Fox News is a very profitable news organization, and so are the stars who appear on the network.
The conservative cable TV news network, based in New York City, was first created by Rupert Murdoch, and premiered in 1996.
Despite its many headline-making controversies, and being frequently called out for biased and misleading information, which it has denied amid public battles with former President Barack Obama, it has since grown to become the leading cable news subscription network.
We’ve rounded up all of the top earning anchors on Fox News, and ranked them according to estimated net worth.
Click through to see who the richest anchors of Fox News are…...
The conservative cable TV news network, based in New York City, was first created by Rupert Murdoch, and premiered in 1996.
Despite its many headline-making controversies, and being frequently called out for biased and misleading information, which it has denied amid public battles with former President Barack Obama, it has since grown to become the leading cable news subscription network.
We’ve rounded up all of the top earning anchors on Fox News, and ranked them according to estimated net worth.
Click through to see who the richest anchors of Fox News are…...
- 4/24/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Prince Harry is suing The Sun publishers alongside forty other celebrities, and while Harry and his team have seen substantial progress – enough for him to boast about slaying dragons – he may have to back out of the fight due to the amount it’d cost him.
Prince Harry Faces “Impossible” Cost If He Continues Case Against the Sun
Prince Harry is suing The Sun publisher for unlawful information gathering and hacking. However, he’s not doing this alone.
On Wednesday, British actor Hugh Grant bailed on the case and settled due to discovering the huge bill that comes with pushing on with the case. Grant also released a lengthy statement expressing his decision to walk away on X.
In light of this, Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne has suggested that the Duke may have to go down the Hugh Grant route.
Prince Harry Is Finally Walking Out On Meghan Markle...
Prince Harry Faces “Impossible” Cost If He Continues Case Against the Sun
Prince Harry is suing The Sun publisher for unlawful information gathering and hacking. However, he’s not doing this alone.
On Wednesday, British actor Hugh Grant bailed on the case and settled due to discovering the huge bill that comes with pushing on with the case. Grant also released a lengthy statement expressing his decision to walk away on X.
In light of this, Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne has suggested that the Duke may have to go down the Hugh Grant route.
Prince Harry Is Finally Walking Out On Meghan Markle...
- 4/23/2024
- by Nmesoma Okechukwu
- Celebrating The Soaps
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“In the event of a Trump loss …he’s going to yell, and scream, and kick and moan, I know that, and Fox will do the same, perhaps, unless Rupert Murdoch or Lachlan intervene and say let’s get back to reality,” postulates Brian Stelter of what America may wake up to the day after the election in November with a win for Joe Biden.
“But maybe nothing really happens,” the Network of...
“In the event of a Trump loss …he’s going to yell, and scream, and kick and moan, I know that, and Fox will do the same, perhaps, unless Rupert Murdoch or Lachlan intervene and say let’s get back to reality,” postulates Brian Stelter of what America may wake up to the day after the election in November with a win for Joe Biden.
“But maybe nothing really happens,” the Network of...
- 4/19/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 2.58am, April 18: Hugh Grant has explained his decision to settle in his privacy case with the publisher of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid The Sun, saying civil litigation rules in the UK forced his hand.
In a thread on social media, he wrote: “I don’t want to accept this money or settle. I would love to see all the allegations that they deny tested in court. But the rules around civil litigation mean that if I proceed to trial and the court awards me damages that are even a penny less than the settlement offer, I would have to pay the legal costs of both sides.
“My lawyers tell me that that is exactly what would most likely happen here. Rupert Murdoch’s lawyers are very expensive. So even if every allegation is proven in court, I would still be liable for something approaching £10 million in costs. I...
In a thread on social media, he wrote: “I don’t want to accept this money or settle. I would love to see all the allegations that they deny tested in court. But the rules around civil litigation mean that if I proceed to trial and the court awards me damages that are even a penny less than the settlement offer, I would have to pay the legal costs of both sides.
“My lawyers tell me that that is exactly what would most likely happen here. Rupert Murdoch’s lawyers are very expensive. So even if every allegation is proven in court, I would still be liable for something approaching £10 million in costs. I...
- 4/18/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Hugh Grant Speaks Out After Settling Lawsuit With U.K. Tabloid: ‘I Refuse to Let This Be Hush Money’
In a measure to avoid paying millions of pounds to lawyers, Hugh Grant has accepted a settlement in his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (Ngn). The BBC reports that the resolution became known on Wednesday during a preliminary hearing for an expected trial.
The transaction ends more than a decade of filings after Grant accused Murdoch’s now-defunct Sun of tapping his cell phone, bugging his car, and breaking into his apartment around 2011. A U.K. judge ruled last year that the suit could go to trial — a prospect that delighted Grant,...
The transaction ends more than a decade of filings after Grant accused Murdoch’s now-defunct Sun of tapping his cell phone, bugging his car, and breaking into his apartment around 2011. A U.K. judge ruled last year that the suit could go to trial — a prospect that delighted Grant,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., the publisher of The Sun newspaper, out of court.
The trial was to have determined whether the News Corp. tabloid carried out unlawful information gathering, including tapping Grant’s landline phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home. But Grant in a post on X, formerly Twitter, said he had decided to “settle my claim out of court before it goes to trial,” to avoid possibly heavy court costs.
“As is common with entirely innocent people, they are offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court. I don’t want to accept this money or settle. I would love to see all the allegations that they deny tested in court,” Grant said in an X thread, without disclosing the size of his out-of-court settlement.
“But the rules around civil litigation...
The trial was to have determined whether the News Corp. tabloid carried out unlawful information gathering, including tapping Grant’s landline phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home. But Grant in a post on X, formerly Twitter, said he had decided to “settle my claim out of court before it goes to trial,” to avoid possibly heavy court costs.
“As is common with entirely innocent people, they are offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court. I don’t want to accept this money or settle. I would love to see all the allegations that they deny tested in court,” Grant said in an X thread, without disclosing the size of his out-of-court settlement.
“But the rules around civil litigation...
- 4/17/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hugh Grant has settled a privacy case against News Group Newspaper (Ngn) which owns UK publication The Sun.
The actor’s High Court claim centrened on allegations of unlawful information gathering including burglary, “blagging” of medical records and landline tapping.
In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Grant said he agreed to settle as going to court could risk the actor having to pay legal costs on both sides if damages awarded were less than the settlement offer.
Grant said: “I would love to see all the allegations that they deny tested in court. But the rules around civil litigation...
The actor’s High Court claim centrened on allegations of unlawful information gathering including burglary, “blagging” of medical records and landline tapping.
In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Grant said he agreed to settle as going to court could risk the actor having to pay legal costs on both sides if damages awarded were less than the settlement offer.
Grant said: “I would love to see all the allegations that they deny tested in court. But the rules around civil litigation...
- 4/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
Original deep reporting by The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Johnson is getting the true-crime docuseries treatment at Apple TV+.
The streaming giant has picked up the three-parter Hollywood Con Queen from director Chris Smith, based in part on Johnson’s book Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for an Evil Genius from Harper Collins.
The docuseries, to premiere May 8, promises an in-depth exploration of a mysterious Indonesian man and the masquerade behind his elaborate Con Queen scam. This was no garden-variety swindler. His criminal exploits eventually drew the attention of THR investigative journalist Johnson and private investigator Nicole Kotsianas as they set out to unmask the serial imposter by tearing back the layers of one of Hollywood’s most elaborate schemes.
As part of Johnson’s original reporting, he interviewed unwitting victims of the Con Queen’s daring schemes, which wreaked havoc across the entertainment industry and impacted a who’s who of Hollywood.
