The Eaton Fire has spared the iconic Walsh family house from Beverly Hills, 90210. Nearly half the other homes on its picturesque Altadena block, including the two immediately to the east and the pair directly across the street, are gone. But the classic Spanish Revival property remained intact when The Hollywood Reporter visited on Thursday afternoon except for a covering...

One of the fires burning its way through Los Angeles is threatening to take a number of TV and radio stations off the air. The Eaton Fire, which ravaged Altadena, is encroaching on Mt. Wilson, which has a number of broadcast towers at its peak. The L.A.-based NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, and PBS stations all have transmitters atop the mountain,...

Last August, Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled a plan to work with Birtcher Development and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on an ambitious proposal to develop, build and lease a studio lot complex in what was described as a long-term commitment for an $8.5 billion production spend in the state over the course of more than a decade. That particular...

Lawyers for DirecTV and EchoStars Dish have asked a U.S. district judge to reconsider a dismissal of claims by Fubo TV against the Venu Sports streamer after a surprise merger with Hulu + Live TV. U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett of the Southern District in New York in August granted Fubo TV a motion for a preliminary injunction to...

Dutch Merrick fought to save his house for hours on Tuesday night and well into Wednesday morning. As one of the wildfires currently ravaging the L.A. area, the Eaton fire, charged toward his neighborhood in Altadena, California, the veteran prop master and armorer did what he could continuously watering his roof, plants and the dry leaves on his lawn with...

Kelly Campbell, who has headed NBCUniversals streamer Peacock for the past three-plus years, is leaving the company. Campbells departure comes about six weeks after NBCU parent Comcast announced that it would look to spin off most of its cable networks into a separate company, but Peacock would remain within the NBCU umbrella alongside the NBC broadcast network and cable flagship...

As the wildfires continue to spread across the Los Angeles area, studios and agencies are shutting down their lots and offices, or allowing employees to work remotely if safe to do so. Given their location in Burbank and Universal City, alt Disney Studios, Universal, and Warner Bros. Studios have all shut down their lots and offices, with Universal only requiring...

Derek Chang has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Liberty Media Organization. Chang has been a director of Liberty Media since March 2021 and has led leadership roles at companies including EverPass Media, the NBA, DirecTV, Scripps, Charter and TCI. He takes over from Greg Maffei, who announced he would step down from the role at the...

Marketing chief Josh Goldstine and Andrew Cripps, the president of International distribution, are stepping down from their posts at Warner Bros. Goldstine and Cripps made the announcement in internal memos to their teams. Said film chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy in their own memo, In building for the future, we have made the decision to realign our business...

The wildfires devastating Los Angeles will force Universal Studios Hollywood to shut down Wednesday. The NBCUniversal-owned theme park intends to reopen Thursday, if weather conditions allow. Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk will be closed today as a result of the extreme winds and fire conditions, according to a statement posted to its website. We will continue to assess the...

Live entertainment company ATG Entertainment, which has staged the likes of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Lion King, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow, has acquired Spanish theater producer and operator SOM Produce. The deal gives the company, formerly known as Ambassador Theatre Group, a foothold in the growing market of Spain, led by Madrid, the third-largest theater...

UTA partner and chief communications officer Richard Siklos is exiting the agency. UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer said in a memo to staff that Siklos is leaving to pursue new opportunities, and that he will stick around for a transition period while the agency searches for a successor. Over nearly three years, Richard has reimagined how we tell the UTA story...

Childrens author and illustrator John Patrick Green is has inked a first-look deal with Sycamore Studios, an upstart animation studio based out of Los Angeles and Austin. Under the deal, Green will adapt Sycamores upcoming Doctor Dolittle movie as a graphic novel. The feature is in development with Paw Patrol scribes Cal Brunker and Bob Barlen. The animation studio will...