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☆ Margot Robbie says her 'Pirates of the Caribbean' spinoff was canceled by Disney
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The Oscar nominee said the “Pirates of the Caribbean” spinoff in which she was set to star has been canceled. Robbie said work had stopped on the planned “Pirates” film because Disney didn’t want to move forward with it, according to her Vanity Fair cover story. Robbie and Hodson were first attached to the project in June 2020, one of two planned “Pirates” films, the Hollywood Reporter said at the time. The film series’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed Robbie’s involvement as recently as May of this year. The original “Pirates” film series was loosely inspired by the Disney theme park ride of the same name and starred Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow.

☆ NFL roundup: Vikings prevail in OT thriller vs. Bills
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

The NFC South-leading Buccaneers (5-5), who entered last in the league with an average of 61 rushing yards per game, exceeded that by 100. Chiefs 27, Jaguars 17Patrick Mahomes threw four touchdown passes to four different receivers as Kansas City captured a win over visiting Jacksonville. Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes to rookie Christian Watson, and the Packers rallied from a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to spoil Mike McCarthy's return to Lambeau Field. Jimmy Garoppolo had 240 yards passing and a rushing TD for the 49ers (5-4). After missing a game because of a hamstring issue, 49ers wideout Deebo Samuel had two receptions and 27 yards rushing.

☆ A female-led 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie has been scrapped at Disney, Margot Robbie says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Margot Robbie says her "Pirates of the Caribbean" spin-off movie is dead at Disney. "I guess they don't want to do it," Robbie told Vanity Fair. Actress Margot Robbie told Vanity Fair in a story published on Monday that a spin-off movie she was set to star in at Disney has been scrapped. Christina Hodson, who also wrote Robbie's "Birds of Prey," was set to write the "Pirates" spin-off movie. THR reported in 2019 that a sixth "Pirates" movie, described as "reboot," was in development, which Robbie's movie would have been separate from.

It has dawned on me recently that as much as I like to give people advice, the wisdom I offer may not be worth very much.

☆ I May Be Older, but I’m Not Necessarily Wiser
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Robbie Shell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Before assuming that age has made you wiser, consider that your perspective on things can say as much about you as it does about the other person. Shortly after my younger son got married, I advised him not to sign up for a cramped, 350-square-foot apartment in Manhattan’s West Village—a popular, and very expensive, neighborhood. I couldn’t imagine living in such a small place when my husband and I were first married. My son ignored the advice and last summer signed the lease for another year.

☆ Meet All the 2022 WSJ. Magazine Innovators
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Magazine celebrated eight trailblazing talents at its annual Innovator Awards, held November 2 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. See below to read each honoree’s inspiring story—featuring: Anitta, Jeanne Gang, José Andrés for World Central Kitchen, Maya Rudolph, Jenny Holzer, Anthony Vaccarello, Margot Robbie and Jony Ive. You can find videos about each of the Innovators here, and a recap of the awards gala here.

☆ Disney Details Plans for Cost Cuts, Layoffs and Hiring Freeze in Memo
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Disney earlier this week reported lackluster quarterly earnings and a $1.5 billion loss at its streaming business. Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Chapek announced Friday companywide cost-cutting measures and told division leaders that layoffs are likely, according to an internal memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal. The austerity measures, which include a ban on all but essential work travel and a freeze on new hires for all but a few critical positions, come days after Disney reported lackluster quarterly earnings and a $1.5 billion quarterly loss at its streaming business, significantly wider than Wall Street analysts had predicted.

☆ Chris Rock becomes first comedian to set live Netflix comedy special
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Chris Rock will be the first comedian to air a live streaming special on Netflix, the company has announced. Rock previously collaborated with Netflix on the comedy special “Tamborine” in 2018. “Chris Rock is one of the most iconic and important comedic voices of our generation,” said Robbie Praw, Netflix’s vice president of stand-up and comedy formats. “We’re thrilled the entire world will be able to experience a live Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history. This will be the first significant test of live streaming on Netflix, potentially opening the door for a number of its other programs to get the live treatment.

☆ Chris Rock to make history with Netflix’s first-ever live performance
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Chris Rock is coming live to a screen near you. Netflix announced Thursday that the legendary comedian will make history as the headliner of the streaming giant’s first-ever live, global streaming event. “We’re thrilled the entire world will be able to experience a live Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history. Though this will be Netflix’s first time streaming one, it is no stranger to live comedy events. Rock’s live Netflix comedy special is set to stream in early 2023.