The streaming giant has picked up the three-parter Hollywood Con Queen from director Chris Smith, based in part on Johnson’s book Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for an Evil Genius from Harper Collins.
The docuseries, to premiere May 8, promises an in-depth exploration of a mysterious Indonesian man and the masquerade behind his elaborate Con Queen scam. This was no garden-variety swindler. His criminal exploits eventually drew the attention of THR investigative journalist Johnson and private investigator Nicole Kotsianas as they set out to unmask the serial imposter by tearing back the layers of one of Hollywood’s most elaborate schemes.
As part of Johnson’s original reporting, he interviewed unwitting victims of the Con Queen’s daring schemes, which wreaked havoc across the entertainment industry and impacted a who’s who of Hollywood.
- 4/15/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Breakthrough Prize Ceremony, also known as “the Oscars of Science,” is an awards show unlike any other.
Founded and funded by Silicon Valley titan Yuri Milner and his artist wife Julia Milner, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative co-founder Priscilla Chan, the Breakthrough Prize recognizes “scientists changing the world” with award statuettes and sizable cash prizes. And on Saturday night, at the ceremony’s 10th edition — the second in a row held on the roof of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, with the Hollywood Hills glistening in the background — presenters, performers and audience members included a collection of A-listers that could give the Oscars a run for their money.
One could turn left and spot Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jr. sitting at the same table, or right and find tablemates Bradley Cooper and Rupert Murdoch schmoozing.
Founded and funded by Silicon Valley titan Yuri Milner and his artist wife Julia Milner, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative co-founder Priscilla Chan, the Breakthrough Prize recognizes “scientists changing the world” with award statuettes and sizable cash prizes. And on Saturday night, at the ceremony’s 10th edition — the second in a row held on the roof of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, with the Hollywood Hills glistening in the background — presenters, performers and audience members included a collection of A-listers that could give the Oscars a run for their money.
One could turn left and spot Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jr. sitting at the same table, or right and find tablemates Bradley Cooper and Rupert Murdoch schmoozing.
- 4/14/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Just minutes before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was set to get underway in April 2023, New York Post Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole and star columnist Miranda Devine were on a mission to find an extra seat. Inside the Washington Hilton hotel, the pair had a very special guest that they needed to accommodate and their table was oversubscribed. After some musical chairs among staffers, Vivek Ramaswamy spent much of the evening talking with Poole, a Brit feted as a “boy wonder” in Murdoch circles.
Poole, who like all Murdoch editors has a direct line to “the boss,” had already created waves in his handling of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential announcement. “Been There, Don That” was the headline that was tucked away on page 26 of the Nov. 22, 2022 edition of the Post. But it was the teaser at the bottom of the front page that went viral. “Florida man makes announcement.”
Soon, Poole would be in a pickle.
Poole, who like all Murdoch editors has a direct line to “the boss,” had already created waves in his handling of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential announcement. “Been There, Don That” was the headline that was tucked away on page 26 of the Nov. 22, 2022 edition of the Post. But it was the teaser at the bottom of the front page that went viral. “Florida man makes announcement.”
Soon, Poole would be in a pickle.
- 4/11/2024
- by Lachlan Cartwright
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It had all the elements of a good action movie – jeopardy, revenge, a mega budget – with even some casualties thrown in (albeit corporate).
The Bob Iger vs Nelson Peltz (who?) war is over now and Iger has won. But some filmmakers and ticket buyers might wonder: Did any of it matter? Would a modest change on the Disney board of directors have had any impact on the future of entertainment? (Peltz himself runs a hedge fund called Trian Partners and has no background in entertainment.)
To be sure, it’s been a good show, albeit a throwback to an era when Hollywood was run by Big Personalities, not monoliths like Amazon or Apple. The battles of that era were ego wars, not proxy wars — Redstone vs Diller or Murdoch vs Ted Turner, with bewildered stars and their reps huddled in the middle.
But now Iger has won – again. The onetime...
The Bob Iger vs Nelson Peltz (who?) war is over now and Iger has won. But some filmmakers and ticket buyers might wonder: Did any of it matter? Would a modest change on the Disney board of directors have had any impact on the future of entertainment? (Peltz himself runs a hedge fund called Trian Partners and has no background in entertainment.)
To be sure, it’s been a good show, albeit a throwback to an era when Hollywood was run by Big Personalities, not monoliths like Amazon or Apple. The battles of that era were ego wars, not proxy wars — Redstone vs Diller or Murdoch vs Ted Turner, with bewildered stars and their reps huddled in the middle.
But now Iger has won – again. The onetime...
- 4/4/2024
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
A high-profile investor has disclosed a significant stake in Fox Corp.
Steve Cohen, the hedge fund billionaire and owner of the New York Mets on Tuesday revealed that his firm, Point72, now owns about 5 percent of Fox’s shares, with a market value of about $350 million as of writing.
Point72 owns just shy of 10 million shares, with another 2.37 million exercisable in options. The company disclosed the holdings on a form 13G with the Securities and Exchange Commission, suggesting that it is a passive investment (active investments are usually filed on form 13D).
While Cohen is one of the most high-profile investors in the country (the character of Bobby “Axe” Axelrod in the Showtime series Billions is loosely based on Cohen), he is not known for running activist campaigns. Instead, Point72 is known for identifying opportunistic investments that other firms may have missed, and making large, concentrated bets on them.
In the case of Fox,...
Steve Cohen, the hedge fund billionaire and owner of the New York Mets on Tuesday revealed that his firm, Point72, now owns about 5 percent of Fox’s shares, with a market value of about $350 million as of writing.
Point72 owns just shy of 10 million shares, with another 2.37 million exercisable in options. The company disclosed the holdings on a form 13G with the Securities and Exchange Commission, suggesting that it is a passive investment (active investments are usually filed on form 13D).
While Cohen is one of the most high-profile investors in the country (the character of Bobby “Axe” Axelrod in the Showtime series Billions is loosely based on Cohen), he is not known for running activist campaigns. Instead, Point72 is known for identifying opportunistic investments that other firms may have missed, and making large, concentrated bets on them.
In the case of Fox,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andrew 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 renovated Palace Theater starting Oct. 19, with an opening night on Nov. 14. This is the first full production announced for the refurbished theater, which closed in 2018 for renovations and has since been raised 30 feet in the air and refurbished with a new lobby, marquee and backstage area.
Ben Platt is scheduled to play a three-week concert at the theater from May 28 through June 15.
Brayben won an Olivier Award for her portrayal of televangelist Tammy Faye in London. She also won an Olivier for her role in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and appeared in Girl From the North Country and King Charles III on the West End, among other stage roles.
Rannells, known for his starring role in The Book of Mormon and recently in Gutenberg!
The production, which features music by Elton John, will play the newly renovated Palace Theater starting Oct. 19, with an opening night on Nov. 14. This is the first full production announced for the refurbished theater, which closed in 2018 for renovations and has since been raised 30 feet in the air and refurbished with a new lobby, marquee and backstage area.
Ben Platt is scheduled to play a three-week concert at the theater from May 28 through June 15.
Brayben won an Olivier Award for her portrayal of televangelist Tammy Faye in London. She also won an Olivier for her role in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and appeared in Girl From the North Country and King Charles III on the West End, among other stage roles.
Rannells, known for his starring role in The Book of Mormon and recently in Gutenberg!
