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    Disney streaming service just got a lot bigger

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    In this Monday, March 13, 2017, file photo, The Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger attends a special screening of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" at Alice Tully Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

    By Tali Arbel, Technology Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Disney is adding more firepower to its upcoming streaming service .

    Its "Star Wars" and Marvel comic-book movies will be included in the service, making it the only way to stream those movies on demand in the U.S. as part of a monthly subscription. (So, not on Netflix.)

    A price hasn't been announced yet. The service is expected in late 2019 after Disney's current deal with Netflix expires.

    Previously Disney announced the inclusion of just Disney and Pixar movies and Disney TV shows. Adding the "Star Wars" and Marvel movies could make the new service appealing to teenagers and adults, not just families with young children. The Marvel movies include the "Avengers" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchises.

    The service will also have original Disney movies, TV series and shorts. Disney CEO Bob Iger said thousands of TV episodes and hundreds of movies will be available, though shows from Disney's ABC network aren't coming to the service.

    Disney said last month that it was considering moving "Star Wars" and Marvel to the new service, but a decision wasn't announced until Thursday.

    Disney's offering is one of many online film and TV options coming from entertainment and tech companies, with more in the works. Disney, for example, is also launching an ESPN sports streaming service early next year. It won't replicate what's on ESPN, for now, so it's expected to be somewhat niche.

    The company's shares slid $4.05, or 4 percent, to $97.46 in Thursday afternoon trading. Investors may have sold because Iger said earnings per share for this fiscal year will be similar to the level for the year that ended on Oct. 1, 2016. Wall Street analysts had predicted growth.

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    Art Directors Club Names Global Young Guns 23 Winners

    Thursday, January 15, 2026
    Director Emma Branderhorst, the corner shop, amsterdam/London

    The global Art Directors Club, part of The One Club for Creativity, has announced the diverse group of 28 talented young individuals and four creative teams based in eight countries who are the winners in the ADC Young Guns 23 competition, celebrating global creative professionals age 30 or younger.

    ADC Young Guns is the global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creative professionals.

    This year’s winners are:

    Nic Antaya, documentary photographer, Detroit
    Omer Ben-Shachar, writer, director, Los Angeles
    Emma Branderhorst, director, the corner shop, Amsterdam/London
    Esteban Cardona Jiménez and Jordan Baron Pories (team), creative directors, Coinbase, New York/Seattle
    Christopher Clark, cinematographer, Los Angeles
    Lucas D’Ascenção, designer, DASC design, São Paulo
    Victoria Escobar, graphic designer, The New York Times Magazine, New York
    Tom Emmerson, director, Serial Pictures, London
    Vanissa Foo, illustrator, Kuala Lumpur
    Hannan Hussain, director, SOFTSPOT WORLD LLC, Brooklyn
    Chantal Jahchan, designer, illustrator, Pentagram, New York
    Kalum Ko, photographer, director, New York
    Keita Kuki, technologist, art director, Dentsu, Tokyo
    Rachel LeBlanc, associate creative director, and Ryan Cookish, art director (team), Rethink Toronto
    Hayley Lim, designer, director, Montréal
    Michael Lim, animator, Kuala Lumpur
    Renald Louissaint, art director, graphic designer, Brooklyn
    Lucas Luz, creative director, designer, Rio de Janeiro
    Christian Meissner, motion designer, designer, MullenLowe Design Studio, New York
    Mia Meredith, graphic designer, The New York... Read More

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