Paramount Skydance seems to be nearing a deal to secure funding from three Gulf nation sovereign wealth funds to back its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a Sunday report in the Wall Street Journal. Per the outlet, the corporation is seeking signed equity commitments of close to $24 billion, for which Saudi…
Jeff Shell‘s legal team is engaged in preliminary talks with Paramount Skydance on a possible exit from the media giant, where currently serves as president. If Shell remains at the company, he will most likely transition to a different, more advisory role, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations. The talks come during…
Brian Cox is joining the second season of “Dexter: Resurrection” at Paramount+, Variety has learned. Cox will star as Dom Framt, aka The New York Ripper. The character was originally introduced in Season 1, though he was not seen onscreen. He is described as “a serial killer who terrorized the City years ago. Though no…
David Ellison says savings from the Skydance-Paramount merger will significantly exceed the $3 billion initially projected, with $2.5 billion anticipated by the end of this year. And, “We’re in the process of basically converging Paramount+, BET+ and Pluto all into one unified tech stack. We’re going to finish that second quarter of this year,” the…
Here’s your first teaser for Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, which Paramount releases August 14 this year. Based on the hit TV show and following on from multiple successful movies in the franchise, this latest installment sees the Paw Patrol pups crash land on an uncharted tropical island filled with dinosaurs after their ship gets…
John Oliver delved right into his topic of the night, discussing Hungary‘s descent into far-right populism via Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s documented legal coup. While making a point about Orbán and his wealthy supporters’ acquisition of myriad online and print publications, radio outlets and TV stations, and how negative coverage of the government has…
Tiger Woods was released from a short stint in a Florida jail tonight after being arrested earlier in the day for driving under the influence following a car crash. In his second official apprehension by police in the past decade, a red-eyed Woods had his mugshot made public not long before he exited the Martin…
Photo-Illustration: YouTube/Netflix; YouTube/Netflix; YouTube/CW Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, pickup order to lack of renewal. Here we bid farewell to the canceled shows of 2026. As we approach Lunar New Year, we’re finding out which shows aren’t making it to the year of the fire horse. This post will serve as living tribute to…
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta called out the federal government for largely vacating its role as antitrust regulator, saying it’s now up to California and other states to look out for consumers’ interests. Bonta, the state’s top law enforcement officer, spoke Thursday at a Capitol Forum conference in Beverly Hills on antitrust issues and the…
