The sequel to The Simpsons Movie headlines the 38 movies granted subsidies in the latest round of tax credits granted to productions by California’s film office. Disney’s 20th Century Studios will get $21.9 million for […]
Winston Cho
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MrBeast‘s production arm has been sued by a former executive at the company, who alleges sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination after she was fired upon returning from maternity leave. The executive, Lorrayne Mavromatis, describes Beast […]
Illinois is rolling out a sustainability tax credit for films and TV shows, a first in the country. Productions that meet certain criteria designed to incentivize sustainable filmmaking practices are eligible for a five percent […]
The person behind the anonymous X account ImStillDissin figured he was just trolling when he leaked two minute-long clips of the Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender. On Sunday, a friend from his hacker days […]
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) had sharp words for Paramount CEO David Ellison ahead of a hearing probing potential competition problems posed by the company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Booker invited Ellison to testify, highlighting […]
A messy legal battle between David Geffen and his estranged husband, Donavan Michaels, over fallout from their divorce has been settled. Lawyers for Michaels informed the court in November of a deal to resolve the […]
A court has turned down Kim Kardashian‘s bid to keep details of a $6 million settlement with Ray J behind closed doors. The deal relates to legal barbs exchanged by the two sides after Kardashian, […]
Findings from economists about film subsidy programs are almost universally negative: It’s a race to the bottom with negligible economic benefits for the state where the biggest winner is Hollywood. Consider Oklahoma. In 2023, the […]
The North Hollywood drug linchpin who pleaded guilty to selling the ketamine that killed Matthew Perry was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in prison. With the sentencing, Jasveen Sangha became the third defendant of […]
Howard Stern‘s former executive assistant is threatening to publicize her experiences working for the SiriusXM host and his wife. The assistant, Leslie Kuhn, filed a lawsuit in New York state court on Sunday looking to […]
A Rome court has found that Netflix illegally issued price increases from 2017 to 2024 by changing the terms of its subscription without sufficient notice and reasoning. Netflix has roughly 5.4 million users in Italy. […]
WME, Blake Lively‘s agency which dropped Justin Baldoni hours after she accused him of sexual harassment, is going public on the It Ends With Us legal battle, throwing its weight behind the actress ahead of […]
Justin Baldoni will not have to face most claims in Blake Lively‘s lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us. The decision significantly narrows the scope of the case as […]
Gucci Mane was allegedly kidnapped and held at gunpoint by Pooh Shiesty, who forced the rap mogul to sign a document releasing him from his recording contract, according to federal prosecutors. Pooh was of nine […]
A federal judge has struck down parts of an executive order seeking to cut off public funding for the Public Broadcasting Service and NPR, finding that the effort was unconstitutional. “The First Amendment does not […]
Taylor Swift‘s latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, has sparked a lawsuit from a writer, who accuses the singer of knowingly disregarding her claim to a similar name. In a lawsuit filed on Monday […]
Media Rights Capital, the production company behind House of Cards, has lost a trial over a nine-figure insurance payout in connection with the sixth season of the show. A Los Angeles jury found on Tuesday […]
In December, months after she settled her lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf, FKA twigs got an arbitration demand from the actor’s legal team. He claimed breach of contract and sought massive damages for what he considered […]
A few numbers to consider when thinking about the current state of Hollywood: Nearly half of all film and scripted series shot outside the United States last year; Los Angeles County lost more than 42,000 […]
Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery led the way in the latest round of tax credits granted to productions by California’s film office. Production entities owned by Disney nabbed a combined $128.8 million, barely besting companies […]
Warner Bros.‘ The Ranch is officially open for business. Less than a mile away from the iconic main lot, the Ranch is home to 16 soundstages, a construction workshop, office building and production support facilities […]
A self-deputized crisis communications adviser for Paramount Skydance president Jeff Shell is claiming to have intimate knowledge of talks between Larry Ellison and President Donald Trump on the bidding war for Warner Bros. The adviser, […]
Jeff Shell has sued a self-deputized crisis communications adviser for extortion and defamation, a countermove to an earlier lawsuit accusing the Paramount Skydance president of reneging on a deal involving a TV show. Shell, in […]
Shifting loyalties. A mishmash of half-truths in pursuit of a nine-figure insurance payout. Complaints from crewmembers against the trio at the top of House of Cards‘ call sheet. In a dusty annex at a Santa […]