Pixar Eyes Staff Reduction Later This Year As Part Of Disney Content Spending Cuts

Jeff Bezos is officially 60 years old, and with the help of his fiance, Lauren Sanchez, who wore a $4,995 crystal-covered rocket ship purse, he had a huge celebration on Saturday. The Amazon founder, whose official birthday was on January 12, had a star-studded guest list filled with Hollywood A-listers, athletes, and business moguls.A post shared by Lauren Sanchez (@laurenwsanchez)According to Page Six, the party was at Bezos and Sanchez’s Beverly Hills mansion.

Vicious and dangerous knives that have been used to take the lives of people across Greater Manchester will be banned later this year following a public outcry about the use of long serrated blades. In legislation that will be brought before parliament tomorrow (January 25), anyone found in possession of a zombie-style knife or machete could face two years behind bars.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s sprawling examination of the dawn of the Atomic Age, leading with 13 nods including Best Picture.

Love Island star Sophie Piper and her famous sister Rochelle Humes met their long-lost sister last year after 23 years apart. Sophie, a 25 year old is set to return to the South African villa for the All Stars spin-off series.The reality star will be back on our screens on Wednesday, January 24 four years after her first appearance on the show. She grew up with Rochelle, raised by their mum and famous footballer uncle Paul Ince after their parents split.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The long-awaited “Squid Game” Season 2 is set to premiere later this year. Netflix announced the-second season debut plans in a letter to shareholders Tuesday, writing: “Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, boldslate for 2024.

There is already a lot of renewal and cancellation news over at HBO/Max, especially as we’re only 23 days in 2024!

Blackwells Capital, a Disney shareholder with plenty of opinions about who should sit on the company’s board of directors, blasted the rival Trian Group for its own board maneuvering.

The Trian Group’s Nelson Peltz has formally asked Disney shareholders to elect himself, as well as former Disney executive Jay Rasulo, to the company’s board of directors at the annual meeting this spring.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney CEO Bob Iger saw his compensation hit $31.6 million in 2023 — down from $45.9 million in 2021, his last prior full year of employment at the company. Iger’s 2023 pay package included $865,385 in base salary, plus 16.1 million in stock awards, $10 million in stock-option awards, $2.14 million cash bonus and $2.48 million in other compensation, according to the company’s proxy statement filed Tuesday with the SEC. His contract with Disney runs through the end of 2026.

Disney CEO Bob Iger’s compensation totaled about $31.6 million for the company fiscal year ended Sept. 30. It includes most of the year. Iger returned to lead Disney in November of 2022.

Bob Chapek, a nearly three-decade Disney veteran who was ousted in 2022 as the media company’s CEO, has been appointed to the board of directors of medical tech firm Masimo.

Disney and TSG Entertainment Finance have settled litigation from August of 2023 when the financier sued the media giant for “rampant self-dealing” and breach of the parties’ revenue participation contract.

Apple’s new mixed reality headsets will include thousands of Disney+ TV shows and movies along with four “iconic environments” where users can watch them as the tech giant unveiled more details of its upcoming Apple Vision Pro.

News Corp today announced that veteran communications executive Arthur Bochner is set to become chief communications officer and EVP at News Corp. when Jim Kennedy retires later this year.

Disney convened its fourth annual Tech and Data Showcase for advertisers at CES in Las Vegas on Wednesday, kicking it off with affirmation from CEO Bob Iger.

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of Marvel‘s Echo, which debuts with all five episodes today on Disney+ & Hulu.

Leave it to Lucasfilm to throw us a curveball when it comes to “Star Wars” films. Just when we were all set to speculate about the three films currently in development, led by the next film being Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s feature starring Daisy Ridley, Lucasfilm has gone ahead and turned everyone upside down.

Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival unveiled its 2024 lineup today, featuring 250 feature films set to screen across ten days, with highlights including Handling the Undead, Norwegian filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl’s feature debut, starring Renate Resinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie. Other buzzy titles include the Finish title The Missile from filmmaker Miia Tervo and Morbius director Daniel Espinosa’s return to Nordic filmmaker with Madame Luna.

The early weeks of a new year are often the best time for people to start thinking about any changes they might be able to make to help improve their current financial situation or set long-term goals. January is also the perfect excuse to start afresh and forget any mistakes of the past 12 months and start 2024 with some realistic changes you can follow every day.

All of the trams across Greater Manchester will stop running later this month, with some replacement buses put on for passengers affected by the disruption. No trams will be able to leave the depot while Metrolink carries out essential works on the network.