- 3/22/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is now being named by Prince Harry’s attorney as one of many News Corp. executives who allegedly knew the breadth of the company’s use of illegal news-gathering tactics and conspired to destroy evidence as the phone hacking scandal exploded over a decade ago.
The allegation came from attorney David Sherborne during a three-day hearing in London as the Duke of Sussex, actor Hugh Grant and others seek to amend their lawsuit against the company to include the charge that top brass, including then-executive chairman Murdoch, were fully aware that public statements downplaying the company’s use of phone hacking and other illegal tactics at News Group Newspapers (Ngn) were untrue.
During the first of a three-day hearing in the High Court, Harry and other claimants sought to amend their lawsuit against the publisher to include these allegations against executives, saying they were part of...
The allegation came from attorney David Sherborne during a three-day hearing in London as the Duke of Sussex, actor Hugh Grant and others seek to amend their lawsuit against the company to include the charge that top brass, including then-executive chairman Murdoch, were fully aware that public statements downplaying the company’s use of phone hacking and other illegal tactics at News Group Newspapers (Ngn) were untrue.
During the first of a three-day hearing in the High Court, Harry and other claimants sought to amend their lawsuit against the publisher to include these allegations against executives, saying they were part of...
- 3/21/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox Corporation argued that it should be dismissed from Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, contending that a lower court judge erred in his assessment of the influence that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch and other executives had over the editorial decisions of the news network.
In January, New York Judge David Cohen refused to dismiss Smartmatic’s claims against Fox News parent Fox Corporation, concluding that the voting systems company had “sufficiently alleged” that Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch played “an affirmative role” in the broadcast of false claims of election rigging. The ruling was not a decision on whether the Smartmatic claims are true, just that the company had cleared the threshold in its lawsuit with enough factual allegations to be a triable issue.
But in an appeal brief to New York’s appellate division this week, Fox Corporation’s attorneys wrote that Cohen “concluded that Smartmatic adequately alleged vicarious liability because ‘Corp.
In January, New York Judge David Cohen refused to dismiss Smartmatic’s claims against Fox News parent Fox Corporation, concluding that the voting systems company had “sufficiently alleged” that Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch played “an affirmative role” in the broadcast of false claims of election rigging. The ruling was not a decision on whether the Smartmatic claims are true, just that the company had cleared the threshold in its lawsuit with enough factual allegations to be a triable issue.
But in an appeal brief to New York’s appellate division this week, Fox Corporation’s attorneys wrote that Cohen “concluded that Smartmatic adequately alleged vicarious liability because ‘Corp.
- 3/20/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
James and Jane Ginsburg, the children of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, responded negatively to Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch receiving the 2024 Rbg Leadership Award.
In addition to Musk and Murdoch, Martha Stewart, financier and convicted felon Mike Milken and Sylvester Stallone were the recipients of this award.
This invitation-only celebration at the Library of Congress on April 13 had been organized to bestow the Award on the tech, media, finance, food and film leaders.
“The original purpose of the award was – I have it right here – ‘to recognize an extraordinary woman who has exercised a positive and notable influence on society and served as an exemplary role model in both principles and practice,'” James told CNN.
“And whether you want to discuss the wisdom of opening up that to men or not is one thing,” he continued. “But I think you would be hard-pressed to apply that...
In addition to Musk and Murdoch, Martha Stewart, financier and convicted felon Mike Milken and Sylvester Stallone were the recipients of this award.
This invitation-only celebration at the Library of Congress on April 13 had been organized to bestow the Award on the tech, media, finance, food and film leaders.
“The original purpose of the award was – I have it right here – ‘to recognize an extraordinary woman who has exercised a positive and notable influence on society and served as an exemplary role model in both principles and practice,'” James told CNN.
“And whether you want to discuss the wisdom of opening up that to men or not is one thing,” he continued. “But I think you would be hard-pressed to apply that...
- 3/19/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
The family of former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is calling out an organization which had been entrusted to hand out a yearly award in her name.
Last week, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation announced that Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Martha Stewart, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone would be the 2024 recipients of the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award which, until this year, was called the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award and dedicated to “women of distinction.”
This year, however, the foundation announced it was refocusing the award on honoring “both women and men who have changed the world by doing what they do best.” Unfortunately, it seems someone forgot to tell the Ginsburg family.
The family’s statement, released to Mother Jones, reads as follows:
The decision of the Opperman Foundation to bestow the Rbg Women’s Leadership Award on this year’s slate of awardees...
Last week, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation announced that Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Martha Stewart, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone would be the 2024 recipients of the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award which, until this year, was called the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award and dedicated to “women of distinction.”
This year, however, the foundation announced it was refocusing the award on honoring “both women and men who have changed the world by doing what they do best.” Unfortunately, it seems someone forgot to tell the Ginsburg family.
The family’s statement, released to Mother Jones, reads as follows:
The decision of the Opperman Foundation to bestow the Rbg Women’s Leadership Award on this year’s slate of awardees...
- 3/19/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and three other individuals will no longer receive Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s namesake leadership award, presenting organization Opperman Foundation announced late Monday.
The awards’ cancellation came hours after singer and former Rbg award recipient Barbra Streisand slammed the decision to honor Musk and Murdoch, and several days after the late justice’s daughter spoke out against the award as well.
“The last thing we intended was to offend the family and friends of Rbg,” said Julie Opperman, chair of the Opperman Foundation, in a statement.
Earlier Monday, Streisand wrote on Instagram that she was joining “the Ginsburg family in condemning the choice of honorees this year. I had the privilege of meeting Justice Ginsburg on several occasions, and I strongly doubt she would approve of these awardees.”
First presented in 2020, the Opperman Foundation changed the title of the Rbg honors from the Women of Leadership Award...
The awards’ cancellation came hours after singer and former Rbg award recipient Barbra Streisand slammed the decision to honor Musk and Murdoch, and several days after the late justice’s daughter spoke out against the award as well.
“The last thing we intended was to offend the family and friends of Rbg,” said Julie Opperman, chair of the Opperman Foundation, in a statement.
Earlier Monday, Streisand wrote on Instagram that she was joining “the Ginsburg family in condemning the choice of honorees this year. I had the privilege of meeting Justice Ginsburg on several occasions, and I strongly doubt she would approve of these awardees.”
First presented in 2020, the Opperman Foundation changed the title of the Rbg honors from the Women of Leadership Award...
- 3/19/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Barbra Streisand joined the family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday in condemning the choice of a leadership award previously named after the late Supreme Court justice going to Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch, among others.
Streisand, who accepted the honor formerly known as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award last year, wrote on Instagram she was “proud” to have done so “in memory of one of the most esteemed public figures in American history.”
The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation, the organization which delivers the award, changed the title this year from the Women of Leadership Award to just the Leadership Award, citing a pursuit of gender equality, and four of the five recipients are men.
In addition to Musk and Murdoch, the award will be presented to billionaire Michael Milken (known for his dominance of the junk bond market in the 1980s before pleading guilty to securities...
Streisand, who accepted the honor formerly known as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award last year, wrote on Instagram she was “proud” to have done so “in memory of one of the most esteemed public figures in American history.”
The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation, the organization which delivers the award, changed the title this year from the Women of Leadership Award to just the Leadership Award, citing a pursuit of gender equality, and four of the five recipients are men.
In addition to Musk and Murdoch, the award will be presented to billionaire Michael Milken (known for his dominance of the junk bond market in the 1980s before pleading guilty to securities...
- 3/18/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gerald Levin, known to many as Jerry, wasn’t flamboyant. He wasn’t characterized, as were many of his media business contemporaries, by extravagant hobbies, odd peccadillos, inspiring speeches or a spicy personal life. He could be testy, but he didn’t engage in public brawls beloved by – and between – Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch.
