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Diane Kruger.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Diane Krugeris reflecting on an “uncomfortable” moment from the early days of her film career. In a recent conversation at theVarietySXSW Studio, theSwimming with Sharksactress said she has “definitely come across the Weinsteins of this world from the get-go.” Of testing for 2004’sTroy, in which she starred as Helen of Troy oppositeBrad Pitt, Kruger, 45, said she had “to go to the studio head in costume,” not specifying who....

Triple-homicide suspect Chris Watts, who authorities say washaving an affair with a co-workerwhen heallegedly killed his wife and two young daughters, addressed infidelity in a speech he posted to YouTube six years ago. “Sometimes in a relationship, you maybe make promises that could turn into a major betrayal,” Watts, 33,says in the video. The 9-minute video — which Watts posted on April 22, 2012, six months before he marriedShanann Wattson Nov....

Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/Getty Images Disney retail is pivoting to online. The company will be shuttering at least 60 North American retail stores as part of a shift toward e-commerce, it wasannouncedWednesday. By getting rid of the brick-and-mortar stores, the goal over the next year is to focus on “a more seamless, personalized and franchise-focused e-commerce experience through its shopDisney platform.” She continued, “Over the past few years, we’ve been focused on meeting consumers where they are already spending their time, such as the expansion of Disney store shop-in-shops around the world....

Photo: Gene Duncan/Disney Parks via GettyGuests at U.S. Disney theme parks will soon have the opportunity, once again, to cut down their wait time for rides and attractions.California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Walt Disney World will debut Disney Genie — a digital personalized itinerary service available through the Disney Parks app that allows visitors to “maximize your park time” — after removing the FastPass reservation system during the pandemic, the company announced ina blog poston Wednesday....

Photo:Disney Disney Mickey Mouse’s cutest fanswill have no shortage of entertainment this fall. On Friday Disney Junior revealed a stacked lineup of programming announcements — including a new iteration of their iconic seriesMickey Mouse Clubhouse(new episodes are set to arrive in 2025) — at a Disney Junior & Friends Playdate event at Disney California Adventure Park. According to a press release, new additions toMickey Mouse Clubhouse2.0(the show’s working title) include a brand-new clubhouse area for Minnie and the addition of Duffy the Disney Bear (Mickey’s teddy bear sidekick)....

Up until now , the MVNO that Mickey Mouse build up had only one lonely phone , the Pantech DM - P100 , for kids and tweenies to tote around . Thanks to FCC docs , we know that the Pantech Curitel PN-320 is channelize to Disney Mobile , giving all good little boys and girls Bluetooth and a canonic VGA tv camera with twinkling . The phone also has a 262k showing with a smaller show on the outside ....

Disney is sharing an update about the big changes coming to one of the theme parks' classic rides! Last June,Disney announcedthat they would be reimagining Splash Mountainin order to make it more inclusive to all visitors, changing the ride up with a theme based on the 2009 Disney filmThe Princess and the Frog, which features the company’s first Black princess, Tiana. Now, the company is sharing a few updates on the iconic attraction’s revamp — including how they’ve been working with a team of important residents of New Orleans (where the movie is set) to make sure it’s done right....

Photo: Disney Teen starCameron Boyce’slatest role involved no acting at all. Disney XD and Disney Channel’s newBe Inspiredshort-film series, commemorating Black History Month, is now airing and features the incredible story of Cameron’s grandmother, Jo Ann Boyce, who was one of “The Clinton 12.” The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling inBrown v. Board of Educationordered Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, to desegregate. Two years later – in the fall of 1956 – 12 black teenagers, who became known as “The Clinton 12,” attended the first integrated public high school in the South....

Humans aren’t the only ones loving pumpkins thisHalloweenseason.AtWalt Disney World‘s Animal Kingdom park in Orlando this week, animal residents were treated with pumpkin playtimes, much to the enjoyment of the creatures and the park guests who observed the adorable interactions.The pumpkin gifting is an annualtraditionfor the park, where staff members present the round orange gourds to the animals as part of their “enrichment.”Enrichment sessions allow the critters to interact with toys or explore new smells and tastes, creating a space for the animals to “make choices about their environment [while it] encourages natural behaviors,” Scott Terrell, Director of Animal and Science Operations at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, wrote in apostabout the pumpkin tradition on Wednesday....

Photo: Disney/Pixar Lightyearwill not be allowed to play in theaters in a few Middle Eastern countries due to an LGBTQ moment in the Disney/Pixar film. For more on what Chris Evans had to say aboutLightyearcritics, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. The UAE’s Media Regulatory OfficetweetedMonday thatLightyearis “not licensed for public screening in all cinemas in the UAE, due to its violation of the country’s media content standards....

Who needs a complicated search and rescue team to save a canine in a sticky situation when delicious carbs are within reach? facebook The police officers tried calling the dog over to the canal’s edge, hoping to slip a leash around its neck, but the reach was too far, and the dog wouldn’t stay close enough, long enough to make it happen. After several failed tries, one officer got a brilliant idea — who doesn’t like a freshly baked bakery good?...

One of the divers whosuccessfully helped evacuate a youth soccer team and their coachfrom a flooded Thailand cave over the summer required a rescue mission of his own after he went missing in a similar underground enclosure in Tennessee. British rescue diver Josh Bratchley had been exploring the Mill Pond Cave in Northern Tennessee with a group over the last few days but did not return when they all resurfaced on Tuesday evening....

Thanks to recent DNA testing, a New York man was exonerated this week after spending a full 25-year sentence in prison for a crime he did not commit. Rafael Ruiz was wrongly convicted at 25 years old after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in East Harlem in 1984, according to theInnocence Project. He was released on parole in 2009,ABC Newsreported. After the attack, the victim described another man who lived across the hall from Ruiz’s brother as her attacker, ABC News reported....