Major Hollywood studios including WarnerMedia and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot are promoting a gun control initiative funded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg. The “Wear Orange” push comes from the Bloomberg-backed Everytown for Gun Safety, which has pressured President Joe Biden to enact gun control via executive order.
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T will combine its massive media operations that include CNN HBO, TNT and TBS in a $43 billion deal with Discovery, the owner of lifestyle networks including the Food Network and HGTV.
While many Americans lost jobs and income, were evicted from their homes, shuttered their businesses (many forever), and turned away workers and patrons, a majority of Hollywood’s elite executives and CEOs enjoyed a pay hike during the pandemic.
After years of declining ratings, comedian and anti-Trump late-night host Conan O’Brien announced that he is ending his TBS show, Conan. The final episode will air on June 24.
The creator of the hit HBO series “Entourage” has slammed the premium cable network for what he sees as its submission to “righteous PC culture,” saying executives have given the bro-comedy the cold shoulder because of its portrayal of alpha-male behavior in Hollywood.
Putting the warrior in social justice warrior, the rebooted version of the classic TV series “Kung Fu” debuts Wednesday on the teen-oriented CW network. In place of the late David Carradine, the woke series features a feminist heroine and an overarching emphasis on “social justice.”
Hollywood is doubling down on making more shows about “equity” and social justice, with a major TV studio announcing plans to partner with a Yale professor who has pushed for racial “equity” in policing and who justified last year’s Black Lives Matter protests and riots by arguing they were caused by generations of “white supremacy.”
Filmmaker Joe Carnahan says streaming new-release movies — an industry adaptation to the coronavirus pandemic — is here to stay, postulating that WarnerMedia “made a lot of money” with its high-profile premiere of Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max.
Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and “Rope” are among the films that Turner Classic Movies has deemed “troubling and problematic,” joining the ranks of Gone with the Wind in a new series called “Reframed: Classic Films in the Rearview Mirror,” which seeks to scrutinize old movies through the lens of today’s identity politics.
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar was asked on Thursday if CNN, which falls under WarnerMedia, can keep its ratings momentum going during the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference.
Justice League cast member Ray Fisher is accusing WarnerMedia of an empty PR stunt by bringing on activist writer Ta-Nehisi Coates to pen a Superman reboot.
The major Hollywood studios and streamers have signed on to a diversity initiative spearheaded by Selma filmmaker Ava DuVernay that will promote women and ethnic minority crew members for jobs on TV and movie productions.
Hollywood is lending out classic movie characters to the government to encourage Americans to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic.
Clips of Israeli actor Gal Gadot were broadcast on the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in which she reprises her role as Wonder Woman ahead of the second movie’s release.
HBO Max is pulling Chappelle’s Show from its streaming platform after the Dave Chappelle called on his fans to boycott the old Comedy Central sketch series.
NEW YORK (AP) — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But it’s not because new films haven’t been coming out. By streaming service, video-on-demand, virtual theater or actual theater, a steady diet of films have been released under COVID-19 every week. The Times has reviewed more than 460 new movies since mid-March.
Late-night comedy show host Conan O’Brien has announced that he will be ending his daily TBS show for a new weekly show on HBO Max.
Talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres kicked off the new TV season Monday in damage control mode, publicly apologizing to staffers who have alleged workplace misconduct from high ranking producers. She also promised a “new chapter” going forward for the long-running daytime chat show.
Executives behind the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” were reportedly aware of the allegations of a toxic, sexist workplace environment on the hit daytime talk show as far back as 2018.
“The West Wing” cast, along with show creator Aaron Sorkin, is reuniting for an HBO Max special that will raise money for When We All Vote, the Michelle Obama organization that is moving aggressively to register young voters and push vote by mail.
WarnerMedia has launched an investigation into allegations by actors that Justice League director Joss Whedon fostered an abusive work environment, according to IndieWire.
LOS ANGELES — Three producers of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” have exited amid allegations of a dysfunctional workplace that harbored misbehavior including sexual misconduct and racially insensitive remarks.
Tony Okungbowa — also known as DJ Tony on The Ellen DeGeneres Show — echoed his former colleagues in an Instagram post, in which he detailed the “toxicity” that comes with working under Ellen DeGeneres. “Hey Guys. I hope you
Ellen DeGeneres is seeing ratings for her talk show plummet to what The Wrap reports is a new low, as accusations mount that she oversaw a toxic work culture where young staffers were mistreated and in some cases, sexually harassed and assaulted by senior-level producers.
Two Hollywood celebrities are blowing the whistle on Ellen DeGeneres, claiming that it is “common knowledge” that the talk show host mistreated employees.
More bad news for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which is already dealing with claims of a toxic work culture in which employees were allegedly fired for taking medical leave and bereavement days. Now the popular daytime talk show is facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, including allegations that one high ranking producer assaulted and harassed male staffers.
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is under internal investigation by corporate parent WarnerMedia following accusations that executives allowed a hostile work environment to fester for years, according to Variety.
After being pulled, the classic 1939 film Gone with the Wind will be returning to HBO Max — but this time, the film will feature a disclaimer, as well as an introduction from scholar and university professor Jacqueline Stewart.
WarnerMedia chairman Bob Greenblatt has defended the decision to remove the American classic “Gone With the Wind” from HBO Max, describing the decision to do so as an “absolute no-brainer.”
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T is launching a new internet-delivered TV service Monday as it struggles with a shrinking DirecTV satellite business.