Levin, who died Wednesday at 84 nearly two decades after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, was a philosophy major at Haverford College who was said to be fond of quoting Camus. But he also was private and often enigmatic at a time when the industry was led by brash founder-leaders like Viacom’s Sumner Redstone and News Corp.’s Murdoch. Michael Eisner was not a founder but a big personality. Bob Iger has been called a CEO out of central casting. “Jerry Levin was not your central casting CEO,” noted one Wall Streeter.
Levin, a...
Levin, who died Wednesday at 84 nearly two decades after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, was a philosophy major at Haverford College who was said to be fond of quoting Camus. But he also was private and often enigmatic at a time when the industry was led by brash founder-leaders like Viacom’s Sumner Redstone and News Corp.’s Murdoch. Michael Eisner was not a founder but a big personality. Bob Iger has been called a CEO out of central casting. “Jerry Levin was not your central casting CEO,” noted one Wall Streeter.
Levin, a...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith and Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Corp. COO John Nallen says the company is “much more focused on growing the business than we are on selling the business” despite accelerating pay-tv declines and other challenges.
In an appearance Monday at Deutsche Bank’s Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, Nallen was asked if the time may be right for Fox to consider selling given the likelihood of more consolidation in the media sector. Questions about the company’s future have multiplied as the pay-tv bundle has shrunk, given the company’s traditional linear holdings. Additional fuel for speculation came last fall when Rupert Murdoch stepped down as chairman of Fox and sibling News Corp. Murdoch turned 93 years old Monday.
“I was about to say we’re not good sellers, but five years ago we were good sellers,” Nallen dryly observed, drawing a few chuckles in the room. He was referring to the $71.3 billion sale to Disney of...
In an appearance Monday at Deutsche Bank’s Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, Nallen was asked if the time may be right for Fox to consider selling given the likelihood of more consolidation in the media sector. Questions about the company’s future have multiplied as the pay-tv bundle has shrunk, given the company’s traditional linear holdings. Additional fuel for speculation came last fall when Rupert Murdoch stepped down as chairman of Fox and sibling News Corp. Murdoch turned 93 years old Monday.
“I was about to say we’re not good sellers, but five years ago we were good sellers,” Nallen dryly observed, drawing a few chuckles in the room. He was referring to the $71.3 billion sale to Disney of...
- 3/11/2024
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Prolific British screenwriter and playwright James Graham has revealed he has been diagnosed as a workaholic and described the addiction as “no different really from drink, drugs or sex.”
Graham appeared on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs yesterday and opened up about the problem, which he said led him to seek help from family and friends and eventually attend Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
“I knew something wasn’t quite right in my late 20s,” said the Sherwood and Brexit: The Uncivil War writer. “I would go into periods where I would be far too isolated or would self-sabotage relationships as soon as they became intimate and important. I was working around the clock continually and not looking after myself.”
He added: “The moment I realized I had a problem was when I had started to lie to family and friends about stupid things like I’d say I got up at 8 a.
Graham appeared on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs yesterday and opened up about the problem, which he said led him to seek help from family and friends and eventually attend Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
“I knew something wasn’t quite right in my late 20s,” said the Sherwood and Brexit: The Uncivil War writer. “I would go into periods where I would be far too isolated or would self-sabotage relationships as soon as they became intimate and important. I was working around the clock continually and not looking after myself.”
He added: “The moment I realized I had a problem was when I had started to lie to family and friends about stupid things like I’d say I got up at 8 a.
- 3/11/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took aim at Donald Trump’s verbal blunders and the GOP’s State of the Union rebuttal by Alabama Senator Katie Britt.
Reacting to how Trump had criticized President Joe Biden’s address to Congress Thursday, writing on Truth Social that “the words are not flowing smoothly out of his mouth,” co-anchor Colin Jost said in jest that “we can’t all speak with the effortless grace as Donald J. Trump.”
A clip then played of the former president having trouble getting through a...
Reacting to how Trump had criticized President Joe Biden’s address to Congress Thursday, writing on Truth Social that “the words are not flowing smoothly out of his mouth,” co-anchor Colin Jost said in jest that “we can’t all speak with the effortless grace as Donald J. Trump.”
A clip then played of the former president having trouble getting through a...
- 3/10/2024
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
On Thursday, Rupert Murdoch‘s office announced the 92-year-old media tycoon’s plans to marry his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, 67, a retired molecular biologist whom he began dating last summer.
Murdoch was first married to Patricia Booker from 1956 to 1967. He divorced his second wife Anna Torv after 32 years of marriage in 1992. He then married Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2014.
Following his divorce from Deng, Murdoch married Jerry Hall, with whom he was married for six years.
Murdoch and Hall split in the summer of 2022, he reportedly broke up with her over email.
Murdoch got engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a retired dental hygienist, in the spring of 2023. However, he abruptly called off the engagement after just two weeks.
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Murdoch met Zhukova through Deng.
Zhukova has an impressive background as a molecular biologist and specializes in the study of diabetes, including her work at the University of California,...
Murdoch was first married to Patricia Booker from 1956 to 1967. He divorced his second wife Anna Torv after 32 years of marriage in 1992. He then married Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2014.
Following his divorce from Deng, Murdoch married Jerry Hall, with whom he was married for six years.
Murdoch and Hall split in the summer of 2022, he reportedly broke up with her over email.
Murdoch got engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a retired dental hygienist, in the spring of 2023. However, he abruptly called off the engagement after just two weeks.
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Murdoch met Zhukova through Deng.
Zhukova has an impressive background as a molecular biologist and specializes in the study of diabetes, including her work at the University of California,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Rupert Murdoch is looking to get married once again!
It has been revealed that the 92-year-old media mogul has gotten engaged for the sixth time, according to ABC News.
The businessman’s bride is reported as 66-year-old retired scientist Elena Zhukova.
Keep reading to find out more…
ABC News also reports that the couple has set a June wedding date at his California estate and vineyard, Moraga. A spokesperson for the has confirmed the engagement news.
Rupert‘s engagement to Elena comes almost a year after he and his ex Ann Lesley Smith called off their engagement after just two weeks.
Their wedding will also take place two years after it was revealed he was getting divorced from his last wife, model and actress Jerry Hall.
In September 2023, it was revealed that Rupert was stepping down from Fox Corp and News Corp, and that his son Lachlan will continue to lead the companies.
It has been revealed that the 92-year-old media mogul has gotten engaged for the sixth time, according to ABC News.
The businessman’s bride is reported as 66-year-old retired scientist Elena Zhukova.
Keep reading to find out more…
ABC News also reports that the couple has set a June wedding date at his California estate and vineyard, Moraga. A spokesperson for the has confirmed the engagement news.
Rupert‘s engagement to Elena comes almost a year after he and his ex Ann Lesley Smith called off their engagement after just two weeks.
Their wedding will also take place two years after it was revealed he was getting divorced from his last wife, model and actress Jerry Hall.
In September 2023, it was revealed that Rupert was stepping down from Fox Corp and News Corp, and that his son Lachlan will continue to lead the companies.
- 3/8/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Rupert Murdoch is engaged to Elena Zhukova, a retired molecular biologist, with plans for a wedding.
A source confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday that the 92-year-old media mogul plans to marry Zhukova, 62, on June 1 in a ceremony on his California vineyard and estate, Moraga.
