<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zendaya">Zendaya</a> talked about becoming the &#8220;breadwinner&#8221; as a child star and how she wished she went to school, after getting started working in Hollywood at age 13 and never getting to attend high school.
In a <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/zendaya-may-cover-2024-interview">Vogue</a> article, the 27-year-old actress &#8212; born Zendaya Coleman &#8212; admitted she has &#8220;complicated feelings about kids and fame and being in the public eye, or being a child actor,&#8221; noting there&#8217;s &#8220;cases of it being detrimental&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;And I think only now, as an adult, am I starting to go, Oh, okay, wait a minute: I&#8217;ve only ever done what I&#8217;ve known, and this is all I&#8217;ve known,&#8221; Zendaya explained.
&#8220;I&#8217;m almost going through my angsty teenager phase now, because I didn&#8217;t really have the time to do it before,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I felt like I was thrust into a very adult position: I was becoming the breadwinner of my family very early, and there was a lot of role-​reversal happening, and just kind of becoming grown, really.&#8221;
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Zendaya says breaking away from high school roles is &#8220;refreshing,&#8221; but admits &#8220;I wish I went to school&#8221; in real life.
“I have complicated feelings about kids and fame&#8230;I was thrust into a very adult position [as a teen star]: I was becoming the breadwinner of my family very… <a href="https://t.co/8TG67mVezm">pic.twitter.com/8TG67mVezm</a>
— Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1777710727999988216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
The &#8220;Spider-Man: No Way Home” star said she felt she needed to be &#8220;this perfect being, and be everything that everyone needs me to be, and live up to all these expectations.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, when I have these moments in my career—like, my first time leading a film that&#8217;s actually going to be in a theater—I feel like I shrink, and I can&#8217;t enjoy all the things that are happening to me, because I&#8217;m like this…I&#8217;m very tense, and I think that I carry that from being a kid and never really having an opportunity to just try s***,&#8221; Zendaya said. &#8220;And I wish I went to school.&#8221;
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&#8220;I think growing up, I always felt like when someone asks for a picture, I have to do it, all the time,&#8221; she added. &#8220;You have to say yes, because you need to be grateful that you’re here. And while I still feel that way, I also have learned that I can say no, and I can say kindly that I’m having a day off, or I&#8217;m just trying to be to myself today, and I don&#8217;t actually have to perform all the time.”
&#8220;Because I don’t necessarily want my kids to have to deal with this,&#8221; Zendaya continued. &#8220;And what does my future look like? Am I going to be a public-facing person forever?&#8221;
When asked about what her &#8220;perfect future&#8221; would like like, she said, &#8220;make things and pop out when I need to pop out, and have a protected life with my family, not worried if I’m not delivering something all the time, or not giving all the time, that everything’s going to go away.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marvel-actor-says-weve-had-enough-of-studios-churning-out-stuff-that-dilutes-wanting-to-go-to-the-cinema" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marvel</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-investor-slams-shift-to-woke-marvel-films" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> are once again courting controversy by casting a female actress to take on the typically male &#8220;Fantastic Four&#8221; role of the Silver Surfer in the upcoming reboot.
Actress Julia Garner has been picked to play a female version of the iconic comic book character and Herald of Galactus, <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/04/fantastic-four-julia-garner-silver-surfer-1235873034/">Deadline magazine</a> reported. Sources told the outlet that the Emmy-winning &#8220;Ozark&#8221; star will play the Shalla-Bal version of the Silver Surfer from the comics.
<a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/04/03/marvels-fantastic-four-casts-inventing-anna-star-julia-garner-as-female-version-of-silver-surfer/">Bounding Into Comics</a> reported that Marvel Studios dived deep into the comic book lore to find justification to not use the Norrin-Radd version of the comic book hero played by a male.
In 1968, in an issue titled &#8220;Silver Surfer Vol. 1,&#8221; Shalla-Bal is depicted as the Silver Surfer&#8217;s love interest. For the next fifty years, her role is just that, a supporting one. Then in 1997, her character is part of the final two issues of &#8220;Earth X&#8221; when she&#8217;s briefly granted her lover&#8217;s super powers so she could stop an invading force, the <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/fantastic-four-reboot-female-silversurfer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blaze</a> noted.
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&#8216;Fantastic Four&#8217; reboot will have a female Silver Surfer — Marvel casts Julia Garner for role with obscure justification <a href="https://t.co/1kbcADjBzv">https://t.co/1kbcADjBzv</a> <a href="https://t.co/tnXGIOYSVD">pic.twitter.com/tnXGIOYSVD</a>
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1775936516919074924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
Shalla-Bal&#8217;s total time as the Silver Surfer was four pages across two issues. In 2016, in Silver Surfer Vol. 8 #2 &#8220;Things Change,&#8221; writer Dan Slott changed Shalla-Bal from &#8220;Radd&#8217;s love interest&#8221; to Zenn-La&#8217;s Keeper of the Great Truth, Bounding Into Comics reported.
In the 2007 film &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486576/">Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer</a>,&#8221; the title character was played by male actor Doug Jones. His character was also voiced by male actor Laurence Fishburne, the <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/fantastic-four-reboot-female-silversurfer">Blaze</a> reported.
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Even in the official <a href="https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/who-is-silver-surfer-the-official-marvel-guide">Marvel Guide</a>, the company uses he and him to describe the &#8220;Silver Surfer.&#8221;
&#8220;Since his debut in 1966, readers have seen the Sentinel of the Spaceways serve as Galactus&#8217; loyal Herald, revolt against his leader, live on Earth and cruise the cosmos on his trusty board,&#8221; a description on the site reads. &#8220;In that time, we have learned the answers to some of the burning questions about the Silver Surfer!&#8221;
And now, the decision by Marvel to cast an actress as the Silver Surfer has sparked a debate online.
&#8220;Love all the female Silver Surfer fans that are popping up out of nowhere using the one image on her wiki,&#8221; one person <a href="https://x.com/MasteroftheTDS/status/1775891589690438036">wrote</a>. &#8220;Nobody tell them the character only appeared in 4 comics. They might strain something.&#8221;
Another <a href="https://x.com/Dougyfresh13/status/1776038455912382911">added</a>, &#8220;They should&#8217;ve casted Julia garner has Nova, a actual female character who is a equally powerful herald of galactus, instead of making her silver surfer for &#8216;Fantastic Four.'&#8221; 

