Is this a hoax? That was the reaction from many Disney employees on the evening of Nov. 20, as the stunning news spread that Bob Iger would return to Disney as CEO, ending the stormy tenure of his successor, Bob Chapek. The news was so unexpected that at first many…
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Bob Iger was always going to be a tough act to follow. But Bob Chapek’s tenure at the helm of Disney was also marked by unforced errors that ultimately made it impossible to escape Iger’s shadow. On Sunday night, Chapek was ousted and replaced by Iger, a little less than…
UPDATED with Bob Iger’s full memo: Bob Iger has replaced Bob Chapek as Disney’s CEO, a shocking turn of events for the world’s largest media company that has been in turmoil ever since Iger stepped down as CEO in February 2020. The shakeup that caught the entertainment industry and Wall…
“Barry makes his living off his face and his voice, the two things they told us might be the most affected,” said his wife, Jo.
“Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes faced a few hurdles back in the early 2000s when she was trying to get the ABC series made.
Nick Grad and Gina Balian have been given the new titles of co-presidents of FX Entertainment. The duo were previously the co-presidents of original programming for FX Entertainment, with Balian having been elevated alongside Grad in that role in 2019. At that same time, Eric Schrier was promoted to the…
The Chicago native was best known for portraying Sheriff Mort Metzger on “Murder, She Wrote,” as well as earning the moniker “King of Commercials.”