Roger Allers, the filmmaker and animator best known for co-directing the 1994 Disney classic “The Lion King,” and writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway adaption of the movie, has died, according to ...

Roger Allers, a longtime Disney writer and the co-director of the 1994 animated classic “The Lion King,” has died. He was 76. Allers’ death was confirmed by veteran visual effects supervisor Dave ...

Allers, who received an Oscar nomination, worked on other Disney films including 'Aladdin,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The Little Mermaid.' By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Roger Allers, the Oscar- ...

The Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger remembered Allers on social media. Roger Allers, co-director of "The Lion King," has died at age 76. The Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger remembered Allers ...

Three professors argue that animated Hollywood films promote White privilege and "racist cultural narratives," according to their new academic analysis. Natalie Khazaal, director of the Middle Eastern ...

On December 30, 2025, Tiger Woods turned 50 years old. As one of the greatest athletes of all time, Tiger’s birthday and his career were celebrated far and wide by fans and sports media alike. Now ...

A former Broadway child actress was appeared in “The Lion King” died on Sunday after she was stabbed at her New Jersey home, according to published reports quoting New Jersey officials. Imani Dia ...

Imani Smith, who once played a young Nala in Disney’s “The Lion King” on Broadway, died on Sunday after she was found with stab wounds at a home, according to the Middlesex County, New Jersey, ...

Former Broadway actress Imani Dia Smith has died at the age of 25. Smith, who starred in the Broadway production of “The Lion King” as young Nala, was found with multiple stab wounds at a home in ...

A former star of “The Lion King” has been killed at 26 and her boyfriend has been charged with murder, according to multiple reports. Imani Dia Smith, who played young Nala in Broadway’s “The Lion ...

A woman who starred in Broadway’s “The Lion King” as a child was killed in a stabbing over the weekend, New Jersey officials said. Edison police officers were called to a home on Sunday morning over ...

Child star Imani Smith has died at age 26 after being allegedly murdered by her boyfriend. Police confirmed in a press release that Smith, who starred as young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway in ...