While a third <a href="https://x.com/aduder999/status/1775754393830207770">wrote</a>, &#8220;Not to sound like one of those &#8216;everything&#8217;s woke&#8217; guys, but why change Silver Surfer to a woman? I know there was a female silver surfer in the comics. But the main Surfer was always the guy.&#8221;

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Marvel Courts Controversy Again By Casting Woman In Typically Male 'Fantastic Four' Role

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Walt Disney World</a> is reportedly set to make its largest expansion ever at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom park in Orlando following the company&#8217;s decision to drop its lawsuit against the state-appointed board that governs the park.
“It’s probably the largest expansion ever at Magic Kingdom,” said Michael Hundgen, Walt Disney World site portfolio executive, during a rare media event on Tuesday, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/travel/disney-expansion-magic-kingdom-10-year-investment/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.
Hundgen indicated that the expansion will be 14 acres, roughly the size of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, the report said. He did not give details about what specifically was being added through the expansion.
The expansion is just part of a $60 billion investment that Disney has planned for its various assets and properties.
“As I looked at the returns on the invested capital that we made in this business over the 15 years prior to my coming back, it was extraordinarily compelling,&#8221; said Disney CEO Bob Iger. &#8220;We should allocate in a direction where we had great returns.”
Disney dropped its lawsuit last week against the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, the new governing board that was appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The company opted to settle with the state instead.
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The governor responded to news on Thursday that Disney was moving forward with its expansion plans by posting on X: &#8220;Not quite what the media/left/corporate GOP were predicting last year…&#8221;
Iger said the settlement “will actually enable us to pursue the kind of significant investment in our Florida parks&#8221; that the company wants to pursue, calling it a “win-win.”
Disney&#8217;s announcement that it was going through with the largest expansion ever in its history is just the latest win for DeSantis. Other recent major wins include <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-destroys-squatters-rights-in-florida-this-isnt-california-and-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">putting an end to squatters</a> in the state; his congressional map, which played a major role in Republicans gaining control of the House of Representatives, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/27/florida-redistricting-house-desantis-00149448" target="_blank" rel="noopener">winning</a> in federal court; and more.

