Longtime Disney production executive Louie Provost is leaving the companys fold. Insiders say the executives contract was up, with Provost set to depart at the end of this year. Provost joined the company in 2007 as an assistant tothen-president of production Oren Aviv.He climbed up the production and development ranks, making it to The Hollywood Reporters Next Gen list in...

An Indiana jury has found in favor of a woman who sued Netflix for revealing her identity in a 2022 documentary about a doctor who secretly fathered dozens of children through fraudulent fertility treatments. Lori Kennard was awarded $385,000 for invasion of privacy related to the momentary disclosure of her name in Our Father. But in a split verdict delivered...

The clock is ticking for TikTok. The massive and influential social video platform was not successful in its appeal of a bill passed earlier this year that could see the app banned in the U.S. next month. Back in April President Biden signed into law a national security bill that would forceTikTokto be sold by its owner, ByteDance, or face...

The Chinese billionaire real estate mogul Zhang Xin has made an undisclosed investment in arthouse distributor and global streamer Mubi through her New York film company Closer Media, Mubi said Friday. Zhang will also take a seat on Mubis board of directors. We are thrilled to welcome Zhang Xin to our board of directors, said Mubi founder and CEO Efe...

Cond Nast is once again cutting its staff at a challenging moment for major media companies. Layoffs were underway on Thursday at the publishing giant, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, with the total number of cuts not yet clear. So far, the crown jewel in Conds portfolio The New Yorker has not been affected. THR has reached out to Cond...

James Cameron is teaming up with tech giant Meta to bring more premium content to its Meta Quest mixed reality headsets. The Avatar, Terminator and Titanic directors Lightstorm Vision has cut a deal with Meta to scale the creation of world-class 3D entertainment experiences spanning live sports and concerts, feature films, and TV series featuring big-name IP on Meta Quest,...

Weeks after scrapping a presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris that had been prepped by his editorial board, the owner of The Los Angeles Times says his product team is working on a new tech-driven bias meter to add to articles on the papers website as soon as next year. The idea, as Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong presented it, sounds like itll...

Devra Wasserman, a onetime executive assistant in Hollywood and the wife of producer, literary agent and manager Larry Becsey, has died. She was 74. Wasserman died Oct. 23 at her home in Los Angeles after a long battle with ALS, her husband announced. Born on July 31, 1950, Devi Jane Wasserman was raised in St. Louis Park, a suburb of...

Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos doubled down on his decision to end the practice of endorsing presidential candidates, saying Wednesday that It was the right decision, I am proud of the decision we made. Bezos made the comments in a conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin at The New York Times Dealbook Summit. The Amazon founder was the...

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, says that his lawsuit against Rupert Murdochs U.K. news outlets are about truth and accountability. Speaking to Andrew Ross Sorkin at The New York Times Dealbook Summit Wednesday, Prince Harry said of the lawsuit which is focused on the phone hacking scandal that rocked the world is about securing accountability for the victims who...

Seoul-based cinema technology pioneer CJ 4DPLEX has elevated company veteran Jun Bang as its new CEO. The announcement, made Wednesday, highlights Bangs contributions to the companys ongoing success in revolutionizing the cinematic experience in South Korea and beyond. Bang, who joined CJ 4DPLEX in 2018, most recently served as COO of content and marketing, where he oversaw original content investments,...

If you happen to be one of Elon Musks 206 million followers, you probably know the worlds richest man has been mulling the possibility of purchasing MSNBC. Or at least that he was joshing about it with Donald Trump Jr. in a series of pre-Thanksgiving posts on X that seemed custom-built to ruin Rachel Maddows holiday. Hey Elon, I have...

Its not TV, its Max. Warner Bros. Discovery is putting the HBO back into its streaming service (formerly known as HBO Max), adding live streaming of HBOs cable channels to the Max platform. The rollout began Wednesday for a small subset of subscribers to the streamers ad-free tiers. The integration of HBO feeds (the new feature is called Channels, appropriately...