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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update segment took one of the week’s hot topics, including Donald Trump at the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening, digs at former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, and jabs at Joe Biden.

Trump returned to the world stage after being elected the 47th president of the United States and made an appearance in Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral.

“Donald Trump today made his first trip abroad since the election traveling to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral — where he rang the bell,” Michael Che said as an image of Trump as Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame character.

Pete Hegseth, who Trump nominated for the Secretary of Defense, was in the news this week after an email from his mother was made public where she says he belittled women.

“It was reported that in 2018, the mother of Pete Hegseth,...

In 1996, Disney released its own rendition of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Even though the original story is very dark, the Magic Kingdom planned to infuse the material with singing, dancing, and mesmerizing character designs. The plan almost worked, but not quite. The film ended up being the darkest film Disney ever made, attracting criticism and controversy for covering themes that were too dark for kids.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame's G rating may have a lot to do with the backlash. However, the studio's insistence on making The Hunchback of Notre Dame a family film that could be enjoyed by all ages turned out to be a failed attempt and only made it problematic. Despite having memorable characters, the classic film was simply not for kids and could've been an even greater film if it didn't try so hard to be something it's not. Many...

Hey, "60 Minutes" fans. We're back at you with another new preview session for your favorite news show. In this one, we're going to tell you what you can expect to see from the next, new episode 12 of this current season 57, which is due out tonight, December 1, 2024. CBS put out an official press release for tonight's new episode 12. So, that is what we'll be diving into for this preview session. Let's get into it. In tonight's new episode 12, the 60 Minutes team is going to present a total of 4, new segments that will span for a total of 90 minutes instead of the usual 60 minutes. The first segment is titled, "Notre Dame." CBS' official description for it reads like this, "Next Sunday, Dec. 8, the arched doors of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris will open to the public for the first time since April 2019, when a devastating fire nearly destroyed the great Gothic church.

While you wait for the movie in October, Bloody Disgusting has learned this afternoon that The Exorcist: Believer is getting its own Halloween Horror Nights attraction this year.

The countdown begins for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood as the destinations have just announced additional all-new terrifying haunted houses, including “The Exorcist: Believer,” inspired by the new Universal Pictures film from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Entertainment, “Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count,” based on the popular USA & Syfy series, and “Universal Monsters: Unmasked,” inspired by Universal’s legacy of iconic cinematic monsters.

The terror kicks off at Universal Orlando Resort on Friday, September 1 and at Universal Studios Hollywood on Thursday, September 7. Below is a sneak peek at what to expect:

The Exorcist: Believer

Inspired by Universal Pictures’ terrifying new horror film from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Entertainment (in theaters Friday, October 13), “The Exorcist: Believer” haunted house will...

Disney animation is famous for producing movies that are sweet, magical, romantic, and have uplifting happy endings that the whole family can enjoy. But if you go back to the source material they generally ignored, it turns out a lot of those childhood favorites should have had endings that were… different. Darker. Sadder. Sometimes even murder-y.

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The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid is based on a story by 19th century Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. A lot of the details are pretty similar. A little mermaid who loves human things rescues and then falls in love with a human prince. She asks a sea witch to give her legs while sacrificing her voice to the witch in order to become human. However, the prince thinks another woman rescued him and agrees to marry her instead of the former mermaid. It is a relatively faithful adaptation for the most part.

Several live-action remakes of classic films from the Disney Renaissance are currently in development, though at least one of them, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, has hit a stop and all because of what has been suggested to be a major story issue.

Composer Alan Menken, who has worked on films such as the animated The Little Mermaid, recently spoke with ComicBook.com and offered an unfortunate update on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He stated, "It's a tough one, because the Hunchback movie, Hunchback story involves a lot of real, real issues that are important issues and should be explored to be discussed. And there has to be an agreement about how we deal with those issues. You know, do we do a Hunchback without 'Hellfire?' I don't think so ... So it sits in this limbo right now."

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