Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The new Broadway play McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr., started off with a bang, with $746,230 brought in across just four performances last week. If the production, which is playing at th…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:52PMAmid a fraught carriage dispute between the two companies, Disney has made an offer to run a debate special feed for DirecTV customers, but the company is still waiting for DirecTV to respon…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:02PMFive additional sexual assault charges were filed against actor Gabriel Olds in Los Angeles this week related to claims brought by three new victims. Olds, whose credits include Six Feet U…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:41PMLear deBessonet will be the new artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater, succeeding André Bishop after his 33-year tenure. DeBessonet is currently the artistic director of Encores! at…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:51AMThe AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the U.S., with members including Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and more, has put forward a slate of new federal policies it hopes can create…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AMMonday, September 9, 2024
Harvey Weinstein was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York Sunday night and underwent heart surgery Monday. According to Weinstein’s representatives, Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer,…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:37PMIn a seismic shift for Spanish-language TV news in America, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos is leaving the network after a 40-year tenure. TelevisaUnivision said that Ramos and Univision News…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:28PMJohn Mulaney is returning to Broadway this winter as part of a comedic show with a rotating cast. The show, All In: Comedy About Love, will be led by Mulaney for the first five weeks, with…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:38AMWednesday, September 4, 2024
Disney is striking back at DirecTV following the satellite TV provider’s call with media and analysts Tuesday, in which the company outlined its position in the carriage dispute. As a re…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:28PMAs Live Nation contends with the Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to break up the company, CFO Joe Berchtold expressed optimism about the suit and the future of the business. “I exp…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:35PMEmmy Rossum and Zoë Winters will star in the Off-Broadway play Walden this fall. The play, written by Amy Berryman and directed by Whitney White, will play the Tony Kiser Theater starting…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMTuesday, September 3, 2024
Broadway gained momentum heading into Labor Day weekend, with cumulative grosses for the industry up 11 percent and all shows posting gains compared to the prior week. The Outsiders returned…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:30PMBrooke Shields was elected president of Actors’ Equity in late May, and now heads the union of more than 51,000 actors and stage managers on Broadway and nationwide. It’s the first unio…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:43PMDirecTV CFO Ray Carpenter said the company will continue to fight “as long as it needs to” amid a carriage dispute with Disney, which has caused a number of Disney channels including ABC…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:29PMAs marketers look for new ways to attract moviegoers, TikTok has released stats showing it can have an impact on getting users to the theaters. According to a recent survey from TikTok, user…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30AMFriday, August 30, 2024
The musical adaptation of The Notebook will play its final Broadway performance on Dec. 15. The musical, which features a score by Ingrid Michaelson and a book by Bekah Brunstetter (This I…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:15AMWednesday, August 28, 2024
ESPN and the United State Tennis Association have signed a new 12-year agreement, which will see the sports network as the exclusive rightsholder of the US Open in the U.S. through 2037. The…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:22PMESPN is launching a Where to Watch feature on its app and online starting Wednesday. The feature allows fans to search for specific events to find out where the games are playing, whether …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:19PMTuesday, August 27, 2024
Wondery has snapped up the rights to the podcast New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce. The podcast studio, owned by Amazon, has signed a distribution and an exclusive, ad-sales representa…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:00AMThursday, August 22, 2024
Monica Austin has been appointed the new chief marketing officer at gaming publisher Blizzard Entertainment. In the role, Austin oversees the marketing teams for all titles at Blizzard, in…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:15AMShari Redstone and a roster of Hollywood talent will take the stage at Advertising Week in New York this fall. Other headliners include Kevin Bacon, Drew Barrymore, Kenneth Cole, Common, T…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30AMWednesday, August 21, 2024
James P. Gorman, the executive chairman of Morgan Stanley, will chair Disney’s succession planning committee to select the company’s next CEO. Gorman previously oversaw the succession …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:45PMTuesday, August 20, 2024
Cole Escola’s Oh Mary! broke the house record at the Lyceum Theatre last week, bringing in $1.057 million and besting its own record from July 21. The production, written and starring Es…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:13PM Condé Nast is the latest media organization to strike a multiyear partnership with OpenAI. As part of the partnership, content from Vogue, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Archit…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:13PMMike Greenberg has been named host of ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. Greenberg currently hosts ESPN’s morning show, Get Up, and the Greeny radio show. He previously hosted NBA Countdown,…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:09PMTime magazine is cutting 22 roles across departments, including editorial, technology, sales & marketing and TIME Studios. In a memo to staff announcing the layoffs Tuesday, Time CEO J…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:39PMNetflix saw a more than 150 percent increase in ad sales commitment after this year’s upfront, compared to last year, the streaming giant said Tuesday. The commitments included buys from…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMMonday, August 19, 2024
Almin Karamehmedovic has been named president of ABC News. Karamehmedovic has overseen the production and daily operations of World News Tonight with David Muir since August 2014. He takes o…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:44AMFriday, August 16, 2024
In the Netflix documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, tensions are high as more than 40 of the top musicians of the ’80s, including Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Diana Ros…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:00PMTalking about his role in Showtime’s Fellow Travelers, Jonathan Bailey can’t help but be earnest. It’s a trait he calls out about himself but is learning to embrace, as he notes the im…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:30PMThursday, August 15, 2024
In the crowded true-crime media space, MrBallen has kept his approach pretty simple. He appears on his YouTube channel wearing a flannel shirt and backwards baseball cap in every video, spea…
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