Thursday, April 18, 2024
In 2023, the then-newly named Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters saw his total target compensation package grow to $40 million up from $26 million the prior year. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos brought in $4…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:42PMNetflix will stop reporting quarterly subscriber numbers starting with its first quarter 2025 earnings, as the company says it’s more focused on other metrics. Additionally, the streamin…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:19PMWednesday, April 17, 2024
Take-Two Interactive will be cutting the company’s workforce by 5 percent as part of a broader cost-reduction plan. The plan, which was approved by the board of directors of the video game…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:41AMA musical stage adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians is under development, with Jon M. Chu set to direct. The musical, which is being developed by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Kevin Kwan, …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMTuesday, April 16, 2024
Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in a new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet this fall. The production will feature music by Grammy Award winner Jack An…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMMonday, April 15, 2024
Mark Ruffalo is returning to the stage in a one-night performance of the new play Ironweed: An Evening of Art & Humanity. Ruffalo will star opposite Jessica Hecht in a performance set fo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMThursday, April 11, 2024
Creative Artists Agency has appointed nine managing directors and changed up its agency board membership. The new managing directors include Rob Light, Howard Nuchow, Joe Cohen, Michael Le…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:30PMTuesday, April 9, 2024
The Tony Award nominations are set to take place April 30, and in the lead up, the month is jam-packed with Broadway openings, with 14 taking place over the course of 11 days. While the da…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:22AMMonday, April 8, 2024
Night, the talent management company that represents YouTubers and Twitch Streamers, has acquired the Roost Podcast Network from Warner Bros. Discovery. As part of the acquisition, Night w…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:20PMBernadette Peters and Lea Salonga will star in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles before landing on Broadway next March. The musical revue of Sondheim�…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:26PMJonathan Majors was sentenced to a 52-week in-person domestic violence intervention program after being convicted of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment in December. The ch…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:29AMWednesday, April 3, 2024
Asked whether Disney would stay out of politics, CEO Bob Iger said that the company is not out to “advance any kind of agenda,” but rather is focused on entertainment. “Our job is to…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:44PMAlex Cooper, the creator and host of the popular Call Her Daddy podcast, will host a series of interactive watch parties from the Paris Olympic Games on Peacock this summer. Under the titl…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMJim Parsons, Zoey Deutch and Katie Holmes will star in the Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town this fall. In the production, directed by Kenny Leon, Parsons will play the role o…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMTuesday, April 2, 2024
Members of the American Federation of Musicians voted to ratify the union’s agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The agreement, which covers basic theatr…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:06PMMonday, April 1, 2024
Actor Michael Stuhlbarg will perform in the first preview of Patriots on Broadway on Monday after being attacked near Central Park on Sunday evening, according to a spokesperson for the prod…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:18PMThe Las Culturistas Culture Awards, hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, is moving to the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn for its third annual show satirizing and celebrating moments in culture t…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMThursday, March 28, 2024
Universal Music Group has expanded its relationship with Spotify to involve more promotional tools for musicians and greater distribution, amid its dispute with TikTok. As part of the part…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMWednesday, 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 02:53PM