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Two weeks after Disneyland released new rates for tickets and annual passes, the Magic Kingdom has followed suit: Walt Disney World today announced pricing for its four-tier annual pass program, effective immediately.

The average increase across the tiers is 6.25%. For comparison, the Consumer Price Index rose 2.5% in the year period ending in August 2024. That’s according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Cpi’s rate of increase is expected to fall further in 2025.

The chief difference between the tiers of passes are the blackout dates, with more reservation availability opening up for weekends and holidays as the price increases.

See the new rates and who can purchase each level of pass below. Prices for renewing annual pass holders are $250-$120 lower, depending on tier.

Disney Incredi-Pass

$1,549 (up $100 or 7%)

Availability: All guests

Disney Sorcerer Pass

$1,079 (up $80 or 8%)

Availability: Florida residents and eligible Disney Vacation Club Members

Disney Pirate Pass

$829 (up...

Fernando Valenzuela, the left-handed Dodgers pitcher who took Los Angeles by storm in the 1980s, has died at 63. The club announced the news Tuesday on social media.

Valenzuela, who was born and raised in the rural town of Etchohuaquila in the Mexican state of Sonora, was called up from the minors at the very end of the Dodgers’ 1980 season and impressed right out of the gate.

Fernandomanía por siempre. Fernandomania forever. pic.twitter.com/zXhOF8cRCP

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 23, 2024

After baseball, Valenzuela found a second career as a broadcaster, calling Dodgers games for 22 years before suddenly, earlier this month, announcing he would not be working the postseason so he could “focus on his health.”

Late last year, the Dodgers finally retired Valenzuela‘s No. 34 jersey, the culminating event after the city council declared “Fernando Valenzuela Day.” Indeed, Valenzuela’s name is on a very short list of Los Angeles’ most revered sports figures,...

Jamie Lee Curtis now says she’s sorry for her comments at San Diego Comic-Con shading Marvel. When asked by MTV what phase the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in, Curtis did not hesitate, quickly saying “Bad”.

In a post on X Thursday, Curtis wrote, “My comments about Marvel were stupid and I will do better. I’ve reached out to Kevin Feige and will no longer play in that mud slinging sandbox of competition we call the internet nor will I engage in the toilet paper promotion or game play that is designed for clicks not content or conversation.”

Curtis’ MCU comment followed earlier remarks in which she mocked Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which she compared unfavorably to her film, the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once.

She claimed Doctor Strange was missing “a dynamite dildo fight scene as well as a very erotic hotdog hand-mating dance.

YouTube star MrBeast says he is “disgusted” by the grooming allegations made against his former co-host, Ava Kris Tyson, and has taken action “to remove Ava from the company, my channel, and any association with MrBeast.”

“Over the last few days, I’ve become aware of the serious allegations of Ava Tyson’s behavior online and I am disgusted and opposed to such unacceptable acts,” MrBeast wrote on X.

“During that time, I have been focused on hiring an independent third party to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure I have all the facts. That said, I’ve seen enough online and taken immediate action to remove Ava from the company, my channel, and any association with MrBeast. I do not condone or support any of the inappropriate actions.”

“I will allow the independent investigators the necessary time to conduct a comprehensive investigation and will take any further actions based on their findings,...

Body parts found in November in an Encino trash bin were positively identified today as the remains of a woman whose husband has been charged with killing her and her parents.

Samuel Bond Haskell Jr., 35, of Tarzana, has been charged with the killings of his wife Mei Haskell, 37, and her parents, 64-year-old Yanxiang Wang and 72-year-old Gaoshen Li, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Haskell Jr. is the son of Sam Haskell Sr., founder and president of Magnolia Hill Productions, which produced various Dolly Parton specials and two revived specials featuring The Waltons. Before that, Haskell Sr. spent time at William Morris, where he rose to Worldwide Head of Television before retiring. He resigned as CEO of the Miss America organization after a 2017 email scandal.

The Haskell scion appeared in a downtown courtroom on Dec. 8 to answer to three counts of murder in connection with the disappearance of his wife and in-laws,...

As soccer great Pelé’s condition has deteriorated, his daughter Kely Nascimento has been sharing the journey with fans via social media.

On Friday, Nascimento posted a photo of herself hugging her 82-year-old father in his hospital bed.

The caption, written in Portuguese, reads: “We continue to be here, in the fight and in faith. One more night together.”

Pelé (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) has entered a palliative care unit at a Brazilian hospital, according to reports. He is being treated for colon cancer and a respiratory infection. According to AP this week, his cancer has advanced and he is currently receiving “elevated care” for kidney and heart issues,

Pele is regarded by many as the greatest soccer player of all-time. He scored 643 goals in 659 official matches for the Brazilian club Santos. He scored 77 times in 92 games for his country’s national team.

The 82-year-old “Black Pearl” led...

The Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner’s office has released a statement following the death Saturday of rapper, singer Aaron Carter.

The office confirmed Carter was pronounced dead at 11:14 Am Saturday, Nov. 5 at his home in Lancaster, CA. The cause of death remains undetermined following an autopsy on Sunday. Additional tests and studies have been requested and the official cause of death will be made once the results are in.