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Reports have claimed that the attempt by Disney to fend off a proxy move by conservative investor Nelson Peltz, a Trump supporter, may be successful, although critics have responded that the leak of such news may have been an effort by Disney to tip undecided institutions and shareholders to vote for the incumbent board.
Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/disney-prevails-over-trian-board-fight-sources-say-2024-04-03/?taid=660cc64bd56cce000159377d&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Tuesday night that, according to ”sources,” Disney&#8217;s board of directors were “safely ahead&#8221; of Trian Fund Management&#8217;s two challengers, Nelson Peltz and former Disney CFO Jay Rasulo, and that “Blackwells Capital, another hedge fund that nominated three board director candidates at Disney, was also unsuccessful in its attempt.” Peltz had nominated himself and Rasulo to join Disney’s board of directors.
“Trian may still be able to claim a financial win at Disney, given that the company&#8217;s shares have gained nearly 50% since early October when Peltz said he was planning a fresh push for seats,” Reuters added.
In late March, Peltz — who first mounted a proxy fight with Disney in 2023, only to call it off when Disney CEO Bob Iger cut costs — spoke about Disney to the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0a182c97-6af7-42a6-ad9f-ae980562bb45" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Financial Times</a>, intimating that the company was too woke.
&#8220;They say we know nothing about the movie business — we don’t claim we do — but I don’t think they do, with five big losers in a row,&#8221; Pelz said, referencing recent Disney box office flops. &#8220;They’ve lost first place in animation, they’ve lost first place in features . . . Maybe it’s time to change management in those divisions. &#8230; People go to watch a movie to be entertained. They don’t go to get a message. &#8230; Why do I have to have a Marvel that’s all women? Not that I have anything against women, but why do I have to do that? Why can’t I have Marvels that are both? Why do I need an all-black cast?&#8221;
The leak about the Disney vote has been met with some heavy criticism and skepticism, including from billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who slammed the reports on X:
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There have been a few recent articles in the press about @Disney “winning” its proxy contest with Nelson Peltz based on early election returns that have been leaked to the media. We don&#8217;t have an investment in Disney, but I thought it useful to point out the inappropriateness of these leaks to the press. Only the company and its advisors have access to how shareholders have voted before the day of the annual meeting. My understanding is that it is illegal to release the outcome of the vote prior to it being finalized as it has the effect of manipulating the outcome. 
Here, the company and/or its advisors have leaked that Disney is winning the contest. It is really inappropriate that they have done so. And how does one know that it is Disney and/or its advisors that are the source of the leak?  If Peltz were “winning,” there would be no leaks to the press.  The reason why the progress of an election for directors must be kept confidential until the results are final is that leaking the results can affect the ultimate outcome.   
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Ackman continued:
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This is clearly a close election. Institutions don&#8217;t want to risk voting against the incumbent board if it is clear that the activist will lose. They want to be on the winning side of the election. Here, the company and/or its advisors have leaked the early results in order to tip more institutions and other shareholders to vote for the incumbent board, unfairly tipping the scale in the incumbent board&#8217;s favor. In other words, an institution may think: if Peltz is going to lose, it is not worth taking the risk of offending management by voting for him. &#8230;
I think highly of Nelson Peltz. I am sure he would be greatly additive as a member of the Disney board.  Ask yourself, why is the company fighting so hard to keep him off? The fact that the company leaked the early returns to the media is further evidence that an activist of Nelson&#8217;s caliber deserves to be on this board for all shareholders benefit. Based on my knowledge of Nelson&#8217;s capabilities and the dirty tricks implemented by the company and its advisors, I strongly recommend that shareholders vote for Nelson Peltz for the Disney board.  Institutions who have already voted still have time to change their vote.  It is time that we make an example of Disney here so that this bad practice does not continue to poison shareholder democracy.
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Walt Disney Company</a> may be on the verge of picking its first female head in its century-long history: Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden.
Walden, 59, is on the shortlist to replace Bob Iger, 73, as Disney’s CEO, and she may be the first choice, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/disney-ceo-race-dana-walden-could-defy-critics-and-make-history.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNBC</a>. Iger, who retired from the company in 2021, was replaced as CEO in 2020 by Bob Chapek. Iger took his place back at the head of the company after Chapek was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reeling-disney-fires-ceo-as-woke-culture-blamed-for-stock-plunge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fired</a> in 2022.
Walden is a longtime entertainment industry executive with deep ties to Hollywood and a reputation for an impeccable sense for what will sell in the world of television. When she was at Fox, her division made hits such as “24,” “Homeland,” and “How I Met Your Mother.” Since moving to Disney, she’s been instrumental in the creation of shows such as “The Bear” and “Only Murders in the Building.”
In addition to her experience in entertainment, Iger is reported to want to tap Walden to succeed him in part because he wants to have a role in Disney naming its first-ever female CEO. He also wants to rectify his previous pick Chapek, which he now regrets and sees as a mistake, according to CNBC.
Walden also has her critics, however, with some questioning her business acumen and ability to transition from her time in entertainment to being the head of and international corporation with many different facets, such as prestigious parks and resorts.
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“She’ll be eaten up by real investors,” one person told CNBC. “Does she have the necessary depth of business knowledge? She can learn, but you can’t have someone teach you decades of finance, business and tactics in a year or two.”
Others have dismissed criticism of Walden as misogynistic.
“There’s something about looking at female execs where questions are asked that would never be asked of men,” Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke, who previously worked with Walden, said. “Can they scale? Can a creative person be a business leader? I find that to be a huge bugaboo. She’s in charge of billions of dollars of assets, but she’s not capable of being a business leader?”
Iger retook the CEO role at Disney after a tumultuous two years at the company under Chapek, which saw the company get into a high-profile <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-disney-court-battle-ends-in-legal-settlement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">feud</a> with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over a piece of legislation that banned sexual orientation and gender identity lessons for young students. Disney publicly denounced the bill. In return, DeSantis stripped Disney of special privileges it had enjoyed on about 25,000 acres that housed the company’s landmark Disney World theme parks and resorts.
Florida and Disney settled a legal battle over the special district last month.

