Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Ariana DeBose will return as the host of the 77th Annual Tony Awards in June. This marks the third time The West Side Story star has hosted the awards show, which will take place on June 1…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMTuesday, March 26, 2024
Talent agency UTA has hired Eric Iverson as its chief technology officer. Iverson joins UTA from Amazon MGM Studios, where he led the division’s product, user experience and AI strategy.…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:15PMMonday, March 25, 2024
As the Disney board proxy fight nears its deciding day, activist investor Nelson Peltz is taking aim at what he calls the company’s “woke” film strategy, particularly as it pertains to…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:42PMFriday, March 22, 2024
Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher will star in a new Delia Ephron play on Broadway this fall. The new play, called Left on Tenth and based on Ephron’s memoir, will be directed by …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:54PMAndrew Rannells and Katie Brayben will reprise their roles in the musical Tammy Faye on Broadway this fall. The production, which features music by Elton John, will play the newly renovate…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMThursday, March 21, 2024
Radio broadcast company Audacy is reorganizing its podcast division under the new branding of Audacy Podcasts. As part of the move, the company will be sunsetting the brand names of Cadenc…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:43PMTuesday, March 19, 2024
NBCUniversal Media Group executive David Pietrycha has been promoted to the role of chief business officer. Pietrycha, who was previously executive vice president of strategy and business …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:37PMFallout from a New York jury’s conviction of Jonathan Majors for misdemeanor reckless assault and harassment has erupted in a lawsuit against the actor from ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, wh…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:16PMIllinoise, a theatrical adaptation of Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 album, will move to Broadway in April, slipping in under the wire for this season’s Tony Awards consideration. The musical, w…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMMonday, March 18, 2024
Ben Platt will play a concert residency at the newly remodeled Palace Theatre on Broadway. The three-week residency, which runs from May 28 through June 15, will feature selections from Plat…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMFriday, March 15, 2024
A group of climate change advocates interrupted a Broadway performance of An Enemy of the People, starring Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, on Thursday night. The Henrik Ibsen revival, w…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:51PMThursday, March 14, 2024
Why did drag superstar Trixie Mattel start a podcast with her fellow RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Katya? In one word, “Insanity.” “ ‘Podcast’ is such a strong word,” Mattel says.…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:30PMWednesday, March 13, 2024
Paramount Global has agreed to sell its 13 percent stake in Indian media company Viacom18 to Reliance Industries. The sale price is approximately $517 million, according to a new securities …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:03PMFifteen minutes into the debut episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s podcast, the power is knocked out by a bomb cyclone. Her guest, Jane Fonda, continues speaking, unaware the connection is lo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Gina Carano, who is in the midst of a legal battle with Disney over her firing from The Mandalorian, has signed with a new management firm. The actress had been repped by UTA, but was droppe…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:38PMThe very best thing that could possibly happen to The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen was garnering five Ambie Award nominations, including for podcast of the year. While the pod…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:30PMThe Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will conclude its run this spring. The production, which is currently starring Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge!, Fox’s Grea…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:16PMNew Heights, hosted by Jason and Travis Kelce, took home the prize of podcast of the year at iHeartMedia’s 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards. The awards show, held Monday night in Austin, Texas at…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:55AMSarah Snook, Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrew Scott and David Tennant were among the nominees for the 2024 Olivier Awards, which celebrate achievements in London theater. Parker was nominated fo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:50AMMonday, March 11, 2024
Though she had a ticket to sit in the audience at the Oscars, choreographer Mandy Moore, who helmed Sunday’s show-stealing “I’m Just Ken” number, couldn’t help but stand in the win…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:45PMPod Save America and Lovett or Leave It will be going on a national tour starting this spring, stopping at cities and states that the hosts believe will play a big role in the 2024 president…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMFriday, March 8, 2024
A Broadway transfer may be in store for the stage production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow. A casting notice calling for video submissions from Equity actors has been posted for the…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:53PMGirls5Eva has been picked up by Netflix for season three, in a move that its stars and creator are viewing as a chance to find new audiences and continue telling the story of the revived po…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:08PMThursday, March 7, 2024
Max will become the latest streamer to cut down on password sharing, as Warner Bros. Discovery plans to start its crackdown in late 2024 into 2025. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technolog…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:52PMWednesday, March 6, 2024
Animation, comedy, and gaming studio Rooster Teeth, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is shutting down. “Since inheriting ownership and control of Rooster Teeth from AT&T following it…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:41PMDenzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are slated to star in Othello on Broadway in spring 2025. The production, which will see Washington in the title role and Gyllenhaal as Iago, will be di…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:44AMTuesday, March 5, 2024
C-SPAN co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain will leave the company in 2024. The two were named co-CEOs in 2012. Kennedy joined the network in 1987 and Swain began in C-SPAN’s programming de…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:24PMMonday, March 4, 2024
Despite Dan Lin stepping in as the new head of film for Netflix, CFO Spencer Neumann says he does not expect the company to take its film vertical in another direction. At the Morgan Stanl…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:12PMThursday, February 29, 2024
The grandchildren of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney are voicing their support for Bob Iger in his board seat battle against Nelson Peltz. Two separate letters were sent to shareholders Thursd…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:34PMSarah van Mosel is returning to SiriusXM in the newly-created position of senior vice president of podcast strategy. In the role van Mosel will be charged with creating “a targeted podca…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:23PMPodcast revenue at iHeartMedia continued to grow in its fourth quarter, reaching $132 million for the quarter, up 17% year-over-year. The increase, which the company attributed to continued …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:33AM 
