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Bob Chapek, chief executive officer of Disney, speaks at the 2022 Disney Legends Awards during Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, Sept. 9, 2022.Mario Anzuoni | ReutersIn his first public comments since Disney fired him as CEO in November 2022, Bob Chapek told CNBC he sees no reason for Disney-owned ESPN to add minority partners."Strategically, I don't really see a benefit in bringing on yet another minority partner into ESPN," Chapek said as part of the CNBC documentary "ESPN's Fight for Dominance," which…

A great deal has been made about Disney’s struggles at the box office of late, but those battles have become a possible war for The Walt Disney Company as the entertainment giant is fighting a proxy war on two fronts. Two different investment firms are making plays for seats on the Disney board, the most significant, Nelson Peltz’s Trian Group, has the support of former Marvel Entertainment head Ike Perlmutter, but Bog Iger and Disney just solidified a major ally in George Lucas.This morning the man who sold Lucasfilm to…

Filmmaker and Hollywood legend George Lucas is throwing his support behind Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger in the bitter proxy battle between the company and activist investor Nelson Peltz.Lucas, who received 37.1 million Disney shares as part of Disney's $4.05 billion purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012, is currently the largest individual investor in the company, multiple sources confirmed to CNBC.In a statement provided to CNBC, Lucas wrote:"Creating magic is not for amateurs. When I sold Lucasfilm just over a decade ago, I was…

The “Star Wars” creator and one of Disney’s biggest individual shareholders said Tuesday that he was confident in the company’s leadership in their battle against Peltz, whose hedge fund Trian Partners is trying to seize two board seats. The “Star Wars” creator and one of Disney’s biggest individual shareholders said Tuesday that he was confident in the company’s leadership in their battle against Peltz, whose hedge fund Trian Partners is trying to seize two board seats. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original…

Timothée Chalamet has begun shooting for the biopic on acclaimed singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. As per new photos that were obtained by PEOPLE, the 28 year-old was seen on the set of the film that is directed by James Mangold. (Also read: New Hollywood superstar: Timothée Chalamet earned over $8 million for Wonka; his fees to rise post Dune Part Two success) Timothee Chalamet will be playing Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic. Timothée shoots for Bob Dylan biopicIn the pictures, the Dune star was seen holding an…

Filming on the "not really a Bob Dylan biopic" - as director James Mangold called it - began this week in New York Shooting on the “not really a Bob Dylan biopic” A Complete Unknown is currently underway in New York City, and the first photos of Timothée Chalamet as the legendary singer-songwriter have emerged. The long-in-the-works film, directed by James Mangold, traces Dylan’s journey from Minnesota to New York to meet Woody Guthrie through his memorable 1965 performance at the Newport Folk…

Bob Marley: One Love has been a hit with audiences since arriving in theaters this past February. A lot of those positive feelings don't track with a number of film critics, though, who've seemingly been a bit tougher on the musical biopic. (Of course, critic and audience division isn’t unusual when it comes to a movie or TV show, as the group's tastes can differ.) Up until this point, the Marley family has remained silent on the discourse. Now, the late reggae legend’s eldest son, Ziggy Marley, has finally weighed in on…

On the opening night of Bob Dylan‘s 2024 tour, a fan reportedly got under his skin by screaming out, “Play something we know.” The fact that he followed the heckle up with a brand new arrangement of “When I Paint My Masterpiece” that echoed Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ On The Ritz” (or possibly “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” by the Four Lads) is surely coincidence since such things are worked out in advance, but later in the night he did pull out a surprise by covering the 1956 Jimmy Rogers song “Walking By Myself” for…

"Maybe they’re missing the essence of the thing and what it’s supposed to be instead of what they think it should be," Ziggy said of the Bob Marley film Ziggy Marley spoke about the disparate box office success and lukewarm critical reviews of the Bob Marley: One Love biopic in an interview on Thursday, likening the project to the critical consensus around his late father’s legendary album Exodus. “The reviews of my father’s Exodus album … they bashed the album that became the album of the…

Bob Dylan‘s 2024 tour kicked off less than a week ago, and he’s already pulling out some big surprises. They began March 1 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when he covered the 1956 Jimmy Rogers song “Walking by Myself” for the first time in his career. And they continued last night when he played Johnny Cash‘s “Big River” for the first time since a guest appearance with The Dead in 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqvK5G0ctI Dylan’s love of Johnny Cash goes back to his childhood in the Fifties. The…