Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has submitted a bid to buy Universal Music Group (UMG) in a cash and stock deal worth $64.4 billion. The proposed bid would see shareholders receive $10.85 billion in cash and 0.77 shares of stock in the new company for each share of UMG held. In a statement this morning, Ackman…
Paramount+ is adding a heist thriller series to its upcoming British slate and has ordered “The Day” (working title), to be led by Minnie Driver (“Good Will Hunting,” “Emily in Paris”), Luca Pasqualino (“Rivals,” “The Musketeers”) and Louisa Harland (“Renegade Nell,” “Derry Girls”). Co-produced By Dynamic Television and Clapperboard Studios and described as a “propulsive…
Vietnam’s Mockingbird Pictures is heading to the Beijing International Film Festival with “A ‘Good’ Best Luck,” a dark comedy drama drawing on local spiritual folk traditions. Directed by Khương Ngọc and Tấn Hoàng Thông for VIC.N Studio, the film centers on Tâm, a young delivery worker whose heart condition from birth leads him into a…
Shaquille O’Neal wants to find the best dunker in the world. O’Neal — who had roughly 4,000 dunks in his NBA career, including playoffs — announced Monday night that he’s the founder and inaugural commissioner of Dunkman, which he’s touting as the first professional league for dunking. It follows a Dunkman television series, which aired…
Coachella-goers — and home streaming viewers — can start setting alarm times for the coming weekend on their watches now. Set times for the first weekend of performances this Friday through Sunday were finally posted late Monday night, allowing Southern California and the world to know exactly when headliner Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol…
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are still heading to trial on the It Ends With Us actress’ retaliation and defamation claims despite a federal judge’s best intentions and persuasion efforts today. Lawyers for the former and bitterly battling co-stars were ordered to call in with Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave.Monday afternoon to find out what “their…
Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images Offset was shot near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, a spokesperson for the rapper confirmed on April 6. “We can confirm Offset was shot and is currently at the hospital receiving medical care. He is stable and being closely monitored,” the statement read. There’s no word…
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival posted set times for Weekend 1 of the 2026 edition and a former headliner has been added to the lineup. Jack White, who was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” with host Jack Black over the weekend, will be the opening performer in the Mojave Tent on…
Jonah Hill said during a recent appearance on “The Zane Lowe Show” that it was “bizarre” when Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, took to Instagram in 2023 and wrote that Hill’s performance in the 2012 comedy film “21 Jump Street” made him “like Jewish people again.” “I felt that he did this…
The top lawyer for Timothy Busfield has let loose with some sharp words for the parents of The Cleaning Lady child actors at the heart of the sex abuse accusations made against the Emmy winner. “We appreciate George for taking the time to clarify some important facts in this case,” Larry Stein told Deadline today…
