#Disney Holds ‘Haunted Mansion’ Premiere Without Its Stars For First Major Event Impacted By Actors Strike

#Disney Holds ‘Haunted Mansion’ Premiere Without Its Stars For First Major Event Impacted By Actors Strike

Disney’s Haunted Mansion premiere, held at Disneyland on Saturday night, looked a little different from what the studio originally planned as it became the first major Hollywood event to take place after SAG-AFTRA took to the picket lines. Stars Tiffany Haddish, LaKeith Stanfield, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis,…

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#Wall Street’s Mid-Year Hollywood Stock Picks for Challenging Times

#Wall Street’s Mid-Year Hollywood Stock Picks for Challenging Times

Streaming businesses are getting overhauled in the hope of reaching profitability down the line; the advertising market may be stabilizing but has been challenged; Hollywood writers are striking; record cord-cutting has further eaten away at TV networks divisions that once were the big profit centers; companies are going through layoffs to address “macroeconomic” clouds. To…

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#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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