- Zootopia 2 had a stellar opening, raking in US$556 million globally (THR)
- There’s a new Wicked book on the way as For Good picks up box-office steam (Vulture)
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade pulled in a record viewership this year (Variety)
- AI helped Black Friday spending set records online (Reuters)
- Aussie teens are fighting back against the country’s social media ban (BBC News)
- Stranger Things 5’s premiere crashed Netflix immediately yesterday (Variety)
- Authors/publishers to gain access to OpenAI’s communications in ongoing lawsuit (THR)
- Zootopia 2 and Wicked: For Good are dominating the box office before Turkey Day (Deadline)
- Disney’s Imagineers have unleashed an AI-fueled Olaf robot upon its parks (Vulture)
- Stranger Things is the first Netflix series to have all four seasons in the top 10 (Variety)
- US retail sales increased 5.7% in September, with all categories seeing growth (RetailDive)
- Here’s a first glimpse of what an anime-inspired Miraculous series looks like (CartoonBrew)
- Wicked: For Good defied gravity with a strong US$226-million global opening (THR)
- Speaking of Wicked, here’s how Universal pulled off splitting the story in two (Variety)
- MrBeast’s ex-content lead launches an AI tool to help creators analyze success (TechCrunch)
- An agency is expanding to represent vertical microdrama talent (Deadline)
- Australia adds live-stream platform Twitch to its teen social media ban (TechCrunch)
- Ubisoft says a US$1.25-billion investment partnership with Tencent is imminent (GI.Biz)
- Google rolls out new AI-powered tools for holiday shoppers (RetailDive)
- KPDH is predicted to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature (LA Times)
- Target’s incoming CEO outlines a US$5-billion comeback plan (Forbes)
- Wicked: For Good expected to do at least US$200 million on opening weekend (THR)
- Paramount Skydance denies its WBD bid involves Saudi Arabian funds (Variety)
- Step aside KPDH, Ice Spice’s SpongeBob movie single deserves the Oscar (Vulture)
- Guillermo Del Toro receives a Contenders Award and shares his distaste for AI (YouTube)
- Nearly half of US kids are asking for in-game currency for Christmas (GI.Biz)
- KPDH joins the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with a float and performance (ANN)
- The Canadian Toy Association unveils its 2025 Hall of Fame inductees (Toy Book)
- Toys”R”Us Canada has closed over half its locations in four years (Edmonton Journal)
- A Christian school in England has banned kids from singing KPDH songs (THR)
- Fortnite and A Minecraft Movie make the 2025 Game Awards shortlist (GI.Biz)
- Disney gives a first look at live-action Moana with a new trailer (Variety)
- Companies have until November 20 to put in bids for WBD (Broadcast)
- First-look images are out for the hotly anticipated Legends of Zelda movie (Variety)
- James Cameron talks about the digital advances in Avatar: Fire and Ash (THR)
- Hearst commissions AI-led history series from Look, See Wow! producer Particle6 (Deadline)
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