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Walt Disney World Opens 250th Celebration of America with Black National Anthem at Epcot “Most guests were probably not prepared for Epcot to begin their nighttime extravaganza with the lyrics to an anthem that has been divisive… after all, most Americans don’t believe in a white anthem or a black anthem or a brown anthem”
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10 Comic Book Movie Bombs That Opened Better Than Supergirl While there have certainly been superhero movies that opened lower, many of Hollywood’s biggest and most infamous comic book box office disasters actually debuted to significantly larger audiences before collapsing in theaters. That makes Supergirl‘s opening particularly noteworthy. See Below for The Full List!
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Milly Alcock Doubles Down on Supergirl PRIDE Connection, Claims She’s “A Great Representation of What a Modern Woman Can Be” "Speaking with Variety at the premiere, Alcock was asked about Kara Zor-El’s appeal to LGBTQ+ fans and why the character resonates so strongly with that audience. Her answer closely echoed previous comments she made earlier in the promotional campaign."
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‘The View’ Hit With X Community Note After Spreading Misinformation About Karmelo Anthony Case on Disney TV "In the segment, co-host Sunny Hostin questioned both the jury composition and aspects of the prosecution’s case, making several claims that were later challenged by viewers and ultimately flagged through X’s Community Notes system." Full Story Below
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‘The View’ Co-Hosts Attack Joy Behar for Treating JD Vance Like a Human Being "Rather than debating Vance’s positions on immigration, the economy, or foreign policy, several of the show’s co-hosts spent part of the segment questioning Joy Behar for something far more basic: treating him respectfully."
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Former Imagineer Claims Disney Abu Dhabi Is Under Development Pause Following Regional Conflict Responding to a report on a new theme park by @movieconomics on X, Former Imagineer Jim Shull wrote: “#D23 2026 is likely where the announcement will happen. The #DisneyAbuDhabi problems may be sorted out by then and the development pause lifted.”
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Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon' Status Amid Weak Box Office Tracking "I'm honored that that's happening, but I think because she doesn't live inside the binary of what we think a woman should be, that is what makes it so special and so exciting and so new."
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Mandalorian Actor Brendan Wayne Blasts ‘Toxic’ Fans, Claims ‘It’s Our Star Wars’ While Defending Disney’s Box Office Disaster “It’s interesting to see people who are pulling against the franchise they love, just because of their ownership,” Wayne said. “That can be 100% toxic in the Star Wars world.”
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BREAKING: DOJ Unconditionally Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger as Hollywood Opposition Fails "The decision clears one of the largest remaining hurdles facing the estimated $111 billion transaction and moves the merger significantly closer to completion."
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Reportedly Leaks Online as Unfinished Movie Allegedly Hits Black Market "Two major social media accounts claimed on June 10 that a Spider-Man: Brand New Day workprint was being offered on a 'black market' to users who specialize in movie leaks."
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‘Michael’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Music Biopic of All Time as Box Office Nears $1 Billion "Deadline reported Friday that Michael reached an estimated $911.9 million worldwide, consisting of $358.6 million domestic and $553.3 million internationally, allowing it to overtake Bohemian Rhapsody's approximately $911 million global run."
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Report Claims Left-Wing Billionaires Are Bankrolling Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger "According to the report, several organizations involved in the “Block the Merger” movement have ties to funding networks connected to progressive billionaire donors including George Soros, Pierre Omidyar, and Neville Singham."
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Steven Spielberg’s 'Disclosure Day' Sees Concerning Box Office Start After Director Claimed It Would Make People Question Their Faith "Steven Spielberg’s latest original science-fiction thriller Disclosure Day is off to a concerning start at the box office after the legendary filmmaker spent part of the film’s promotional campaign discussing how confirmation of extraterrestrial life could challenge deeply held religious beliefs."
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Moana Live-Action Box Office Tracking Mirrors Disney’s Struggling Mandalorian and Grogu "According to Box Office Theory, Moana is currently tracking for a domestic debut between $80 million and $105 million, with a pinpoint forecast of $92 million."
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Masters of The Universe Suffers Disastrous Opening Weekend at the Box Office "Some analysts now believe the movie could fail to reach even $25 million domestically during its opening weekend while others point to a $30 million landing."
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Box Office Collapse Continues as Third Weekend Tracking Points to Another Massive Drop "Disney and Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian and Grogu appears headed for yet another disastrous weekend at the box office, with new industry tracking suggesting the film could fall another 63% in its third frame and finish the weekend with just $9 million domestically."
