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Paramount+ Hits 67.5M Subscribers As Streaming Loss Shrinks to $490M
Paramount Global hit 67.5 million Paramount+ streaming subscribers worldwide at the end of its fourth quarter, a gain of 4.1 million from the previous financial quarter. The Hollywood conglomerate, with its future the subject of mounting speculation on Wall Street, on Wednesday said it expected to deliver “significant total company earnings growth” in 2024, and reach […]
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Regal Cinemas’ Post-Bankruptcy Plan Revealed By CEO
Eduardo Acuna, CEO of Regal Cinemas owner Cineworld Group, says his movie theater chain is well-positioned for post-pandemic and post-bankruptcy growth amid Hollywood’s box office recovery. “I think it’s a very pivotal moment in our history,” Acuna told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview on Wednesday via Zoom while seated in a giant 4DX auditorium […]
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Kassandra Lee Diaz Stars in ‘Swoon’ Thriller
Kassandra Lee Diaz has nabbed the lead role in Byron Manuel’s thriller and feature directorial debut Swoon. Diaz plays a woman tied to a bed while her captor manipulates her into believing they are engaged. The mysterious men in her life are played by Rich Morrow and DeRon Cash, while Efrangeliz Medina, Dean Wil, Herbert Morales […]
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Formula 1 Profit Jumps Amid Growth Year for Racing Brand
Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire mogul John Malone that owns such assets as audio entertainment giant SiriusXM and the Formula 1 racing circuit, reported fourth-quarter financials on Wednesday, touting growth at Live Nation Entertainment, which recently posted a record 2023 and projected continued momentum in 2024. Live Nation is “capitalizing on the globalization of the […]
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Israeli Filmmaker Slams German Politicians for Branding Berlin Award Acceptance Speech “Antisemitic”
No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham has hit out at German politicians and the Israeli media for branding his award acceptance speech at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday as “antisemitic.” In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Abraham, part of a collective of four Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers that took home the prize for best […]
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Box Office Slowdown Hits Imax As Quarterly Revenue Falls
Imax released its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday, and posted slightly lower net earnings on falling overall revenues. That came amid tentpoles like Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Wonka playing on the cinema technology company’s big screens. Overall fourth-quarter revenue came to $86 million, down 12 percent from a […]
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Hilde Lynn Helphenstein Signs With UTA (Exclusive)
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, AKA Jerry Gogosian, has signed with UTA. The visual artist and digital storyteller is the brains behind @jerrygogosian, a popular Instagram meme account that satirizes and comments on the global art world through viral images, videos and text pieces. UTA, the Hollywood talent, entertainment and sports company, will partner with Helphenstein on […]
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Joe Biden Jokes That Taylor Swift Endorsement Is “Classified Information”
President Joe Biden said a potential 2024 endorsement by pop superstar Taylor Swift is “classified information” during a joke-filled 10-year reunion appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Monday night. “I will tell you, she did endorse me in 2020,” a grinning Biden added about Swift, amid widespread conspiracy theories that the singer and […]
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Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade to Keynote Banff Festival
Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade is set to deliver a keynote address at the upcoming Banff World Media Festival, organizers said on Tuesday. Wade will appear as part of the Banff Summit series at the 45th edition of the Canadian Rockies gathering of media execs. “Being part of Banff’s 45th milestone year is quite an […]
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Jesse Williams Nabs Lead in ‘Costiera’ Drama for Prime Video Italy
Only Murders in the Building star Jesse Williams has taken the lead role in Costiera, an original drama for Prime Video Italy. Williams will play Daniel De Luca, a half-Italian former U.S. marine who returns to Italy, his childhood home, as a fixer in a luxury hotel where one of the owner’s daughters disappears. He […]
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’Spot’ Preschool TV Series in the Works at Guru Studio (Exclusive)
Guru Studio, the animation studio behind the popular PAW Patrol TV series, is developing Eric Hill’s book series Spot as an animated preschool TV series. Former Amazon Kids+ exec Sarah Maizes will oversee the adaptation of the the kids books series, which has sold over 65 million copies worldwide. Toronto-based Guru Studio optioned the TV rights […]
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Berlinale Files Criminal Charges Over “Antisemitic” Instagram Hack
Berlin Film Festival organizers say they have brought criminal charges against unnamed hackers of its Instagram page for briefly posting statements seen as antisemitic on Sunday. The Berlinale in a statement said the Instagram channel for its Panorama sidebar was briefly hacked on Sunday and “anti-semitic image-text posts about the Middle East war with […]
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