☆ Chris Rock to be first comedian to perform live on Netflix
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Danielle Broadway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) said on Thursday that comedian Chris Rock will be the first artist to perform live on the streaming platform. This will be Rock's second Netflix stand-up special following “Chris Rock: Tamborine” in 2018. "I’ll get to it eventually, on Netflix.”The streaming platform said it will give more details about the live Rock event later. “Chris Rock is one of the most iconic and important comedic voices of our generation,” said Robbie Praw, Netflix vice president of stand-up and comedy formats. “We're thrilled the entire world will be able to experience a live Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history.

☆ Disney’s Earnings Report to Give Insight on Disney+’s Push to Profitability
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Disney’s theme parks division has raised prices but also introduced new technology to reduce crowd sizes and coax guests to return. When Walt Disney Co. reports its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday afternoon, investors will be looking to see if the streaming business is making progress toward profitability and how well the entertainment giant’s theme parks did this summer. Disney beat expectations when it announced third-quarter results in August, reporting a 26% surge in revenue. That quarter included record results from the theme parks division, which has raised prices but also introduced new technology to reduce crowd sizes and coax guests to return following the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.

☆ Disney’s Earnings Hurt by Costs at Disney+
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Disney’s theme parks division has raised prices but also introduced new technology to reduce crowd sizes and coax guests to return. Walt Disney Co. reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday as losses continued to widen in the streaming business, offsetting the strong performance of the company’s theme parks. In the three months ended Oct. 1, the company’s flagship streaming service Disney+ added 12.1 million net new accounts, bringing its global total to 164.2 million subscribers. Analysts were expecting 8.86 million additions, according to FactSet.

☆ Despite some complaints, 'Black Panther' sequel receives rave reviews
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Danielle Broadway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 8 (Reuters) - The highly anticipated sequel to Disney's “Black Panther,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has received glowing reviews from the majority of critics. The film, which arrives in theaters on Friday, scored a 94% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with only five out of 81 critics rating the film as rotten. There is a new Black Panther, and they will figure into the future of this universe. “'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' is by far the best film in phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The sad reality is that the show must go on, and without (Chadwick Boseman), it’s just more of the same.

☆ COP27: Loss of Arctic summer sea ice 'inevitable' within 30 years — report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The newest report's authors highlighted the "terminal diagnosis" for the ice that forms and floats atop the Arctic Ocean each summer. On Monday evening, Arctic campaigners and indigenous youth from the region planned a media event to mark the demise of sea ice. Mallett said COP27 talks would do little to save the summer sea ice. Last year, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said summer sea ice would be lost even if warming peaked at 1.6 degrees above the preindustrial average. If summer sea ice is lost, no multiyear sea ice — sea ice that persists in the ocean from year to year — will remain.

☆ Ireland's Henshaw ruled out of South Africa game, McCloskey starts
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

DUBLIN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw has been ruled out of Saturday's test against South Africa through injury, the Irish Rugby Football Union said, with in-form Ulster midfielder Stuart McCloskey coming into the starting lineup. McCloskey, 30, will win his seventh cap since making his debut in 2016. A superb season so far has put him next in line to Henshaw, his centre partner on Saturday Garry Ringrose and the suspended Bundee Aki ahead of next year's World Cup. Leinster utility back Jimmy O'Brien could win his first cap after being added to the bench for the opening test of Ireland's November series. Reporting by Padraic Halpin Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Disney to Offer Toy and Merchandise Deals via Disney+ App
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Disney is under pressure from investors to add subscribers and increase revenue. Walt Disney Co. is launching a pilot program to test how streaming subscribers respond to deals to buy exclusive toys and apparel related to some of its most popular shows, movies and characters—all offered through the Disney+ app. Starting Tuesday, subscribers can visit the ShopDisney.com website or scan a QR code found on the menu screen of Disney+ streaming titles and purchase limited-edition merchandise. Items featured in the test include replicas of Marvel superhero Dr. Strange’s cloak, a Black Panther mask, or a Darksaber toy weapon from “The Mandalorian.”

The hottest blonde ever.” This was the infamous script description given for Margot Robbie’s character in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), directed by Martin Scorsese. Widely credited as Robbie’s breakthrough, the role instantly helped establish her as one of the biggest movie stars. Yet Robbie—Australian born and then still relatively new to Hollywood—says that she had little interest in further riffing on the blonde-bombshell theme: “I was going to have to show people that I could do something different. I didn’t want to get pigeonholed.” Accordingly, her next roles gave the middle finger to the hot-blonde paradigm.

