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shari redstone
Matthew Belloni March 22, 2024
The latest bid for Paramount’s “film and TV studio” isn’t just from Apollo, but also Legendary Entertainment—a previously undisclosed element that may portend how the Redstone saga eventually ends.
bob iger
Matthew Belloni March 18, 2024
Now that Disney, under the watchful eye of Nelson Peltz, appears to have settled on a quartet of internal (yet by no means ideal) candidates, can it manage a complex process that allows for one winner without creating three sore losers?
Michael Kassan
Matthew Belloni March 15, 2024
I spoke to the warring UTA and MediaLink executives to get to the bottom of the ugly legal mess, why the acquisition failed—and figure out if, or when, Kassan will next be choppering back to the Croisette.
christopher nolan
Matthew Belloni March 12, 2024
Nolan’s big night, Jason Kilar memories, and a few other light Oscars observations and impressions from my seat at the Dolby and the parties thereafter.


michael jackson
Matthew Belloni March 8, 2024
An exclusive look at the script for ‘Michael,’ currently in production, reveals the first Jackson estate-approved piece of entertainment that directly addresses the child molestation allegations against him—and seeks to cleanse the entertainer’s image 15 years after his death.
bradley cooper
Matthew Belloni March 4, 2024
Acknowledging the highs and (mostly) lows of the interminable months-long march to the Oscars.
alan bergman bob iger David Greenbaum
Matthew Belloni March 1, 2024
Executive shuffles at two top film studios underscore a strategic shift amid a challenged business, where fewer projects are getting made, quality may finally trump quantity, and, if all goes well, Disney could actually ditch the cookie cutter for the occasional creative risk.
Candle Media doesn’t want to sell, but if there’s a credible offer for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, they’d talk.
Matthew Belloni February 26, 2024
Production company rollup Candle Media has hired the investment bank Moelis & Co. to figure out how to prop up Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.


only murders in the building
Matthew Belloni February 23, 2024
Few moves better exemplify Hollywood’s modern—yet undeniably regressive—take-it-or-leave-it TV talent compensation deals than Disney’s latest changes on shows like Only Murders in the Building.
bob iger
Matthew Belloni February 16, 2024
An exclusive survey reveals that Americans (and especially Republicans) are twice as likely to think of Disney unfavorably as other media companies, even if that doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t see Pixar, Star Wars, or other Mouse House movies in theaters.
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