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Powerful PR chief and top attorney to leave Disney in a changing of the guard
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July 13, 2021 2:53 PM PT
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Two top Walt Disney Co. executives including the company’s hard-charging, longtime public relations chief Zenia Mucha will leave the company early next year, marking the latest moves in a broader changing of the guard at the world’s largest entertainment company.
Mucha, Disney’s chief communications officer who has led its robust PR machine for nearly two decades, announced Tuesday that she had decided to not renew her employment contract when it expires at the end of this year. General counsel Alan Braverman, who has served as Disney’s top lawyer since 2003, will also exit at year’s end when his contract expires.
Questlove s Summer of Soul Trailer Showcases the Legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
Questlove s Summer of Soul Trailer Showcases the Legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
After breaking records at Sundance, Questlove finally debuts the trailer for his documentary, Summer of Soul.
The first trailer for Questlove s documentary Summer of Soul (.Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) premiered Sunday night during the 93rd Academy Awards broadcast, and is set to arrive in theaters July 2nd. The film will also be made available for streaming the same day on both Hulu and Disney+.
The documentary focuses on the much lesser-known Harlem Cultural Festival, which was dubbed the Black Woodstock, and even took place the same year during the summer of 1969. Unlike the widely known Woodstock Music Festival that took place over the course of three days, the Harlem Cultural Festival lasted six whole weeks, and attracted the likes of Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Gladys Knig
Disney s Searchlight studio takes top Oscar, Netflix still waiting
By Lisa Richwine
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co s Searchlight Pictures won the best picture trophy for Nomadland at the Oscars on Sunday, the fourth time in eight years the studio has collected the film industry s most prestigious honor.
The victory for Nomadland left Netflix Inc without the top Academy Award for the third straight year. Two of its movies, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Mank, had been nominated for best picture in a year when pandemic-sheltered audiences turned to streaming services for entertainment.
Netflix, which eclipsed rivals ahead of the ceremony with 36 nominations, took home a leading seven statuettes including best documentary for My Octopus Teacher. Mank, a black-and-white film about the writing of movie classic Citizen Kane, won for production design and cinematography.