Hollywood Inc.
‘Encanto’ and ‘Zootopia’ director Jared Bush has been named chief creative officer at Walt Disney Animation as Jennifer Lee steps back and returns to filmmaking for ‘Frozen 3’ and ‘Frozen 4.’
Sept. 19, 2024
Music
Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, whose fight with singer Perry Farrell led to the band calling off the rest of its U.S. tour, got introspective about their drama.
Sept. 18, 2024
Opinion
Since its heyday, the network’s viewership has plummeted. Not even the Mouse House has come up with a similarly lucrative strategy to capture Generation Alpha.
Sept. 23, 2024
Walt Disney Co. has named James P. Gorman as chair of its succession planning committee to find the company’s next chief executive.
Aug. 21, 2024
Sports
The Dodgers and Padres play three games at Dodger Stadium this week. It could be cause for mutual celebration as October looms for both.
California
Days of missed programming ended Saturday as Disney and DirecTV reached an accord, thus ending a 13-day blackout a day before ABC was set to host the Emmys.
Sept. 15, 2024
Disney and DirecTV agreed to a new distribution deal, restoring ESPN, ABC and other channels for more than 10 million DirecTV and U-Verse customers.
Sept. 14, 2024
The club’s yearly dues were $31,500, and with travel and hotel expenses, the Arizona couple was spending close to $125,000 annually. Disney revoked their membership after an allegation that Scott Anderson was drunk in public.
Sept. 4, 2024
With everything going on at DirecTV, Disney and the industry at large, this is clearly not just any old carriage dispute.
Sept. 10, 2024
Walt Disney Co. proposed a partial detente (at least for Tuesday) as the blackout of its channels on DirecTV and U-Verse stretched into its 10th day.