Regal Cinemas has added another four Imax theaters. The second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S. has expanded its partnership with the wide-screen exhibitor for new laser projection screen locations in Los Angeles, Houston and Washington, D.C. Expanding its longstanding partnership with Imax signals Regal is back spending on upgrades to its domestic circuit after parent Regal Cineworld emerged from...

Family offices have long been part of Hollywoods DNA, quietly shaping its most iconic moments and technological progress. Paramount Pictures was one of Hollywoods first family-controlled studios under business titan Adolph Zukor, who developed the vertical integration approach, ensuring that ambitious films like Wings (1927), the first Oscar winner, got the resources and distribution they needed to succeed. The recent...

Streaming continued its upward trajectory in April, but linear TV platforms also saw an increase in their share of viewing time. Nielsens monthly Gauge report shows streaming taking up 44.3 percent of all TV use in the United States, up from 43.8 percent in March. The April period (which ran from March 31-April 27 in Nielsens books) is the third...

Lets get this out of the way first: I love really like New Jersey. I was born there and raised there, and lived a year or so in Los Angeles before deciding to return there. I got married there (but engaged in L.A.) and am raising my kids there. Its a great place to be, even if currently a horror...

In 2024, the Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission launched a first-of-its-kind workplace misconduct reporting tool tailored to the entertainment industry that was quickly adopted by unions and select studios. Now, one aspect of the MyConnext platform is being opened up to all industry workers: its ombuds program, which offers human advisers for workers faced with tricky situations on the job. The...

As it prepares for its future spun off from Comcast, the new leaders of MSNBC have made a key hire to build up its political reporting infrastructure. Sudeep Reddy was enlisted away from Politico to join the cable news TV brand as it establishes its own presence in Washington, D.C. apart from NBC News and creates its own beltway bureau....

Mike Richards, the veteran TV producer who briefly succeeded Alex Trebek as the host of the quiz show Jeopardy!, has landed a big job in conservative media. Richards has joined The Daily Wire as its next president of Daily Wire entertainment and chief content officer, leading all the entertainment operations of the conservative media company founded by Ben Shapiro. Richards...

Visual effects professionals who help realize the often fantastical worlds of the Marvel, Disney and Avatar films have ratified their first union contracts. Unionized staffers have overwhelmingly voted to ratify two labor contracts covering work on these projects, the crew union IATSE announced on Friday, without offering a specific tally. One agreement covers work on Marvel Studios and Walt Disney...

Live Nations move to appoint Trump ally Richard Grenell to its board of directors caused a stir in the live music business this week, as several music executives who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter slammed the pick as a transactional move in the companys attempt to squash the monopoly lawsuit Live Nation faces against the Department of Justice. Grenell is...

Richard Grenell, acting president of the Kennedy Center and President Donald Trump ally, has been elected to Live Nation Entertainments Board of Directors. The announcement, issued on Tuesday, comes as chief executive Michael Rapino continues to navigate regulatory landmines with the potential to blow up the company. Under Trump, the Department of Justice hasnt abandoned a lawsuit that looks to...

Lionsgate, led by CEO Jon Feltheimer, has released its fourth quarter financial results for Lionsgate Studios comprised of its Motion Picture and TV production divisions after completing the spinoff of the media giants studio business from Starz to create separately traded companies and stocks. The Hollywood studio now excluding the Starz results recorded a fourth quarter net profit attributable to...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is advancing efforts to streamline film and television production in Los Angeles amid cries for policymaker intervention in the issue of runaway production. Bass calls for a reduction in city staffers on shoots and improved access for crews to Los Angeles icons like the Griffith Observatory, the Central Public Library and the Port of Los Angeles...

Calling for freedom from partisan interference in programming, administrative staffers at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts have gone public with a push to unionize following an overhaul of the tony institution by Pres. Donald Trumps administration. The staffers announced their organizing drive on Thursday, revealing they are working with the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers...