Disney Channel Star Joshua Rush Comes Out as Bisexual in Emotional Posts: 'Happy 20biteen!'

On Tuesday, the 17-year-old actor — who is currently voicing the title character in DreamWorks’ new animatedWhere’s Waldo?series— came out as bisexual, opening up about his sexual orientation in a series of emotional tweets. “It’s me, I’m bi,” Rush wrote. “I stuffed the existential crisis of talking about my sexual orientation into a box in my mind for years. Today, I release it into the world.” “Thank you to you for giving me the courage to know who I am and tell you this today,” Rush added.

Disney Channel Star Peyton List Gushes Over Her Pit Bull Puppy: 'You Learn How Sweet of a Breed They Are'

Peyton Listis in puppy love. The Disney Channel star, known forJessieandBunk’d, recently adopted a pit bull/Doberman mix puppy named Bette. List, 20, adores her furry best friend, often snuggling up to the dog, even though Bette has outgrown some of her favorite sleeping positions. “You think of that mix — those dogs — as being so strong and so tough,” List says of her canine’s makeup. “But you also learn how sweet of a breed they are and what a bad reputation they get.

Disney Character Meet-and-Greets to Return to Parks for First Time Since COVID Closure

Character meetings are coming back to Disney World and Disneyland this spring for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut them down two years ago.Disney’s U.S. theme park locations will begin reintroducing the “quintessential Disney entertainment experience” as soon as April 18,according to a blog postfrom Disney Live Entertainment’s senior communications manager Shawn Slater.The return will be conducted in phases scheduled to begin in the spring and last through early summer, meaning not every location will have them immediately.

Disney Characters Walk Red Carpet at 'Haunted Mansion' Premiere Instead of Film's Stars Due to SAG Strike

Photo:MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Disney characters walked the red carpet at theHaunted Mansionpremiere atDisneylandon Saturday instead of the film’s stars due to theSAG-AFTRA strikeinitiated on Thursday. Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Maleficent, the Evil Queen fromSnow White and the Seven Dwarves(1937) and Cruella de Vil posed on the carpet for photos with guests, who also gained private access to ride the titular attraction,The Hollywood Reporterreported. Director Justin Simien was the only one from the film to attend the premiere, tellingVarietythat he was “sad” his cast couldn’t walk the carpet with him.

Disney Closing at Least 60 North American Retail Stores in Move Toward E-Commerce

Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/Getty Images Disney retail is pivoting to online. The company will be shuttering at least 60 North American retail stores as part of a shift toward e-commerce, it wasannouncedWednesday. By getting rid of the brick-and-mortar stores, the goal over the next year is to focus on “a more seamless, personalized and franchise-focused e-commerce experience through its shopDisney platform.” She continued, “Over the past few years, we’ve been focused on meeting consumers where they are already spending their time, such as the expansion of Disney store shop-in-shops around the world.