Harrison Dossick, an entertainment and media litigator with Glaser Weil, has died. He was 65. He died unexpectedly on Aug. 14 following a heart attack, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. With a sprawling career of four decades, Dossick worked with clients in the entertainment and media industries. He further specialized in intellectual property litigation and general commercial disputes. Most notably,...

In a near-midnight announcement on July 1, Paramount Global said it would pay $16 million in total to settle a lawsuit from President Trump, who sued over an interview that 60 Minutes conducted with Kamala Harris. Then, 16 hours later, the story took another turn when the New York Posts Charles Gasparino reported that there was also a side deal...

DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and Kimbal Musk, the younger brother of Elon Musk, are taking to the sky for a new form of live entertainment. Katzenberg will become a strategic advisor for Nova Sky Stories, which aims to pair sky-based drones with animation artists and producers to create long form light shows. And the Hollywood power brokers investment firm WndrCo...

Oscar winning director and producer Adam McKay has signed with CAA for representation. McKays credits include Netflixs Dont Look Up, a disaster movie abouta planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth that stands in as a metaphor for the climate crisis; Vice, which nabbed eight Academy Award nominations and The Big Short,which netted the Hollywood veteran an Oscar. Upcoming feature projects include...

The tsunami of AI use cases and the risks for creators and copyright protections that it brings with it were in the spotlight at the CineLink industry section of the 31st edition of the Sarajevo Film Festivalon Thursday. When AI hit us two years ago, my organization was very much focused on working on the streaming economy, Cecile Despringre, secretary...

A dispute over the estate of John Amos has turned to court, with the actors daughter suing her brother and people in his orbit for elder abuse, fraud and wrongful death. Shannon Amos accuses Kelly Christopher Amos of manipulating their father into signing various legal documents including new wills, trusts and powers of attorney that gave him near-complete control over...

3 Arts Entertainment has hired veteran sports executive and brand strategist Dr. Shey Olaoshebikanto grow its sports footprint. The move follows 3 Arts Entertainmentexpanding into competitive sports by acquiring AA Management in a major deal by the Lionsgate-controlled company. Olaoshebikan will manage clients as executive vp of 3 Arts Sports as the Hollywood production and management company moves into athlete...

UTA has signed John Legend and his production company Get Lifted for global representation in all areas. Across his career, Legend has won 13 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award and four Emmy Awards. He is about to embark on the North American leg of his Get Lifted 20th Anniversary Tour, in which he...

Actors Equity is gearing up for upcoming negotiations for a new Broadway contract with healthcare, improved scheduling and better sick coverage among the priorities. The union held a rally in Times Square Wednesday, with Actors Equity president Brooke Shields taking the stage alongside Equity executive director Al Vincent Jr, AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler and several other union leaders, in front...

Apple TV+ is increasing its monthly price. (So much for that whole discount thing.) The streaming service will now cost $12.99 per month in the U.S., up from $9.99, representing a 30 percent increase. The price hike is effective as of today, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, for new customers; existing customers will see their bill go up within 30 days....

Enter the gates of Mar-a-Lago and you never know who you might run into. Guests at the sprawling Palm Beach estate aka the winter White House might brush past a foreign dignitary, a hopped-up tech titan, a mysterious Chinese billionaire or an overly Botoxed reality star. So when Casey Wasserman arrived for a private meeting in January, just days before...

Fox is launching a new streaming service, while also trying not to cannibalize its large cable audience. The company is launching Fox One Thursday, which will bring the companys live news programming, sports and entertainment together in one streaming app. In October, it will also offer Fox One consumers the option to bundle with ESPNs new direct-to-consumer app, which also...

Lifetime is cutting back its unscripted programming division, a decision that resulted in layoffs on Wednesday. Aside from Brie Miranda Bryant, senior vp unscripted development and programming at the cable network, the rest of the small unscripted team was let go. The layoffs at the A+E Networks-owned channel include Nicole Vogel, vp programming and development. Going forward, Lifetime will focus...