Murdoch reportedly started dating Zhukova in the summer after he met her through his third wife, Wendi Deng. Zhukova is said to be a retired molecular biologist who was studying diabetes, including at the University of California, Los Angeles. The New York Times first reported the new engagement.
The news comes nearly a year after Murdoch announced his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, a retired dental hygienist, in the spring of 2023. But he broke it off a few weeks later.
The upcoming June nuptials would make it Murdoch’s fifth marriage. He was previously married to model Jerry Hall from 2016 to 2022.
He first tied...
A source confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday that the 92-year-old media mogul plans to marry Zhukova, 62, on June 1 in a ceremony on his California vineyard and estate, Moraga.
Murdoch reportedly started dating Zhukova in the summer after he met her through his third wife, Wendi Deng. Zhukova is said to be a retired molecular biologist who was studying diabetes, including at the University of California, Los Angeles. The New York Times first reported the new engagement.
The news comes nearly a year after Murdoch announced his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, a retired dental hygienist, in the spring of 2023. But he broke it off a few weeks later.
The upcoming June nuptials would make it Murdoch’s fifth marriage. He was previously married to model Jerry Hall from 2016 to 2022.
He first tied...
- 3/7/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The “asymmetric” nature of the Israel-Hamas War has made it a difficult story to cover impartially, one of the most senior BBC News execs has said.
Jonathan Munro said “striking a balance” can be difficult for the BBC’s news teams when they are not allowed on the ground in Gaza.
The BBC’s coverage of the conflict has been intensely scrutinized since Hamas’ October 7 attack and news items are regularly flagged in its regular complaints assessments – the most recent being coverage of the death of a child in Gaza, which said viewers felt she should have been described as “murdered” not “found dead.”
“It is a very asymmetric conflict,” Munro told the Communications & Digital Committee’s inquiry into the future of news. “We are not on the ground in Gaza – we can’t be – and so it is a difficult story to strike a balance. Balance is not necessarily achieved in one program,...
Jonathan Munro said “striking a balance” can be difficult for the BBC’s news teams when they are not allowed on the ground in Gaza.
The BBC’s coverage of the conflict has been intensely scrutinized since Hamas’ October 7 attack and news items are regularly flagged in its regular complaints assessments – the most recent being coverage of the death of a child in Gaza, which said viewers felt she should have been described as “murdered” not “found dead.”
“It is a very asymmetric conflict,” Munro told the Communications & Digital Committee’s inquiry into the future of news. “We are not on the ground in Gaza – we can’t be – and so it is a difficult story to strike a balance. Balance is not necessarily achieved in one program,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV is going online-only two years after launching with fanfare and following the suit of its star presenter Piers Morgan.
“Two years ago, we would not have been brave enough to launch a channel without a linear presence, but audiences of all ages have moved fast and smartphones are now the primary device where news is consumed,” said a note to staff from TalkTV-owner News UK’s Broadcasting President Scott Taunton, reported by Guido Fawkes. “We need to adapt to this as a priority. We are therefore intending that Talk comes off linear television from early summer and our focus will be on streaming.”
Linear TV has been “a good marketing and awareness window” for TalkTV but investment needs to be focused “where the eyeballs are,” added Taunton.
The news won’t come as a huge surprise to keen followers of the British media landscape following Morgan...
“Two years ago, we would not have been brave enough to launch a channel without a linear presence, but audiences of all ages have moved fast and smartphones are now the primary device where news is consumed,” said a note to staff from TalkTV-owner News UK’s Broadcasting President Scott Taunton, reported by Guido Fawkes. “We need to adapt to this as a priority. We are therefore intending that Talk comes off linear television from early summer and our focus will be on streaming.”
Linear TV has been “a good marketing and awareness window” for TalkTV but investment needs to be focused “where the eyeballs are,” added Taunton.
The news won’t come as a huge surprise to keen followers of the British media landscape following Morgan...
- 3/5/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
If, like me, you grew up on "The Simpsons" you'll no doubt recall the show's relentless mockery of the Fox Network. When the Simpsons weren't stomping on the Fox logo in couch gags, the show was depicting the network censor being murdered during the intro to a "Treehouse of Horror" episode. Growing up in England, this constant Fox-bashing was a bit of a mystery to me. What did "The Simpsons" have against this American network that literally aired their show, anyway? Well, it turns out there was more to it than the writers getting ticked off with censor notes or having it out for Fox owner Rupert Murdoch.
In the 1980s, TV was dominated by three major networks: NBC, ABC, and CBS. That had been the status quo for decades before News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch decided to shake things up, launching the Fox Broadcasting Company on October 9, 1986, as a...
In the 1980s, TV was dominated by three major networks: NBC, ABC, and CBS. That had been the status quo for decades before News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch decided to shake things up, launching the Fox Broadcasting Company on October 9, 1986, as a...
- 3/2/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
In response to the online backlash he’s received for his criticism of President Joe Biden, Daily Show host Jon Stewart has decided to take a masterclass in speaking truth to power — and who better to emulate than his old pal Tucker Carlson?
It has been 19 years since the Daily Show host went on CNN’s Crossfire and took Carlson and co-host Paul Begala to task for fomenting partisan discord. After Carlson remarked that Stewart was funnier on his Comedy Central series, Stewart shot back, “You’re as big a d–k on your show as you are on any show.
It has been 19 years since the Daily Show host went on CNN’s Crossfire and took Carlson and co-host Paul Begala to task for fomenting partisan discord. After Carlson remarked that Stewart was funnier on his Comedy Central series, Stewart shot back, “You’re as big a d–k on your show as you are on any show.
- 2/20/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Peak behind the curtain of one of the most dominant sports dynasties ever built: the New England Patriots. Based on the New York Times bestselling book by author Jeff Benedict, the Apple TV+ documentary series, “The Dynasty: New England Patriots,” offers unprecedented access to those people instrumental to the success of the franchise, including former quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick, and owner Robert Kraft. With in-depth interviews, never-before-seen video footage, and audio files from the team’s archive, you’ll learn just what it takes to become the most dominant franchise not just in NFL history, but all of sports. Catch the premiere of the 10-episode series on Friday, Feb. 16 on Apple TV+. You can watch The Dynasty: New England Patriots with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.
How to Watch ‘The Dynasty: New England Patriots’ Premiere When: Friday, February 16, 2024 Where: Apple TV+ Stream: Watch with a 7-Day...
How to Watch ‘The Dynasty: New England Patriots’ Premiere When: Friday, February 16, 2024 Where: Apple TV+ Stream: Watch with a 7-Day...
- 2/16/2024
- by Thomas Waschenfelder
- The Streamable
David Fincher’s modern classic Fight Club is returning to UK cinemas – and it looks to be getting a wide re-release in March. More here.
A film that cost 20th Century Fox a lot of money, that didn’t instantly turn a profit, and that apparently infuriated Rupert Murdoch? Ah, Fight Club. Not only an outstanding movie, but an absolute beacon as to why a film should never be judged by its box office take.
Since its initial release in 1999, the film has consistently made Fox money, via its assorted home releases. And it’s on such stature that for its 25th birthday this year, it’s getting a really rather wide cinema re-release.
Pretty soon, too.
Park Circus is putting the movie onto over 100 UK screens from Friday 15th March, just over a month from now. You can expect pre-booking to crop up soon, and hopefully, the release is...
A film that cost 20th Century Fox a lot of money, that didn’t instantly turn a profit, and that apparently infuriated Rupert Murdoch? Ah, Fight Club. Not only an outstanding movie, but an absolute beacon as to why a film should never be judged by its box office take.
