Jonathan Glazer Donates Signed ‘Zone of Interest’ Posters to Gaza Humanitarian Relief Auction
Jonathan Glazer has kept a low profile since his controversial 2024 Oscars acceptance speech. But The Zone of Interest filmmaker has resurfaced to donate seven signed posters for his Oscar-winning movie, as well as a selection of posters for his 2014 film Under the Skin, to the Cinema for Gaza auction that is raising funds […]
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Fab Factory Takes Minority Stake in James DuBose’s In The Black Network (Exclusive)
Fab Factory Entertainment has taken a minority stake in In The Black Network, the advertising video-on-demand platform launched in Oct. 2023 by James DuBose to highlight original stories by Black voices. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the “major” investment in ITBN, according to Fab Factory, coincides with the company announcing it will […]
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WBTV Boss Channing Dungey to Keynote Banff World Media Festival
Warner Bros. Television Group chairman and CEO Channing Dungey is set to return to the Banff World Media Festival to keynote its 2024 edition. Dungey did an informal conversation appearance in Banff in 2021 soon after being named to head up the Hollywood studio’s TV group. And in 2018, Dungey was in Banff for a keynote […]
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Black Content Creators Talk Canadian TV Industry Support, Contraction: “There’s Challenges”
Black Canadian content creators attending the inaugural Black Screen Office Symposium in Toronto on Tuesday showed both excitement and anxiety as the global entertainment business model faces unprecedented disruption. Just as an industry reckoning after the murder of George Floyd led to more Black representation among Canadian industry gatekeepers and more direct federal government investment […]
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Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble’s Pay Rises to $8.8M in 2023
Sean Gamble, CEO of major theater chain Cinemark, earned $8.8 million in overall pay in 2023, the company said in a securities filing on Tuesday. His compensation package came as Cinemark, the third-largest theater circuit in the U.S. behind AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group, continued to recover at the box office coming out of the […]
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Joe Flaherty, Original ‘SCTV’ Castmember, Dies at 82
He drew laughs as Guy Caballero, Count Floyd, Big Jim McBob and others on the famed sketch comedy show after Second City stints in Chicago and Toronto.
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Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Camila Cabello Sign Open Letter Warning About AI Threat to Artists
The Artists Rights Alliance, backed by around 200 music artists including Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Camila Cabello, has released an open letter calling on digital music developers to “cease the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists.” The campaign raised the alarm on the […]
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Jack Champion, Bobby Cannavale, Sophia Lillis Join Dave Bautista in ‘Trap House’ Thriller
Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis, Kate del Castillo, Tony Dalton, Whitney Peak and Bobby Cannavale have joined Dave Bautista in the action thriller Trap House. The new action film follows an undercover DEA agent and his partner in El Paso, Texas, on a game of cat and mouse with a group of thieves who just happen […]
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Barbara “Babs” Costello, Cookbook Author and TikToker, Signs With CAA (Exclusive)
Barbara Costello, the TikTok star behind Brunch With Babs, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas after building a giant social media following with cooking videos and lifestyle advice. Costello has over 8 million followers across social media platforms, and 3.9 million followers alone and 50.5 million likes on TikTok for her short “Brunch […]
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Las Vegas Sphere Names Ned McNeilage Chief Creative Officer
Sphere Entertainment, which runs the giant spherical venue in Las Vegas that opened last year, has hired Ned McNeilage as its chief creative officer. McNeilage will help shape the creative and brand strategy for Sphere, a venue with the world’s largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Before joining Sphere, McNeilage served as chief creative […]
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Paramount Global Debt Cut to Junk Status by S&P Global
S&P Global has officially downgraded Paramount Global debt to junk status at BB+, from BBB-, or one level below investment grade. The credit rating agency made the move on “weak credit metrics,” with a stable outlook. The downgrade comes a month after Paramount was put on a negative watch by S&P Global for a possible […]
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Bell Media Opens Door to Working With Streaming Giants to Co-Produce TV Shows
Bell Media CEO Sean Cohan, the veteran American TV exec newly-hired to lead Canada’s top-rated broadcaster and local streamer Crave, says he’s open to working with American streaming giants to produce TV shows. Asked whether Bell Media would consider taking the Canadian rights to an indie series that Netflix or other major American streamers may […]
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