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David Zaslav hasn’t wasted time in making significant changes at Warner Bros Discovery, and many on this side of the Atlantic are now wondering what happens in the international ranks, where the combined studios have thousands of staff. Even before WarnerMedia and Discovery closed their $43 billion merger Friday, the ax had fallen on the

They come in all shapes and sizes, but their motivation remains the same: kill the humans and inhabit the planet. Fortunately, the people of the world tend to come together and stave off extinction. RELATED: 10 Best Alien Invasion Movies Ever, According To Reddit Time has shown that the film industry was very much able

EXCLUSIVE: Greg Berlanti, Lauren Shuler Donner, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Ann Sarnoff have been added to the board of governors of the Motion Picture & Television Fund, the 100-year-old charitable organization that supports working and retired members of the entertainment industry through a safety net of health and social services, including temporary financial assistance,

The Broadway productions of Macbeth, starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, and the Pulitzer-winning A Strange Loop have canceled tonight’s performances as both shows recover from recent Covid cases. The two productions are expected to resume performances on Tuesday, April 12. Both shows had previously canceled last week’s performances due to Covid cases within their

Living in the age of the internet, smartphones and social media is a fact of life many of us simply accept and prescribe to, but believe it or not, there’s a number of people who are not spending hours glued to screens. One of those people seems to be Star Trek actor Chris Pine, who

Refresh for latest…: Lots of moving parts at the international box office again this weekend as early rollout of another major studio title is kickstarting into business prior to its domestic debut. To wit: Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore made its first apparition in 22 offshore markets this frame, grossing $58M to

Sam Elliott is backing down from his harsh take on the Oscar-winning movie “The Power of the Dog” — words many considered homophobic … something that isn’t lost on the guy. The actor — who’s often cast as a cowboy type, and who apparently has some ties to the rancher community — apologized for what

Viva Maestro, a documentary starring the charismatic music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, opened on a high note taking in $14,310 on two screens — Film Forum/NYC and The Landmark/LA. That’s a PTA of $7,155 for the film directed by Ted Braun (Darfur Now, Betting on Zero) and presented by

Captain Christopher Pike’s (Anson Mount) USS Enterprise bridge crew in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds inadvertently makes Captain James T. Kirk’s (William Shatner) Enterprise crew look bad by comparison. Strange New Worlds chronicles the voyages of the Starship Enterprise in the years before Kirk took over the legendary vessel, with Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca

The Broadway-bound revival of the musical 1776, which begins a pre-New York engagement at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, next month, has announced a cast comprised fully of performers who identify as female, non-binary and trans. The cast announced Friday was specifically for the A.R.T. production and might not necessarily carry over to

A Stand Up for Ukraine event taking place Saturday saw $4.6 billion in grants and $5.5 billion in loans pledged for humanitarian efforts being undertaken by Ukraine and other European countries, UN agencies and grassroots organizations to support all those impacted by the Russian invasion. The European Commission pledged $1.1B, with countries participating including Canada ($80M),

There are many perks to filming a TV or film project in California. The weather is usually nice and there are plenty of great locations around. Of course, with it being such a star-studded state, there’s also an increased chance that a production may be visited by a big-name celebrity.  This time, Respect’s Jennifer Hudson

The final bow has been placed atop the $40 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, forming one of the largest pure content players in the media business. The AT&T spinoff maneuver formally closed late Friday, and Monday will see Warner Bros Discovery stock begin trading, under the ticker symbol “WBD.” Discovery CEO David Zaslav had

Will Smith‘s 10-year ban from the Oscars has left many in the Academy with mixed feelings — some think too harsh, others think too lenient … and some think it’s just right. THR published several reactions from a handful of members — none of whom are on the Board of Governors — with many going

April 9th’s Wordle answer is relatively easy to guess; however, if some players cannot guess the solution, some hints might help maintain their streak. Sometimes players can get thrown off by obscure words that aren’t often used in daily vocabulary. While today’s Wordle answer is fairly common, it could still stump a few Wordle players

