Thursday, May 30, 2024
At the Fox upfront on May 13, the network’s free ad-supported streaming service, Tubi, got just as much stage time as its traditional broadcast channels. Those so-called FAST platforms ar…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:05AMWednesday, May 29, 2024
Audra McDonald will reopen Broadway’s Majestic Theatre with a new production of Gypsy. McDonald will play Rose, one of the top roles in musical theater, which has been played by the likes …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:30PMProsecutors in the Harvey Weinstein case say they may issue a new indictment against the former mogul, as there may be more women who come out against him. “Some people who were not read…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:59PMTony Award winner LaChanze is launching her own multimedia production company. The company, LaChanze Productions, will seek to produce Broadway and other commercial theater projects, with an…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMVox Media and The Atlantic have become the latest publishers to strike a deal with OpenAI. At Vox Media, which owns Vox, The Verge, Eater, New York Magazine, The Cut, Vulture and SB Nation…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:26AMFriday, May 24, 2024
Brooke Shields has been elected president of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union that represents about 51,000 actors and stage managers on Broadway and nationwide. Shields prevailed …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:28AMThursday, May 23, 2024
At a critical moment for the entertainment company, Paramount Global and cable TV giant Charter Communications have a deal. Paramount, which owns CBS, Paramount+, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, N…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:27PMSiriusXM has struck a podcast partnership agreement with NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Dirty Mo Media. The agreement gives SiriusXM exclusive advertising rights to Dirty Mo’s prog…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00AMTuesday, May 21, 2024
Live Nation President and CFO Joe Bechtold provided an update on the Department of Justice’s investigation into the company’s business practices, amid rumblings of a potential lawsuit. …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:51AMDavid Adjmi did not intend to re-enter the world of theater. With a handful of credits under his belt, Adjmi had sworn off playwriting after a high-stakes collaboration fell apart. Then, as …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:05AMFriday, May 17, 2024
Sutton Foster will star in Once Upon a Mattress on Broadway this summer. The production, a new adaptation by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Amy Sherman-Palladino, moves to Broadway after a …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMThursday, May 16, 2024
The CW announced its fall lineup Thursday, with the return of Superman & Lois, two new game shows based on classic board games and the new scripted entry Joan, a limited series starring …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:27PMWednesday, May 15, 2024
CNN will host the first debate between President Biden and former President Trump on June 27. The debate will air live at 9pm ET from CNN’s Atlanta studios. No audience will be present to …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:22AMTuesday, May 14, 2024
Darren Criss will return to Broadway this fall in the new musical Maybe Happy Ending. The musical features music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park, a book by Aronson and Park and directi…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00AMMonday, May 13, 2024
Melinda French Gates is resigning as co-chair of the non-profit organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates co-founded the foundation with her then-husband, Microsoft co-f…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:56PMGeorge Clooney will make his Broadway acting and playwriting debut next spring in a stage adaptation of his 2005 film about journalist Edward R. Murrow. In the play, which is also entitled…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PMThursday, May 9, 2024
Directors Jack O’Brien and George C. Wolfe will each receive a 2024 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Wolfe is a five-time Tony-Award winning director, helming sh…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:05PMPaula Vogel’s Mother Play is Jessica Lange’s fourth Broadway show, among the many other film and television projects that have populated her decades-long career. But unlike her past ro…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:33PMAfter many years of double-digit growth, U.S. podcasting advertising revenue growth slowed down in 2023. But there is hope ahead. Per a new Interactive Advertising Bureau study, released Thu…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:30AMWarner Music Group reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $1.5 billion, up 7 percent from a year ago, and net income of $96 million, up from $37 million a year ago. While both numbers saw…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:19AMWednesday, May 8, 2024
American Express will host an outdoor simulcast event for the Tony Awards on June 16. The “Broadway Fanfare” event will take place in Damrosch Park, an outdoor area on the Lincoln Cent…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMTuesday, May 7, 2024
Billy Porter will receive the 2024 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for his dedication and contributions as an activist and spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ communities. The honor, announced Tuesd…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:05PMRobert Downey Jr. is making his Broadway debut this fall in a new play by Ayad Akhtar. The new play, called McNeal, will see Downey portraying a talented writer who grapples with a new nov…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:41PMDisney is exploring licensing some more of its content. “We’re already doing some licensing with Netflix, and we’re looking selectively at other possibilities. I don’t want to declar…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:51AMDisney plans to add an ESPN tile to Disney+ as it prepares to launch its new standalone ESPN streaming service. The tile will be added by the end of the calendar year, Disney CEO Bob Iger …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:54AMThursday, May 2, 2024
The new musical Lempicka announced that it will play its final performance on May 19, about one month after it opened on Broadway. The musical, about the life of artist Tamara de Lempicka,…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:11PMLive Nation reported first quarter revenue of $3.8 billion, up 21 percent year over year, propelled by continued fan demand, alongside an operating loss of $37 million after operating income…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:27PMJessica Casano-Antonellis is leaving SiriusXM to head up communications at the new sports joint venture formed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. She will be senior vice president of…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMAlex Edelman is among the honorees being presented a special Tony Award for his comedy show, Just for Us, which debuted on Broadway in June 2023. Edelman’s one-man show, which ran throug…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:47AMMia Farrow and Patti LuPone will come to Broadway in the new comedy, The Roommate, by Jen Silverman. The play, directed by Jack O’Brien, will begin performances on Aug. 29, with an offic…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:43AMWednesday, May 1, 2024
Harvey Weinstein is looking at a new trial in New York after Labor Day. The former Hollywood mogul appeared in court in New York Wednesday for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction w…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:51PM 
