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Billie Eilish in Talks to Make Movie Debut With Sarah Polley’s ‘The Bell Jar’
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (284+ words) The project from Focus Features adapts author Sylvia Plath's classic novel. Billie Eilish is eyeing the big screen. The music star is in talks to make her feature acting debut with Oscar-winning filmmaker Sarah Polley's adaptation of Sylvia Path's classic…...
David Zaslav Gets the Last Laugh
13+ hour, 55+ min ago (1786+ words) The Warner Bros. mogul's $111 billion deal with David Ellison reveals the next stage of the business: The rich get richer, the big get bigger and everybody else is left in the dust. On March 5, a week after inking a $111 billion…...
Inside Josh D’Amaro’s Rise at Disney: How a Theme Park Veteran Became CEO
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1087+ words) The exec is said to have strong relationships with Disney's creative team, an appetite for risk-taking, and a desire to understand what the entertainment giant's loyal fans want. If there was a moment in Josh'D'Amaro's'nearly'30-year'career at The Walt Disney…...
Movie Theaters Go Public With New Effort to Stop Warner Bros. Sale
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (225+ words) The major exhibitors' top lobbying group, Cinema United, reiterated its opposition to Congress ahead of a Washington D.C. hearing on the Netflix acquisition. " Movie theater chains are bringing their opposition to any sale of Warner Bros. to Capitol Hill. "Such an…...
Warner Bros. Discovery Officially Rejects Paramount’s Revised Offer, Stands by Netflix Deal
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (479+ words) Paramount released a revised tender offer last month, with Larry Ellison agreeing to personally backstop the deal. WBD says the offer would be 'the largest LBO in history.' Warner Bros. Discovery is still sticking with Netflix. Even after David Ellison's…...
Hollywood’s Biggest Winners and Losers of 2025
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (199+ words) SHOWBIZ BIGGEST WINNERS AND LOSER 2025... (Third column, 7th story, link) Related stories:Ellison gives $40 billion personal backing to WARNER bid...Billionaires Brawl Over Hollywood Control...Cinema Owners See New Hurdle...MAG: CBS and CNN Sacrificed to Trump... Drudge Report Feed needs…...
The Billionaires’ Brawl: Hollywood’s Top Dealmakers of 2025
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (417+ words) David Zaslav sparks a bidding war to sell Warner Bros., Lachlan Murdoch is rebuilding the Fox empire and Bob Iger is getting Disney into the AI gold rush. Inside the year that reshaped the industry. What happened to a quiet…...
Talk Dirty to Me: Inside Hollywood’s Audio Erotica Craze
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (954+ words) Stars from Andrew Scott to Katherine Moennig and Chris Briney have been enlisted to moan, groan and narrate steamy stories for the booming audio erotica app Quinn. "You deserve to be loved and thoroughly ruined" is not necessarily something The…...
James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’: First Reactions
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (251+ words) The third installment in the multi-billion dollar 'Avatar' film series opens in theaters on Dec. 19. Avatar: Fire and Ash has had its first few screenings for press on Monday, and the early reaction suggests James Cameron can celebrate yet another…...
‘The Long Walk’ First Reactions: “Harrowing, Traumatizing” Film Ranks With Stephen King’s Best
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (417+ words) 'The Hunger Games' meets a not-so-leisurely stroll in Francis Lawrence's adaption of a cult favorite King novel. The first reactions are in for Stephen King's dystopian cardio thriller The Long Walk, and critics say that the film is a brutal…...