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Special Projects, founded by two former magazine editors, is part of a new generation of event planners that is shaking up the celebrity PR scene.
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Producer Brian Grazer writes about how his skill at connecting with people, combined with old-fashioned Hollywood persistence, helped him get “Inside Man” and “American Gangster” made.
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AT&T bought DirecTV in 2015, right before subscribers began fleeing in droves.
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‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ and ‘Ad Astra’ will try to unseat Warner Bros.’ ‘It Chapter Two’ from the top of the box office charts.
This summer, some attorneys haven’t been able to go far from their offices in Southern California because they are fielding calls from writers concerned about growing tension between the Writers Guild of America West and the Association of Talent Agents.
The popular series “The Big Bang Theory,” which ran for 12 seasons on CBS, will be on the WarnerMedia platform scheduled to launch next year.
NBCUniversal plans to heavily promote its streaming service Peacock alongside NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Venn, a start-up dedicated to esports- and video game-related shows, aims to build studios in L.A. and New York.
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Writers Guild of America, West released its election results on Monday, with incumbent president David Goodman reelected. Goodman easily defeated opponent Phyllis Nagy, an Oscar-nominated writer who ran a campaign that criticized the union’s strategy in its dispute with talent agencies.
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Landing “Seinfeld” is a major comeback statement for Netflix, which recently lost the streaming rights to “The Office” and “Friends.”
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Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., owner of the WME talent agency, appears set for an initial public offering this fall, with a valuation of $8 billion.
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Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger has left Apple’s board of directors, the company revealed in documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Iger’s departure comes as Disney and Apple are preparing to launch their subscription video streaming services later this year.
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MoviePass’ parent company on Friday announced that the service’s slow demise has finally reached its conclusion.
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First meeting of the front-runners in the Democratic presidential nomination is a major TV draw
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Mega-producer J.J. Abrams and wife Katie McGrath choose to make AT&T’s WarnerMedia, which owns the Warner Bros. studio in Burbank, the home of their Bad Robot production company.
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The Black Keys made tickets to their Wiltern show nontransferable to third-party vendors, leaving fans who bought tickets from sites such as StubHub turned away at the doors.
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Facing long odds after losing their starting quarterback to injury, USC fought on to take an improbable 30-23 victory over No. 10 Utah.
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Ed Buck, the Democratic donor who was recently accused of running a drug house in West Hollywood where two men have died, faces a federal criminal case in connection with one of the overdoses.
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The problems plaguing the City by the Bay detract from its allure, plus an Amtrak rider complains, and the story on passes that can save you money left out a great deal for seniors.
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The Dodgers explode for a seven-run inning after manager Dave Roberts’ ejection, and Clayton Kershaw gets the win in a 12-5 victory over the Rockies.
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