ViacomCBS said it will replace its current chief financial officer with a veteran with experience managing businesses at Amazon and Pandora, the latest sign of how new dependence on streaming media and mobile devices is upending the operations of traditional media conglomerates. Christine Spade, who had been the CFO of the Showtime cable operation before
Month: July 2020
Fox News Channel said it terminated veteran anchor Ed Henry after investigating a complaint about “willful sexual misconduct in the workplace.” Henry, a longtime Washington correspondent who was recently made co-anchor of the Fox Corp.-owned network’s mid-morning program “America’s Newsroom,” was let go quickly after the network received a complaint on June 25 from a
Russell Crowe asked Jared Kushner for advice on playing the former head of Fox News Roger Ailes in the Showtime limited series “The Loudest Voice.” In an interview with Variety‘s Actors on Actors issue, Crowe revealed to Nicole Kidman that he approached Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior advisor, at Hugh Jackman’s 50th birthday party
Exclusive Breonna Taylor‘s family is in the same corner as Beyonce‘s mom over photos of Kentucky’s top prosecutor partying it up with his fiancee instead of drilling down in her case. ICYMI … photos surfaced over the weekend of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron hosting an engagement party with friends and loved ones — something
There’s a lot going on at FuboTV these days. The independent over-the-top TV provider announced a price increase of $5 per month for all of its packages. That comes after FuboTV has lost 11 WarnerMedia/Turner networks — and before ESPN and other Disney networks join the lineup. As of Wednesday, July 1, WarnerMedia’s suite of
Over the past few months, The Weeknd — a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye — has found multiple ways to expand his persona. He’s dropped his smash “After Hours” album, which brought forth a new vulnerability in its lyrics, and made a cameo appearance (as himself) in Adam Sandler’s film “Uncut Gems.” But at the other end of
Bertelsmann-backed BMG Music and ITV Studios have struck a partnership that will see the German music publisher become the go-to partner for the “Love Island” and “Bodyguard” producer-distributor’s business spanning production music, records, publishing and synch. The deal includes a global music publishing and administration agreement for future commissioned music, as well as the launch
Red Arrow Studios CEO James Baker is stepping down. ProSiebenSat.1, which owns the “Love is Blind” producer, revealed on Wednesday that Baker’s contract with the business, which runs until the end of 2020, will not be renewed, marking an end to his 10-year tenure. It’s believed Baker will return to the media investment sector in
The New Zealand government is to inject $48 million (NZ$74.4 million) of cash to help the film and TV industries recover from the economic effects of the coronavirus and the country’s strict lockdown measures. The financial package was announced Wednesday by Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Carmel Sepuloni. Fully $32.3 million (NZ$50 million) of
The Doha Film Institute, which is a leading incubator for quality Arab fare, has announced the 39 projects receiving its Spring grants — roughly half of which are directed by women. Several of the nearly completed works that made the cut are likely to surface on the international festival circuit, starting with Venice in September.
The Writers Guild of America and AMPTP are moving closer to a deal for a new master film and TV contract after a long night of virtual negotiations held in part via videoconference calls. The most recent contract extension between the scribers and the studios expired at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday. It was not immediately
Quelle surprise. The Cannes 2020 label anoints two Israeli films from male directors, both about father-son relationships and grieving. The superior by a country mile is the seamlessly accomplished “Here We Are” from veteran helmer-writer Nir Bergman. And then there is the grandiosely titled “The Death of Cinema and My Father Too,” an ambitious, low-budget
Oscar is a Sicilian teenager with the tough-guy mohawk of a rebel and the shy, rare, dimpled smile of a child. Stanley is a handsome young Nigerian immigrant, his short hair worn in locs, who insists on saying grace before the home-style meals he prepares: banku, fish stew. Oscar grudgingly helps his father and brother
The Harvey Weinstein survivors who experienced sexual misconduct and harassment by the now-convicted rapist have been awarded a $18.875 million settlement, as part of a class-action lawsuit, aided by the New York Attorney General. The payments, which still await approval by the bankruptcy and district courts, will resolve two separate lawsuits — one against Weinstein,
As the foremost Black woman in country music — and one who is still waiting to enjoy a big radio hit, despite a series of buzzy singles over the last five years — Mickey Guyton has sometimes felt she faced the “double whammy” of race and gender, to the point where she says she’s often
Danny Hicks, an actor who starred in the horror classic “Evil Dead II,” has died after battling cancer. He was 68. Hicks’ convention management team, Full Empire Productions, posted the news on Facebook, writing, “Danny passed away at his home in CA. We love you Danny, rest easy my friend.” In Sam Raimi’s comedic horror
In an interview on a new episode of Luminary’s Black List Podcast, hosted by Black List co-founder Franklin Leonard and Black List community director Kate Hagen, Spike Lee voices his agreement with growing calls to remove statues and iconography commemorating the Confederate States of America. “F— that flag,” Lee said. “That flag, to me, [makes