Netflix ‘super confident’ in Warner Bros. deal after Paramount’s hostile bid
Netflix last week announced it would acquire Warner Bros. in a $83 billion deal.
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How Mark Wahlberg became the king of streaming
As theatrical releases decline, the 54-year-old actor has become the most bankable star on Netflix, Amazon and Apple—earning $20 million or more a movie—in a major paradigm shift of Hollywood economics. Inside the new A-Minus List.
Why Australia must build its own GenAI storytelling culture
When Sundance vaulted indie filmmakers into the spotlight in the late 1980s, it reshaped cinema and the business around it.
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ pulled from air over Charlie Kirk comments
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will be removed from local ABC stations owned “indefinitely” after comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
South Park’s creators are now billionaires
After signing a new $1.5 billion deal with Paramount, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are part of Hollywood’s most elite club.
Baldoni Vs. Lively feud: Judge dismisses Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, had said for weeks he planned to file a suit against Lively, Baldoni’s co-star on “It End With Us,” and Reynolds, Lively’s husband.
Will Blake Lively be at the Super Bowl? Tabloid rumours suggest rift with Taylor Swift
The actress was one of Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl guests last year, but it’s unclear if she’ll show up this year amid her legal battle with Justin Baldoni.
Three people charged in connection to Liam Payne’s death
Two of the people face charges of supplying narcotics and one faces abandonment of a person followed by death.
Zach Bryan apologises after Tweet picking Kanye West over Taylor Swift incites Swiftie anger
Bryan deactivated his X account and posted a series of Instagram stories apologizing to both Swift and her fans.
5 charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s overdose death
Los Angeles police opened an investigation into Perry’s death after an autopsy revealed the “Friends” star died of “acute effects of ketamine.”