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‘Ant Man’ actress slams Disney for ‘disgusting’ Marvel layoffs
“Avengers” actress Evangeline Lilly rebuked Disney over layoffs affecting Marvel employees in its visual development department, calling the move “disgusting and horrible” in a video posted to Instagram on Thursday.
Lilly, who portrayed Hope van Dyne, also known as The Wasp, in four Marvel films, said she learned about the layoffs from her friend Andy Park, a longtime Marvel visual development artist who helped create early Wasp suit concepts.
“I reached out to my good friend Andy Park, who was the genius behind creating the original Wasp supersuit and the original Wasp concept drawings for the film ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp,’ and just said, ‘Is this true? Is this really what’s happening?’” Lilly recalled. “And he said, ‘Yeah, it’s true. I have been let go.’”
“I can’t quite believe that,” Lilly continued. “That Disney have let go of the artists who brought the current Marvel Universe to life through their imagination and their genius. That the people who invented these characters in the first place, who designed them in the first place, are now being replaced by AI. AI that will take their designs and take what those artists created and use it to create iterations of that.”
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Lilly also expressed sympathy for the broader group of Disney employees swept up in the cuts, and especially for Marvel artists she said had become “obsolete” after helping build the franchise.
“These were human creations, and they shouldn’t be stolen by tech giants so that their robots can replicate them,” Lilly added. “I think it’s disgusting and horrible, and I stand with all the artists and Andy…”
In the caption accompanying her video, she tagged Disney, writing “SHAME ON YOU” and urged California lawmakers to act.
“Where are the laws that REMOVE all human art from the AI bank?!? Why do they get to steal our brilliance and use it to make executives rich while the artists responsible for feeding their robots go hungry?? Disgusting. California lawmakers…where are you?!?!” she wrote.
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Disney confirmed earlier this month it would be laying off 1,000 employees across the company. In a memo obtained by Fox News Digital, CEO Josh D’Amaro said the company had been reviewing ways to streamline operations and “foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce.”
“Over the past several months, we have looked at ways in which we can streamline our operations in various parts of the company to ensure we deliver the world-class creativity and innovation our fans value and expect from Disney,” D’Amaro wrote. “Given the fast-moving pace of our industries, this requires us to constantly assess how to foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce to meet tomorrow’s needs.”
Disney’s statement does not explicitly say the layoffs were driven by AI, and the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Lilly’s allegation that artists were being replaced by artificial intelligence.
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Initial reports indicated that 8% of Marvel’s workforce was cut, though Disney later disputed that number, telling The Wrap the number was “much smaller.”
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Disney did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News’ Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
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Arkansas school director sentenced for being ‘ringleader’ of child fight club
An Arkansas school director was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 120 days of house arrest with electronic monitoring and nine years of probation after prosecutors accused her of being the “ringleader” of a makeshift child fight club.
Mary Tracy Morrison, 51, the owner and director of The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain and the Engage program in Jonesboro, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of permitting child abuse and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, according to KAIT.
The judge also prohibited her from working with children in any professional capacity and ruled she must surrender her occupational therapy license and any other related licenses, complete a mental health assessment and follow all recommended treatments.
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Morrison was arrested in April 2025 after a mother told the Craighead County Sheriff’s Office that her teenage son reported being mentally and physically abused while he was at the school.
Video footage that deputies obtained through a search warrant revealed Morrison had “instructed the child to sit on the floor while being surrounded on the outside of a circle by 18 other juvenile students and Dr. Morrison,” according to a probable cause affidavit, KAIT reported.
The affidavit said that Morrison told the other students to put their hands on the child in the center and hit the child with an “unknown object.”
As Morrison verbally berated the child, another student was seen kicking and choking the child.
After the alleged incident, Morrison was observed “giving the juvenile a high five, displaying her pleasure with the student’s actions,” according to the affidavit.
The incident lasted 30 minutes and featured a teacher directing a student to strike a classmate “in the private area,” deputies said.
Following the incident, Morrison “instructed the victim to apologize to all other students” and told the students to never discuss what had happened again, the document stated.
Three other school employees — Michael Bean, 38, Kristin Bell, 36, and Kathrine Lipscomb, 45, were also arrested in connection with the abuse.
Fox News Digital could not immediately reach The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain or the Engage program for comment because no public or operational email address was listed for either organization.
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Explosion at a fireworks plant in China kills at least 21 people, injures dozens more: report
An explosion at a fireworks factory in a central Chinese province killed at least 21 people and injured 61 others, according to state media.
The blast happened at a fireworks plant in Liuyang, a city administered by Changsha in Hunan province, on Monday afternoon, China’s official news agency Xinhua reported.
The plant was operated by Liuyang Huasheng Fireworks Manufacturing and Display Co. in Liuyang, which is under the jurisdiction of Hunan’s capital, Changsha. Liuyang is home to a hub for fireworks manufacturing, state media China Daily reported.
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Aerial footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed white smoke still billowing on Tuesday in parts of the area, with facilities collapsed or damaged and debris scattered around.
Nearly 500 firefighters, rescuers and medical personnel responded to the scene, according to the South China Morning Post. People in danger zones were evacuated because of what authorities described as high risks posed by two black powder warehouses at the site.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “all-out efforts” to save injured victims and to search for people who remain unaccounted for, Xinhua reported. He called on authorities to probe the cause and pursue serious accountability. Xi also ordered effective risk screening and hazard control in key industries and the strengthening of public safety management.
Xi often issues “important instructions” to local officials after deadly accidents and disasters, according to reports.
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Authorities launched an investigation into the cause of the blast, and unspecified “control measures” were taken against those in charge of the company.
In an effort to avoid additional accidents during the search for survivors, rescuers adopted measures such as spraying and humidification to eliminate potential hazards. Robots were also used to assist with the search and rescue operation.
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