Since its initial release in 1999, the film has consistently made Fox money, via its assorted home releases. And it’s on such stature that for its 25th birthday this year, it’s getting a really rather wide cinema re-release.
Pretty soon, too.
Park Circus is putting the movie onto over 100 UK screens from Friday 15th March, just over a month from now. You can expect pre-booking to crop up soon, and hopefully, the release is...
- 2/13/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Prince Harry has agreed to a £400,000 (about $505,000) settlement with a British tabloid publisher found guilty last year of improper snooping into his personal life, the BBC reports.
The sum covers legal costs, as well as the initial £140,600 in damages Harry was awarded when the ruling against Mirror Group Newspapers was handed down last December. In the ruling, a judge found that Mirror Group’s papers — including The Mirror, The Sunday Mirror, and The Sunday People — had engaged in “unlawful information gathering” tactics, like hacking Harry’s phone or intercepting his voicemails.
The sum covers legal costs, as well as the initial £140,600 in damages Harry was awarded when the ruling against Mirror Group Newspapers was handed down last December. In the ruling, a judge found that Mirror Group’s papers — including The Mirror, The Sunday Mirror, and The Sunday People — had engaged in “unlawful information gathering” tactics, like hacking Harry’s phone or intercepting his voicemails.
- 2/9/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Today is the latest deadline for campaigns and committees to disclose donors, offering a glimpse at who is putting up huge sums in the 2024 elections, which may end up being the most expensive ever.
According to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission, Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is campaign co-chair of Joe Biden’s campaign, contributed $1 million to the Ff Pac, which is short for Future Forward, the main independent entity backing the president’s re-election bid. Future Forward made news this week when it announced plans to spend $250 million in an advertising blitz in battleground states. Money is being raised via the SuperPAC and a non profit, meaning some donors have to be disclosed and others do not.
Also contributing to Ff Pac was Sheryl Sandberg, the former Meta exective who recently announced that she was leaving the tech giant’s board. According to Fec records, she contributed $500,059 in...
According to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission, Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is campaign co-chair of Joe Biden’s campaign, contributed $1 million to the Ff Pac, which is short for Future Forward, the main independent entity backing the president’s re-election bid. Future Forward made news this week when it announced plans to spend $250 million in an advertising blitz in battleground states. Money is being raised via the SuperPAC and a non profit, meaning some donors have to be disclosed and others do not.
Also contributing to Ff Pac was Sheryl Sandberg, the former Meta exective who recently announced that she was leaving the tech giant’s board. According to Fec records, she contributed $500,059 in...
- 2/1/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
American political commentary and conservative news television channel and website, Fox News, is one of the top-rated news channels in America. Launched on October 7, 1996, Fox News was created by Australian-born American billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch. From its onset, Fox News was created to appeal to a conservative audience. Almost three decades later, Fox News is the most-watched cable news network in the United States. Over the years, besides its network’s growing popularity, Fox News has had several female news anchors that have helped boost the ratings of shows. These female news anchors have contributed as program hosts,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
Fox News’ last-minute decision to pay nearly $800 million to avert a trial over accusations it defamed Dominion Voting System by broadcasting false statements that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is paying off.
A New York state supreme court judge, in an order issued Wednesday, found that Smartmatic must face Fox News’ counterclaims accusing the voting machine company of trying to suppress the network’s speech by bringing a $2.7 billion lawsuit. The court grounded the reasoning, in part, on the absence of a verdict concluding that Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems.
“There remained a triable issue of fact for trial in that action as to whether defendants acted with actual malice, which is an element that plaintiffs need to prove here as well,” the order stated.
But in a win for Smartmatic, New York Supreme Justice David Cohen refused to dismiss its suit against Fox. He found that the company...
A New York state supreme court judge, in an order issued Wednesday, found that Smartmatic must face Fox News’ counterclaims accusing the voting machine company of trying to suppress the network’s speech by bringing a $2.7 billion lawsuit. The court grounded the reasoning, in part, on the absence of a verdict concluding that Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems.
“There remained a triable issue of fact for trial in that action as to whether defendants acted with actual malice, which is an element that plaintiffs need to prove here as well,” the order stated.
But in a win for Smartmatic, New York Supreme Justice David Cohen refused to dismiss its suit against Fox. He found that the company...
- 1/25/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The New York judge overseeing Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox issued two rulings today, handing each side a win.
Smartmatic sued Fox, network personalities and guests in 2021, claiming that they amplified false claims that the election systems company was involved in rigging the 2020 election.
Another company, Dominion Voting Systems, also sued Fox, but settled the case for $787.5 million last year just as it was about to go to trial in a Delaware Court.
In one ruling, New York Judge David Cohen refused to dismiss Smartmatic’s claims against Fox Corporation, concluding that the election systems company had “sufficiently alleged” that Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch played “an affirmative role” in the broadcast of defamatory statements. The ruling is not a decision on whether the Smartmatic claims are true, just that the company had cleared the threshold in its lawsuit with enough factual allegations to be a triable issue.
Among other things,...
Smartmatic sued Fox, network personalities and guests in 2021, claiming that they amplified false claims that the election systems company was involved in rigging the 2020 election.
Another company, Dominion Voting Systems, also sued Fox, but settled the case for $787.5 million last year just as it was about to go to trial in a Delaware Court.
In one ruling, New York Judge David Cohen refused to dismiss Smartmatic’s claims against Fox Corporation, concluding that the election systems company had “sufficiently alleged” that Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch played “an affirmative role” in the broadcast of defamatory statements. The ruling is not a decision on whether the Smartmatic claims are true, just that the company had cleared the threshold in its lawsuit with enough factual allegations to be a triable issue.
Among other things,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
WWE’S Raw To Stream On Netflix From Next Year, $5 Billion Deal Is Valued For More Than 10 Years(Photo Credit –WWE/Twitter)
Here’s a great piece of news for all the WWE fans. In the latest turn of events, WWE’s flagship program, Raw, has been taken over by the Ott giant. In a new deal with Netflix, the show will stream on the platform starting next year. If the latest reports are abuzz, then Netflix and Tko Group Holdings have come together and announced that it would be Netflix’s first step towards live sports. It is worth noting that the big move is going to be a 10-year deal and is valued at a whopping $5 billion.
Speaking about the deal, according to a report in CNBC, the Ott giant will have the option to exit the deal after five years. But they will also have an option...
Here’s a great piece of news for all the WWE fans. In the latest turn of events, WWE’s flagship program, Raw, has been taken over by the Ott giant. In a new deal with Netflix, the show will stream on the platform starting next year. If the latest reports are abuzz, then Netflix and Tko Group Holdings have come together and announced that it would be Netflix’s first step towards live sports. It is worth noting that the big move is going to be a 10-year deal and is valued at a whopping $5 billion.
Speaking about the deal, according to a report in CNBC, the Ott giant will have the option to exit the deal after five years. But they will also have an option...
- 1/23/2024
- by Oshine Koul
- KoiMoi
Netflix and the parent company of World Wrestling Entertainment have struck a deal that will see the WWE’s flagship program “Raw” stream live on the service for the first time ever.
The deal is valued at over $5 billion and includes live domestic and international telecast rights to Raw over the course of 10 years. The agreement is set to take effect in 2025, when WWE’s broadcast contract with NBC Universal expires.
“In its relatively short history, Netflix has engineered a phenomenal track record for storytelling,” WWE President Nick Khan said on Tuesday. “We believe Netflix, as one of the world’s leading entertainment brands, is the ideal long-term home for Raw’s live, loyal, and ever-growing fan base.”
