A federal judge has advanced a lawsuit against Disney from investors who claim that they were misled about the extent of the entertainment giant’s losses stemming from its lofty subscriber growth and profitability targets under the era of ousted CEO Bob Chapek. U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall on Wednesday denied a bid by Disney to dismiss the lawsuit, finding that …
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Protector, an app that debuted today in the Apple App Store, bills itself as allowing users to hire on-demand personal armed security along with a lift. Protector’s profile in the App Store reads: “With the click of a button, Protector users can schedule veteran and former law enforcement private security personnel to serve as personal protection when needed.” The service …
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Darren Star is on board to adapt Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’ Climbing in Heels novel as a drama series for Peacock. Star and Goldsmith-Thomas, a producing partner to Jennifer Lopez and president of Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, will co-write and executive produce the series as part of an overall deal with Universal Television. St. Martin’s Press will publish the Climbing in Heels novel on April 29, 2025, and …
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Argentinian writer-director Lucio Castro made a quiet stunner of a first feature in 2020 with the exquisitely evocative queer romance, End of the Century. Trading the beaches and parks of Barcelona for woodsy upstate New York in the fall, the filmmaker delivers a self-consciously enigmatic drama that includes a messianic electro-psychedelic rock star with a cult following, a torrid affair, …
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Sony Pictures Television has promoted two veteran executives to lead the studio’s distribution business. Mike Wald and Jason Spivak have been named co-presidents of distribution and networks, where they’ll be in charge of Sony Pictures TV’s combined television and home entertainment distribution unit. They’ll report to SPT chairman Keith Le Goy, who headed distribution before moving into the top job …
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Early in The CW’s Good Cop/Bad Cop, police chief Hank Hickman (Clancy Brown) and his daughter, detective Lou (Leighton Meester), have a disagreement about what the department’s top priority ought to be. She, reasonably, believes it should be protecting the community by investigating crimes. Hank, however, has other ideas. “The country is falling apart. People need a place where they …
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Another top executive is exiting CBS News, as the news division continues to reel amid reported settlement talks between owner Paramount Global and President Trump. Adrienne Roark, who was named president of editorial and newsgathering at CBS News just seven months ago, is exiting the company to take a senior role at the local TV station giant Tegna. Roark was …
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Of the clever and controversial storytelling devices and tactics introduced in Ryan Murphy’s latest hit series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, one remains a puzzler, particularly after it launched a press war between the hit-making producer and the family of the still-incarcerated brothers. With the hype around the series subsiding on what was one of the most-watched TV …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Surprise: Ahead of the spring travel season, Béis is up to 40 percent off online during its limited-time virtual warehouse sale. Starting on Feb. 19 at 6 a.m. PT, shoppers in the U.S., Canada, Europe and U.K. …
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Accused murderer Karen Read finally tells her own story in the trailer for Investigation Discovery’s forthcoming docuseries A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read, which dropped on Wednesday. “So, did you drive your car into John?” a director for the ID and Max docuseries asks Read directly as she talks ahead of an upcoming 2025 retrial. Who …
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