After failing to reach a new deal on Tuesday, casting directors and Hollywood studios are planning to continue negotiating this week ahead of a Sept. 30 contract expiration date. Thats according to a social media post from Teamsters Local 399, which along with Teamsters Local 817 represents a group of around 700 Los Angeles- and New York City-based casting directors,...

Disney has officially launched its password and account-sharing crackdown, rolling out what it is calling its paid sharing program to users in the U.S. and in many regions around the world this week. The company had teased the changes in earnings calls earlier this year, but with the launch, it now has an official policy and plan in place to...

Telemundo is shaking up the leadership at its sports division, Telemundo Deportes. The Spanish-language media company, owned by NBCUniversal, says that Joaquin Duro will become executive VP of the division, reporting to Telemundo Enterprises chairman Luis Fernandez. Duro succeeds Eli Velazquez, who will depart the company at the end of the month. In his new role Duro will oversee all...

Tri Star Sports Entertainment Group, the prominent celebrity management firm that was scrutinized for its involvement in Britney Spears conservatorship, is in the spotlight again for its work with Sean Diddy Combs as the hip-hop mogul, now in federal custody, fights sex-trafficking and racketeering charges. Producer Rodney Lil Rod Jones February civil lawsuit against Combs contended that the music tycoons...

Paddington is not only a globally beloved bear and family brand but also good business, presentations by executives of Canal+ groups StudioCanal unit at the Brand Licensing Europe 2024 convention in London on Wednesday made clear. Franoise Guyonnet, CEO of StudioCanal, kids family, and Sissel Henno, head of global sales licensing retail at StudioCanal, spoke during a keynote event entitled...

Leonard Aspers Anthem Sports and Entertainment has acquired Hollywood Suite, an indie Canadian broadcaster of four HD movie channels. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but, pending regulatory approvals, Anthem will pick up the commercial-free movie channels with mostly Hollywood titles themed from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and distributed into 10 million homes across Canada. Classic Hollywood...

Bali was awash with business attire Wednesday as global media and tech execs descended on the tropical resort island for day one of APOS, the annual media, telecoms and entertainment industry conference. With the film and television industry facing some economic headwinds in the more mature markets of Europe and North America, executives gathered in Indonesia to network and discuss...

For the first time, OpenAI will provide access to its training data for review of whether copyrighted works were used to power its technology. In a Tuesday filing, authors suing the Sam Altman-led firm and OpenAI indicated that they came to terms on protocols for inspection of the information. Theyll seek details related to the incorporation of their works in...

The Writers Guild of America West ratified the appointment of Ellen Stutzman as their top staffer and re-elected incumbent board members in the latest test of member support of the unions leadership since the 2023 writers strike. Member leaders Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Deric Hughes, Justin Halpern, Travis Donnelly and John Rogers in short, all the incumbents who ran were re-elected to...

Paramounts latest round of layoffs has impacted CBS News, with anchor Jeff Glor among those leaving the network. Glor, who co-hosts CBS Saturday Morning and is a special correspondent, was one of a number of people laid off as CBS parent company made a second round of cuts Tuesday. Paramount is looking to save some $500 million in costs ahead...

Oh Mary! broke the box office record at the Lyceum Theatre for the sixth time last week, with a gross of $1.16 million. The show, written by and starring Cole Escola as a reimagined Mary Todd Lincoln, has played to 100 percent capacity almost every week of its run, which began at the end of June. The play also had...

Hollywoods performers union has called a strike against one of the video game industrys most recognizable, marquee titles. On Tuesday SAG-AFTRA announced that it was telling members to cease work for the multiplayer online game League of Legends after its producer, Formosa Interactive, tried to subvert the unions ongoing video game strike on an unnamed separate title. The union is...

Prince Harry spoke out about the dangers of social media and its harmful impact on children Tuesday, calling on shareholders of social media companies and parents to demand change. Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative in Manhattan, the Duke of Sussex said young people were being disproportionately affected by negative experiences online, calling it an epidemic in which the bad...