The Lion King

The Walt Disney Co. will make a follow-up to the 2019 live-action “The Lion King,” with Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar-winning “Moonlight” and the James Baldwin adaptation “If Beale Street Could Talk,” set to direct.

Beyoncé is set to release a new visual album, “Black is King,” based on music from last year’s album “The Lion King: The Gift,” on Disney Plus on July 31.

Only moments after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce zoomed past the finish line Sunday night, she scooped up something more precious than gold. Her 2-year-old son Zyon came down to the track to join her for the victory lap. What a fitting way to celebrate the Jamaican speedster’s fourth and hardest-earned 100-meter title at world championships. “A victory for motherhood!” Fraser-Pryce said. Sure...

Beyoncé has dropped a new original song from Disney’s live-action “Lion King.” The song, “Spirit,” was released Tuesday and should get an Academy-Award push for Academy Award consideration. The tune comes at a pivotal moment for Nala, the character voiced by Beyoncé, in the film that comes out July 18. She also co-wrote the song.

Beyoncé has dropped a new original song from Disney’s live-action “Lion King.” The song, “Spirit,” was released Tuesday and should get an Academy-Award push for Academy Award consideration. The tune comes at a pivotal moment for Nala, the character voiced by Beyoncé, in the film that comes out July 18. She also co-wrote the song.

The king has returned.
Disney dropped its official trailer for the live-action remake of “The Lion King” Wednesday and gave fans their first look at several of the film’s iconic characters.

Felicia Sanders has searched for a reason why she was one of only three survivors left after a white supremacist opened fire at her church in Charleston three years ago, killing her son, aunt and seven other African-American parishioners....
She has carried the weight of those nine lives that were lost when 21-year-old Dylann Roof turned a Bible study gathering at...

A former puppet specialist with the Broadway musical “The Lion King” is accused of printing a 3-D gun in the theater’s prop room. Ilya Vett was arrested last week on a misdemeanor charge. A criminal complaint says a police officer observed a 3-D printer producing a “hard black plastic object” shaped like a revolver.

Beyonce Knowles-Carter is joining the cast of “The Lion King” to voice the role of Nala. The Walt Disney Studios revealed the main cast for its upcoming live-action and CG adaptation of its 1994 animated classic Wednesday and confirmed the months old rumor that the pop superstar would be lending her voice to the project.

Donald Glover and Lena Waithe won their first Emmy Awards at the 69th ceremony Sunday and made comedy history in the process. With his award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Serie

Two-time Tony Award winner James Earl Jones will soon get a third — for lifetime achievement.