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Inside Fox’s World Cup Play: Primetime Push With a Star-Studded On-Air Team
The media company is betting that the 2026 FIFA World Cup, on home turf, can supercharge the sport.
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Former Village Roadshow Exec Bri Hennessey, Producer Amanda Massetti Launch Production Shingle
The new company, Pasta & Tacos Productions, worked on ‘Chili Finger’ starring Judy Greer and is in postproduction on a horror film starring Lucy Hale.
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“You’d Be Perfect for This!” Inside the Devious Casting Scam Sweeping Hollywood
Fraudsters are using AI to impersonate top Hollywood casting directors — targeting aspiring actors looking for their big break.
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Paramount Ordered to Release Board Communications on Skydance Megadeal
A flurry of cases look to answer whether Shari Redstone unfairly steered the sale of National Amusements, the entity through which she controlled Paramount, to Skydance.
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Paramount Gets Serious About Video Games
Tony Driscoll will lead the new Paramount Games Studio, which combines Skydance Interactive and Skydance New Media with Paramount's IP.
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Thailand Launches Bangkok International Content Market in Bid to Become Asia Hub
The Creative Economy Agency's inaugural three-day market, running July 20-22 in the Thai capital, will court more than 80 global investors and streamers around film, series and animation deals.
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SAG-AFTRA Ratifies Four-Year Deal With Studios and Streamers
The performers’ union greenlit a contract that merges previously separate pension plans and institutes new safeguards for generative AI.
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Inside Nike’s Star-Studded World Cup Campaign With Kim Kardashian, Travis Scott and … Ted Lasso
Channing Tatum, LeBron James and Jason Sudeikis (in character) joined soccer stars like Erling Haaland, Cristiano Ronaldo and others in a short film set at a Hollywood film studio.
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The Broadway Tax Credit Has Returned, For Now
Gov. Kathy Hochul allocated an additional $150 million for the tax credit program, which has become essential for producers, but has also faced some pushback.
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Unions Decry “Assault” on CBS News’ Independence By Top Brass
The head of the Writers Guild East said management is displaying “a profound contempt for the journalism profession” after the firing of ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley.
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Why Bari Weiss Is Tearing Down ‘60 Minutes’
Firings, hirings, mic-drop news meetings — Hollywood Reporter senior editors Alex Weprin and Steven Zeitchik make sense of all the drama.
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Inside the UFC’s $60 Million Made-for-TV White House Gambit
Dana White, the CEO of the MMA promotion, is betting that the unprecedented spectacle, sparked by a suggestion from President Trump, will deliver new fans to the sport and millions of eyeballs to Paramount+.
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ITV CEO “Actively Engaged” In Sale Talks for Media Assets to Sky
Carolyn McCall spoke at an Enders industry conference in London on Thursday.
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Warner Bros. Int’l Boss Wants to End “Exclusivity” Mindset for Movies and TV Shows
Gerhard Zeiler and Andrew Georgiou, U.K. & Ireland head, spoke about the need for scale and box office trends at the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London.
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Netflix Euro Chief Warns Against Rules That “Dictate Not Just How Much We Invest But What We Make”
Larry Tanz also told the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London about the streamer's broad and proud investment in U.K. content over the years.
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Disney+ EMEA Boss Touts “Growth Mode,” Hike in Local Originals, Importance of Cinema Releases
Karl Holmes, at an industry conference in London, also highlighted the streamer's top young adult audience share and 80 percent ad revenue growth in the U.K., hit 'Rivals' and the strength of its movie lineup.
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