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Sources told Reuters of the job cuts on Saturday, which mark the first major job eliminations at the legendary studio in ten years. Lightyear director Angus MacLane had worked at Pixar as an animator for 26 years. He was part of the senior creative team on films like Toy Story 4 and Coco. Lightyear producer Galyn Susman had been at Pixar since the release of the original Toy Story film in 1995, according to Reuters’ sources. Additionally, Michael Agulnek, Pixar’s vice president of worldwide publicity since 2015, was also laid off, the report said. The job cuts took place on...

Disney’s animated movie ‘Lightyear’ flopped in its first weekend in theaters, with the new Toy Story spin-off film earning $51.7 million in North America. Not only did the movie open lower than expected, but it also failed to conquer ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’, which held on to the first-place spot with $58.7 million in its second weekend. Expectations were very high for ‘Lightyear’, an origin story about the movie that inspired the space ranger action figure in the ‘Toy Story’ movies, with some analysts pegging the movie for a $70 million North American debut. But it didn't even come close to...

“Lightyear” wasn’t able to get enough buzz at the box office this weekend. The latest film from Disney’s Pixar — which features the voice work of Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear — opened to an estimated $51 million at the North American box office this weekend. That number came in way under industry expectations, which projected the film to make around $70 million. The movie took in $85.6 million worldwide, according to Disney (DIS). The film also failed to grab the top spot at the box office, opening at No. 2 behind the second weekend of Universal’s “Jurassic World: Dominion,”...

G. Allen Johnson June 15, 2022Updated: June 16, 2022, 5:06 pm Buzz Lightyear (voice of Chris Evans) is best friends with Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba), a lesbian character in a same-sex relationship in the Disney/Pixar film “Lightyear,” which has been banned in territories in the Middle East and Asia. Disney and Pixar Animation Studios’ decision to refuse to re-edit or alter depiction of a same-sex relationship in the new film “Lightyear” is continuing to reverberate — and those repercussions now include a ban on the film’s release in territories in the Middle East and West Asian territories. This week, decision...

Lucas has just turned 4 years old, and Buzz Lightyear is his favorite character. He has the action figure, Santa brought him the space man’s costume, and he doesn’t sleep the same if he’s not wearing the pajamas sporting Woody’s friend. When his father says, “To infinity and beyond!” Lucas always smiles. His favorite Friday plan is to sit with his father and siblings and watch one of the four Toy Story movies; he already knows them by heart, but he can’t get enough. Ever since he learned that Buzz’s solo movie was going to be released, he’s been waiting...

Walt Disney has been unable to obtain permission to show its new Pixar movie "Lightyear" in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries, a source said on Monday, and the animated film appeared unlikely to open in China, the world's largest movie market. A "Lightyear" producer told Reuters that authorities in China had asked for cuts to the movie, which Disney declined to make, and she assumed the movie would not open there either. The animated film depicts a same-sex couple who share a brief kiss, which prompted the United Arab Emirates to ban the film. The United Arab Emirates said...

*** “***[I have] thousands of messages from the military, from the federal government, from school educators, from parents. Everyone wants to do something,” [O'Keefe] said. “And when I started, everyone was afraid. They’re waking up. The quiet people are now starting to grow a pair. They’re just, ‘Give me a camera, I’m done.’ They just want to expose it.” The undercover video of Inderkum High School teacher Gabriel Gipe saying that he had “180 days to turn them [students] into revolutionaries” prompted the Natomas Unified School District to place him on administrative leave last week and move to fire him....

Hollywood elites experienced an epic meltdown after President Donald Trump tweeted that he would be leaving Walter Reed Military Hospital on Monday evening. At the center of Hollywood’s temper tantrum was the president’s advice: “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life.” Those words set off a Hollywood freak out in which celebrities launched social media attacks at the president and even his medical team, spreading conspiracy theories and wild accusations intended to hurt Trump. “You are faking your recovery!” tweeted NBC’s Community actor Ken Jeong, who is also a medical doctor. The president’s doctors are “lying...

Actor Chris Evans has called President Trump a “dumb s**t,” said he’s worse than a “sh**ty playground bully,” and a “reckless moron.” Now the Captain America star says he’s backing off bashing the president on social media ahead of the launch of his bipartisan political website. Evans is gearing up to launch a bipartisan website called “A Starting Point.” The platform will publish two-minute videos of interviews with elected officials on both sides of the aisle, so that the public can hear from them on a variety of subjects.

