Former Disney Exec Ben Sherwood, Joanna Coles To Run The Daily Beast In Strategic Partnership With Barry Diller’s IAC

Effective immediately, Sherwood will serve as publisher and CEO and Coles as chief creative and content officer. Related Stories Warner Bros. More recently, he founded sports technology startup MOJO, which was sold to TeamSnap in December of 2023. Watch on Deadline Everything feels upside down right now with busted business models and transformative technology. Barry Diller, Ben Sherwood and Joanna ColesChelsea Lauren/Penske Media via Getty Images Our pirate mission is to cover the stories and people that grab us and have fun along the way....

April 15, 2024 · 1 min · 127 words · Matthew Page

Hollywood Contraction: How Writers Are Reacting To Ongoing Industrywide Cost-Cutting

The response hasnt been positive. I mean, thats where the power is. And writers figured out they could direct, you know. Getty Images The story is king, everybody always knew it. Everybody always knows it. You forget it at your peril. And brilliant directors and brilliant producers and brilliant people are going to continue to be really important. But in the end, yeah, this is what comes off the desk....

April 15, 2024 · 4 min · 824 words · David Dawson

New York Judge Says Donald Trump Can’t Attend Supreme Court Argument Next Week – Update

A total of 32 potential jurors were left in the courtroom. Thats the day that the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trumps claims of immunity from prosecution. But Merchan rejected the request. Donald Trump on the first day of his criminal trial on charges related to hush money payments.Photo by Angela Weiss - Pool/Getty Images I will see him here next week. The trial will be dark on Wednesdays, when Merchan has other court duties....

April 15, 2024 · 3 min · 589 words · Christina Torres

Ryan Coogler’s New Thriller Starring Michael B. Jordan Starts Filming

Ryan Coogleris teaming up again withMichael B. Jordanfor an untitled Warner Bros. supernatural thriller. Although the plot details for the film remain under wraps, filming for the thriller has started. Get ready, Arkapaw captioned the post onInstagram. Ryan Coogler and Michael B. JordanMatt Winkelmeyer / Leon Bennett / Getty Images Jordan has starred in multiple movies with Coogler, including 2013sFruitvale Station, 2015sCreed, and 2018sBlack Panther. The films executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Goransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield....

April 15, 2024 · 1 min · 152 words · Nicholas Mitchell

Super Bowl Boosts Streaming Services – Ampere Report

At a time of Hollywood contraction, the streamers fierce push into live sports seems to be paying off, according to the latest research fromAmpere Analysis. Ampere examined the SVoDs that hold NFL rights versus those without and found big gains in Q1 2024 related to football coverage and theSuper Bowlmatch-up between the 49ers and the Chiefs. Paramount+andPeacock, which both show football, saw the number of U.S. internet users claiming to use their platform grow by 22% and 18% respectively over this period, and this monthly active viewing rose even further among NFL fans, with Paramount+ shooting up 30% and Peacock 28%....

April 15, 2024 · 3 min · 444 words · Emily Henson

Taylor Swift Approves Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt’s ‘All Too Well’ Cover On ‘SNL’: “This Monologue Is Everything”

Taylor Swiftis praisingRyan GoslingsSaturday Night Livemonologue whereEmily Bluntjoined him to sing an All Too Well cover. Swift posted on Instagram, sharing Gosling and Blunts performance fromSNL. Watch me accidentally catch myself singing this version on your. Taylor Swift is a fan of Emily Blunt and Ryan Goslin’s “All Too Well” cover on ‘SNL’Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images/Will Heath/NBC This monologue is everything. Swift re-recorded the song and included it in the release ofRed (Taylors Version)in 2021....

April 15, 2024 · 1 min · 112 words · Renee Williams

Vietnam’s First Ho Chi Minh City Int’l Film Festival Wraps With Prizes For ‘The Gospel Of The Beast’, ‘Last Shadow At First Light’

The Gospel Of The Beast, directed by the Philippines Sheron Dayoc, picked up the Golden Star Award for Best Southeast Asian Film at the first edition of theHo Chi Minh City International Film Festival(HIFF) inVietnam. Nicole Midori Woodfords Singapore-Japan collaboration,Last Shadow At First Light, won multiple awards in the festivals Southeast Asia competition, including the Jury Prize, best cinematography (Hideho Urata), best screenplay (Nicole Midori Woodford) and best visual effects (Laokoon VFX)....

