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Rebel Wilson has learned that when it comes to rules, Disney does not play around.  The actress revealed on "The Daily Show with Hasan Minhaj" that she was banned from Disneyland for an unauthorized selfie. "I did get banned from Disneyland for 30 days because I took a photo inside a secret bathroom, which is illegal at Disneyland," Wilson shared with a laugh. She continued, "I got officially banned for 30 days.They called me up and said, 'Rebel what 30 days did you not want to come to Disneyland because you’re away filming a movie or something?' And I was like, 'Oh, well, June would be fine.'" The Disneyland Park and Resort did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

It’s the Happiest Place On Earth — until you f**k up!

Rebel Wilson has been temporarily banned from visiting the Happiest Place on Earth for an "illegal photo."The "Bridesmaids" actress revealed that her Disney sin was taking a photo inside one of the park's secret bathrooms."I did get banned from Disneyland for 30 days because I took a photo inside a secret bathroom, which is illegal, at Disneyland," she said on The Daily Show.Rebel quickly noted that Disney officials wanted her to feel the least amount of pain possible in regard to her park shunning."I got officially banned for 30 days. They called me up and said, 'Rebel what 30 days did you not want to come to Disneyland because you're away filming a movie or something?,'" she said.

With today’s “urgent reminder” directed to its membership, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences again is doing its damnedest to get out the vote. The Oscar event is still a battlefield of “gold, sweat and tears” as portrayed in Oscar Wars, Michael Schulman’s new book, despite the ominous industry challenges.

Netflix has greenlighted an untitled comedy series created and executive produced by Erin Foster, starring and executive produced by Kristen Bell and executive produced by Steven Levitan. It comes from 20th Television where sisters Erin and Sara Foster have a pod deal and Levitan is under an overall deal.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor ESPN is getting in on the biggest game at corporate parent Disney: shuffling top executive ranks in the wake of the return of CEO Bob Iger. ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro handed oversight of content and newsgathering to Burke Magnus, a veteran executive who has helped the sports-media giant strike sports-rights deals with most of the major sports leagues as well as set in motion new content initiatives. Magnus has been named president of content, according to a new memo from Pitaro reviewed by Variety, and will supervise studio shows, live events, newsgathering, investigative journalism, original content/ESPN Films, talent, audio, digital, and social media. Meanwhile, Rosalyn Durant, a Disney veteran who has been overseeing Disney facilities in its parks division, will return to ESPN as executive vice president of programming and acquisitions, the ESPN position that negotiates for the rights that keep a significant chunk of live sports on Disney’s media portfolio.

Rebel Wilson is wrapping up her latest interview.

Rebel Wilson is opening up about her picture-perfect proposal, and what went into getting the go-ahead to make it happen.The star revealed earlier this month that she and girlfriend Ramona Agruma got engaged after Wilson popped the question at Disneyland.Wilson recently spoke with Drew Barrymore during an upcoming episode of her daytime talk show and recalled how she actually called Disney CEO Bob Iger for permission to propose inside the iconic theme park.«He's the big, big boss and I thought, 'Well, if he says yes, then it was meant to be, and I was meant to propose that day at Disneyland,'» Wilson recalled. «I had to get special permission to get a special area roped off and get the topiary trees in and, you know, I had a violinist playing like Disney classics, and it was very, really romantic.»Recalling the heartfelt proposal, Wilson admitted that she wasn't even totally sure how to actually pull off the proposal itself.«She said yes. And I was like, 'Do I get down on one knee? What do I do?' And I was like, 'I may as well,' so I got down on one knee,» Wilson recalled. «And then she was like, 'What are you doing?' And goes, „Well, you can’t be the only one on your knee,' so she got down as well.“While the proposal went off without a hitch and was as perfect as Wilson had hoped for, the actress admitted that she was a bit emotionally overwhelmed with happiness after the fact.»It was just beautiful and she said yes and then I was like, 'OK, great!' And then I was so overwhelmed that afterwards we went on a ride, this new ride they had, and I kind of collapsed afterwards," she remembered.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor FX chief John Landgraf and ABC programming head Simran Sethi will expand their duties under an executive shuffle at Disney’s TV operations, one of the first big moves under Dana Walden, who was assigned responsibility for the company’s TV networks after Bob Iger returned as Disney’s CEO. Landgraf will take oversight of National Geographic as well as Onyx Collective, the production unit devoted to projects from communities of color and underrepresented groups. Sethi, meanwhile, will oversee programming and development for both ABC and Freeform. She will continue to report to Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group. The moves comes as Tara Duncan, who had been supervising programming for both Onyx Collective and Freeform, will devote her attention solely to Onyx, freeing up the programming duties for Sethi, who had a previous tenure at the cable network.

Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden is among the business executives named to the President’s Export Council, which advises Joe Biden on international trade.

Rebel Wilson announced her engagement to partner Ramona Agruma, via an Instagram post on Sunday. The Pitch Perfect actress captioned her Instagram post, “We said YES!”, thanking Tiffany & Co. for the ring and to Bob Iger and the “incredible team at Disneyland” for pulling off this magical surprise!” In the post, the couple can be seen in front of Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty castle, wearing matching pink and white striped sweaters.   A post shared by Rebel Wilson (@rebelwilson)Wilson described meeting Agruma as a fairy-tale story, writing “I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess,” she captioned the photo alongside a rainbow emoji and the hashtag ‘love is love’.The actress spoke to People Magazine last year, describing her relationship as “a bit old-school”, mentioning that the two of them had spoken on the phone for weeks prior to the meeting. “It was a bit old-school in that sense—very romantic.

With the pandemic easing, returning to the office isn’t so cool for some who’ve settled into working from home.

Rebel Wilson announced her engagement to partner Ramona Agruma, via an Instagram post on Sunday. The Pitch Perfect actress captioned her Instagram post, “We said YES!”, thanking Tiffany & Co. for the ring and to Bob Iger and the “incredible team at Disneyland” for pulling off this magical surprise!” In the post, the couple can be seen in front of Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty castle, wearing matching pink and white striped sweaters.   A post shared by Rebel Wilson (@rebelwilson)Wilson described meeting Agruma as a fairy-tale story, writing “I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess,” she captioned the photo alongside a rainbow emoji and the hashtag ‘love is love’.The actress spoke to People Magazine last year, describing her relationship as “a bit old-school”, mentioning that the two of them had spoken on the phone for weeks prior to the meeting. “It was a bit old-school in that sense—very romantic.

Friends supporting friends. Rebel Wilson’s loved ones’ reaction to her recent engagement with fiancée Ramona Agruma is absolutely pitch perfect.

and her fiancée, . The 42-year-old Pitch Perfect star made the announcement to her 11.2 million Instagram followers on February 19 with a delightful photo of the pair mid-smooch in matching sweatshirts (pink-and-white stripes, featuring a heart). The shot was taken outside the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California.“We said YES!” read the , along with a shout-out to Tiffany and Co.

Comedian Rebel Wilson is ready to make the ultimate commitment and proposed to her girlfriend Ramona Agruma during a trip to Disneyland in Orlando, Florida.The 42 year old thanked Disney CEO Bob Iger for helping keep the big surprise a secret in a post she shared with her 11 million Instagram followers, before paying tribute to the whole Disney Weddings team. Rebel shared a snap of the big moment which showed the happy couple being showered with baby pink petals as they posed with their rings in front of the resort’s iconic castle.Two massive bouquets can be seen on either side of the grinning pair, who are both on one knee.

Rebel Wilson has announced her engagement to partner Ramona Agruma after less than a year of dating.The Bridesmaid star revealed that she popped the question at Disneyland as she posted two snaps on Instagram to announce the joyous news. Rebel wrote in the caption: "We said YES! "Thank you @tiffanyandco for the stunning ring [diamond ring emoji] and to Bob Iger and the incredible team at Disneyland @disneyweddings for pulling off this magical surprise!" The first snap shows Ramona's gigantic Tiffany & Co.

Star Wars actor Liam Neeson has spoken out against the explosive growth of the Lucasfilm franchise, expressing the belief that it’s been damaged by the constant churning out of spin-offs.

So it looks like there might be a big change to the planned Marvel/Disney+ release schedule in 2023.

Earlier this month, Disney CEO Bob Iger commented that his company must become “better at curating” content that’s “extraordinarily expensive.” “We want the quality on the screen, but we have to look at what they cost us,” Iger said.

