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Movie Triumph 'Bad Boys 4': Will Smith's Comeback Brings Hope To Studios, Theaters
Monday, June 10, 2024 - 11:12am | 1057An infamous slap at the 2022 Academy Awards resulted in Will Smith being ban from the annual awards show and several of his movie projects that were in the works placed on hold. Smith's box office return in the "Bad Boys" movie franchise saw strong results, which could signal forgiveness from movie...
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Disney Ain't Never Had A Friend Like Will Smith: Could Actor Return To This Movie Franchise?
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 11:25am | 1014The slap heard around the world happened at the 2022 Academy Awards and saw Will Smith receive a 10-year ban from the annual award show — and take a hit in his movie career, with multiple projects being put on hold. Smith could soon be added to a highly anticipated movie, according to a new,...
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Is The Rock Replacing Johnny Depp In Pirates Of The Caribbean — And Will Smith In Aladdin?
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - 12:38pm | 888Sometimes movie franchises can face an end due to problems with a star from the franchise. Media companies face a tough challenge of re-casting the role or moving on from the franchise. One massive movie star could be helping a media company move on from two different stars for two massive...
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Encanto's 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' Tops Billboard Hot 100: Could It Make Disney Stock Sing?
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - 7:07pm | 798The song that kids and adults are singing around the world has made some history for The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS). What Happened: The hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Disney’s “Encanto” reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100. The...
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Fintech Focus For June 16, 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 6:28pm | 2518Quote To Start The Day: "[By] Labor Day, I'll be very disappointed if people haven't found their way into the office and then we'll have a different kind of conversation.” Source: James Gorman One Big Thing In Fintech: The most fundamental problem in financial services is...
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Analysts Marvel At Disney's Box Office Potential This Year
Monday, April 29, 2019 - 4:45pm | 586For Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), the end game to its string of successes isn’t in sight, analysts said coming out of a weekend in which the company’s “Avengers: Endgame” shattered box office records. Several reiterated their belief in strong upside potential for the company,...
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From Zero To Hero: A Look Back At The Disney 'Renaissance' Period
Monday, March 20, 2017 - 4:16pm | 614With a record-setting opening weekend, “Beauty and the Beast” is now at the core of two prominent Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) eras. Before it defined the age of live-action remakes, the cartoon story was a forceful unit of the company’s Renaissance period. The Disney Resurgence...
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BlackRock Looks Solid; Citi Reiterates Buy Rating
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 11:53am | 200Against the backdrop of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s third investor day, Citi's William Katz remains bullish on the stock and maintains his buy rating. Katz remains positive on BLK as the company's "technology, globality, scale, and solutions orientation position the firm well ahead of peers in...
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Genie In A Bottle: Robin Williams' Will Prevents Use Of Outtakes For 'Aladdin' Sequel
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 12:22pm | 395A former Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) executive said that Robin Williams provided enough lines that ended up being cut from the 1992 film "Aladdin" to use in a fourth installment of the franchise. Disney planned to use these outtakes and voice recordings in a new "Aladdin"...