Disney Disney’s Moana 2 posted a heroic box office box office debut, setting a Thanksgiving weekend box office record with an estimated $221 million. The animated adventure, featuring Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson returning as the voices of Moana and Maui, respectively, was the biggest five-day domestic opening of all time, surpassing The Super Mario Bros. Movie which had $204.6 …
Sites of 2026 FIFA World Cup pose heat stress threats for players at various North American locations
SasinT Gallery/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Extreme heat could pose a significant threat to players and spectators at the next World Cup, according to climate and medical experts. The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will take place in the summer of 2026 in North America — during the hottest part of the year — and …
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail
Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Judge Arun Subramanian ruled to deny bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday. Both federal prosecutors and Combs’ attorneys submitted their final letters about whether the music mogul should be allowed out on bail on Monday. Prosecutors argued that Combs’ attempt to influence witnesses while in jail “constitutes obstruction” of his criminal …
‘Moana’ star says people should stop making fun of Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo’s teary ‘Wicked’ press tour
Theo Wargo/Getty Images The Wicked promotional run has become the press tour that has spawned a thousand memes, as stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were seen constantly tearing up, full-out crying and being dramatic while talking about the film. But the star of another musical film — albeit an animated one — says people …
Margot Robbie hopes ‘Babylon’ will be this generation’s ‘The Shawshank Redemption’
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Margot Robbie is waiting for the world to catch up on Babylon. On a recent episode of the Talking Pictures podcast, host Ben Mankiewicz told Robbie he kept wondering, “Why don’t people like this movie?” as he watched the Damien Chazelle-directed 2022 film. “I am still saying that,” Robbie said. “I love it.” …
‘Moana 2’ scores Disney Animation record with $13.8 million in previews
Disney How far will Moana 2 go at the box office? That’s yet to be determined, but the film has already scored a Disney Animation record. The film earned $13.8 million at the box office on Tuesday in preview screenings, according to Variety. That makes it the largest preview sum amounted in Disney Animation’s history. …
Universal denies ‘Wicked’ pay gap reports between Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo
Universal Universal Pictures, the production company behind Wicked, has shut down rumors of a pay gap between the movie’s two stars, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. “Reports of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are completely false and based on internet fodder,” a spokesperson from Universal told ABC News in a statement on Tuesday. “The …
Who won ‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 33?
Disney/Eric McCandless Former Bachelor star Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson were crowned the winners of Dancing with the Stars season 33, taking home the Len Goodman Mirrorball trophy during the finale Nov. 26 on ABC. Graziadei was the first Bachelor star ever to win the competition. Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher and Alan Bersten came …
In brief: ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ gets new premiere date, and more
Disney+ has moved the premiere date for Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew up a day. The series will now premiere with two episodes on Dec. 2. According to the official synopsis, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew “follows the journey of four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, then get lost …
Scoreboard roundup — 11/26/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONBulls 127, Wizards 108Bucks 106, Heat 103Rockets 117, Timberwolves 111Spurs 128, Jazz 115Lakers 100, Suns 127 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUECanucks 2, Bruins 0Utah Hockey Club 3, Canadiens 2 Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.