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Disney’s new &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; showrunner Leslye Headland has been raising eyebrows with her latest comments about her upcoming female-centric, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sith-focused</a> series.
So, we took a deep dive into her past projects and the comments she’s made over the years to get an idea about the woman described as the &#8220;Queen of Raunch Comedy.&#8221;
<h3>Harvey Weinstein And The Seven Deadly Sins</h3>
Early in her career, Headland worked under disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein as his assistant for <a href="https://tvovermind.com/leslye-headland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one year</a> during her time at Miramax.
In 2012, Headland said that Weinstein influenced her &#8220;raunchy female comedy&#8221; &#8220;Bachelorette,&#8221; which was first a play and later her debut film, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bachelorette-harvey-weinstein-leslye-headland-366769/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> reported. It was part of her Seven Deadly Sins play series, this one dealing with gluttony.
Next, she developed another part of her sins play series called &#8220;Assistance,&#8221; this one dealing with greed, THR <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bachelorette-harvey-weinstein-leslye-headland-366769/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. Later, she did &#8220;Cult of Love,&#8221; <a href="https://stagescenela.com/2018/05/cult-of-love/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stage Scene LA</a> reported, where she takes aim at the sin of pride, &#8220;particularly that of self-proclaimed ‘Christians’ who would counsel praying away the gay, blame a couple’s miscarriage on their godlessness, and refuse antidepressants the better to keep on hearing voices straight from the Big Guy himself,&#8221; the outlet noted.
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In 2018, Headland talked to the <a href="https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/05/30/leslye-headland-on-sin-certainty-and-harvey-weinstein/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Theater</a> about her series and the seven deadly sins. &#8220;I think they’re just normal,&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;They’re what comes along with the baggage of being alive and sentient.&#8221;
She also told the <a href="https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/05/30/leslye-headland-on-sin-certainty-and-harvey-weinstein/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Theater</a> in 2018 that she was &#8220;shocked&#8221; Weinstein was taken down and &#8220;so emboldened by the chorus of voices that brought him down.&#8221;
&#8220;When someone is screaming at you, and a whole bunch of grown men are in the same room and don’t do anything, that tells you something right away about what kind of danger you may or may not be in,&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;You’re like, &#8216;Oh, no one is going to stop this person. The only person that is going to make sure I don’t come to harm is me.'&#8221;
<h3>From Plays To Movies</h3>
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/leslye-headland-meet-the-new-queen-of-raunch-comedy-59020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rolling Stone</a> magazine took their interview with Headland to a whole new level, naming her &#8220;New Queen of Raunch Comedy&#8221; in 2015 following the release of her raunchcom &#8220;Sleeping With Other People.&#8221;
The film deals with one of Headland’s favorite themes, &#8220;sex addiction,&#8221; <a href="https://tvovermind.com/leslye-headland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TV Overmind</a> noted. In one scene, actor Jason Sudeikis demonstrated sex acts in explicit detail.
Headland told Rolling Stone that men &#8220;&#8230; have no idea what’s going down there. Just, zero clue. I have a chart of the vagina in my house, and when a male friend saw it, he said, ‘Wow…this just looks like something I’m going to fail at!’ I don’t get the mystery. It’s not a boogeyman.&#8221;
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In 2015, <a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/sleeping-with-other-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paste</a> interviewed Headland about the movie and going from plays to the big screen.
&#8220;I meant to make these very important pieces of work, and then everyone was just losing their mind laughing about the whole b***-j** monologue or the bottle scene,&#8221; the new &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; creator said. &#8220;I guess there&#8217;s just something important behind making people laugh about the things that are really, truly painful.&#8221;
She also admitted she’s always been a provocateur since she was young and is still today with her plays, films, and series.
&#8220;I am that provocateur that I was when I was a little kid &#8230; I&#8217;m much more interested in &#8216;What am I not allowed to say? What is the thing that we aren’t talking about in a mainstream space?'&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;And why not?&#8221;
<h3>LGBTQ Infused</h3>
In 2021, Headland talked with <a href="https://www.avclub.com/leslye-headland-s-favorite-star-wars-is-the-star-wars-y-1847118044" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AV Club</a> about LGBTQ representation in films. She said, &#8220;as somebody that is a lesbian, every time I see gay or queer representation in the media, I scream with happiness. There is just nothing like seeing that out in the world.&#8221;
&#8220;To have the power, when you’re creating media, to just put in certain types of people that maybe aren’t necessarily in normal mainstream content or media is just…&#8221; she added. &#8220;I know that for people who don’t identify that way, it doesn’t seem that important, but to us, it’s huge.&#8221;
Basically, if Headland is involved in a project, whether it be on stage, the small or the big screen, it will include LGBTQ references.
<h3>Representation In New &#8220;Star Wars: The Acolyte&#8221;</h3>
In 2021, Headland spoke to the <a href="https://www.advocate.com/film/2021/7/01/lesbian-leslye-headland-brings-queer-lens-star-wars-franchise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Advocate</a> about having representation on &#8220;The Acolyte,&#8221; series on screen and behind the scenes.
