Business Mickey Mouse meets ChatGPT: Disney signs short video deal with OpenAI Disney has signed a deal with OpenAI to let the firm's video generation tool produce short videos featuring more than 200 Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars characters. 11/12/2025
Culture news Massive backlash as Disney CEO says company to embrace generative AI Recent comments made by Disney CEO Bob Iger have resulted in calls to boycott the streaming service. 17/11/2025
Business Disney posts mixed earnings as streaming, parks offset TV slump Disney delivered stronger streaming and theme-park results but weaker TV and film earnings in the fourth quarter, while an unresolved licensing standoff with YouTube continues to cloud its performance. 13/11/2025
Culture news Jimmy Kimmel returns: DeNiro cameos as Disney decides to up its prices Jimmy Kimmel returned last night and delivered an opening monologue that earned him several standing ovations. He even had Robert DeNiro cameo for a skit about freedom of speech. Amid the suspension fallout, Disney announced a price hike of its streaming services. Talk about poor timing... 24/09/2025
Business Disney brings Kimmel back: The cost of major company U-turns Disney, which owns the network that runs Jimmy Kimmel Live, announced that the presenter would return to the airwaves after the show’s suspension last week. 23/09/2025
Culture news Marvel stars stand up for Jimmy Kimmel as Disney boycott intensifies Marvel regulars Mark Ruffalo, Pedro Pascal, Marisa Tomei and Tatiana Maslany, as well as former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, are the latest big names attached to Disney to speak out against Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension. This comes amid calls to boycott Disney and cancel subscriptions to its affiliates. 22/09/2025
Culture news Snoop Dogg backlash over LGBTQ+ representation comments in Disney film The rapper said he went to see the 2022 animated film 'Lightyear' with his grandchildren, which resulted in them asking him several questions about same-sex couples. He's apparently "scared to go to the movies" now... 26/08/2025
Culture news 'Alien: Earth' - Does the TV series save the Alien franchise? For all its synthetic hybrids, slimy tech bros and arachnid eyeballs, Alien: Earth will still have you crying: "Oh, Mother! Why am I so bored?" 15/08/2025
Cinema Pink Slip returns: What are the best fictional movie bands? As pop-punkers Pink Slip return for 'Freakier Friday', we reflect on the other fictional bands that rocked, rebelled, and reeled movie magic up to eleven. 12/08/2025
Culture news 'The Mandalorian' actress Gina Carano settles lawsuit with Disney Gina Carano had sued Disney and Lucasfilm for wrongful termination after she was fired in 2021 - following a social media post in which the actress compared being a Republican to being a Jew during the Holocaust. The case had been scheduled to go to trial next year - with the funding of Elon Musk. 08/08/2025
Culture news Why is Disney suing a Hong Kong jewellery company? The earliest version of Mickey Mouse may be in the public domain as of last year, but Disney continues its efforts to protect its intellectual property from unauthorized appropriation... Here's everything you need to know about their lawsuit against Red Earth. 17/07/2025
Culture news Disneyland reveals controversial animatronic figure of Walt Disney The pioneering animator and entrepreneur has been resurrected as an Audio-Animatronic for Disneyland California's 70th anniversary. The first images and sounds of the robot approximation have been revealed – and not everyone is happy. 15/07/2025
Culture news What are the best TV shows of 2025 so far? How many have you seen? And do you agree with our first-half of 2025 ranking? 11/07/2025
Business Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement The two Hollywood studios called Midjourney a “bottomless pit of plagiarism”. 12/06/2025
Business Disney to pay almost $439 million to complete Hulu streaming purchase The deal, hindered by a disagreement over the value of the Hulu stake, now means that Disney will own all of the streaming service. 10/06/2025
Culture news Why a robotic imitation of Walt Disney is causing controversy The pioneering animator and entrepreneur has been resurrected as an Audio-Animatronic for Disneyland California's 70th anniversary. His granddaughter calls it 'dehumanizing'. 05/06/2025