Chris Evans has slammed President Trump in a tweet over his handling of the coronavirus crisis. The actor, 38, reacted to Sunday's coronavirus press briefing when Trump made some remarks then left, tweeting: 'The president just ran off stage after his rambling press conference without answering a single question.' 'America wants answers. America wants leadership,' Evans said. 'America doesn’t want a president who runs off stage during a crisis and lets Mike Pence do all the talking.'

When it comes to Twitter, Chris Evans has no problem sharing his feelings on the state of the union. In fact, the Avengers alum has more 13 million followers and his tweets tend to incite as much engagement as the president of the United States, who just happens to be one of the erstwhile Captain America’s favorite targets. Evans, who played Cap in 11 films (including four cameos) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe dating back to 2012, is known for getting political on the platform — in addition to President Donald Trump, Evans has been outspoken about former Ku Klux...

Chris Evans continues to be one of the Trump administration’s biggest critics. The Captain America star has made headlines recently for criticizing quarterback Tom Brady’s alleged support of Trump, as well as sharing his outrage over Alabama’s abortion ban and a policy that would reportedly put the U.S. citizenship of children with LGBTQ parents at risk.

The Hollywood left, from Lady Gaga to Marvel movie star Chris Evans, took to social media on Wednesday and railed against state Senate lawmakers in Alabama where a bill limiting abortions in the state passed by a margin of 25-6. “These statehouses are waging all-out war on women and their right to control their reproductive decisions,” Oscar and Grammy Award-winning singer John Legend said. “This is awful.” “Don’t move forward after reading this like everything is normal. Don’t shake your head at Alabama and then keep going about your day. Realize that this is a warning,” said Disney film director...

Chris Evans says he ‘might have to cut ties’ with Tom Brady: ‘I really hope he’s not a Trump supporter’ “Captain America” star Chris Evans talked politics in a recent interview and said he “really” hopes the quarterback of his favorite team, Tom Brady, is not a supporter of President Trump. Evans, 37, conducted a tell-all interview with The Hollywood Reporter that was published Wednesday. The discussion turned to politics when the issue of the actor's vocal political views on social media came up. "You don't want to alienate half your audience," Evans told magazine of his tweets. "But I'd...

Actor Chris Evans is starting up a political website that states its mission is "to create informed, responsible and empathetic citizens." There is no launch date yet for the website, called A Starting Point, which Evans co-founded with fellow actor Mark Kassan and entrepreneur Joe Kiani, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The “Captain America” star has been to Capitol Hill to conduct interviews for the website with Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Chris Coons, D-Del., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, as well as lawmakers in the House. Evans campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and is a vocal detractor...

Chris Evans, star of the upcoming film Avengers: Endgame said that he would be “disappointed” in himself if he didn’t speak out against “dumb shit” President Donald Trump, even if it means alienating half his audience.

Candace Owens, the Communications Director for Turning Point USA, issued a challenge to Avengers 4 star and Captain America actor Chris Evans after he expressed “racist sentiments.” By the way, @ChrisEvans—since you seem to suggest that black people who don’t agree with you are “stupid”, I openly challenge you to a debate. @Politicon is in a couple of weeks. Why don’t you put your racist sentiments on full display and debate a black conservative?—Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) October 1, 2018 (snip) After Kanye West appeared on Saturday Night Live wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, the superstar musician would follow...

Turning Point USA spokesperson Candace Owens said leftists feel a sense of ownership over blacks, offering her remarks in a Tuesday interview with Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily. LISTEN: Owens highlighted actor Chris Evans’ denigration of West as illustrative of how “white liberals” view blacks as their political property, echoing comments she shared Monday via Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1046816408942915584

Captain America has called Donald Trump a "puppet" following a summit between the US leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Well, the actor who plays him has anyway. Chris Evans was reacting to Mr Trump's decision to defend Russia over allegations it interfered in the US election that made Donald Trump president - contradicting what his own intelligence agencies say. The Avenger called it a "disgrace". "Politics aside", the Democrat said on Twitter, "This is 100% un-American".

Chris Evans lashed out at President Trump on Tuesday, calling him a “reckless moron” on Twitter. The “Captain America” star was apparently fired up after White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during a briefing on Monday that POTUS’ remarks to Long Island law enforcement Friday were a “joke.” Evans shared a video of the President’s speech last week. “You reckless moron. Do you have any idea what you're encouraging? You think a 'joke' makes it ok?? ZERO societal awareness and understanding."