The rights deal includes international distribution of several other WWE programs, including “Smackdown!,” “Nxt” and the pay-per-view events “Royal Rumble,” “SummerSlam” and “WrestleMania.” In the United States, those events will continue to...
The deal is valued at over $5 billion and includes live domestic and international telecast rights to Raw over the course of 10 years. The agreement is set to take effect in 2025, when WWE’s broadcast contract with NBC Universal expires.
“In its relatively short history, Netflix has engineered a phenomenal track record for storytelling,” WWE President Nick Khan said on Tuesday. “We believe Netflix, as one of the world’s leading entertainment brands, is the ideal long-term home for Raw’s live, loyal, and ever-growing fan base.”
The rights deal includes international distribution of several other WWE programs, including “Smackdown!,” “Nxt” and the pay-per-view events “Royal Rumble,” “SummerSlam” and “WrestleMania.” In the United States, those events will continue to...
- 1/23/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Stephen van Rooyen. (Courtesy photo)
Sky Group says the chief executive of its U.K. and Ireland businesses Stephen van Rooyen will step down at the end of February.
Starting this week, Sky U.K. and Ireland will be overseen by Sky Group CEO Dana Strong until a successor is named.
Van Rooyen has spent nearly two decades at Sky, overseeing its satellite and linear channel businesses as well as helping the company develop its streaming pay television service Sky Go and, later, Now TV. He also helped facilitate Sky U.K. and Ireland’s transition from an independent company whose assets were partially owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation toward one majority-owned by American telecommunications firm Comcast.
He started his career with Sky in 2006 as its director of product management and product marketing. He was elevated to the role of managing director for sales, marketing and brand across Sky...
Sky Group says the chief executive of its U.K. and Ireland businesses Stephen van Rooyen will step down at the end of February.
Starting this week, Sky U.K. and Ireland will be overseen by Sky Group CEO Dana Strong until a successor is named.
Van Rooyen has spent nearly two decades at Sky, overseeing its satellite and linear channel businesses as well as helping the company develop its streaming pay television service Sky Go and, later, Now TV. He also helped facilitate Sky U.K. and Ireland’s transition from an independent company whose assets were partially owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation toward one majority-owned by American telecommunications firm Comcast.
He started his career with Sky in 2006 as its director of product management and product marketing. He was elevated to the role of managing director for sales, marketing and brand across Sky...
- 1/22/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Prince Harry has dropped his libel lawsuit against the Daily Mail, one of the many legal actions the former royal has filed against British tabloids.
The libel case stemmed from an article the Daily Mail published in February 2022 that questioned the Duke of Sussex’s efforts to retain publicly funded protection from the British government despite his well-publicized split from the Royal Family.
However, Prince Harry — who also filed lawsuits in relation to phone hacking allegations against British publishers, including Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers and the Mirror Group...
The libel case stemmed from an article the Daily Mail published in February 2022 that questioned the Duke of Sussex’s efforts to retain publicly funded protection from the British government despite his well-publicized split from the Royal Family.
However, Prince Harry — who also filed lawsuits in relation to phone hacking allegations against British publishers, including Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers and the Mirror Group...
- 1/19/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Toby Byrne, who rose over two decades to run advertising sales for Fox Broadcasting and Fox Sports, is getting back into the TV-ad game.
Byrne has been named executive vice president of national ad sales at A+E Networks, reporting to Peter Olsen, president of ad sales at the company, which is a joint venture of Hearst and Walt Disney Co. For the past six years, he was president of Zefr, a technology company that helps advertisers target and measure audiences on YouTube, Meta and TikTok.
He will likely play a key role as A+E Networks, owner of the A+E, History and Lifetime cable networks, among others, gears up for the industry’s annual “upfront” market, when media companies try to sell the bulk of their commercial inventory ahead of their next programming cycle. A+E Networks will hold an a virtual event on March 6.
“I’m so pleased...
Byrne has been named executive vice president of national ad sales at A+E Networks, reporting to Peter Olsen, president of ad sales at the company, which is a joint venture of Hearst and Walt Disney Co. For the past six years, he was president of Zefr, a technology company that helps advertisers target and measure audiences on YouTube, Meta and TikTok.
He will likely play a key role as A+E Networks, owner of the A+E, History and Lifetime cable networks, among others, gears up for the industry’s annual “upfront” market, when media companies try to sell the bulk of their commercial inventory ahead of their next programming cycle. A+E Networks will hold an a virtual event on March 6.
“I’m so pleased...
- 1/17/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
David Oyelowo said Brad Pitt, an executive producer of Selma, gave him a valuable piece of advice about not rushing to determine any film’s ultimate place in the culture.
Upon its initial release in December 2014, Oyelowo recalled in an appearance Tuesday at the NATPE Global conference in Miami, “there was this controversy about whether the film was historically accurate.” Plus, there was “the whole Oscar thing and #oscarsowhite, all this noise around the film, as opposed to what the film was.”
Despite acclaim for Oyelowo’s performance as Dr. Martin Luther King and overall support from critics and awards voters, the film received just two Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture, winning only for Best Original Song. Its global box office total was a muted $67.8 million.
Pitt told Oyelowo, who was upset about all of the turmoil, “‘Don’t worry about any of that,” the actor recalled. “You...
Upon its initial release in December 2014, Oyelowo recalled in an appearance Tuesday at the NATPE Global conference in Miami, “there was this controversy about whether the film was historically accurate.” Plus, there was “the whole Oscar thing and #oscarsowhite, all this noise around the film, as opposed to what the film was.”
Despite acclaim for Oyelowo’s performance as Dr. Martin Luther King and overall support from critics and awards voters, the film received just two Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture, winning only for Best Original Song. Its global box office total was a muted $67.8 million.
Pitt told Oyelowo, who was upset about all of the turmoil, “‘Don’t worry about any of that,” the actor recalled. “You...
- 1/17/2024
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Succession won best drama series at the 2023 Emmy Awards for its final season that debuted last March, and creator Jesse Armstrong made a joke about the show’s impact on politics and media.
“This wasn’t necessarily an easy show to commission right at the very beginning,” Armstrong said during his speech following the win. “This is a show about family, but it’s also about when partisan politics, partisan news coverage, gets intertwined with divisive, right-wing politics, and after four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that’s a problem we have now fixed. So we can now depart the stage. Listen, we are so honored. We’ve loved making the show. Thank you very much indeed.”
Earlier in the night, when accepting the award for best writing in a drama series, the British screenwriter — after thanking his writers room, cast and crew — acknowledged that Succession is about...
“This wasn’t necessarily an easy show to commission right at the very beginning,” Armstrong said during his speech following the win. “This is a show about family, but it’s also about when partisan politics, partisan news coverage, gets intertwined with divisive, right-wing politics, and after four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that’s a problem we have now fixed. So we can now depart the stage. Listen, we are so honored. We’ve loved making the show. Thank you very much indeed.”
Earlier in the night, when accepting the award for best writing in a drama series, the British screenwriter — after thanking his writers room, cast and crew — acknowledged that Succession is about...
- 1/16/2024
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four months later than originally scheduled due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards finally showed up Monday night. Fast-paced, packed with reunions, tributes and a Best Talk Show win by Trevor Noah for a Daily Show he exited in late 2022, the Anthony Anderson-hosted ceremony was skillfully solid and eminently predictable.
Ambitious, the Jesse Collins Entertainment-produced endeavor had a lot of good moments in a compressed award season that has already left most of us dizzy. To that end, in the paper cut of criticism, it wouldn’t have hurt if the Emmys had taken their foot off the pedal a bit and given the Fox-broadcasted show some time to breathe.
