Hollywood Reporter
He’s marshaled Oscar campaigns, launched a venture fund and thrown some epic parties on his way to building Gold House, a formidable engine for AAPI power in Hollywood.
Hollywood Reporter
The 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' filmmaker will receive Zurich's A Tribute To... award and present his new feature, 'Wild Horse Nine' at the festival next month.
Variety
What’s the mood among the Warner Bros. Discovery rank and file amid the pending Paramount takeover? Some WBD execs have privately expressed hope the antitrust case brought by 12 states, with a trial set to take place in March 2027, can slow down or stop the merger. Paramount and WBD had hoped to close the […]
Hollywood Reporter
Tubi Hits 110 Million Monthly Users as Fox Streamer Delivers Highest Revenue Quarter Yet (Exclusive)
Tubi's CEO Anjali Sud tells THR that the Fox-owned streamer has no plan to slow down.
The Guardian Culture
Singer who formed one of the first ‘girl groups’, the Chantels, whose 1950s hit Maybe sold more than a million copiesAlmost before the five Bronx schoolgirls who called themselves the Chantels had finished their unaccompanied delivery of a song called The Plea in his office on Broadway one day in 1957, the record label owner George Goldner was fishing in his desk for a contract they could take home and show their parents. Within months the group were high in the charts with a ballad called Maybe
Hollywood Reporter
Ad sales in Fox's TV segment soared by more than 108% thanks to the global soccer event.
Variety
Fox reported its latest quarterly earnings Thursday, revealing ad sales rose 108% during the period due to the World Cup. Wall Street forecast earnings per share (EPS) of $1.34 on $3.6 billion in revenue, according to analyst consensus data provided by LSEG. Fox reported adjusted EPS of $1.79 on $4.2 billion in revenue. “Fiscal 2026 […]
Variety
New footage of “Grand Theft Auto VI” will debut on Netflix and YouTube later this month. Per a press release from Rockstar Games Thursday, “Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look will premiere on Netflix Thursday, August 27 at 3 p.m. ET and will also launch on the official Rockstar Games YouTube channel and the Grand Theft Auto VI site at […]
The Guardian Culture
Projects like London’s Backyard Biennial East are collective endeavours aiming to reach people who feel excluded by art galleriesIn 2018, on the outside wall surrounding the entrance of the National Theatre of Bangladesh, I first encountered a work by the artist Reetu Sattar. A group of musicians were perched on construction scaffolding, all dressed in white and playing a single note on the harmonium – an instrument used in Bengali classical music. Together, they produced a low hum that seemed t
Variety
Over 30 years into his career, James Gray isn’t following any trends. And he’s not about to start now.  “This idea that we’re supposed to always try to be ‘new’… That doesn’t really mean anything. Many people say: ‘Oh, it’s important for a work to be fresh.’ The older I get, the more I realize […]
Hollywood Reporter
The Competition and Markets Authority concluded that the merged entity "would continue to face competition from "Universal, Disney and Sony and a range of other smaller studios."
The Guardian Culture
Missy Mazzoli’s bold new work is about the opioid crisis. The director of its world premiere staging tells of bringing it to life, from tragic arias to blood rehearsals – and a flock of singing sheep‘We’re not telling this story to impress a tiny crowd of insiders!” There is steely ambition in the eyes of the composer Missy Mazzoli. “Whether you like The Tiger King, Lady Gaga, Poor Things or Cirque de Soleil I’m writing this for you.”We’re not pitching to HBO at the height of the streaming boom.
Hollywood Reporter
Isabella Rossellini Is Working on a History of Pets Shorts Series, Talks David Lynch, Robert Redford
During an appearance at Locarno 2026, the star and filmmaker also recalled a dream she once had about her famous father Paolo and British director John Schlesinger becoming "a couple in heaven."
Variety
The U.K. has cleared Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. on competition grounds. A Paramount spokesperson said in a statement, “These conclusions further demonstrate the misguided and gerrymandered market definitions relied upon by the U.S. state AGs in their antitrust complaint in California.” More to follow.
Variety
The U.K. has cleared Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. on both competition and public interest grounds after Paramount beefed up promises about programming and news provision in the country. In a statement, the U.K.’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport said, “Today, the Competition and Markets Authority have announced their decision that […]
The Guardian Culture
Royal Opera House, LondonMixing contemporary, Cuban and classical works, Acosta has charisma to burn and is accompanied by an impressive cohortIt’s a bit of a stretch to call this undoubtedly enjoyable programme Myths and Modern Masters but granted, it sounds better than Miscellany. Carlos Acosta – superstar dancer, now director of Birmingham Royal Ballet and Cuban company Acosta Danza – has picked and mixed dancers from both companies to offer a very eclectic spread of dance, and added himself
Variety
Versant Media said second-quarter net income fell by 30% as the new media company continued its efforts to add non-traditional assets to lend ballast to its linear media operations. The owner of MS NOW, CNBC and USA said net income fell to $211 million from $302 million in the year-earlier quarter, a decline of $91 […]
Variety
Warner Bros. Discovery has a great story to tell about its streaming business –if only its other operations didn’t get in the way. The parent of HBO, TNT and the Warner Bros. movie studio said net income in the second quarter fell significantly as growth at its new-tech streaming operations was more than offset by […]
Hollywood Reporter
The CNBC and MS NOW owner, led by Mark Lazarus, has raised its full-year 2026 revenues and EBITDA guidance for the second half of the year.
The Guardian Culture
(Atlantic)Evoking an astonishing range of artists, the US singer follows up her huge hit Love Me Not with stylistic diversity – and lyrics that defy her doubtersIt sometimes seems like no musical success in the 2020s is allowed to pass without some degree of online controversy. There are accusations that the artist in question is an “industry plant” – a phrase which, as far as can be discerned, can basically be applied to anyone with a manager or a label deal – or that there’s something deceptiv