&#8220;You can expect some sort of expression of my own artistic dream and just my voice and what it looks like in that universe, for sure,&#8221; the SW creator said, &#8220;But I also think that representation both on screen and behind the screen, it&#8217;s just so important.&#8221;
She said with her new series she fully &#8220;intends to allow her own personal experiences as a queer woman shine through in the finished product.&#8221;
&#8220;In the same way that the original ‘Star Wars’ film, ‘A New Hope,’ is about a young man living in Modesto, California, who doesn&#8217;t want to take over his dad&#8217;s hardware store,&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;There&#8217;s just no way that me being a queer woman is not going to be reflected in my work. I could try not to do it, but why would I? It just feels like a natural extension of what I do.&#8221;
She also talked about the characters in her stories and made it clear they will all be queer, in some way.
&#8220;I think that because storytelling, at its core, is always going to come down to either the personal or emotional through-line to your characters, your identity is important,&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;And like I said, mine is just going to be in my work, whether I&#8217;m explicitly dealing with it or not, it&#8217;s always going to be there.&#8221;
Speaking to <a href="https://ew.com/tv/the-acolyte-star-wars-leslye-headland-amandla-stenberg-lee-jung-jae/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> she also promised that &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; fans will &#8220;see more morally ambiguous characters than you’ve seen in other Star Wars content.&#8221;
LGBTQ representation also includes who she’s hired to work on the new series, <a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/20/star-wars-the-acolyte/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PinkNews</a> reported.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-casts-transgender-actor-for-new-star-wars-series-on-streaming-site" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transgender actor Abigail Thorn</a>, a biological male who identifies as a woman, was hired for the role of Ensign Eurus and Jen Richards is one of the writers.
Not to mention Headland, a lesbian, is helming the series with wife Rebecca Henderson starring in it as a &#8220;Jedi knight prodigy,&#8221; Pink News noted.
Gay, non-binary star, Amandla Stenberg, stars in the show, as does Charlie Barnett, an outspoken gay star, the outlet noted.
Disney has faced a backlash at the box office following its push of LGBTQ representation.
Disney Pixar studio, &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pixars-elemental-with-non-binary-character-flops-at-box-office-with-2nd-worst-opening-in-studio-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elemental,&#8221;</a> included a &#8220;non-binary&#8221; character and the movie had one of the worst openings in the studio’s history, earning $29.5 million at the domestic box office. &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-strange-world-on-track-to-lose-100-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strange World&#8221;</a> involved a same-sex teen romance and was a box office flop for the company.
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According to Disney+ &#8220;The Acolyte&#8221; is rated TV-14. <a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/03/16/star-wars-declared-worse-and-woker-than-ever-after-confirmation-of-intimacy-coordinator-hired-for-the-acolyte/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bounding into Comics</a> reported in March 2023, that Headland brought in an intimacy coordinator for part of the show’s production. The outlet reported that the coordinator was used for 8 episodes of the first season.
An intimacy coordinator &#8220;is an advocate, a liaison between actors and production, and a movement coach and/or choreographer in regards to nudity and simulated sex and other intimate and hyper-exposed scenes,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.sagaftra.org/contracts-industry-resources/workplace-harassment-prevention/intimacy-coordinator-resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAG-AFTRA</a>.
Earlier this month, a <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1770167671654396333?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> from the 2023 Star Wars Celebration resurfaced in which Headland said the new series will be like the children’s movie &#8220;Frozen&#8221; which she labeled &#8220;coded queer.&#8221;
Headland talked about watching &#8220;Frozen&#8221; as an adult and was captivated by &#8220;the concept of true love being between two sisters and not a heterosexual relationship. She said it &#8220;inspired&#8221; her to create a similar story that her parents would have allowed her to watch when she was a younger &#8220;queer&#8221; person, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-reacts-to-star-wars-the-acolyte-creator-crazier-than-the-south-park-parody" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
In 2020, Headland spoke to <a href="https://ew.com/tv/the-acolyte-star-wars-leslye-headland-amandla-stenberg-lee-jung-jae/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> about improving LGBTQ representation in films and promised that &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; fans will &#8220;see more morally ambiguous characters than you’ve seen in other Star Wars content.&#8221;
<h3>&#8220;Russian Doll&#8221; And &#8220;Dying For Sex&#8221;</h3>
Headland co-produced a short in 2021 called &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11717932/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink and Blue</a>,&#8221; about &#8220;a Trans couple of color raising their child in a binary world.&#8221; She also directed Netflix’s &#8220;Russian Doll,&#8221; which is filled with references of drugs, sex, and numerous LGBTQ references, <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/russian-doll-leslye-headland-interview.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vulture</a> noted. She’s currently directing the <a href="https://www.sugar23.com/news/michelle-williams-to-headline-dying-for-sex-fx-series-from-liz-meriwether-leslye-headland-based-on-podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FX series</a> called &#8220;Dying for Sex&#8221; about a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, who abandons her husband of 15 years to explore her sexuality,&#8221; <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/jenny-slate-michelle-williams-dying-for-sex-fx-1235795295/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> reported.

