Mercury Records has promoted Tyler Arnold to chairman and CEO and Ben Adelson to president and COO, the label announced Wednesday. The pair have been with the label since its relaunch in 2022, previously serving as president (Arnold) and general manager (Adelson). They will report to Republic Collective founder, chairman and CEO Monte Lipman and founder, vice chairman and COO …
Read More »Gwyneth Paltrow Says She ‘Drank Every Night’ During L.A. Wildfires
Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about turning to alcohol during the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. The Oscar-winning actress got candid during a recent conversation with Dr. Mary Claire Haver — a board-certified OB-GYN, certified menopause practitioner and author of The New Menopause — on The Goop Podcast. “I’m really in the thick of it right now, so I’m all over the place,” …
Read More »Musician Behind “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” Was 84
Roy Ayers, the jazz-funk vibraphonist known for the album Everybody Loves the Sunshine which has been sampled countless times since it was released, has died. He was 84. Ayers died Tuesday in New York after a long illness, his family announced in a statement, describing him as “highly influential and sought after as a music collaborator.” Ayers was a pioneer …
Read More »Rick Hoffman to Return as Louis Litt
Suits LA is about to be lit(t). Rick Hoffman, who played Louis Litt in the original Suits series, is set to reprise his role for one episode of the NBC spinoff, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He could also appear in more episodes if Suits LA is renewed for a second season. Suits LA follows Ted Black (Stephen Amell), a …
Read More »‘Friends’ Actor Recalls Racist Incident While Filming Sitcom
Friends actor Stephen Park is looking back at a racist incident he experienced while filming the hit sitcom in the 1990s. The actor, who appeared in two episodes of the show — “The One with the Chicken Pox” in season two and “The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion” in season three — recalled working on the show during a …
Read More »Cyber Crime Crew Charged With Stealing Taylor Swift Eras Tour Tickets
Two individuals allegedly tied to a cybercrime crew have been arrested for the theft of more than 900 concert tickets, the majority of which were for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. The Queens District Attorney’s Office charged Tyrone Rose and Shamara Simmons for their involvement in an alleged scheme in which they exploited a loophole through an offshore ticket vendor for …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds Buys Back Maximum Effort Marketing Firm, Merges Studio
Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey’s Maximum Effort businesses have been reunited. The Maximum Effort film and TV studio is re-merging with the brand marketing company that it previously sold to the advertising platform MNTN in 2021, a source familiar with the transaction tells The Hollywood Reporter. The deal will see MNTN and Maximum Effort continue to work together via a …
Read More »Joshua Jackson Excited to Rebuild His Childhood Home After L.A. Fires
Joshua Jackson‘s glass is half full. Despite losing his childhood home in the Palisades fire, the Dawson’s Creek star said he’s actually “excited for the opportunity” to rebuild. “It’s not how I would have chosen to do a remodel,” Jackson quipped. “But in some ways, I’m actually excited about the process.” Jackson’s Topanga Canyon childhood home, where he lived for …
Read More »Stephen Colbert on Democrats’ Signs, Pink Clothes: Try Doing Something
Stephen Colbert went live on CBS’ Late Show Tuesday night, sharing his hot take on President Donald Trump‘s primetime address to a joint session of Congress earlier that night. And while Colbert took aim at a number of Trump’s claims, he also had a few barbs for the Democrats, a number of whom used props and fuchsia clothing to signal …
Read More »‘Power’ Creator Courtney Kemp Sets Netflix Drama ‘Nemesis’
Netflix has greenlit a crime drama from someone who knows the genre well: Power creator Courtney A. Kemp. The streamer has picked up a series from creators Kemp and Tani Marole titled Nemesis, which will tell the story of “two men on either side of the law, the tale of what happens when an unstoppable force (an expert criminal) meets …
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