To find the cast for its upcoming live-action reboot of the 1992 animated classic Aladdin, Disney and director Guy Ritchie reportedly undertook a months-long, worldwide search with an estimated 2,000 ...

Controversy ensued immediately after Disney announced that it would remake Aladdin, the cartoon fantasy film released in 1992. The outcry centred largely on the casting for the film, and specifically, ...

Guy Ritchie’s live-action “Aladdin” goes to great lengths not to insult the culture it’s depicting. The result is a bland missed opportunity. So what were some of those creative choices from the ...

The Arab industry is hoping Walt Disney’s live-action production of Aladdin is its flying carpet to a whole new world of opportunity and screen identity in Hollywood. Arab social media lit up the ...

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Last week, Disney made an open casting call for their lead actors to play Aladdin and Jasmine in their newest live-action movie. Naturally, every Arab out there gave it their all for the chance to ...

Although Aladdin may tell the story of Arabian nights and Arabian days, it seems the Broadway adaptation of the hit Disney movie lacks any actual Arab actors with complaints going viral in the U.S.

WEBVTT PLAY LAST MONTH. IT WAS DUE TO GO ON IN FEBRUARY. THE SCHOOL HELD A MEETING TONIGHT EXPLAINING WHY THEY DECIDED TO CANCEL. SOME PARENTS AGREE. OTHERS DON’T. AFTER THE WEST TOWN ELEMENTARY DRAMA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Citing negative stereotyping of Arab culture, a Maryland elementary school has canceled its production of ...