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Who Is Disney’s New ‘Star Wars’ Director, The ‘Queen Of Raunch Comedy’?

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> and Florida officials have agreed to settle in a legal battle over the special tax district that houses the entertainment giant’s landmark resort.
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board sued Disney over an agreement that the previous board members struck with the corporation before they were replaced by Governor Ron DeSantis. The new settlement, which voided the previous agreement, was hailed by both Disney and DeSantis’ office.
DeSantis communications director Bryan Griffin said that Disney conceded that the settlement makes the previous agreement “null and void.”
“No corporation should be its own government,” Griffin told <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/desantis-spikes-the-ball-as-disney-drops-suit-challenging-loss-of-special-district-status/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Review</a>. “Moving forward, we stand ready to work with Disney and the District to help promote economic growth, family-friendly tourism, and accountable government in Central Florida.”
Walt Disney World Resort President Jeff Vahle said the settlement sets the framework for future investment in the resort. Disney leaders have previously said that the feud with DeSantis would negatively impact the corporation’s investments in the state.
“This agreement opens a new chapter of constructive engagement with the new leadership of the district and serves the interests of all parties by enabling significant continued investment and the creation of thousands of direct and indirect jobs and economic opportunity in the State,” Vahle said, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/27/desantis-disney-lawsuit-settlement-tourism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>.
The feud between the Florida governor and the entertainment giant began in 2022 when Disney spoke out against the state’s proposed Parental Rights in Education bill, which critics denounced as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, for banning sexual orientation and gender identity lessons for young students.
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In response to Disney’s activism, Florida Republicans targeted the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which gave Disney special tax breaks and a host of other advantages over the area that includes Walt Disney World. DeSantis signed legislation in February 2023 abolishing the special district and setting up the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board.

DeSantis, Disney Court Battle Ends In Legal Settlement

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Producer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Jerry Bruckheimer</a> says a new “reboot” of the hit “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Pirates of the Caribbean</a>” movie is in the works while indicating that he won’t be waiting around for the original film’s big stars to join in.
&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to tell. You don&#8217;t know, you really don&#8217;t know,&#8221; the 80-year-old Hollywood filmmaker <a href="https://comicbook.com/movies/news/pirates-of-the-caribbean-reboot-movie-jerry-bruckheimer-disney/">told</a> ComicBook.com when asked about the future of the franchise.
&#8220;You don&#8217;t know how they come together. You just don&#8217;t know. Because with ‘Top Gun’ you have an actor who is iconic and brilliant. And how many movies he does before he does ‘Top Gun,’ I can&#8217;t tell you. But we&#8217;re gonna reboot ‘Pirates,’ so that is easier to put together because you don&#8217;t have to wait for certain actors.&#8221;
Bruckheimer was referring to “Tom Cruise” reprising his iconic role in the 1989 “Top Gun” film for the 2022 sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick,” which earned close to $1.5 billion worldwide and was the most successful film of Cruise’s career.
Meanwhile, Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise has five films in total, and rumors of more have been circulating for a while. Johnny Depp has led the cast of all the films so far as Captain Jack Sparrow, but he has since said he would not return to the franchise even for “$300 million and a million alpacas.” Depp was unhappy with how Disney treated him during his high-profile trial following abuse claims from his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
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Bruckheimer has alluded to “Pirates” reboots before, including one led by Margot Robbie. The actress told Vanity Fair in 2022 that the project was dead in the water, but Bruckheimer later said it would eventually be made even if other iterations were put out first. “The script will come forward at some point,” he said, per <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/margot-robbies-pirates-of-the-caribbean-film-not-dead-producer-1235448071/">Variety</a>.
There were also rumors that a sixth film was allegedly written by Craig Mazin and Ted Elliott. Elliot was a co-writer on the first four films.
Mazin said last year that he was surprised Disney agreed to the sixth installment, admitting it was “weird.”
“We pitched it and thought there’s no way they’re buying it, it’s too weird. And they did! And then [we] wrote a fantastic script and the strike happened and everyone’s waiting around” the writer <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-08-19/craig-mazin-the-last-of-us-writers-strike">told</a> The Los Angeles Times. 
The &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; franchise has grossed more than $4.5 billion worldwide, making it the 16th most profitable franchise ever.

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‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Producer Says Next Movie Will Be A ‘Reboot,’ Implies ‘Certain Actors’ Won’t Be Part Of It

'Pirates of the Caribbean' Producer Says Next Movie Will Be A 'Reboot,' Implies 'Certain Actors' Won't Be Part Of It

