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Walt Disney World, the biggest theme park on the globe and arguably the Walt Disney Company's most important asset, opened for business Saturday after being shuttered for nearly four months with a swell of hope and twinge of apprehension. The anticipation has been massive given the symbolic heft of the park, a…

It’s not often that you see iconic weaponry from a galaxy far, far away in the same clip as an Omnitrix and a classic costumed superhero, but Julian Bass just changed all that. The 20-year-old Georgia State University theater major has gone viral with a self-produced video in which he morphs through three of his…

"The recent killing of George Floyd as well as other instances of lethal attacks and harassment of unarmed black citizens in our nation continue to drive outrage and calls for action by people of all cultural backgrounds, including many of our employees," say Disney's CEO, Executive Chairman and SVP and Chief…

Facing the crushing consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, the Walt Disney Company couldn't sugarcoat the decline of the bottom line in its second-quarter earnings today, but newly minted CEO Bob Chapek asked the company to tough it out. Noting the "very difficult decision" last month to furlough tens of thousands…

Disney’s businesses are taking severe hits from COVID-19, but former CEO Bob Iger joined the company’s second-quarter earnings call Tuesday to deliver a full-throated comeback message to shareholders. “The Walt Disney Co. has proven to be exceptionally resilient” over nearly a century in business, Iger said at the top…

UPDATED with details and more names: After nearly a month of mandated self-isolation, California is aiming at “a safe reset for a roadmap to recovery.” Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced an advisory council to help plan the state’s economic revival whose members include Disney chief Bob Iger, Arnold Schwarzenegger and…

Walt Disney said Wednesday its board of directors has elected Disney’s new CEO Bob Chapek to join it – not a surprise after the longtime executive was named to the top job in late February. "Bob Chapek has demonstrated remarkable leadership in the face of unprecedented challenges that were unimaginable when he became…

Disney announced Feb. 25 that Bob Iger had resigned as CEO, with the company passing the baton to longtime Disney executive Bob Chapek. Iger was staying on until the end of his contract as executive chairman to oversee creative endeavors and ensure a smooth transition. Instead, however, he’s had to jump back in full…

Think the lines were long already? Disney executive chairman Bob Iger said the company may institute temperature check at its theme parks once they reopen. In an interview with Barron’s, he said he thinks that might make a traumatized population feel safer once people venture out again. “One of the things that we're…

Walt Disney executive chairman Bob Iger told Barron’s there may be a few movies after Artemis Fowl that jump directly onto Disney+ as the coronavirus pandemic keeps movie theaters shuttered. “In terms of movies going ahead after Artemis, there may be a few more that we end up putting directly onto Disney+, but for the…

Disney’s executive chairman and former CEO Bob Iger will forgo salary and his successor as chief executive Bob Chapek will take a 50% pay cut as companies address the economic upheaval and corporate and public pain and PR of the coronavirus. In a memo to Disney employees, Chapek said that effective April 5, VPs will…

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that some of Hollywood's biggest names have put some big bucks on the City of Angels' frontlines fighting the coronavirus pandemic. "I've seen it in the can-do spirit of some of the pillars of our community who are making personal contributions that we're redistributing…