In a stunning reversal, David Ellison’s Skydance Media and Paramount Global controlling shareholder Shari Redstone have returned to the M&A altar. The companies have reached terms on a revised merger agreement for Redstone’s National Amusements Inc. just three weeks after Redstone abruptly pulled out of a planned combination, multiple people familiar with the talks told […]
Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his The Last Detail, Shampoo and Greystoke scripts, died Monday at his home. He was 89. PR firm McClure & Associates announced the news on the part of Towne’s family. Towne also earned BAFTA, Golden Globe and WGA awards for […]
Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, has been disbarred in New York following a state appeals court ruling that he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss. The man once dubbed “America’s Mayor” had his New York law license suspended in 2021 for making false statements around the election. The court on Tuesday […]
Lionsgate said Tuesday that the third installment in its magic-themed franchise Now You See Me, starring Jesse Eisenberg, will be released wide in theaters on November 14, 2025. There are no other films set to debut on that date for now. Other high-profile titles set to debut in November 2025 at present include Marvel’s Blade […]
Bebe Rexha is slamming the music industry and says that if she were to talk, she could “bring down a big chunk” of it. The “Me, Myself and I” singer took to social media to air her frustration in a fiery post. “I could bring down a BIG chunk of this industry. I AM frustrated. […]
Candle Media, which launched in 2021 with backing from private-equity giant Blackstone, is restructuring its operations to reflect broader changes in the streaming sector. The company, led by former senior Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, will split into two divisions and make other related changes. Candle’s formation was premised on the opportunity for […]
Days after Paramount Global purged online content of MTV News, as well as Comedy Central, TVLand and CMT, MTV News has resurfaced on the Internet Archive. There is now a searchable collection of more than 460,000 web pages previously available on MTVNews.com now accessible on the organization’s Wayback Machine link here. After Paramount Global removed the MTV […]