Disney investor Nelson Peltz slammed the company for its turn to &#8220;woke&#8221; themes with its Marvel super hero films and said moviegoers &#8220;don&#8217;t go&#8221; to the theaters &#8220;to get a message.”
In recent comments to <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0a182c97-6af7-42a6-ad9f-ae980562bb45">The Financial Times</a>, Peltz questioned whether Disney CEO Bob Iger and Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige forgot why people go to the movies. He alluded to the female-led &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-marvels-continues-to-flail-at-box-office-earns-worst-second-weekend-drop-of-all-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Marvels&#8221;</a> and the &#8220;Black Panther&#8221; films.
“People go to watch a movie or a show to be entertained,” Peltz told the outlet. “They don’t go to get a message.” 
“Why do I have to have a Marvel that’s all women?” he added. “Not that I have anything against women, but why do I have to do that?”
“Why can’t I have Marvels that are both?” Peltz continued. “Why do I need an all-black cast [like in &#8216;Black Panther&#8217;]?”
The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/nelson-peltz-disney-woke-black-panther-marvels-1235859565/">Hollywood Reporter</a>, which reported on the interview, noted the comments were similar to remarks from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-cuts-marvel-entertainment-chair-ike-perlmutter-following-massive-layoffs">Ike Perlmutter</a>, a former Marvel Entertainment chairman and CEO who is friends with Peltz.
Last year, Disney confirmed that Perlmutter was out following massive layoffs by the House of Mouse as part of its cost-cutting efforts. Marvel Entertainment is a subsidiary of the Disney Company. 
Perlmutter was let go along with Marvel Entertainment’s co-president Rob Steffens and chief counsel John Turitzin, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/disney-marvel-entertainment-ike-perlmutter-layoffs-1235567927/">Variety</a>.
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Nelson Peltz, the activist investor trying to win two Disney board seats, questions Kevin Feige&#39;s track record and says Disney&#39;s current strategy is &#39;woke&#39; 
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Speaking to The <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-marvel-perlmutter-laid-off-fired-16821248?st=820hay8nuzdziv0">Wall Street Journal</a>, Perlmutter said he had “no doubt” his firing “was based on fundamental differences in business between my thinking and Disney leadership.” 
In a lengthy statement obtained by <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ike-perlmutter-disney-politics-desantis-marvel-box-office-1235368346/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, Perlmutter said that he “long expected that my working relationship with Disney would end.”
“That it should come as a result of my trying to help Disney improve its business should sadden many shareholders as it does me, the company’s largest individual shareholder,” he added.
Perlmutter’s <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/03/marvel-entertainment-chairman-ike-perlmutter-cut-from-disney-1235312663/">division,</a> which centered on consumer products, comic book publishing, as well as game licensing and arena shows, was folded into larger Disney business units, two unnamed Disney executives told The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/business/media/disney-marvel-ike-perlmutter.html?smid=tw-share">New York Times</a>.
The move came after Disney announced that 7,000 jobs were being eliminated to cut $5.5 billion. Perlmutter had been with the company for more than a decade after selling Marvel to Disney in 2009 for $4 billion, <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/03/marvel-entertainment-chairman-ike-perlmutter-cut-from-disney-1235312663/">Deadline</a> reported.

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Disney Investor Slams Shift To ‘Woke’ Marvel Films

Disney Investor Slams Shift To 'Woke' Marvel Films

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> on Tuesday reacted to recent remarks from &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/star-wars">Star Wars: The Acolyte&#8221;</a> creator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power">Leslye Headland</a> about her new Disney+ show, calling them &#8220;crazier than the &#8216;South Park&#8217; parody.&#8221;
Musk took to <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1770169640926277928">X</a> and commented on an old clip of the director/showrunner talking about watching &#8220;Frozen&#8221; as an adult and was captivated by &#8220;the concept of true love being between two sisters and not a heterosexual relationship. She said it &#8220;inspired&#8221; her to create a similar story that her parents would have allowed her to watch when she was a younger &#8220;queer&#8221; person.
&#8220;Reality is actually crazier than the South Park parody!” Musk wrote, referencing a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-skewers-disneys-kathleen-kennedy-over-hilarious-south-park-send-up">South Park&#8221;</a> episode that torched the President of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, for recent Disney box office flops, specifically &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movies that have had little to no connection to the original trilogy.
In the episode titled &#8220;Joining the Panderverse,&#8221; Kennedy is ripped for recycling successful films but replacing the characters with minorities. 
The <a href="https://x.com/ginacarano/status/1718115256055267802?s=20">clip</a> shows one part of the episode where a group of Disney executives tell CEO Bob Iger, &#8220;We don&#8217;t understand it, sir. We keep making the same movie over and over and pandering to everyone, but suddenly it&#8217;s not working.&#8221;
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Iger replied, &#8220;Then we&#8217;ve got to pander harder!&#8221; 
&#8220;The Acolyte&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power">director</a> recently talked about how her new Sith-focused series isn&#8217;t going to be like what fans have seen in shows like &#8220;The Mandalorian&#8221; or &#8220;Andor.&#8221;
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Headland said her new series looks &#8220;at the Jedi as an institution, as a concept, as an entity that has amassed a lot of power. And that&#8217;s good, I&#8217;m not saying that&#8217;s wrong.&#8221;
&#8220;But I do think that when Jodie Turner-Smith has that line at the end of the trailer, when she says, &#8216;It&#8217;s not about good or bad, this is about power and who&#8217;s allowed to use it,&#8217; really I think that&#8217;s the question we’re asking,&#8221; she added. &#8220;That&#8217;s really the question. It&#8217;s not, &#8216;Is somebody good, is somebody bad?&#8217; There&#8217;s an imbalance.&#8221;
&#8220;Someone might be imbalanced morally, but if there&#8217;s a power imbalance, how does that affect the power of Star Wars?&#8221; the director continued. &#8220;And we&#8217;ve never seen the good guys outnumber the bad guys to this extent. I guess that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s different.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yet Another &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Show Wants To &#8216;Challenge&#8217; The Story: &#8216;This Is About Power&#8217;</a>

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Elon Musk Reacts To ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Creator: ‘Crazier Than The South Park Parody’

Elon Musk Reacts To 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' Creator: 'Crazier Than The South Park Parody'

