#Disney’s Chief Diversity Officer Latondra Newton Departs

#Disney’s Chief Diversity Officer Latondra Newton Departs

Disney’s chief diversity officer is leaving the entertainment conglomerate after a six-year run. Latondra Newton, who joined the Burbank-based studio in Feb. 2017 after leading Toyota’s inclusion efforts, is leaving Disney “to pursue other endeavors,” wrote chief human resources officer Sonia Coleman in a memo on Tuesday. Newton is said to be joining another corporate…

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#Christine McCarthy to Exit as Disney CFO

#Christine McCarthy to Exit as Disney CFO

Walt Disney Co. CFO Christine McCarthy is stepping down from her role to take a family medical leave of absence, the company said Thursday. Veteran Disney executive Kevin Lansberry, executive VP and CFO of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, will serve as Interim CFO, effective July 1. The company will now begin an “internal and…

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#‘The Wiz’ Star Stephanie Mills Relates Her Own Experience to Racist Backlash Toward ‘Little Mermaid”s Halle Bailey

#‘The Wiz’ Star Stephanie Mills Relates Her Own Experience to Racist Backlash Toward ‘Little Mermaid”s Halle Bailey

Stephanie Mills, who originated the role of Dorothy in Broadway’s The Wiz nearly 50 years ago, says she can relate to Halle Bailey, the star of Disney’s new live-action film The Little Mermaid, and the racist backlash she’s been the target of since casting was announced. Mills wrote a letter to the “beautiful and talented”…

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