“I don’t even speak Netherlandian.” ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS — Disney’s new video streaming service, Disney+, won’t go live in the U.S. until next month, but some impatient fans aren’t waiting. You see, Disney+ is already active in the Netherlands. Consequently, over 10.3 million Disney fans have renounced their U.S. citizenship and applied for permanent residency…
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By a mile. Claim Churros are better than cream cheese pretzels. Rating TRUE, DUH. Analysis Recently opinion-checking website Snopes.com, in a transparent effort to bolster its flagging reputation, reached out to Unclewalts.com to fact-check the claim that churros are better than cream cheese pretzels. So Snopes spokesperson Juns Nopes (no relation) went along with our…
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The new “Illuminations, Y’all: Reflections of Texas” debuts this weekend. DALLAS, TEXAS — Texas fans of the Walt Disney World Resort and Spa are seeing some familiar gear at Dallas’s Fair Park lately. The video globe that once was the centerpiece of Epcot’s Illuminations fireworks show is the most recognizable, but apparently all of the…
No word yet on Sunflower the centaur or Dumbo‘s Jim Crow. BURBANK, CA — The Internet has been blowing up with stories about Disney+ being tested in the Netherlands. While most fans are excited to be able to stream real Disney classics like Condorman and The Boatniks, one loyal Uncle Walt’s Insider fan anonymously [Thanks,…
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There goes his social justice merit badge, too. PARADISE FALLS — Russell, the beloved Wilderness Explorer from the movie Up, is an Explorer no more. The latest to be targeted by the so-called “cancel culture,” Russell was banned from the organization following complaints of misgendering. Kevin, the exotic bird found by Russell and Carl Fredricksen on…