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Leslye Headland, director of the new “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/star-wars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star Wars</a>” show &#8220;The Acolyte,&#8221; said she wanted to “challenge” the story about good guys vs villains, and said hers is a story about “power.”
Speaking to <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-the-acolyte-showrunner-on-how-itll-challenge-what-we-know-about-the-jedi-and-sith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IGN</a> about the upcoming Disney+ series “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” Headland said her Sith-focused series is very different from what fans have seen in shows like “The Mandalorian” and “Andor.”
Headland said her new “Star Wars” series looks “at the Jedi as an institution, as a concept, as an entity that has amassed a lot of power. And that’s good, I’m not saying that’s wrong.”
“But I do think that when Jodie Turner-Smith has that line at the end of the trailer, when she says, ‘It’s not about good or bad, this is about power and who’s allowed to use it,’ really I think that’s the question we’re asking,” she added. “That’s really the question. It’s not, &#8216;Is somebody good, is somebody bad?&#8217; There’s an imbalance.”
“Someone might be imbalanced morally, but if there’s a power imbalance, how does that affect the power of Star Wars?” the director continued. “And we’ve never seen the good guys outnumber the bad guys to this extent. I guess that’s how it’s different.”
Headland said the Jedi we see in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtytYWhg2mc">trailer</a> are reminiscent of the time of the prequel trilogy, the outlet noted.
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“I think you’re seeing the Jedi when they are this very, very large institution &#8211; a benevolent one &#8211; but they are closer to who they are in the ‘Phantom Menace’ than obviously in the Original Trilogy where you feel like they’re almost extinct,” the director said.
“In a weird way, in the ‘Phantom Menace’ and the Prequel Trilogy, the Jedi outnumber the Sith,” she added. “And then in the Original Trilogy, the Empire outnumber the Jedi, which is why a show based on the ‘bad guys’ is interesting to me. In that era, what does the underdog look like? Even if they’re the bad guy.”
“But also, ‘The Clone War’s&#8217; [inspired The Acolyte], a lot being inspired by Nightsisters,” Headland continued. “We don’t have any Nightsisters in this show, but being inspired by them, being inspired by Asajj Ventress…I definitely took some inspiration from that.”
According to <a href="http://starwars.com">StarWars.com</a>, the Nightsisters &#8212; a “matriarchal society” that uses “dark magic” &#8212; &#8220;used the Force differently than the Sith, seeing themselves as able to tap its power without being consumed by it.”
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Headland said that throughout her series, she often wanted to reference things from “Clone Wars” or  “Return of the Jedi&#8221; to the famed Cantina scene because she’s a longtime “Star Wars” fan herself.
“I think when you get an opportunity to do a &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; and you’re a &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; fan, the idea is to get in a lot of your wish list,” Headland said. “And hopefully other people are excited by it too.”
The new &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; series premieres on Disney+ on June 4.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsay-lohan">Lindsay Lohan</a> finally revealed what fans had been waiting to hear: a &#8220;Freaky Friday&#8221; sequel is coming.
During the 37-year-old actress&#8217;s appearance on Andy Cohen&#8217;s <a href="https://www.wptv.com/entertainment/movies/lindsay-lohan-jamie-lee-curtis-returning-for-freaky-friday-sequel">Sirius XM show</a>, Lohan said she and Jamie Lee Curtis would be reprising their roles as mother and daughter in the popular 2003 coming-of-age movie.
&#8220;It is [happening],&#8221; Lohan told the host about the sequel. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to say too much.&#8221;
However, she added that both Curtis and her &#8220;are both excited. I&#8217;m gonna speak for Jamie.&#8221;
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The 2003 &#8220;Freaky Friday&#8221; movie was a reboot of the original 1976 Disney film with Jodie Foster playing the daughter who switched places with her mom, played by Barbara Harris. It was based on Mary Rodgers&#8217;s 1972 novel of the same name.
&#8220;An overworked mother and her daughter did not get along,&#8221; a description of the movie on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322330/">IMDb</a> read. &#8220;When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other&#8217;s life for one freaky Friday.&#8221;
The 2003 movie, with a reported $26 million budget, was a huge success after earning $160 million at the worldwide box office, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/freaky-friday-2-given-lindsay-165319300.html">Yahoo Entertainment</a> noted. 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsay-lohan-throws-support-behind-power-of-social-media-following-struggles-with-paparazzi">Lohan&#8217;s</a> 2003 film was just one of many of her appearances in <a href="https://disneymovieslist.com/list-of-lindsay-lohan-disney-movies/">Disney movies</a>. She previously starred in the 1998 twin movie &#8220;The Parent Trap,&#8221; a remake of the hit 1961 movie with actress Hayley Mills taking on the lead role. She also starred in &#8220;Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen&#8221; in 2004 and &#8220;Herbie: Fully Loaded&#8221; in 2005.
However, Lohan is probably best known for her iconic role as Cady Heron in the classic 2004 movie Mean Girls.
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In 2022, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsay-lohan-opens-up-about-motherhood-calls-it-greatest-joy-in-the-world">Lohan</a> returned to acting in the Netflix film, &#8220;Falling for Christmas,&#8221; which hit number one on the streaming site. The movie marked the star&#8217;s return to the romantic comedy genre after nearly a decade. 
Recently, the actress <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3a4mBrvIOV/">announced</a> her latest film with Netflix, &#8220;Irish Wish.&#8221; It is expected to hit the streaming site on March 15.
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