Overall, as my colleague Joe Utichi said tonight on Deadline’s Emmy live blog: “This is an Emmy-worthy Emmys.” At the same time, and through no fault of their own, the...
Ambitious, the Jesse Collins Entertainment-produced endeavor had a lot of good moments in a compressed award season that has already left most of us dizzy. To that end, in the paper cut of criticism, it wouldn’t have hurt if the Emmys had taken their foot off the pedal a bit and given the Fox-broadcasted show some time to breathe.
Overall, as my colleague Joe Utichi said tonight on Deadline’s Emmy live blog: “This is an Emmy-worthy Emmys.” At the same time, and through no fault of their own, the...
- 1/16/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles, Jan 16 (Ians) After a rough start the comedy-drama series ‘Succession’ won its second award at the currently ongoing 75th edition of Primetime Emmy Awards as it bagged the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series award.
Screenwriter Jesse Armstrong took home the trophy. He even name-dropped Rupert Murdoch in his speech.
The official handle of Television Academy took to their official handle on X and wrote: “And the #Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series goes to… @JesseArmstrong1 for @Succession ( @HBO / @streamonmax )! Bravo! #Emmys #75thEmmys.”
‘Succession’ follows the story of the Roy family, the owners of global media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo, and their fight for control of the company amidst uncertainty about the health of the family’s patriarch.
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards are currently underway at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.
The Indian audience can stream the award show on Lionsgate Play.
Screenwriter Jesse Armstrong took home the trophy. He even name-dropped Rupert Murdoch in his speech.
The official handle of Television Academy took to their official handle on X and wrote: “And the #Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series goes to… @JesseArmstrong1 for @Succession ( @HBO / @streamonmax )! Bravo! #Emmys #75thEmmys.”
‘Succession’ follows the story of the Roy family, the owners of global media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo, and their fight for control of the company amidst uncertainty about the health of the family’s patriarch.
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards are currently underway at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.
The Indian audience can stream the award show on Lionsgate Play.
- 1/16/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Ruchi Narain was obsessed with ABC’s early 2010s drama Revenge — so much so that she spent years trying to land the rights to remake the Mike Kelley show in India.
“I was addicted to the show,” she recalled during an exclusive interview. “From when I saw episode one a decade ago, I thought that this is it — something that should be taken to the Indian audience.”
Now that’s finally come to pass, with Disney+ Hotstar in December ordering a remake, Karmma Calling, from R.A.T. Studios. Narain has the led the adaptation process, and the screenwriter and director has told Deadline the story of how she approached the trials and tribulations of porting the Hamptons to Mumbai high society.
But first, it’s worth exploring exactly how the series came about. Narain, known for hit Indian films such as Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Netflix’s 2020 feature Guilty,...
“I was addicted to the show,” she recalled during an exclusive interview. “From when I saw episode one a decade ago, I thought that this is it — something that should be taken to the Indian audience.”
Now that’s finally come to pass, with Disney+ Hotstar in December ordering a remake, Karmma Calling, from R.A.T. Studios. Narain has the led the adaptation process, and the screenwriter and director has told Deadline the story of how she approached the trials and tribulations of porting the Hamptons to Mumbai high society.
But first, it’s worth exploring exactly how the series came about. Narain, known for hit Indian films such as Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Netflix’s 2020 feature Guilty,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
“Live coverage here, as it happens,” Fox News’ Martha MacCallum declared Thursday with an on-screen Breaking News alert. “We are now minutes away from Hunter Biden’s arraignment in a Los Angeles courtroom!”
Mere hours after Donald Trump received the judicial equivalent of a spanking in the courtroom at New York City fraud trial, Biden’s courtroom appearance on the other side of the country had Fnc in a lather.
In the federal courthouse in downtown LA, Biden entered a not-guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarci. The hearing, Biden’s first appearance in the case, lasted about 30 minutes with Trump-appointed judge Scarci making sure Biden was aware a warrant for his arrest could be issued if he failed to comply with any conditions of release like drinking or having a gun.
“Do you understand?” the judge asked.
“I do, your honor,” Biden responded, with his attorneys by his side.
Mere hours after Donald Trump received the judicial equivalent of a spanking in the courtroom at New York City fraud trial, Biden’s courtroom appearance on the other side of the country had Fnc in a lather.
In the federal courthouse in downtown LA, Biden entered a not-guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarci. The hearing, Biden’s first appearance in the case, lasted about 30 minutes with Trump-appointed judge Scarci making sure Biden was aware a warrant for his arrest could be issued if he failed to comply with any conditions of release like drinking or having a gun.
“Do you understand?” the judge asked.
“I do, your honor,” Biden responded, with his attorneys by his side.
- 1/11/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Dynasty: New England Patriots, a 10-episode limited series from Imagine Documentaries, will reveal the true story, hidden mysteries, and backstory. Apple TV has released a riveting trailer for their docuseries The Dynasty: New England Patriots.
Narrating the complex relationship between the team’s owners, coach, and star player. Here are more details on the upcoming series.
The Dynasty: New England Patriots | Official Trailer
New documentaries about the New England Patriots are coming to AppleTV+.
The documentary The Dynasty: New England Patriots explores the Patriots’ glory years. The Bill Belichick-coached franchise is one of the best teams in modern sports history, & fans will now get a close-up look at their favorites in play.
Apple TV+ recently released the official preview for “The Dynasty: New England Patriots. ” The documentary will follow the rise of undoubtedly the greatest NFL dynasty in history.
The roughly one-minute trailer depicts the Patriots’ breakout performances...
Narrating the complex relationship between the team’s owners, coach, and star player. Here are more details on the upcoming series.
The Dynasty: New England Patriots | Official Trailer
New documentaries about the New England Patriots are coming to AppleTV+.
The documentary The Dynasty: New England Patriots explores the Patriots’ glory years. The Bill Belichick-coached franchise is one of the best teams in modern sports history, & fans will now get a close-up look at their favorites in play.
Apple TV+ recently released the official preview for “The Dynasty: New England Patriots. ” The documentary will follow the rise of undoubtedly the greatest NFL dynasty in history.
The roughly one-minute trailer depicts the Patriots’ breakout performances...
- 1/11/2024
- by Mantisha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
New York Post’s fabled gossip column Page Six is taking a step beyond the page by launching a new studio facility in New York City to shoot an expanding array of celebrity-driven content.
The Page Six studio, to open in early January as an extension of the print and online newspaper column, will have standing sets and shooting facilities for the production of daily video segments covering the celebrity entertainment and pop culture space. The studio play marks Page Six at the New York Post — which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. — moving well beyond its tabloid newspaper origins to the digital, podcasting, TV, video and social media platforms.
Media personality Astra, currently an on-air personality on iHeartMedia’s 103.5 Ktu The Beat of New York, has been hired by Page Six to anchor the studio at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, the headquarters of parent News Corp. All...
The Page Six studio, to open in early January as an extension of the print and online newspaper column, will have standing sets and shooting facilities for the production of daily video segments covering the celebrity entertainment and pop culture space. The studio play marks Page Six at the New York Post — which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. — moving well beyond its tabloid newspaper origins to the digital, podcasting, TV, video and social media platforms.
Media personality Astra, currently an on-air personality on iHeartMedia’s 103.5 Ktu The Beat of New York, has been hired by Page Six to anchor the studio at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, the headquarters of parent News Corp. All...
- 1/8/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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