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Leslye Headland Still Wants The Acolyte Season 2 So She Can Connect It To Disney’s Sequel Trilogy “We did have a lot of stuff that we wanted to explore — including tying in lore to the sequels.”
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The Mandalorian Drop Gets Worse: Star Wars May Fail to Achieve $200M at the Domestic Box Office "The key domestic question now is whether it can even reach $200 million in North America. Based on its current trajectory, that milestone is no longer something that should be assumed. In fact, it may be increasingly out of reach."
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Insomniac Removes “Men” from X-Men Name in Wolverine Game After Reported Sweet Baby Inc. Involvement "Insomniac has finally done what short-sighted Marvel executives have been trying to do for years with its new Wolverine game—take the word “Men” out of X-Men. And they may have had some help from Kim Belair’s Sweet Baby Inc."
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Gothic Therapy’s Deep Dive Into ‘Mixtape’ Credits Reveal Major Marketing Machine Behind Gaming’s Latest ‘Indie’ Darling "According to a new investigation by content creators The Writing Raven and MasterOfTheTDS on their YouTube channel Gothic Therapy, there may be considerably more behind Mixtape’s rise than many players realize."
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Cynthia Erivo Reiterates “Childhood Dream” of Playing Storm in X-Men “I know it sounds frivolous, but I think we haven’t uncovered how grand she is and all of that inner turmoil that she has. So I think there’s a world in which we could do something with that.”
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PlayStation Benches Kratos — His Wife Faye Takes Over as Main Character in ‘God of War Laufey’ "During Sony’s latest State of Play showcase, PlayStation officially revealed God of War Laufey, a new entry in the long-running franchise that puts Faye in the lead role while leaving Kratos out of the spotlight entirely."
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Masters of the Universe Gets 78% Rotten Tomatoes Score From Hollywood Critics — But Is That Actually a Bad Sign? "In today’s entertainment landscape, many moviegoers have become skeptical of Hollywood critic scores, leading some fans to ask an unusual question: Is a strong Rotten Tomatoes score a positive sign anymore?"
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Mandalorian and Grogu Box Office Gets Worse As Final Numbers Reveal Record 70.1% Drop "Instead of the previously reported 69% drop, The Mandalorian and Grogu ultimately plunged 70.1%, grossing just $24.4 million during its second three-day weekend and setting a new record for the worst second-weekend decline ever recorded by a live-action Star Wars film at the domestic box office."
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Mandalorian and Grogu Box Office Collapse Continues as Second Weekend Drop Could be Over 70% "Deadline reported that the film was tracking toward a 69% second-weekend decline, while World of Reel cited estimates suggesting a drop closer to 72%."
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Box Office Implodes With 80.8% Friday-to-Friday Drop — Eyeing 70% Second Weekend Drop-Off "The film plunged approximately 80.8% from its opening Friday, marking the steepest Friday-to-Friday decline ever recorded by a Disney-era Star Wars movie."
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Falls to Third Place Behind Two Low-Budget Horror Movies at the Box Office "Just one day after losing the No. 1 spot to the surprise horror hit Obsession, The Mandalorian and Grogu slipped even further on Thursday, falling all the way to third place at the domestic box office. Even more concerning for Disney, the film wasn’t merely edged out by competing blockbuster releases—it was thoroughly outperformed by two horror movies carrying a fraction of its budget."
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The Mandalorian and Grogu is Getting Booted Out of IMAX Early by Masters of The Universe and Michael "Domestic IMAX screens are reportedly being allocated to Masters of the Universe, a movie that did not appear to have a widely publicized IMAX rollout until just this week. Overseas, some theaters are making an even more surprising choice. Rather than sticking with Disney’s newest Star Wars release, they’re bringing Michael back to IMAX on what exhibitors describe as 'popular demand.'"
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Marcia Lucas, Key Creative Force Behind Star Wars, Dies at 80 "Often described as George Lucas’s “secret weapon,” she is widely viewed by fans and filmmakers alike as an essential creative force who helped transform the film into a tightly paced, emotionally resonant adventure."
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Cynthia Erivo Blames “The Insidious Nature of How We View Black Women” for ‘Wicked’ Backlash “And I’m sure people will read this and think, ‘Oh, for goodness’ sake, it’s not about that,’” she continued accurately.
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Colbert’s Late Show Replacement Promises “No Politics” In New Format "No politics,” Byron Allen told CBS Mornings while describing his roundtable comedy late show. “You come, you laugh."
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RUMOR: Doctor Who Christmas Special May Not Happen Because No One Wants to Play The Doctor “The problem is that they have found it difficult to find anyone who’ll take on the part of the 16th Time Lord, partly because it now feels like a role that comes with all the baggage of the most recent series.”