Discovery and WarnerMedia have closed their $43 billion merger, creating a top-scale media player and streaming contender and ending an ill-fated foray into entertainment by AT&T. The combination will unite such disparate assets as HBO, CNN and the nearly 100-year-old Warner Bros film studio with unscripted programming juggernauts like Food Network, HGTV and 90 Day

FRIDAY PM: No, family moviegoers were never gone. Do you hear that Disney CEO Bob Chapek? (Admit it: it was always about the seasonal churn rate for Disney+; that’s why Turning Red skipped theaters). Families turned Spider-Man: No Way Home into the third highest movie of all-time with $803M, and they kept Sing 2 in the

NPR White House Correspondent Scott Detrow, reporting from Ukraine on Tuesday, noted a surprising but familiar slogan scrawled on the side of a damaged tank. “We were driving too fast to get a clear picture,” wrote Detrow in a tweet, “but we just drove past a destroyed Russian tank with WOLVERINES spraypainted across it.” About

It hasn’t been a secret that many celebrities have been leaving Hollywood for greener pastures. While Chris Hemsworth and Zac Efron have made headlines for moving to Australia, they weren’t the first or the last Hollywood stars to leave Los Angeles behind. Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey has been on the departing train for some time.

Play video content TMZ.com Fat Joe says Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars has serious consequences for all POCs when it comes to demanding respect … especially because it was Will who got violent in public. We got Joey Crack Thursday in New York City, and asked for his take on the fallout

EXCLUSIVE: British actress Talisa Garcia (Baptiste) has been cast in anticipated Disney+ series Willow, marking the first known occasion an openly trans actor has been cast in a production from Disney-owned Lucasfilm, home to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. In the TV spinoff of the 1980s fantasy classic, which is now in post-production,

Ashley Marti is third stew on Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 3, and she has recently called out the show’s trolls. She has certainly brought the drama to the season, especially as she created a love triangle with her interest in both Tom Pearson and Gary King. Ashley has faced some backlash from fans for

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Smith, the four-time Emmy nominee who directed and exec produced Netflix’s true-crime docuseries Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives., has signed with Cinetic Media for management, bringing his Library Films production shingle with him. Smith’s series Bad Vegan recently registered as a #1 hit on Netflix. It tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Sarma Melngailis,

Tickets went on sale yesterday for Disney/Marvel’s highly anticipated Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Fandango reports it’s their best so far this year for a pic’s initial 24-hour period of sales, beating Warner Bros.’ The Batman. The movie which takes place following the events of Disney+/Marvel’s WandaVision, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, fires up summer on

Having boosted his profile playing Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones, Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe and Duncan Idaho in Dune (among other projects), Jason Momoa is now gearing up to join another major franchise. His lineup of upcoming movies includes Fast & Furious 10, and Momoa confirmed in early March that he’ll star

Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is releasing ahead of domestic in 22 international box office markets this weekend, beginning in Holland and Belgium on Wednesday and including the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, Spain and China through Friday. The latter, unfortunately, is not expected to serve up any magic given significant cinema closures.

Mark Wahlberg is getting out of Beverly Hills — his massive estate there just hit the market … and he is going to turn a HUGE profit considering what he first paid for it way back when. The actor has listed his BH compound — which includes a main mega-mansion with 12 bedrooms and 20

A24 has assembled an impressive package for The Governesses—the sophomore feature from Joe Talbot (The Last Black Man in San Francisco), in which Lily-Rose Depp (The Idol) will star, alongside recent breakouts Hoyeon (Squid Game) and Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World). The film greenlighted today marks Talbot’s second with A24, on the

The former star of The Real Housewives of Orange County Meghan King shared that she auditioned to be in season 12 of the hit Bravo show but was rejected. Meghan was in RHOC for seasons 10-12, during which she was married to her ex-husband Jim Edmonds. Jim, who is a retired MLB player, was often

UPDATE, with Public Theater/SUFFS info: A Strange Loop, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer-winning musical, has canceled its first Broadway preview, originally set for Wednesday, due to cases of Covid detected within the company. Previews now are expected to begin Thursday, April 7, at the Lyceum Theatre with understudies in some roles. The show becomes the second