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Close on the heels of a massive brawl that forced Knott’s Berry Farm in Southern California to close early on Saturday, video has surfaced of another large melee at Walt Disney World in Florida on Wednesday. Video posted online shows at least 6 people simultaneously engaged in physical combat, as dozens of others…

Does it ever feel like those of us in and around Hollywood are at war with the world? We're certainly fighting with Florida, over gender education — you heard all about it from the Oscar hosts, on Disney-owned ABC. And we're battling Texas, over abortion. Reese Witherspoon and another hundred stars planted the flag in…

Shortly before Walt Disney World closed tonight, guests began posting photos and video of what seemed to be a new water attraction: a lazy river running down Hollywood Boulevard at the resort’s Hollywood Studios park. The source of the cataract was a downpour that hit the area hard, sending guests in shorts and t…

The National Basketball Association is having what it terms "exploratory conversations" with the Walt Disney Co. about resuming its postponed season. The league issued a statement Saturday on its Twitter account. If the talks bear fruit, the season would resume in late July at Disney's ESPN complex in Orlando as a…

Emphasizing the historic nature of the investment, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Universal Parks & Resorts head Tom Williams and Florida officials on Thursday announced plans for a new project called Epic Universe. The new park will be on a 750-acre site in Orlando, near the Orange Countty Convention Center. Surrounding…

A Walt Disney World worker was killed today in what’s being described only as an industrial accident near the Orlando resort’s Pop Century hotel. Details are scarce about the death of the cast member, identified by authorities as Juan Alberto Ojeda, 33. The first 911 call came in at 9:18 AM ET, and the Orange County…

The wife of Orlando mass shooter Omar Mateen, who gunned down 49 people and wounded more than 50 others at the Pulse nightclub in 2016, knew about his plans before the act – and did nothing. Documents reported on by USA Today indicate Noor Salman told the FBI that her husband made many comments on his plans, then…

The beaches at Walt Disney World in Orlando have reopened for the first time since an alligator attacked and killed a 2-year-old boy on June 14. Employees now will staff the shores, but the beaches will be closed at night. Resort guests now will be able to use them only from an hour after sunrise until an hour before…