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Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor best known for Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, died at 85 in Los Angeles. His career spanned decades across TV and film, including roles in Knight Rider and other animated series, and he received a lifetime achievement award at the 2023 Children's & Family Emmy Awards.
Disney Dreamlight Valley is launching its first paid expansion, the Honeyglow Woods Adventure Pack, arriving July 8, 2026 to celebrate Winnie the Pooh’s 100th anniversary. The pack adds a new Realm accessed via a Tree Sprout, lets Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore live in your valley, introduces puzzle-filled exploration, a new hedgehog critter, and 2,000 Moonstones; it costs $16.99 (also £13.99/€16.99) and can be purchased standalone or as a base-game bundle for $49.99/$39.99/€49.99. Not included with Xbox Game Pass. A free July update will bring Ralph from Wreck-It Ralph to the village. The Honeyglow Woods pack is described as a smaller Adventure Pack rather than a full expansion, offering more content than a free update but less than a full Expansion.
Queen Camilla joined Sarah Jessica Parker for a visit to the New York Public Library’s Fifth Avenue branch during an East Coast tour with King Charles, touring the America250 collection, meeting Anna Wintour, and highlighting literacy; Camilla gifted a replacement Roo kangaroo to the library after reading Winnie-the-Pooh to NYC schoolchildren, a moment reminiscent of a scene from Sex and the City, while Parker spoke about library funding and access.
During her U.S. visit, Queen Camilla delivered a bespoke Roo replica to the New York Public Library for Winnie-the-Pooh, keeping the original Pooh dolls in a climate-controlled display. Roo, Pooh’s lost kangaroo friend, disappeared in the 1930s and the replica was crafted by Merrythought. The gesture promotes Camilla’s Queen’s Reading Room and commemorates the library’s long history with the Pooh characters, including their journey from Milne’s books to the NYPL and ongoing preservation efforts.
Disney is commemorating Winnie the Pooh’s 100th birthday by highlighting items preserved by the Walt Disney Archives, showcasing Pooh merchandise from the 1960s onward, and launching a global campaign with new product lines and collaborations across apparel, toys, publishing, and home goods. The rollout includes partners like Gund, LEGO, Carter’s, GAP, and Primark, with upcoming books, experiential activations, and a continuing emphasis on Pooh’s storytelling-based appeal across generations and cultures.
The article celebrates the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh, created by AA Milne in 1925, highlighting its global fame, its connection to Ashdown Forest, and ongoing celebrations including guided tours and special installations in the area.
On Winnie-the-Pooh’s 100th birthday, the article celebrates the original story 'The Wrong Sort of Bees' by AA Milne, highlighting its themes of childlike imagination, innocence, and the enduring popularity of Pooh and friends in children's literature.
The team behind the micro-budget horror film "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" has unveiled "Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble," a crossover movie featuring murderous versions of beloved children's characters such as Bambi, Tinkerbell, and Peter Pan. Set for release in 2025, the film will bring together these twisted characters for an IP-bludgeoning frenzy. The plot will see the monsters team up to take on survivors from previous films, with epic sequences of monster vs. monster and internal conflict within the group.
"Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey" wins big at the 2024 Razzie Awards, taking home five prizes including Worst Picture, while Megan Fox sweeps with two awards. Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight also receive Razzies, and Fran Drescher is honored with the Razzie Redeemer Award for her work during a 2023 strike. The Razzies, a parody awards show, was co-founded in 1981 and is held the day before the Academy Awards.
The 44th Razzie Awards singled out the worst in cinema, with the horror film "Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey" winning worst picture, while Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone were recognized as worst actor and worst supporting actor, respectively. Megan Fox took home two Razzies for worst actress and worst supporting actress. The controversial awards have faced criticism in the past, including a nomination for a 12-year-old actor and Sandra Bullock's memorable acceptance of her worst actress award in 2010.
The 44th Razzie Awards singled out the worst in movies, with the horror film "Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey" winning worst picture, while Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone took home worst actor and worst supporting actor, respectively. Megan Fox won two Razzies for worst actress and worst supporting actress. The awards have faced controversy in the past, including a nomination for a 12-year-old and Sandra Bullock's memorable acceptance of her worst actress award in 2010.
In celebration of National Winnie the Pooh Day, Disney+ offers a plethora of Winnie the Pooh movies and shows, including classics like "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," "The Tigger Movie," and "Piglet's Big Movie," as well as newer releases like "Winnie the Pooh." Additionally, there are TV shows such as "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and "My Friends Tigger & Pooh," and live-action reimaginings like "Christopher Robin" and "Goodbye Christopher Robin." For a more adult take, there's also a slasher film titled "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" set to release in 2023.
Parents of fourth-grade students at a Miami charter school expressed their dissatisfaction after a math teacher showed a British splatterpunk film called "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey" to the class. The film, which features Pooh and Piglet terrorizing and killing women, was reportedly requested by some students. Despite objections from other students, the teacher did not stop the movie. The school administration has taken appropriate action to address the issue and ensure the well-being of the students.
The Dallas school district has apologized for not providing guidance to parents when it sent students home with a Winnie the Pooh-themed book that teaches children how to "run, hide, fight" in dangerous situations like a mass shooting. The book, titled "Stay Safe," drew backlash from parents who wondered why it was given out without instruction and called the distribution "tone deaf" for being shared so close to the anniversary of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed.
A book titled "Stay Safe" featuring Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends teaching children what to do in a school shooting has sparked concern among parents in a Dallas school district. The book, published by Praetorian Consulting, was distributed to students without informing parents. The company's website advertises the book as part of a K-6 curriculum developed by police officers and teachers to teach safety during school intrusions in an "age-appropriate format." Parents criticized the decision to distribute the book and questioned the school district's timing, just over a week before the anniversary of a school shooting that killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.