K-pop singer, songwriter and actor Kevin Woo has signed with UTA for worldwide representation in all areas. Woo provided the singing voice of Mystery Saja for The Saja Boys fictional group of demons created forKPop Demon Hunters, the Netflix animated film phenomenon. With over 315 million views to date,KPop Demon Huntersranks as Netflixs most-watched film of all time. The animated...

As Shohei Ohtani leads the Los Angeles Dodgers to this years World Series, Lionsgate Television has found it challenging to set up its scripted series about the phenoms gambling scandal. According to one source close the project, acquisition executives are concerned that taking on the project might damage their parent companies current or future relationships with Major League Baseball. Disney,...

The Writers Guild of America West and East have weighed in about the possibility of a studio mega-merger involving Warner Bros. Discovery. The two branches of the writers union said in a statement on Thursday that a merger between WBD and any other major studio or streamer would be a disaster. The statement came after reports that the legacy studio...

YouTube TV once again finds itself in a high-profile carriage dispute with a major media company, this time with Disney. The Bob Iger-run entertainment giant on Thursday began warning customers that they may soon lose access to channels like ABC and ESPN unless it comes to terms on a new deal with the Google-owned video platform. If that sounds familiar,...

Fox has taken an equity stake investment in Chain, B.J. Novaks (The Office) food pop-up business. The deal makes a bit more sense with the added context that the partnership will specifically be through Fox Entertainments Studio Ramsay Global, chef Gordon Ramsays content studio (in its own partnership with Fox). Studio Ramsay Global is the home to Next Level Chef...

Tubi, Fox Corp.s ad-supported streamer, is spreading its wings in Canada by striking a content distribution and ad sales pact with Bell Media. The strategic partnership includes plans to co-develop original content for distribution on Tubi globally, across Bell Media platforms in Canada, and through Sphere Abacus, Bell Medias international content distribution arm. Bell Media will also serve as the...

An improv comic, an NHL player and a Fortune 500 CEO walk into a theater but its no joke, its big business. The Second City, the venerable Chicago-based improvisational comedy institution, has quietly built out a surprising side-hustle: Using the fundamentals and tactics of improv to teach corporate executives and professional athletes how to be better communicators. That division, Second...

By most Hollywood metrics, David Ozer was a success. Following in his fathers footsteps, he started out in radio ad sales, made the move to account executive over at 20th Century Fox and continued on an upward trajectory as an exec at several major companies, including Starz Media and Sony Pictures Television. Everyone agrees that Ozer was a charismatic guy,...

Heat captures a certain vibe unique to Los Angeles. Michael Mann didnt film a single scene on a soundstage, electing to shoot across more than 70 real locations throughout the city. The train that Robert De Niro gets off of in the opening credits is the actual Blue Line of the citys metro system. The house where Al Pacino has...

Imax is seeing a surge in global box office based on a mix of Hollywood and foreign local, language titles and other alternative fare to drive revenue and profit gains, judging by the film technologies companys third quarter financial results unveiled on Thursday. Lifted by Hollywoods ongoing recovery at the multiplex, Imax posted a 50 percent rise in global box...

Broadway musicians have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, averting the possibility of a strike. Local 802 AFM, the union which represents musicians, had said they would strike immediately if a deal could be reached with the Broadway League, a trade association for producers and general managers, after a mediation session Wednesday. This was the second threat of...

Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision reported higher adjusted profitability for its third quarter, driven by continued growth in streaming profits and the impact of previously taken cost efficiency measures. But the company on Thursday posted a 2 percent U.S. revenue decline to $831.3 million in the third quarter of 2025 as an 11 percent advertising revenue drop couldnt be fully outweighed...

The Hollywood Reporter raised a glass and a coffee mug to some of the entertainment industrys unsung heroes on Wednesday morning, hosting its Power Business Managers breakfast at Wolfgang Pucks Cut in Beverly Hills. The 15th annual event, presented by City National Bank and sponsored by Wheels Up and Delta Airlines, accompanied THRs annual Business Managers Power List recognizing the...