I share a name with a Disney princess, so I’m generally interested in news about the company. This week’s topic: yet another wave of controversy surrounding yet another live-action remake. Jennifer Graham asks: Is it time to cut Disney a break?
“Snow White,” set to release in 2025, has been mired in controversy even before the first teaser dropped. Fans have taken issue with casting choices, storyline changes and the replacement of the titular dwarves with CGI characters, among other things.
“Dueling posts on social media are a marketing headache that Disney couldn’t have seen coming. In fact, we might as well call the movie ‘Snow White and the 7 Controversies,’ as there are surely more that will come up before March,”Graham writes.
Read more about the good intentions behind the Disney culture wars.
Are you ready for solar panels on the southern shores of the Great Salt Lake?
The Biden-Harris administration wants to open up an additional 31 million acres in the West for development of utility scale solar development, but at least one group of clean energy advocates say some of those “available” areas are not appropriate.
While still under public comment, there are a collection of trouble spots in Utah among the five million acres on the table, some advocates argue.
“We’re deeply disappointed that the Bureau of Land Management is putting energy developers ahead of wildlife and protected public lands,” said Randi Spivak, public lands policy director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
“There’s room on public lands for thoughtfully sited solar energy projects. We don’t need to destroy tens of millions of acres of wildlife habitat to achieve our clean energy goals. This plan allows for death by a thousand cuts, where inappropriately sited industrial projects can proliferate across sensitive public lands throughout the West.”
Read more about the Western Solar Plan and its potential effects on Utah.
Utah is barely catching its breath from a bruising series of Republican primaries.
This year has already seen the most competitive GOP field for an open Senate seat in 30 years, the closest recount in a House race in even longer, and an unusually difficult reelection bid for a sitting governor that led to an alliance between his failed primary challenger and the Democratic nominee — all before Labor Day.
But general election season has just begun.
Starting next week, GOP primary victors for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and gubernatorial elections in Utah will debate their Democratic opponents. By mid-October, voters will be receiving their mail-in ballots. In 60 days, on Nov. 5, election results will roll in.
Read more for a preview of Utah’s biggest statewide and congressional races, as well as a review of the issues, endorsements and lawsuits that have made the 2024 election cycle stand out.
More in Utah
What issues unite and divide Utah voters? Where does housing affordability rank? (Deseret News)
Why there are legal ‘friends’ who want the Uinta railway (Deseret News)
Trump Utah fundraiser rescheduled for Sept. 14 in Salt Lake City (Deseret News)
Rep. Celeste Maloy addresses her relationship with Sen. Mike Lee after primary (Deseret News)
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Politics
First hearing in Trump’s election interference case highlights complex legal battle (Deseret News)
Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney endorses Kamala Harris (Deseret News)
The U.S.
Investigators search for motive after Georgia school shooting (Deseret News)
The U.S. does not have a national bird. But Congress wants to change that (Deseret News)
The World
Jay Evensen: An American hostage was murdered; where is the outrage? (Deseret News)
Holly Richardson: What we can learn from the 30 years after the Rwandan genocide (Deseret News)
Sports
Can double-digit underdog Cougars pull off another September surprise? (Deseret News)
How long will it take for Utah Hockey Club to be a winner? (Deseret News)
Krysyan Edler: Alex Morgan’s impact goes beyond what she accomplished on the soccer pitch (Deseret News)
After Kenan Johnson’s season-ending injury, who will step up at cornerback for Utes? (Deseret News)
Faith
Longevity and Latter-day Saint leaders: As President Nelson turns 100, these prophets lived the longest (Deseret News)
BYU announces type of degrees, location for new medical school (Deseret News)
Entertainment
Is ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ family friendly? A parent’s guide to why the movie has a PG-13 rating (Deseret News)
She’s on house arrest, fighting deportation ... and competing on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ (Deseret News)
Photo of the week
BY BRICE TUCKER
Tiffany Naccarato, right, a community impact manager at USARA, hugs Executive Director of USARA Mary Jo McMillen during a vigil hosted by USARA and Utah Naloxone on the steps of the state capitol building remembering those lost to drug overdoses in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.
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