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Disney CEO Bob Iger has resigned from the board of directors of Apple after an eight-year run, in a move that reflects the intensifying competition in the subscription streaming arena. An SEC filing Friday disclosing the move identified the date of the resignation as September 10, which happened to also be the day…

EXCLUSIVE: Oprah Winfrey is prepping to kick off an arena tour early next year, but the Queen of All Media is also coming back to the small screen this weekend with some big names and big ideas. Almost eight years after Super Soul Sunday debuted, the daytime talk show is back on OWN for more episodes of its ninth…

It's time for what's sure to become an annual debate since the last Oscar ceremony did fine without an emcee. What do we do this year: Host? Or no host? Or do we finally get serious about an idea that's been bouncing around the Internet at least since Kevin Hart ditched the gig after flirting with it in December of…

Nearly a year after first taking the much-accused Harvey Weinstein to court, Paz de la Huerta has today added the Walt Disney Company, its former CEO Michael Eisner and current CEO Bob Iger plus Bob Weinstein and Miramax to a revised version multi-claim version of the complaint – and Disney wants out ASAP. “Defendant…

Editor’s note: This post originally was written in live-blog format. It has been edited to past tense but maintains the timeframe in which it was written. There was a galaxy full of news at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim today, with the most-anticipated presentation of the three-day convention’s first day seeing Kevin…

Refresh for updates from awards … The 2019 Disney Legends Awards opened this year’s edition of the D23 Expo in Anaheim with a vivid and evocative stage tribute to this year’s class, which is led by Robert Downey Jr., James Earl Jones, Jon Favreau, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Ortega, and Bette Midler. In all, a dozen new…

Along with Monday’s announcement of Disney+ pricing and launch dates in four global territories, Disney has activated social media marketing and confirmed a discount for attendees of this weekend’s D23 Expo. A short video highlighting the Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, National Geographic and Disney titles coming to the…

“Our future is finally here” beamed FX boss John Landgraf at TCA this afternoon about the network’s new home at the Walt Disney Company, and as the network’s new parent gets ready to launch its Disney+ streaming service in November, FX is “cranking up our creative engines to a higher goal than ever before.” However…

From the outset, the interview seemed to be going off course. While most Hollywood CEOs wallow in self-congratulation, the individual I was meeting with was both candid and self-effacing: He promptly volunteered his "disappointment" with one of his Disney studio's major releases. He further confessed that he was angry…

Less than two months after a California judge eviscerated the unprecedented $179 million award that Bones executive producers and stars won in their long running profits participation legal clash with 21st Century Fox, Barry Josephson today added fraud to his claims against the now Disney-owned entity. “TCFTV’s…

Random House has set a September 23 date to publish The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company. That is the leadership and management book that Disney chief Bob Iger wrote with Joel Lovell. According to RH, Iger will “share the ideas, strategies, and values he has used to…

The Disney livestream of the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge launch at Disneyland brought out a host of Star Wars legends to jumpstart its new attractions. Before a live and enthusiastic crew, Disney CEO Bob Iger began the night before bringing out a parade of the film series’ greatest. “Isn’t this fantastic?” Iger said as…