We finally know what Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff have been putting over on X for a little while now. OK, so weve known for a few weeks, but the plans are now public. Hogan, a Mt. Rushmore professional wrestler (in terms of what he meant to the biz), and Bischoff, WCWs greatest promoter, have joined forces 25 years after...

Being autistic in the entertainment industry can make life more challenging,especially when you add the fact that I am also a Chinese, Jewish, transracial adoptee. On top of that, I grew up with a single mom in Columbus, Ohio. But, back to autism and Hollywood. Its Autism Awareness Month and its time we all become aware. I belong to the...

In a surprise move, Sinclair Broadcast Group says that the veteran Amazon executive Jeff Blackburn will join the company as chairman and CEO of Tennis Channel. Blackburn previously oversaw all of Amazons entertainment and video efforts, having joined the company shortly after its IPO in 1998 (he worked on the IPO as a banker). Blackburn helped launch and manage properties...

Veteran German film executive Kalle Friz will join Universal Pictures International as managing director for Germany and Austria in July. He will report to Paul Higginson, executive vp, EMEA, and oversee day-to-day operations in the territory, one of UPIs largest theatrical markets. His remit will include sales, distribution, acquisitions, marketing, publicity, and finance. Friz joins UPI from Studiocanal, where he...

The Writers Guild of America West has voluntarily recognized a union formed by its own staffers after a card count revealed that the majority of the bargaining unit favored organizing. The screenwriters labor group gave the green light to all non-supervisory staffers to join the Pacific Northwest Staff Union after the count revealed 81 percent of the bargaining unit supported...

WME is set to divest its basketball representation business, and may make a similar move for its baseball representation business, as it navigates some conflicts of interest associated with the firms take-private by Silver Lake, which closed last month. WME will spin out WME Basketball into a new independent venture that will be owned by WME Group executive chairman Ari...

Good Night, and Good Luck continues its ascent, breaking another box office and its own record for highest-grossing play last week. The play, starring George Clooney, brought in $3.9 million, close to $60,000 more than the prior week. The average ticket price was $314.60 and the show played to more than 100 percent capacity at the Winter Garden Theatre. Othello,...

The Sum of All Fears and Pleasantville cinematographer John Lindley has been elected as the International Cinematographer Guilds next national president, returning to a role he vacated in 2022. With 1,482 votes, Lindley prevailed over sitting president and first camera assistant Baird B. Steptoe (who earned 591 votes) and cinematographer Dave Perkal (with 685 votes). Turnout for the election was...

The Hollywood Reporter senior film editor Rebecca Keegan has sold a book on the Coppola family. The Coppola book will be a chronicle of American cinemas first family, according to publisher Henry Holt, a division of Macmillan. The tome will cover the culture that created the Coppolas 19th century Italy and 20th century America, patriarchy and war, wine and opera...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has sued the government, accusing the Trump administration of illegally trying to fire three members of the companys board, including top Hollywood studio chief Tom Rothman. The nonprofit corporation, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in D.C., alleges that the president doesnt have the authority to terminate board members since its not a federal...

As the flight of entertainment production work from California accelerates, Los Angeles film permitting process has come under fire from local advocates as overly onerous and expensive, adding to the cocktail of reasons why productions might leave the state for their shoots. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a measure that aims to change that. The motion,...

Lionsgate has promoted Taylor du Pont to head of television post production as Bobby Williams retires after 23 years at the studio. Du Pont will oversee post production on Lionsgates slate of scripted series, including ABCs The Rookie, now in its eighth season, MGM+s Robin Hood and The Rainmaker for USA Network. Taylor is a rising star within our Television...

Andrew Karpen, the respected CEO of Bleecker Street Media who founded the indie distribution company after spending a decade as a top executive with Focus Features, died Monday. He was 59. He was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, in 2024 and died in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Our industry has lost a giant, Bleecker Street president Kent Sanderson...