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Netflix Still Not Interested In Owning Legacy Media Networks Even As M&A Options Multiply – CFO
Netflix Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann said the giant streamer remains indifferent to legacy media networks even as a record number of companies seem to be peeling them off...
‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Had “Massive Part” For Carl Weathers Before His Death, Adam Sandler Recalls “Painful Change”
After Carl Weathers‘ death at age 76 last year, Happy Gilmore 2 had to undergo a rewrite to account for his absence. Ahead of the long-awaited sequel, which premieres...
Jamie Bennett Dies: Longtime CBS & Disney TV Executive Who Developed ‘Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee’ Was 78
Jamie Bennett, a longtime TV executive at CBS and Disney who developed Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee and other popular syndicated shows, has died. He was 78. His...
Suspect Charged With Murder In Deaths Of ‘American Idol’ Veteran Robin Kaye & Her Husband – Update
UPDATED: A Los Angeles man was charged with murder Thursday in the killings of longtime American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, inside their Encino...
Donald Trump Plans To Sue Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal Over Jeffrey Epstein Story, White House Says
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social a statement that he plans to sue The Wall Street Journal, News Corp. and owner Rupert Murdoch over the publication’s story on his...
‘The Odyssey’ 70MM Imax Tickets Selling Out For Regal & AMC, But Seats Still Available
Universal and Imax‘s grand experiment to put 70MM tickets on sale a year in advance for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is going quite well. Tickets for Regal’s 70MM Imax...
Ken Burns Calls Trump’s Federal Funding Cuts To Public Broadcasting “So Shortsighted”
After the Senate passed Donald Trump‘s federal federal funding cuts to public media, Ken Burns worries for the future of documentary filmmaking. The 2x Oscar-nominated documentarian expressed his “state...
Summer Box Office Opening Forecasts For ‘Fantastic Four’, ‘Weapons’, ‘Freakier Friday’ & More
The U.S./Canada summer box office per Comscore still has a shot at hitting $4 billion, the second time post pandemic to cross that benchmark, and here’s how it’s expected...
Ted Sarandos Has 47 Reasons Why Netflix’s Programming Mojo Will Continue Through 2026
Ted Sarandos has always had an uncanny grasp of titles and stars, conjuring them in his pre-internet days as a video store clerk and dropping them frequently during his...
Pierson Fodé And Meadow Williams To Topline Michael Caton-Jones’ ‘Eternity’
EXCLUSIVE: Pierson Fodé (The Wrong Paris) and Meadow Williams (Den of Thieves franchise) are set to topline Eternity, an indie blending elements of suspense and romance from This Boy’s...
Netflix’s High Threshold: Canceled Series ‘The Residence’, ‘Pulse’ & ‘The Recruit’ All In Top 35 For 2025, Data Reveals
On Netflix, it was a big first half of 2025 for limited series and — outside of phenom Squid Game — OK six months for ongoing scripted series. Only...
As ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Sings On Netflix, Ted Sarandos Talks Up Original Animated Features
KPop Demon Hunters, released June 20 and, at 80 million views, one of Netflix’s biggest animated films ever with chart-topping music to boot, had co-CEO Ted Sarandos singing its...