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The studio boss's total compensation in the latest financial year was up from $9.8 million in fiscal 2025, according to a proxy filing.
Variety
A group of U.S. visual effects workers engaged directly by “Star Wars” franchise productions has joined the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees for collective bargaining purposes. The new bargaining unit includes U.S. workers who contribute to titles including, but not limited to “TheMandalorian & Grogu,” “Ahsoka” and “Starfighter.” The unit, which overwhelmingly supported joining […]
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Hollywood powerbroker Ari Emanuel rallied to the defense of his friend and business associate David Ellison, claiming that the state attorneys general trying to block Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery deal are threatening to “destroy” competition in the entertainment industry. Emanuel, who is CEO of TKO Group and former head of Endeavor, penned an op-ed published […]
Hollywood Reporter
The WME executive chairman and CEO of TKO writes in an op-ed that the state AGs are misguided in their case against the mega deal.
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Willie Nelson has spoken out against the construction of data centers across America, releasing a statement encouraging citizens to fight the proliferation of facilities that “only destroy the environment around them.” The country legend published an open letter on social media describing how he grew up in Abbott, Texas, and that the community needs to […]
Hollywood Reporter
Zendaya, Beyoncé and Margot Robbie make up just a fraction of Assoulin's A-list clientele.
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Freestyle Digital Media has acquired the golf crime comedy “Mooch,” written by, directed by and starring Jeff Ryan. “Mooch” will debut on digital platforms starting Aug. 14. Ryan, who retains theatrical rights through is First-Names Films, will release the film in a national roadshow of one-night screenings developed in partnership with Emo Nite, featuring live […]
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday against Penske Media Corporation, the parent of Variety, over the 2023 acquisition of the Golden Globe Awards. The suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses PMC of taking control of the awards show through a “sham process tainted by fraud.” It also alleges […]
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Back-to-school shopping usually means backpacks, notebooks and dorm-room basics. But for many families, a phone plan — or a first phone — has become just as essential. Boost Mobile is leaning into that rite of passage with a slate of back-to-school tech deals aimed at parents looking to get their kids connected without committing to a traditional […]
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details and scene descriptions about the new crime series “Furious.” The first three episode are available to stream on Hulu. Emmy Rossum was shooting “Shameless” several years ago on her birthday when she received a call from her estranged father. “He called me as he sometimes did — I had […]
Hollywood Reporter
The new contributors are part of EP Nick Bilton's overhaul of the CBS newsmagazine.
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Variety‘s annual Showrunners Breakfast will return on August 14, featuring two spotlight conversations with a curated group of this year’s Emmy-nominated showrunners, plus the Norman Lear Creative Conscious Award presentation to Ryan Murphy. Murphy will receive the award in recognition of a body of work that embodies Lear’s enduring legacy of creativity, visionary storytelling and […]
Hollywood Reporter
For years Justin Vernon has loomed over the Badger State town of Eau Claire. At a music festival he curated there this weekend, the mystique went full supernatural.
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Ross Douthat, the conservative New York Times columnist will join CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” along with author Sebastian Junger, new CBS News correspondent Trevor Phillips and filmmaker Gianna Toboni, the Paramount Skydance news division announced Tuesday, a move that will remake the look and feel of the venerable newsmagazine at a time when it has […]
Hollywood Reporter
On the season nine finale of THR's 'It Happened in Hollywood' podcast, the director revisits his sprawling experiment — from the $200,000-a-year handshake deal with IFC to Patricia Arquette's Oscar-winning farewell scene.
Variety
Superhero fatigue is no match for Peter Parker. Sure, comic book movies have been on the fritz. But Marvel’s friendly neighborhood web-slinger is about to change the narrative, with Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” swinging to a truly heroic box office debut. Estimates are ranging from $260 million to $280 million from 4,300 North American […]
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The creator of the Paramount+ series weighs in after the series finale, as Jacob Latimore and Birgundi Baker also chime in about Keisha and Emmett's happy ending.
Variety
Harlan Coben’s “I Will Find You” has become Netflix’s No. 10 most-popular English-language TV series of all time, having reached a cumulative 101.9 million views in the six weeks since its release. Previously, the No. 10 spot belonged to the limited series “His & Hers,” which stars Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal and reached 98.2 […]
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Figure skater Amber Glenn went viral during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, partly because she won a gold medal and partly because she outed herself as a huge fan of Hasbro’s popular tabletop card game Magic: The Gathering. On multiple occasions throughout the games’ TV coverage, the Team USA member was seen opening […]
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Following a bidding war, Universal Global Television and Patrick Macmanus’ Littleton Road Productions have acquired the rights to “Biological War: A Scenario,” Annie Jacobsen’s latest novel out today. The television adaptation will be taken out to buyers in the upcoming weeks. “Annie’s spent her career reporting with such ferocious clarity, you can’t stop reading her […]