysomething daughter Izzy and starts dating her. “I love describing this premise,” laughs Clement of the “Alice and Steve,” which has just swept Canneseries at…
The suspect arrested for the shooting that shut down the 2026 White House Correspondents Dinner and saw Donald Trump evacuated could spend the rest of his life in a federal prison if found guilty, the Acting Attorney General declared today. “Today the Department of Justice filed three federal charges in the United States District Court…
Ciara Miller and Maura Higgins will be among the stars competing for the Mirrorball Trophy. “Summer House’s” Miller and “The Traitors” contestant Higgins — both publicly betrayed by men they trusted on their shows — are the first celebrities joining Season 35 of “Dancing With the Stars.” Disney announced the new season Wednesday during Hulu’s…
Bob Iger, who stepped down as Disney’s chief executive last month, has taken a role as an adviser to venture-capital firm Thrive Capital, according to a Wall Street Journal report. New York-based Thrive Capital was founded in 2009 by Josh Kushner, the younger brother of Jared Kushner, who is Donald Trump’s son-in-law. Josh Kushner, 40,…
Disney has unveiled a new extended look at its live-action Moana, remaking their breakout 2016 animated hit, which hits theaters July 10, with stars Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga’aia in attendance. In footage unveiled today during the studio’s CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas, we get to see Laga’aia — taking over the role of Moana…
Taylor Frankie Paul. Photo: Natalie Cass/Disney via Getty Images The Salt Lake City DA’s office confirmed yesterday that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul will not be charged with domestic assault against her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, with whom she shares one child. Prosecutors declined to bring new charges against her because…
The Walt Disney Co. has begun a broad round of layoffs, which will result in 1,000 jobs being cut across multiple divisions within the Burbank entertainment giant. The layoffs, which began Tuesday, will ripple across Disney’s television and movie studios, sports giant ESPN, its product and technology unit, corporate functions and marketing, according to a…
Disney‘s shuffling of its communications team under new CEO Josh D’Amaro and his communications chief Paul Roeder continues. On Friday, the company said that Nastasya Morauw, VP, Communications & Awards at Disney’s Searchlight Pictures, is moving to become VP, Communications at Walt Disney Studios. In the new role, she will be the primary comms lead for…
Disney is expected to lay off as many as 1,000 employees through role eliminations in the coming months, Variety has learned. Many of the cuts are expected to come from the media giant’s marketing department. Disney declined to comment. The decision to cut from the company’s overall workforce of 231,000 full- and part-time employees comes…
Walt Disney Co. is planning an extensive round of layoffs in the coming weeks, according to a source familiar with the matter but unauthorized to comment. The move comes nearly three months after Disney unveiled a more streamlined management structure that sought to centralize its sprawling marketing operations. Disney declined to comment. The total number…
