Stars like to boast that they never read their reviews, but does Bob Iger? The Disney czar received a litany of raves for his three-hour performance last week aimed at demonstrating his company's intention to conquer Netflix. The upshot: Disney shares hit record highs and famously skeptical analysts bubbled that…

After decades of being joined at the big-screen hip, Harvey Weinstein and his brother and longtime business partner Bob Weinstein split in late 2017 as accusations of sexual assault and harassment piled up against Harvey Weinstein.

However, the brothers were still linked in the courts. But that state of affairs for the…

Disney’s first Fox release under the combined regime, the faith-based DeVon Franklin produced Breakthrough notched second place in its opening day yesterday with an estimated $1.7M at 2,764 runs behind New Line/DC’s Shazam! which took No. 1 in his second Wednesday with $1.96M (-39% from Tuesday at 4,306) for a running…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATED WITH MORE NAMES: A month after Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of key Fox assets was completed, there is a second round of layoffs hitting the former Fox units, I have learned.

I hear the terminations are affecting employees related to TV ad sales in New York. I hear…

Netflix revealed today in its first quarter earnings report that it has recorded its highest quarterly paid net adds in its history with 9.6 million new subscribers.

Despite the healthy Q1 results, the stock down over 4% in after hours trading on a historic trading day. A lot of that comes from the billions in debt Net…

Disney last week finally unveiled its plans for its upcoming direct-to-consumer platform. It was packed with popular Marvel superheroes, Star Wars warriors and beloved Pixar characters. But none of them got the plum slot at its culmination, just before Direct-to-Consumer and International chairman Kevin Mayer unveiled…

The disturbance in The Force this morning is emanating from Chicago, where Star Wars Celebration turns its attentions to The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars television series and the vanguard Lucasfilm contribution to Disney+, the high-stakes subscription play launching in November.

Lucasfilm chief Kathlee…

UPDATED with closing price. With Wall Street analysts lining up to praise Disney for its thorough presentation of its long-awaited streaming offering, Disney+, investors sent shares up more than 11% to an all-time high of $130.06 in Friday trading.

On Thursday afternoon in Burbank, CEO Bob Iger and a dozen senior…

Disney offered lots of details about the upcoming Disney+ streaming service during its Investors Day on Thursday. It also unveiled its full programming slate including premiere dates, of some which are estimates. Read the entire list below, or it can be viewed in PDF form here.

Disney also released a demo video that pr…

Disney rolled out details of its Disney+ streaming service Thursday including that it plans to premiere 10 or more original movies and specials and more than 25 original series when the service launches November 12.

As part of the presentation, the company took the wraps of several new series for the first time from Di…

UPDATE, with additional executive comments Disney said its high-stakes entry into the crowded streaming fray will cost $6.99 a month when it launches November 12 in the U.S., with a full-year option of $69.99, or $5.83 a month.

Kevin Mayer, head of direct-to-consumer and international, called it “an extremely attractiv…

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