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Last week Disney laid off 75 employees from animation studio Pixar, and among those affected were some long-time, senior personnel. That includes Angus MacLane, director of Lightyear (who had been there for 26 years) and producer Galyn Susman, famous for being the person who “saved” Toy Story 2. Disney’s New Post-Apocalyptic Anime Proves The Mouse […]

Star Wars has released a new featurette for The Mandalorian Season 3, and you can watch it below!  Titled “Phenomenon”, the new behind-the-scenes look at The Mandalorian focuses on the overall journey the series has taken, from being Star Wars’ first live-action TV show to becoming the core of the franchise as a global phenomenon. […]

Gunther’s Millions From Wednesday, February 1st, Netflix It’s anything but a dog’s life for Gunther VI: he’s the world’s richest mutt, sporting the kind of bling that would make Snoop Dogg green with envy. Gunther is the fourth generation of a doggie dynasty that began when his great-grandfather was bequeathed millions by his owner, a […]

Image: JOCA_PH (Shutterstock) A new rebrand is in the works for Paramount after CEO Bob Bakish announced the company is merging Showtime and Paramount+. As part of the merger, Paramount+ will be rebranded as Paramount+ With Showtime, which will be overseen by Tom Ryan. Meanwhile, Chris McCarthy will continue to oversee network operations for Showtime, […]

Sarah Michelle GellarPhoto: Jesse Grant (Getty Images) As star of the beloved (but in recent years controversial) series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar knows the highs and lows of working within the supernatural genre better than most. The pros? Incredible story-telling! Emotional character arcs! Mind-blowing special effects! Werewolves! But the cons? Sexism. So […]

Image: 20th Television Animation Springfield’s sticking around for a little longer, as Fox has renewed The Simpsons more seasons. Revealed earlier in the week, Matt Groening’s animated series was granted a two-season order that’ll run through 2025. If you haven’t been keeping track, this’ll make seasons 35 and 36 for the series; an episode count […]

Screenshot: BBC Doctor Who has always rather infamously been a show with ideas far beyond the budgetary constraints of an ailing public broadcaster—a mainstay in the realm of wobbly sets and dodgy alien costumes. It’s a reputation that’s persisted even into its modern era. But as sci-fi TV becomes more and more lavish, that’s about […]

Clockwise from Top Left: The Lion King, Walt Disney (Photo: Screen Archives/Getty Images), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 101 Dalmatians, Dumbo (all screenshots: Walt Disney Studios/YouTube)Graphic: The A.V. Club Like a lot of kids raised in the early 1900s, Walt Disney grew up in a world where corporal punishment was an accepted form of […]

Daisy RidleyPhoto: Gareth Cattermole (Getty Images for Disney) Somehow it’s been three years since Palpatine returned. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker was our final cinematic disappointment before the COVID-19 pandemic made our lives a near-constant disappointment. While some of us used Chewbacca’s fake demise as a signal to take a break from Star Wars […]


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