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Accustomed to getting what he wants, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison now looks to be running out of moves, time and maybe even money when it comes to his $111 billion Warner Bros Discovery acquisition. Here are some ideas that Deadline’s Dominic Patten is hearing whispered in Hollywood’s power corridors regarding what Ellison can do to get the deal back on track — including reaching out to a once and maybe future U.S. presidential candidate.
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Meet The Lady Greyhounds: Key Players & Staff For AFC Richmond’s Women’s Team In ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4
Season 4 of Ted Lasso involves the central football and now soccer coach taking on a whole new challenge of elevating a Division 2 women's football team across the pond.
Just as with the men's team Ted bonded with over three seasons of the Apple TV comedy series, the Lady Greyhounds have their own…
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Paul W. Downs Says He “Would Love” To Make A ‘Hacks’ Spinoff Around Kayla & Jimmy: “We Also Want To Leave The Show As It Is”
Paul W. Downs was one of the co-creators of Hacks and has revealed that he “would love” to do a spinoff based on his character, Jimmy LaSaque Jr., and Meg Stalter’s Kayla Schaefer.
While visiting Andy Cohen’s clubhouse on Watch What Happens Live, Downs was asked if there were any storylines he had to…
Rosario Dawson Says She’s “A Reject Of Spider-Man” After ‘Brand New Day’ Cut ‘Daredevil’s Claire Temple Cameo
Rosario Dawson reprised her role of Claire Temple of Daredevil in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but her cameo was cut from the film.
While attending GalaxyCon in Raleigh, North Carolina, last month, Dawson opened up about learning she would no longer appear in the film.
“Well … I'm going to have to say…
Mel Gibson Shares ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Update: “I Think That The Fifth Script Is Better Than All Of The Others”
Mel Gibson is sharing an update on the development of Lethal Weapon 5 following years of the actor’s intentions to make the sequel.
In a new interview, Gibson gave details on what this fifth installment would look like and where the characters would be after all these years.
“The characters are quite…
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California Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Xavier Becerra Says He Prefers Settlement Of Paramount-WBD Antitrust Lawsuit: “Conference Room, Not Courtroom”
Xavier Becerra, the Democratic nominee to become the next governor of California, recommended that state attorneys general and Paramount reach a settlement and avoid an antitrust trial over the proposed Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
Weighing in for the first time on the lawsuit, Becerra said at a…
Paramount’s Makan Delrahim Says “Everything Is On The Table” In Finding Merger Resolution, Says Leaving California Is A Consideration But Not “Blackmail”
Paramount’s Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim said that “everything is on the table” when it comes to finding a resolution to a state attorneys general lawsuit seeking to block the company’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
At a Politico conference on Tuesday, Delrahim also defended the…
WGA Says David Ellison’s Threat That Paramount Will Leave California Over AG’s Antitrust Lawsuit “Proves The Danger Of Its Outsized Power”
As expected, the Writers Guild of America has not taken kindly to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison’s latest threat to pull the storied studio out of California if state AG Rob Bonta refuses to settle an antitrust suit to block the planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
“By threatening to leave…
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Doc Talk Podcast: Directors Judd Apatow & Michael Bonfiglio On Their Emmy Contender ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’
For over 75 years, Mel Brooks has been making people laugh. Hard. He's brought to the screen Mongo, Lili Von Shtüpp, the grandson of a certain mad scientist (aka Young Frankenstein), Frau Blücher ("A little Ovaltine, perhaps?), Louis XVI ("It's good to be the king"), Max Bialystock, Leo Bloom, Barf, Dark…
National CineMedia To Acquire Captivate For $275M, Expand From Movie Theater Ads To Offices & Apartment Buildings
National CineMedia has agreed to buy Captivate Holdings, a leading operator of digital video elevator and lobby advertising in North America, from PE firm Generation Partners for $275 million.
Combining NCM's cinema advertising with Captivate's footprint will make it a major player in premium video and…
Crunchyroll Acquires Makoto Shinkai’s Next Feature Film
Crunchyroll has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Makoto Shinkai’s next feature film. The distribution will exclude Asia, except for India.
Plot details, along with the title and release date for Shinkai’s next film, are not being disclosed at this time.
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures…
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Rod Stewart Cancels Month Worth Of Farewell Tour Concerts To Recover From Stent Procedure
Some guys have all the luck, even if sometimes it’s bad.
Rod Stewart’s reps said Tuesday that the singer has canceled his One Last Time farewell tour concerts for the next four weeks to recover from a recent “routine coronary stent procedure.” No firm dates were given, but he was booked to play U.S…
California AG Rob Bonta Open To Structural Remedies In Paramount-WBD Suit But Calls 30 Movies A Year An “Old, Stale Promise”
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he'd consider structural remedies to resolve a lawsuit over the Paramount-WBD merger but dismissed "behavioral" remedies that are hard to enforce, like David Ellison's pledge that the combined company will release 30 movies a year.
"There’s ways where the issue…
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