☆ Antony: Why some have reacted with fury to Manchester United star's showboating
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

United eventually won its Europa League game 3-0 but almost immediately, Antony’s showboating prompted a furious reaction online and from pundits while his teammates defended him. He’s [Antony] done that then puts the ball out of play. Doing that with nobody near him and then he puts the ball out of play,” former Wales international Robbie Savage said on BT Sport commentary. You’re trying to win the game, move the ball quickly, nobody near him and he puts the ball out of play. “I don’t have a problem with tricks as long as it’s functional,” Ten Hag said after the game.

Jerry Lee Lewis, the rock ’n’ roll trailblazer and piano virtuoso who electrified audiences with his raucous, free-wheeling performances but attracted scandal after he married his 13-year-old cousin, died Friday, his publicist said. Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957. He is a defiant, reckless, indefatigable wild man that can rock you into oblivion,” the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame said when he was inducted in 1986. Jerry Lee Lewis with Myra Gale Brown in 1962. Jerry Lee Lewis performs in 1986.

☆ Disney CEO Bob Chapek Wants to Customize Fan Experiences
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Walt Disney is focused on telling stories in “a more customized, more personalized way” and “bringing together the physicality plus the media element of Disney,” chief executive Bob Chapek said Wednesday. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference, Mr. Chapek said the entertainment company is working on ways to unite its two main business lines—its parks, experiences and products division and its media, content and streaming division—using the Disney+ app. The idea, he said, is to steer content to customers based on what theme park rides a visitor prefers, for example, rather than trying to predict what a customer will like based on past viewing or personal information.

☆ Warner Bros. Discovery Names Two Superhero Veterans to Lead DC Studios
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Writer-director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran have been named co-chairmen and co-chief executives of DC Studios. Discovery has tapped the veteran director-producer team of James Gunn and Peter Safran to lead DC Studios, the movie franchise that includes a stable of valuable superhero properties including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman. Mr. Gunn and Mr. Safran will serve as co-chairmen and co-chief executives of the studio and will report directly to David Zaslav , chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, the company said. Mr. Zaslav has said he wants to put in place a 10-year-plan to rebuild DC and make it better compete with Walt Disney Marvel Studios.

☆ Beeple Creates Digital-Art Museum in Charleston, S.C.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Kelly Crow | Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann , who goes by Beeple , rarely visited art museums before he sold a digital collage at Christie’s for nearly $70 million last year. Now, he is building a museum of his own. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference, Mr. Winkelmann said he is constructing a 50,000-square-foot exhibition space in Charleston, S.C., to display digital art, including his own.

☆ Tyson Fury: Heavyweight boxing champion to release 'Sweet Caroline' solo single for mental health charity
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But he’ll be “reaching out, touching me, touching you” as he swaps the boxing ring for the recording studio, all in the name of charity. The two-time world heavyweight champion will release a cover of Neil Diamond’s classic ‘Sweet Caroline’ in aid of men’s mental health charity, Talk Club, in November. 100% of the profits earned from Fury’s debut solo single will be donated to Talk Club. “Boxing has been a massive platform for me to spread the word on mental health and I have done it to the best of my ability,” the 34-year-old said in a press release announcing the single. Sarah Louise Bennett“I have been very vocal about my mental health struggle, especially since my comeback.

☆ Microsoft exec says gaming is 'somewhat resilient' to economic weakness
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Microsoft's head of gaming said Wednesday that video games can stand up to economic weakness, even as the software maker expects slower pickup in other parts of its business targeting consumers. Gaming remains a high priority for Microsoft, with the company working to close its $68.7 billion acquisition of publisher Activision Blizzard . Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, sounded optimistic about the prospects of the unit. "The video game industry has never been 'recession-proof,' but that line gets brought out every time the r-word is mentioned," Mat Piscatella, executive director and video game industry advisor at market researcher NPD Group, wrote in a July tweet. "People can play video games for hundreds of hours," he said.

☆ Boxer Tyson Fury to release 'Sweet Caroline' remake for charity
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is swapping his boxing gloves for a microphone with the release of his debut single, a remake of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline", for charity. The 34-year-old British boxer, who has previously sung for crowds at matches as well as dueted with Robbie Williams, will put out the track, a crowd favourite at sporting events, on Nov. 11 in aid of men’s mental health charity Talk Club. "'Sweet Caroline' is a record I’ve always loved, and I’m excited to record and release it," Fury said in a statement, noting the single will come out just in time for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But he later struggled with mental health and substance abuse which derailed his career. He fought back and has been vocal about mental health awareness.

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