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With live-action ‘Snow White,’ Disney finds itself again in culture war crosshairs

A poster for the live-action "Snow White."

Walt Disney Co.’s “Snow White” opens next week. It reportedly cost $250 million to make before marketing expenses. (Disney Enterprises, Inc.)

By Samantha Masunaga

Staff Writer

March 12, 2025 3:24 PM PT

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Almost from the beginning, Walt Disney Co.’s “Snow White” live-action remake became a political lightning rod.

First, it was the racist backlash to the casting of actor Rachel Zegler, who is of Colombian descent on her mother’s side, as the titular character who canonically had “skin as white as snow.” Then, die-hard fans got up in arms about Zegler’s comments that the story would be updated for modern times, putting less emphasis on Snow White’s dreams of Prince Charming. (Masunaga, Los Angeles Times)

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Robert Preston Morris, 63, is expected to surrender to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, his attorney, Mack Martin, told The Associated Press. Martin declined to comment on the charges against Morris, but said he anticipated entering a not guilty plea on Morris’ behalf. (Murphy, AP News)

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The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of Irish heritage. And nowhere is that more so than in the United States, where parades take place in cities around the country and all kinds of foods and drinks are given an emerald hue. (Hajela, Los Angeles Times)

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Abortion has continued to rise since the period the data covers, especially through pills shipped into states with bans. But the study identifies the groups of women who are most likely to be affected by bans. (Miller & Sanger-Katz, The New York Times)

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For decades, persecuted Christians have left their homes and entered a sort of migration limbo, all the while hoping they could one day end up in a country that would protect their religious convictions. For decades, this country was the United States. (Brown, Christianity Today)

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Robert Preston Morris, 63, has been charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. The alleged abuse started in 1982 when the victim, referred to in the indictment as C.C., was 12 years old and Morris was a traveling evangelist staying in Hominy, Oklahoma, with her family, according to the attorney general’s office. The abuse allegedly continued for four years. (Anonymous, AP News)

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