The future of Warner Bros. Discovery may be in question, but the company is proceeding as though it is business as usual for the time being. WBD said Thursday that Discovery Global, the side of the business that will house its linear TV networks and Discovery+, will host its upfront event on Wednesday, May 13, at the Theater at Madison...

Imax and Cinemark have expanded their partnership with a new 17-theater deal unveiled on Monday. The latest agreement will see Cinemark add four new Imax screens with laser projection in the U.S. and look to another potential location with laser for South America. In addition, Cinemark will upgrade another 12 Imax locations with laser projection, and bring on three additional...

Olympic Games gymnast and gold medalist Jordan Chiles has signed with CAA. The elite athlete, author, content creator, philanthropist and TV personality will be represented in all areas. Chiles was one of three black gymnasts to sweep the podium at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in 2022, and she earned two NCAA individual titles with UCLA. The two-time Olympian helped win...

The Shubert Organization is partnering with Trafalgar Entertainment to open a new theater in London. The 1,575-seat Olympia Theatre is set to welcome audiences in 2027, as part of the 1.3 billion redevelopment of Olympia, a 140-year-old exhibition venue in West Kensington. The partnership between the two major theater owners marks the first time in 100 years that the Shubert...

Veteran German film executive Thorsten Ritter is leaving Beta Cinema after more than 13 years at the company. Ritter announced his exit on Monday, saying he was leaving to take on new professional challenges. Ritter has been at Beta since 2012 as EVP of acquisitions, sales and marketing at the German indie group. Hes been key in shaping the international...

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,...