TMZ first reported Saturday that authorities received a 911 call around 11 am with a report of a man who had apparently drowned in a bathtub at Carter’s home. The sheriff’s department confirmed a man had died at the home but would not confirm Carter’s identity. Carter’s representative later confirmed the singer’s death.

Carter first drew attention in the late 1990s, releasing a self-titled album in 1997 at age 9 that sold 1 million copies worldwide. That set the...

Micky Dolenz, the drummer of the mid-1960s formed-for-tv band The Monkees that became a pop music staple and Emmy winners to boot, took to Twitter on Sunday to remember Bob Rafelson, one of the co-creators of the musical show.

Rafelson, the film and TV director and producer who was Oscar-nominated for helming 1970’s Five Easy Pieces starring Jack Nicholson, died Saturday in Aspen, Co, at at 89.

Write Dolenz: “One day in the spring of 1966, I cut my classes in architecture at LA Trade Tech to take an audition for a new TV show called, “The Monkees”. The co-creator/producer of the show was Bob Rafelson. At first I mistook him for another actor there for the audition. Needless-to-say, I got the part and it completely altered my life.”

He added: “Regrettably, Bob passed away last night but I did get a chance to send him a message telling him...

Where did everybody go?

They certainly weren’t watching the Friday night Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. The audience dropped to about 17 million, down 37 percent from 26.5 million viewers for the Rio de Janeiro opening in 2016. (Though Saturday was better.)

We know they weren’t at the movies. The box-office dropped 25 percent from last week, as Old and Snake Eyes had weak openings, and Black Widow continued its precipitous fall.

Streaming, or social media? Kinda, sorta, maybe. But it’s hard not to notice that Netflix last week reported a loss of about 400,000 domestic subscribers, while Twitter, though up nicely from a year ago, saw a decline of about 1 million in its active user base, compared to last quarter.

In the media world, it’s beginning to feel like that wispy old song from 1965. Everyone’s Gone To The Moon.

For a while, case-by-case analytics—plus a vague, obligatory reference to Covid...

The new official trailer for Beyoncé’s forthcoming visual album Black Is King reveals a bevy of celebrity cameos, including her Destiny’s Child cohort Kelly Rowland, Lupita Nyong’o, Naomi Campbell and Jay-Z. Watch it below.

The visual album reimagines the lessons of The Lion King and will arrive on Disney+ shortly after the one year anniversary of Disney’s most recent adaptation of the story.

The voyages of Black families throughout time are honored in the tale about a young king’s transcendent journey through betrayal, love and self-identity. His ancestors help guide him toward his destiny, and with his father’s teachings and guidance from his childhood love, he earns the virtues needed to reclaim his home and throne.

The new trailer is much more narrative than the previously-released teaser video. It begins with Beyoncé in voiceover saying, “Life is a set of choices. Lead, or be led astray.

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As the coronavirus crisis leads to widespread concerns about how Americans will continue to put food on the table and take care of their families, a growing number of entertainment companies and celebrities are stepping up to help.

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Rachel Maddow said that she and her staff have “independently confirmed” that NBC News executives told Ronan Farrow to put a “pause in any new reporting” on Harvey Weinstein, backing up a claim he makes in his new book Catch and Kill.

Maddow devoted her monologue on her MSNBC show on Friday to Farrow’s book, before he joined her as one of her guests.

“We have independently confirmed that NBC News did that,” Maddow told viewers. “That that did happen. He was told to pause his reporting.”

In 2017, Farrow eventually took his story to The New Yorker, which published it. NBC News claimed that the story was not ready for air. But Maddow noted that it was just two months between the time that NBC News declined to air the story and when it was published in The New Yorker.

She also addressed another one of Farrow’s claims...

What started out as a fun day dedicated to all things “Star Wars,” took a chaotic turn Saturday when a man carrying a toy gun prompted a large police response.

The incident was reported at 12:15 p.m. during “Star Wars Reads Day” at the Silver Lake Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.

The event at the library, located at 2411 Glendale Blvd., drew children, teens, adults and seniors, a witness told Deadline.

Some of the people attending were dressed in “Star Wars”-themed costumes and carried light sabers. But when a man dressed in a Stormtrooper outfit arrived with a toy gun, some attendees thought the weapon was real and notified authorities.

“We had five units and a supervisor respond,” an Lapd spokesman told Deadline Saturday night. The spokesman added that a helicopter airship was called in to patrol the area from overhead.

Officers ordered the man in the...

ABC has split up with Splitting Up Together after two seasons.

The Emily Kapnek-developed sitcom, based on a Danish TV series, stars Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson as a the couple whose relationship comes alive again after they get divorced. With that premise, the duo and their three kids live in the same house with one living upstairs and doing the parenting while the other lives downstairs on alternate weeks.

Diane Farr, Lindsay Price, Olivia Keville, Van Crosby and Sander Thomas also co-starred in Splitting Up Together.

An eight-episode midseason replacement that debuted March 27 last year, Splitting Up Together was given another season in May last year, with a full order handed out in November. Last year, ABC introduced three sitcoms during the regular season and canceled two, with only the steady Sut making the longer-term cut.

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The second season, which...