By Jeffrey Epstein Disney Legend Regis Philbin passed away from natural causes on Friday, July 24, his family shared. The Emmy® Award-winning morning show host, who was also beloved for hosting ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, was just one month shy of his 89th birthday. “Regis was a very special part of our …
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By Courtney Potter See What’s In Store on Marvel’s 616—New Docuseries Coming to Disney+ There’s a brand-new series arriving soon on Disney+, and just this week we got to see a few sneak peeks at the excitement to come. Marvel’s 616 explores how Marvel’s rich legacy of stories, characters, and creators exist within the world …
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By the D23 Team Disney announced today the launch of Mickey & Friends: Stay True, a global campaign inspired by the Sensational Six—Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto—and their iconic friendship that has spanned several decades. Through countless adventures and almost a century’s worth of milestones, the Sensational Six have always …
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By Courtney Potter Meet Joe from Legal in New Muppets Now Trailer If you’ve read News Briefs for any length of time, you know we’re big, big fans of the Muppets ’round these parts… so naturally, we’re on pins and needles whilst anxiously awaiting the big premiere of Muppets Now on Disney+! And just this …
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By Zach Johnson Next month is chock-full of premieres on Disney+! From feature films and documentaries including Howard, The One and Only Ivan, Magic Camp, and Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe to an all-new season of National Geographic’s Weird But True!, August can’t come fast enough. Add in the series finale …
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By Zach Johnson Parenting is no joke… but ABC’s new family sitcom United We Fall is full of ’em! The heartwarming and hilarious series, premiering with back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, July 15, at 8 p.m. ET, follows the trials and tribulations of Bill Ryan (Will Sasso) and Jo Rodriguez (Christina Vidal Mitchell), parents of two …
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By Zach Johnson We’ve got a good feeling about this! Today Disney+ ordered its next animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Fresh off of the critically acclaimed series finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the original series will debut on the streaming service in 2021. The series follows the elite and …
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By Zach Johnson Whether you’re a country music fan or a comic book lover, this is your week! ABC is bringing us a can’t-miss concert special, CMA Best of Fest, as well as the series premiere of the family sitcom United We Fall. Later in the week, Freeform will say farewell to yet another gripping …
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By Courtney Potter The One and Only Ivan: Coming to Disney+ Next Month Mark those calendars—there’s another sure-to-be-delightful, brand-new film coming to Disney+ in just a few weeks’ time! Based on the award-winning book by Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan is an unforgettable tale about the beauty of friendship, the power of visualization, …
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By Beth Deitchman LANCE, ESPN Films’ incredibly compelling look at Lance Armstrong, opens with a first-person story from the cyclist, who—using frank, no-holds-barred language—describes the public derision he’s encountered since being exposed in one of history’s largest doping scandals. Despite his massive fall, Armstrong is surprisingly honest and even more surprisingly unapologetic. LANCE director Marina …
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