Tatiana Siegel On Nov. 20, Disney shocked Hollywood when it announced that Bob Iger would return as CEO after less than a year away. Two days later, Disney’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” landed a coveted China release. Then, the sci-fi film received a rare release extension in China that allowed it to run through Feb. 14, enabling it to gross more than $240 million in the country.  Though Disney insiders say China’s embrace of “Avatar” was unrelated to Iger’s return, its success and a string of good fortune for the company has raised eyebrows at rival studios. That’s because after seeing its Marvel releases denied entry to China for nearly four years, Disney recently announced that “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” were being waved into the country. (“Avengers: Endgame” in 2019 was the last Disney Marvel movie to secure a release in the Middle Kingdom, earning $632 million there.) And if things seem cozier between Disney and China, there’s no missing that a recent “Simpsons” episode that took a shot at the country’s human rights record never appeared on Disney+ in Hong Kong. The episode’s infraction involved a bit where a virtual tour guide tells Marge: “Behold the wonders of China. Bitcoin mines, forced labor camps where children make smartphones.” That joke was enough for the episode to receive the boot. The “Simpsons” move represents a stark difference from Disney’s recent approach elsewhere in Asia, where it chose to forego the release of titles including “Thor” and “Lightyear” rather than cave to pressure from censors over those films’ LGBTQ characters.

Paramount is betting that new and existing subscribers to Paramount+ are big fans of Showtime. Executives touted thr integration of the streaming service and the cable television channel as a key justification for raising prices for the direct-to-consumer service’s premium tier Thursday as they discussed the media giant’s earnings.  Later this year, the top tier of Paramount+ will rise from $9.99 per month to $11.99 per month.

Only 10 episodes of The Gordita Chronicles were produced before HBO Max canceled the comedy last summer amid a pullback on live-action kids and family programming. But at least creator Claudia Forestieri felt good knowing that new viewers could still find the show on the streamer.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO content, including tentpoles such as House of The Dragon and Succession, is on the verge of moving from Indian platform Disney+ Hotstar, where it has been streaming since 2016, according to local industry sources. 

Disney shares slid into red numbers Thursday after jumping 5% earlier in the day on the news that activist investor Nelson Peltz has ended his proxy fight with the company.

The Walt Disney Company announced details Thursday of its strategic restructuring, which will, according to an official release, “refocus the organization on creativity, empower creative leaders and ensure they are accountable for all aspects of their businesses globally, and put the company’s streaming business on a path to sustained growth and profitability.” This offers some clarification and insight into the expanded roles of top executives Alan Bergman, Dana Walden and Jimmy Pitaro, first announced during the February 2023 earnings call with CEO Bob Iger on Wednesday. Thursday’s announcement states that, effective immediately, the company will be organized into (and around) three business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (aka DPEP, which was created by Iger in 2018).

Disney Entertainment, the new division run by Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, will oversee the company’s main streaming services including Disney+ as details of the company strategic restructuring emerge.

Disney CEO Bob Iger today called Marvel chairman Isaac Perlmutter’s backing of activist investor Nelson Peltz “a curious dynamic.”

Disney CEO Bob Iger said today that he’s open to selling Hulu — instead of forking over billions of dollars to buy out Comcast’s stake in the streaming platform.

Activist investor Nelson Peltz said this morning that he’s ending his proxy fight againt Disney after CEO Bob Iger announced sweeping restructuring and cost cutting plans yesterday alongside the company’s latest quarterly earnings.

Deadline reports that Disney CEO Bob Iger had good and bad news on a Q1 earnings call yesterday. The bad first: Disney initiates a $5.5 billion cost-saving plan that nixes 7,000 jobs across the entire company.

Disney CEO Bob Iger on Wednesday reaffirmed the company’s longstanding guidance to investors that its streaming business will become profitable by the end of fiscal 2024.

Bob Iger said Wednesday that ESPN is not for sale, though that possibility was explored by the previous regime.

The Walt Disney Company will be laying off thousands of employees as a part of a new round of cost cutting measures, CEO Bob Iger revealed today.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company has asked its board to reinstate the dividend by the end of the calendar year. The payouts, beloved by investors, especially Disney’s legion of retail shareholders, was stopped abruptly during Covid to conserve cash.

Animated sequels to Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia are in the works, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced on today’s Q1 earnings call.