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Supergirl Fan Interest Levels Falling After Actress Insults “Christian Dads” "The bigger issue is that awareness has remained flat while interest has actually declined."
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Bruce Springstein Embarrassed by ‘Michael’ Box Office Domination: See the Numbers! "In the battle of the musical biopics, Michael has significantly outperformed Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere at the box office. While both artists dominated 1980s FM radio, moviegoing audiences have responded very differently."
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Disney Parks’ New Mandalorian Smugglers Run Ride Retheme Sees Low Wait Times On Opening Weekend "The updated Mandalorian version of Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run officially launched over Memorial Day weekend at both Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. But the attraction failed to produce the kind of crowds typically associated with a major Disney Parks debut." Full Article With Images Below!
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Officially Earns Lowest Box Office Opening in Disney Star Wars History "The Mandalorian and Grogu debuted to an estimated $81.9 million domestic opening weekend and roughly $102 million over the extended 4-day Memorial Day holiday frame, making it the lowest opening weekend for a Disney-era Star Wars theatrical release in North America."
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Superman Appears in ‘Supergirl’ Marketing as Box Office Projections Predict ‘The Marvels’-Level Opening "A newly released TV spot for Supergirl prominently features David Corenswet’s Superman alongside Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor-El, a move many fans immediately interpreted as an attempt to boost interest in a struggling DCU project."
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Star Wars Spent a Decade Pushing Away Boys — So Why Would Today’s Teens Care About The Mandalorian and Grogu? "Between “The Force is Female” branding, endless access-media lectures about toxic fandom, and storytelling that often portrayed legacy male heroes as broken failures, a generation of young boys grew up hearing one consistent message: This franchise wasn’t for them." FULL ARTICLE BELOW
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REVIEW: The Mandalorian and Grogu Is a Beautifully Shot Corporate Product That Forgot How to Tell a Story "There is a noticeable difference between storytelling driven by creative passion and storytelling shaped by constant executive interference, brand management concerns, and the pressure to maximize intellectual property value." Full Review by @Rippalorian below
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Unlikely to Hit $100 Million Opening Box Office Over 4-Day Holiday Weekend "To make things worse, with Thursday previews starting at 2 pm, it's closer to a 5-Day Holiday Opening"
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Supergirl Predicted To Open Similar to The Marvels at Domestic Box Office "Supergirl box office opening projections line up almost perfectly with The Marvels, one of the most infamous comic book movie bombs in recent memory."
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Lupita Nyong’o Defends Casting as Helen of Troy in The Odyssey — Says Cast Is “Representative of the World” "We’re occupying the epic narrative of our time.”
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The View Host Sunny Hostin Calls for Andor-Like Rebellion Against Trump She said: “We need to form a rebellion. A true resistance.”
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Opens With Just $12M In Thursday Previews Box Office "The Mandalorian and Grogu actually opened below Solo’s Thursday preview figure of $14.1 million." Full Story Below
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Box Office Projections Downgraded After Abysmal Overseas Opening The Mandalorian and Grogu opening weekend box office might be even worse than anyone originally thought. Full Story Below:
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Valliant Renegade Report Reveals Mandalorian and Grogu Cost May Be Much Higher Than Reported "According to a new breakdown from YouTube personality and financial analyst @ValliantRenegad the true cost of The Mandalorian and Grogu may be much higher than reported..."
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Already Flopping in Europe? Disney’s Star Wars Comeback Struggling Overseas "Early overseas numbers are raising serious concerns that the galaxy far, far away may not be the box office juggernaut it once was."
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Disney’s ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ Eyes Soft Global Box Office Opening — Will This Be Another Disney Star Wars Disaster? "Deadline notes that the film’s projected opening would only be “slightly ahead” of Solo: A Star Wars Story"
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How Much Money Does The Mandalorian and Grogu Actually Need to Break Even? As Star Wars prepares The Mandalorian and Grogu, many are asking: how much money does this thing actually need to make? The answer may be significantly higher than many casual moviegoers realize.
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The View Hosts Urge Struggling Americans to Refuse Cheaper Prescriptions From TrumpRX Plans “And I like Mark Cuban. I've always liked him but this is a mistake and once Trump puts his name on prescriptions we're all going to die!” Behar exclaimed.
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The Pedro Pascal Stephen Colbert Kiss Exposed Hollywood’s Double Standard Ahead of The Mandalorian and Grogu Opening Full article by @Rippalorian below
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