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On the call, Chapek said that Disney will pledge $5 million for LGBTQ+ advocacy, including a donation to the Human Rights Campaign. But following Chapek’s pledge, shareholders were given the floor to address their concerns over Disney’s past support of backers of the bill, and the company’s muted response in a statement shared by Chapek on Monday. “You can’t stand on the sidelines when it comes to human rights,” one shareholder said, reading remarks on behalf of his daughter, a Disney cast member as of 2019....

Per the film’s official synopsis: “Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister, recently declared dead in absentia. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past....

More than 40 directors and Hollywood personalities, including Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, and Ridley Scott have signed their names to a petition calling for the UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to provide funding for struggling movie theaters. “We recognise the support that government has already been able to provide,” the group says. “But we fear that this will not be enough, with the challenges being most acute for those larger cinema operators who have not been able to access any tailored funding....

Since WarnerMedia and Discovery merged to become Warner Bros. Discovery earlier this year, CEO David Zaslav has made the consolidation of the conglomerate’s streaming services a top priority. One of his first moves was to scrap CNN+, a streaming service that the company had invested over $100 million into, just a month after it launched. CNN+ primarily focused on content made by CNN personalities that was not strictly news-related. While the service failed to find a significant subscriber base, much of the content produced for it is now being added to the new hub on Discovery+....

The six-episode series stars Angela Bundalovic as Miu, an enigmatic young woman who has devoted her life to serving a shadowy criminal organization. Returning to her hometown of Copenhagen, Miu goes on a surreal, supernatural odyssey through the seedy underbelly of the city, in an attempt to track down and defeat her archenemy Rakel (Lola Corfixen). Based on the trailer, Miu’s journey carries all the hallmarks of Winding Refn’s filmmaking, with neon lighting, a synthwave soundtrack, and tons of bloodshed....

Lee rushed the stage and tackled Chappelle during the Netflix Is a Joke live comedy show while carrying a replica gun that could eject a knife blade, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to pursue felony charges for Lee, who ultimately pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of battery and trespassing in a restricted area, as Entertainment Weekly reported. Lee is set to serve 270 days in county jail and the weapon will be destroyed, a representative from the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office told EW....

The film is a sequel to Scott Derrickson’s 2016 film, which grossed more than $677 million worldwide and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects. This time, Sam Raimi directs the sequel, and the cast includes Elizabeth Olsen returning as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Benedict Wong as Sorcerer Supreme Wong, Rachel McAdams as Dr. Christine Palmer, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo, and Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez. Raimi took over from Derrickson, who stepped down over creative differences, but Raimi already has a pedigree in the Marvel universe, directing the original Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy for Sony back in the 2000s....