Rebel Wilson is opening up about her picture-perfect proposal, and what went into getting the go-ahead to make it happen.The star revealed earlier this month that she and girlfriend Ramona Agruma got engaged after Wilson popped the question at Disneyland.Wilson recently spoke with Drew Barrymore during an upcoming episode of her daytime talk show and recalled how she actually called Disney CEO Bob Iger for permission to propose inside the iconic theme park.«He's the big, big boss and I thought, 'Well, if he says yes, then it was meant to be, and I was meant to propose that day at Disneyland,'» Wilson recalled. «I had to get special permission to get a special area roped off and get the topiary trees in and, you know, I had a violinist playing like Disney classics, and it was very, really romantic.»Recalling the heartfelt proposal, Wilson admitted that she wasn't even totally sure how to actually pull off the proposal itself.«She said yes. And I was like, 'Do I get down on one knee? What do I do?' And I was like, 'I may as well,' so I got down on one knee,» Wilson recalled. «And then she was like, 'What are you doing?' And goes, „Well, you can’t be the only one on your knee,' so she got down as well.“While the proposal went off without a hitch and was as perfect as Wilson had hoped for, the actress admitted that she was a bit emotionally overwhelmed with happiness after the fact.»It was just beautiful and she said yes and then I was like, 'OK, great!' And then I was so overwhelmed that afterwards we went on a ride, this new ride they had, and I kind of collapsed afterwards," she remembered.
Disney Reaffirms Outlook For Streaming Profitability By 2024; CEO Bob Iger Calls The Business “My No. 1 Priority” But Vows Not To “Abandon” Movie Theaters Or Linear TV
09.02.2023 - 04:17 / deadline.com
Disney CEO Bob Iger on Wednesday reaffirmed the company’s longstanding guidance to investors that its streaming business will become profitable by the end of fiscal 2024.
Speaking on the company’s quarterly earnings call, Iger called streaming “my No. 1 priority” and said he has “drilled down into every facet of our streaming business” since returning as CEO last November.
Multiple times on the call, analysts pressed Iger on how he will manage the balance between declining linear TV networks and streaming offerings whose economic models are still coming into focus. Last September, when he was still an independent media figure and not yet back in the corner office in Burbank, Iger had gained attention with a stark vision for TV outlined at the Code Conference. “Linear TV and satellite is marching towards a great precipice and it will be pushed off,” he said, adding, “I can’t tell you when, but it goes away.”
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The exec picked up on that theme today, telling analysts he has been “watching this very carefully for a long time. What I’m talking about is the impact of technology is basically causing a huge authority shift from the producer and distributor to the consumer.” Streaming, unlike the pay bundles that prevailed for decades, allows customers to sign up and pay a nominal amount for as little as one single title and then cancel their subscription. “That’s tremendous change,” Iger said.
As the company last year confronted a tough economic climate and took stock of its heavy spending on content as well as the loss of cricket rights in India, it lowered its targets for subscribers to flagship Disney+. The updated number is between 215 million and 245
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