For his next move, David Letterman is jumping in to the increasingly crowded free, ad-support TV channel (FAST) space. The late-night greats production company Worldwide Pants has inked a deal with Samsung TV Plus to bring around 4,000 hours of original video to the companys streaming service, the firms said Wednesday. Im very excited about this, stated Letterman, who glibly...

The Onion will continue to try to find a path to buying Infowars after a federal bankruptcy judge rejected their bid late Tuesday. Though the satirical news sites bid for the Alex Jones site had been selected in November, Judge Christopher Lopez, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, said Tuesday that there were problems with...

Andrew Ferguson, a Republican on the Federal Trade Commission, has been named as the agencys chair. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday appointed Ferguson as he vowed to continue contesting Big Tech censorship and protecting Freedom of Speech. Ferguson will be the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our Countrys History, Trump wrote in a statement issued posted on...

Martha Luttrell, the onetime ICM talent agent whose clients included Susan Sarandon, Sam Shepard, Waylon Jennings, Don Was and Martin Campbell, has died. She was 80. Luttrell died Monday of pancreatic cancer in Calabasas, California, a family spokesperson announced. Luttrell, who spent 25 years at ICM, also repped directors Paul Weiland, Mick Jackson, Julie Taymor, Tony Bill and Jon Amiel;...

Tensions over The Animation Guilds controversial new tentative contract spilled into public view on Tuesday as the ratification vote for the deal began. Three members of the unions negotiating committee posted on social media that they personally will be voting no on the tentative contract that they helped to bargain, primarily due to concerns about provisions covering generative AI. I...

An activist investor has snapped up Lionsgate stock and is pushing leadership on a several paths, including a sale of the Jon Feltheimer-led studio after it has officially separated from Starz. Anson Funds Management an alternative asset managerled by chief investment officer Moez Kassam with activism strategy run by Sagar Gupta has nabbed a stake in the studio and is...

Former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer Marian Price has taken initial steps to sue Disney over her portrayal in FXs acclaimed limited series Say Nothing. Prices lawyer Peter Corrigan announced on Wednesday that his client was forced to initiate legal proceedings in Ireland against Disney over the show, an adaptation of New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefes eponymous 2019...

Despite the technical glitches, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos called the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight off the charts. The fight, which streamed live on Netflix Nov. 15, was plagued screen buffering and freezing issues for some users. Speaking during the UBS conference in New York Tuesday, Sarandos pointed to the tech challenge of streaming to an enormous live audience...

Broadway grosses came back down to earth last week from their Thanksgiving highs, as a number of shows took their final bows. Tammy Faye, the new musical with music by Elton John, grossed $371,511 at the Palace Theatre last week, before closing Dec. 8, and played to a capacity of 47 percent. These numbers were up more than $100,000 from...

SAG-AFTRA members are suing the union health plan over a data breach that exposed their personal information. The proposed class action accuses SAG-AFTRA of failing to adequately safeguard member data, employ basic security measures and timely notify members of the breach. It brings claims for negligence, invasion of privacy, unjust enrichment and deceit by concealment, among others, and seeks at...

Regal Entertainment-owner Cineworld says it will close six more multiplexes in its UK circuit after a restructuring of its UK operations following an earlier bank-directed bankruptcy of its U.S. circuit. The UK-based cinema operators restructuring plan unveiled on July 26, 2024 called for the shuttering of five multiplexes in Britain. After renegotiating rent costs at around 50 locations, Cineworld on...

The International Cinematographers Guild has found two new regional directors: Joey Brenner and Anna Nowlan. The IATSE Local, which represents roughly 10,000 crew members in the camera department and publicists in collective bargaining, announced on Tuesday that it was appointing Brenner to head the central region and Nowlan to lead its eastern region. Were thrilled to welcome Joey and Anna...

SiriusXM has appointed a new chief operating officer and laid out a new strategic vision that includes a greater focus on cost efficiencies and on its car subscription business. The company will target an initial incremental $200 million of annualized savings as it exits 2025, according to a press release Tuesday, after delivering about $350 million of run rate savings...