Shares in Endeavor Group Holdings will begin trading Thursday at $24 a share. The company, which owns WME, IMG and mixed-martial-arts circuit UFC, is also planning to take full control of the UFC along with the IPO. The price is at the highest end of the range for its offering, which succeeds a previous attempt
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Set photos from HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon reveal the first look at Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy in costume. Ever since Game of Thrones came to a controversial end in 2019, HBO has been eager to develop a new project set within George R.R. Martin’s fantasy world. The network’s first effort, The Long Night,
SPOILER ALERT: For those who still haven’t seen the Season 1 finale of Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, “One World, One People”, this interview contains spoilers. To control spoilers on the internet, Disney held off season finale interviews with the talent, showrunner and director of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier until today. We caught
AMC Entertainment offered a preview of its quarterly earnings Tuesday, anticipating revenue for the three months ended in March of $148 million, way down from $941.5 million the year before as the box office struggled to revive amid the global pandemic. AMC expects to announce a net loss of between $572 million and $567 million.
Refresh for latest…: Sony Pictures Entertainment saw its full-year 2020 profits rise 21%, to $762M, despite a 25% decrease in sales to $7.2B. Both are results of the impact of the coronavirus. With movie theaters shut around the world for a large portion of the year, and amid a production slowdown, revenues were affected. Conversely,
Regardless, it’s not like Captain America 4 would be lacking in familiar characters to organically feature. The movie could easily see Sam teaming back up with Bucky Barnes, a.k.a. The Winter Soldier, now that they’re good friends. There’s also the fact that Sharon Carter was revealed to be The Power Broker in The Falcon and
Emily Vespa, who worked at entertainment public relations firms including PMK*BNC before taking a pause to focus on her family life, is joining the talent department at Kovert Creative. Formerly Emily Yomtobian, she reunites with Kovert CEO Lewis Kay from their PMK days. In her new role, Vespa will focus on personal talent representation, Kovert
Caitlyn Jenner is following in Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s footsteps in her bid for Governor of California — and wouldn’t you know it … the man himself has some sage advice!!! The former Governator did Jimmy Kimmel‘s show Monday night and was asked what he made of the former Olympian taking a crack at politics, like Arnold
Anthony Hopkins was denied the ability to give his acceptance speech on the night of the Oscars due to the Academy’s rules about no Zoom calls. In a move that shocked many, the Academy moved the Best Actor award to the final award of the night. Many figured this was because the Academy anticipated that the late
It will be Lady Whistledown vs Baby Yoda at the BAFTA TV Awards in June as Bridgerton and The Mandalorian do battle for the Virgin Media Must See Moment prize. The two shows are among six nominees for the audience-voted award, which was last year won by Gavin & Stacey for its scene involving Nessa
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has licensed all global rights, sans China, to Sony Pictures Animation’s Vivo. The movie, directed by Oscar nominee Kirk DeMicco (The Croods) and co-directed by Brandon Jeffords (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2) with new songs written and performed by Tony award winning Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, was recently scheduled for a theatrical
Toymaker turned Hollywood producer Hasbro said Monday it’s selling the music business of Entertainment One to investment firm Blackstone for $385 million in cash. Specifically, it is selling eOne Music to entities controlled by Blackstone, which also owns SESAC, a leading music rights organization. Subsequent to the closing, eOne Music will operate as a separate
For the past three years or so, there has been one song that’s been the bane of parents’ existence. I’m not talking about Frozen’s “Let It Go”, but the earworm of all earworms: Baby Shark. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are two famous parents dealing with the song’s constant presence, although Reynolds has found the
New York based actor Alex Hibbert was only 12 years old when he landed the life-changing role of “Little” Chiron — who learns valuable life lessons while bonding with Juan the local drug dealer turned father figure — in the emotional 2016 film “Moonlight” … which won Best Picture at the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
As much as had to be tweaked to pull off the 93rd Oscars on Sunday, from taking over downtown Los Angeles’ Union Station to rethinking the entire format, it was almost business as usual for predictable winners. That is, until the final 15 minutes. For the first time in memory, Oscar producers switched up the
Henry Rodriguez’s time on Married At First Sight was incredibly interesting, to say the least, and his life after the show has sparked just as much conversation from fans. Henry’s pairing with Christina Crotchet was odd, and at every turn, their incompatibility was apparent. They both wanted the marriage to work, but they struggled to find reasons
The 93rd Oscars will wrap up a wild and unprecedented movie awards season Sunday with its live ceremony honoring the year’s best in film beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC. It will be the capper to year that because of the pandemic spanned 441 days between the 2020 Oscars and Sunday’s show.
SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Refresh for more analysis Wow, it’s a great weekend at the box office, even by pre-pandemic standards. Two movies, both R-rated and aimed fanboys, aren’t squashing one another, but equally set to gross over $19M apiece this weekend. We’re talking about New Line/HBO Max’s Mortal Kombat and Funimation/Aniplex’s Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie:
All this being said, it’s hard to imagine that Zeus’ appearance in Thor: Love and Thunder is a one-and-done affair. It’s easy enough to imagine him popping back up in the MCU, whether that’s in a hypothetical Thor 5 or another cosmic MCU project. Why go to the trouble of featuring a Greek god if
On Friday night, three crew members involved with French sequel Serial (Bad) Weddings 3 died in a car crash near Châtellerault. A fourth crew member, who was also in the car, was taken to the Poitiers University Hospital in critical condition. News of the collision was first reported by French publication, La Nouvelle Republique. While none of the
A woman got a blast from the past in the worst possible way — learning of embezzlement charges against her … all ’cause she supposedly never returned a rented tape in the ’90s. This story comes out of Oklahoma — where Caron McBride told KOKH FOX25 she’d recently stumbled across a stunning discovery re: her
Marty Bauer, a founder of the United Talent Agency, has died. Bauer, who was 74, died at home in Los Angeles on Friday. He died of natural causes, sources said. Bauer started his rise in the agency business at the William Morris Agency as a business affairs executive, and then he became an agent there,
How powerful will Russell Crowe’s Zeus be in Thor: Love and Thunder, and how does he compare to Odin (Anthony Hopkins)? In March, it was reported that Crowe would be appearing in the latest installment in the Thor franchise in some capacity, and now it’s been stated by the actor himself that his character is
Ed Helms is looking forward to fatherhood in the Bleecker Street comedy Together Together, which hits select theaters today. Also starring Patti Harrison, Tig Notaro and Julio Torres, the film was written and directed by Nikole Beckwith. In the pic, a young loner Anna (Harrison) is hired as the surrogate for Matt (Helms), a single
éSony Pictures Classics has taken all rights in North America, Australia and New Zealand to Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers (Madres Paralelas), repping the 13th collaboration between the distributor and the filmmaker’s production company El Deseo. Production began last month on the film in Madrid. The movie also reunites the director with longtime collaborators Penélope Cruz, Julieta Serrano
But being one of In the Heights‘ leading ladies meant more to Leslie Grace than just scoring a role, as she was able to tap into her Afro-Latino identity. Having grown up in New York, the singer was used to seeing people who looked like her before moving to Florida. Grace’s story isn’t unusual as
The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions. Today’s subject is British actor Ian McShane,
Play video content TMZ.com The biggest night in Hollywood is on deck and TMZ is giving you the chance to win a quick $10,000 … all ya gotta do is nail 6 questions about Sunday night’s award show and its winners!!! “Fox Bet Live” host Rachel Bonnetta joined us on “TMZ Live” Thursday to break
One of the fastest ways to level up the Battle Pass in Fortnite Season 6 is to complete Challenges and Quests during matches. Weekly challenges in Fortnite, called Epic Quests, reward players 24,000 XP on completion. One Week 6 Epic Quest in Fortnite Season 6 tasks players with finding and opening three Gold Bar Safes. These Safes
It’s been a year like no other. Actually, make that two years like no other, since eligibility in the unusual 14-month Oscar calendar was extended by two months until February 28, 2021. This will be the first Academy Awards since the sixth edition, listed as 1932-33, that will have included one year and part of