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David Zaslav’s Next Act Looks Murky As Netflix & Paramount Face Off Over Warner Bros Acquisition
Just a few weeks ago, David Zaslav was offered a co-CEO gig by David Ellison in a Paramount-owned Warner Bros Discovery. Then Netflix swooped in and sealed an $83B deal for WB’s streaming and studio holdings before Ellison came roaring back with a $108 billion hostile tender offer for all of WBD, possibly…
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Kevin Smith Reveals Actor He Wants To Step Into Alan Rickman’s Role In ‘Dogma 2’, Plus Who He Wants To Play Devil
As Kevin Smith revisits one of his most controversial titles for a long-overdue sequel, the View Askewniverse creator has some ideas for new faces he’d like to cast. Following Dogma (1999) star Alan Rickman‘s death at age 69 in 2016, Smith recounted a “crossover moment” he experienced with the late…
Out Of This World: Little Dot Studios Behind First YouTube Original Doc Made Purely From Getty Images’ Archive
EXCLUSIVE: Five… four… three… two… one… Blast-off. Getty Images and Little Dot Studios are teaming to make a two-part, 90-minute science documentaries that will launch on YouTube. Notably, Moons of Our Solar System will be the first made exclusively from Getty Images’ giant online image and video…
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Oscar Contender ‘Norita’ Explores Courageous Woman Who Turned Tragedy Into Triumph Over Military Dictatorship
Diminutive Norita Cortiñas stood less than 5 feet tall — about a foot shorter than Argentina's dictator, Gen. Jorge Videla, who ruled the country from 1976-1981. But in terms of moral stature, Cortiñas towered over Videla and his blood-soaked military junta. Nora Irma Morales de Cortiñas, or Norita…
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Vanity Fair Oscar Party Moves To LACMA
New boss, new Oscar party. The biggest fete on Hollywood’s biggest night is decamping from the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills for the Fairfax-area environs of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The decision is part of a new, multi-year partnership between LACMA…
‘Fallout’ Cast & Producer Tease “Love That Survives Radroaches” & “A Very Popular Enemy” From The Video Game In Season 2
Fallout has officially emerged from the vault and down the red carpet for a second outing of the video game-based series. On Monday, Prime Video celebrated Season 2 of the Emmy-winning show with stars Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan, Aaron Moten, Justin Theroux and more at the Academy…
HGTV’s Frank Cozzolino Dies: ‘Holmes On Homes’ Electrician Star Was 56
Frank Cozzolino, known for starring on HGTV’s Holmes on Homes, has died. He was 56. The electrician was featured on the home renovation series alongside Mike Holmes, who confirmed the news on social media. “I am devastated by the passing of my good friend Frank Cozzolino," Holmes shared on…
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Paramount Says It Has “Air Tight” Financing, Promises Faster, More Certain Approval Than Netflix In Letter To WBD Shareholders
Paramount continues to take its case to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders after launching a hostile takeover offer to pry the company away from Netflix. “Dear Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholder,” Paramount CEO David Ellison wrote in an open letter published today, “we are the best stewards not only…
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Walter Hamada’s 18Hz Ups Nick Romano To VP; Ana Tenewitz Joins As Creative Executive
EXCLUSIVE: Walter Hamada’s 18Hz production company has promoted Nick Romano to VP, while Ana Tenewitz has joined as a Creative Executive. Romano joined 18Hz as a Creative Executive at the company's inception in 2023. He is an executive producer on upcoming projects including Rodrigue Huart's Suffer Li…
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Donald Trump Opposes Warner Bros. Discovery Retaining Ownership Of CNN In Any Merger Transaction
Donald Trump weighed in again on the potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery, this time by saying that he opposes any plan in which the company continues to own CNN. Trump told reporters Wednesday that there were “some good companies bidding on it.” “I think the people that have run CNN for…
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Read The Screenplay: ‘Jay Kelly’ From Noah Baumbach And Emily Mortimer Kicks Off Deadline’s Annual Script Spotlight Series
Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year's most talked-about movies kicks off its 2025-2026 awards season with Netflix's Jay Kelly, written and directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by Emily Mortimer in her screenwriting debut. The film follows famous actor…
Hoda Kotb On Sheinelle Jones Joining Jenna Bush Hager As ‘Today’s Fourth-Hour Co-Host: “What A Match Made In Heaven Looks Like”
Hoda Kotb is weighing in on Sheinelle Jones taking over her seat next to Jenna Bush Hager on Today‘s show for the fourth hour. Kotb left the NBC morning talk show earlier this year, and Bush Hager has had a rotating group of guest co-hosts since then. After almost a year, it was announced that Jones…
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