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The Main Street Electrical Parade has returned to Disneyland with a new float that represents recent Disney stories.

Disney parks boss on diversity, preventing division and Disneyland’s Electrical Parade return

Parks chairman Josh D’Amaro reflects on changes at Disneyland, now operating at close to full capacity one year after reopening following an extended pandemic closure.

Steven Grant just learned his origin story in ‘Moon Knight.’ Here’s what the comics say

a snake, tarantula, piranha and shark tossed from a car driven by a wolf

How ‘The Bad Guys’ shows off an animated Los Angeles in that spectacular car chase

A man opens a sarcophagus illuminated by a ray of light

This week’s ‘Moon Knight’ challenges everything we’ve seen so far. Here’s the backstory

"A Memoir Blue" has been described as an "interactive poem."

‘A Memoir Blue’ is a lovely video game exploration of a mother-daughter relationship

A guide to ‘Moon Knight’s’ council of Egyptian gods — and their Marvel backstories

Marvel turned Mandarin into ‘gibberish.’ Even one of its stars called it out

How Sandra Oh found common ground in the moms of ‘Turning Red’ and ‘Umma’

The video game of 2022 so far: ‘Norco,’ a masterpiece of interactive storytelling

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The mysterious Layla makes her ‘Moon Knight’ debut in Episode 2. Here’s her backstory

May Calamawy and Mohamed Diab on Layla El-Faouly, Oscar Isaac on Mr. Knight and more from the second episode of “Moon Knight”

Five questions to help you decide whether to see ‘Morbius’
‘Morbius’ end credits scenes explained: Let’s sink our teeth into the MCU connections
Review: Marvel’s misbegotten ‘Morbius’ is a colossal snore

Television
What the heck is happening in ‘Moon Knight’? These comic book origin stories explain
Television
Re-creating ‘Halo’s’ gameplay presented a problem. Here’s how the TV show solved it
Entertainment & Arts
Why it matters that the Peabody Awards are recognizing games
Television
How the ‘Halo’ TV series misunderstands the video game’s fans
Opinion
Op-Ed: How superhero comics became my springboard to questioning the way things are
Entertainment & Arts
The Disneyland experiments that influenced Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Movies
Column: If you can’t relate to ‘Turning Red,’ you must not like good movies
Movies
How boy bands and anime inspired Pixar’s magical must-see ‘Turning Red’
Entertainment & Arts
For Subscribers
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, Disney’s live-in theme park, could change how we vacation
Movies
‘The Batman’ soars to second-biggest domestic box office debut of pandemic
Movies
‘The Batman’ villains, ranked: Who was the best Catwoman, Penguin and Riddler?
Movies
‘The Batman’ ending explained: Who was that mystery villain and what’s next?

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