April 15, 2024 · 3 min · 476 words · Kristina Watson

‘A Guilty Conscience’ Wins Best Film; ‘The Goldfinger’ Scoops Six Prizes At Hong Kong Film Awards

Legal dramaA Guilty Consciencetook the top award for best film at this yearsHong Kong Film Awards, while crime thrillerThe Goldfingerwas the biggest winner overall with six prizes, including best actor for Tony Leung Chiu-wai. A Guilty Conscience, produced by Edko Films, holds the record for the highest-grossing Hong Kong film ever with a gross of around $15M. It tells the story of a lawyer trying to free a client convicted due to his own negligence, who has to go up against one of Hong Kongs most powerful business families....

April 15, 2024 · 3 min · 508 words · Kevin Padilla

‘Godzilla X Kong’ Roars Past $436M WW; ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Tops $450M; Latest ‘Detective Conan’ Huge In Japan – International Box Office

There are still seven markets to release including most of the Middle East this week and Japan next week. In IMAX,GxKnow has a $38M global cume, $14.8M of which is from China. The offshore cume is now$279Mfor$452.6Mglobal. WB, Universal, Toho 1 since that movie opened on February 22. The UAE also delivered the biggest opening weekend of the franchise with $1.6M. Still to be released are Korea and Saudi Arabia....

April 15, 2024 · 1 min · 119 words · Nicole Davis

‘Rust’ Armorer Sentenced To 18 Months Behind Bars For Halyna Hutchins’ Death; “You Alone Turned A Safe Weapon Into A Lethal Weapon,” Judge Says

Both Gutierrez-Reed and her lawyer asked for probation. That makes me human. I did not hear you take accountability, the judge said in her sentencing. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed (C) attends her sentencing April 15, 2024 hearing in Santa Fe, NM with attorney Jason Bowles (L) and paralegal Carmella Sisneros (R)Getty Your attorney had to tell the court you were remorseful, the judge called out. Once the jurys guilty verdict was delivered, Gutierrez-Reed was almost immediately taken into custody by deputies....

April 15, 2024 · 1 min · 184 words · Kim Ramirez

Bill Pullman On How He Found The Syntax Of A Sociopath For Lifetime’s ‘Murdaugh Murders: The Movie’ – Contenders TV

Its really interesting about real transcripts. You realize how sociopaths have this cauterized morality. The way they are moving through a sentence. You would never write that as a writer. you might get a lot into the psychology by the syntax they use…things arent polished. How are we going to do this? But he remembers how that conversation helped him to get into Murdaughs head. I think Alex loved his wife and his son....

April 14, 2024 · 1 min · 140 words · Shelley Thompson

BTS On Hiatus But Still Packs A Punch As ‘Suga’ Concert Film Pushes $1M Weekend – Specialty Box Office

The band is currently on hiatus as members entered military service required in South Korea. But Suga, the second oldest, got in one last solo concert in Seoul last year. (Total screens 787.) Suga of BTSTrafalgar Releasing Additional screenings continue at select locations through April 21. The Long Gamefrom Mucho Mas Media was no. 8 in North America on 1,030 with an estimated $1.39 million. Other solid specialty openings include horror-thrillerSting, with a projected weekend gross of $860k from 975 screens....

April 14, 2024 · 1 min · 163 words · Joshua Thomas

Geena Davis Explains Why She’s Not In ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’

Most of theBeetlejuicecast from the 1988 film return for the 2024 sequel,BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice.Geena Davisis not one of them. No, Im not. Im not in the remake, Geena, 68, toldEntertainment Tonighton Thursday. Geena Davis on not returning to ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’Gabe Ginsberg / Getty Images / Warner Bros. Oh, you were expecting that I would be? Yeah, no, you know what? Because my theory is that ghosts dont age … Not that I have....

April 14, 2024 · 1 min · 131 words · Mark Martinez