Category Archives: News
‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Casts Country Music Star Kane Brown for Series Premiere Cameo (EXCLUSIVE)
“9-1-1: Nashville” is bringing on some serious country talent for the premiere of the Music City-set series with a cameo from singer Kane Brown, Variety has learned exclusively. Per ABC, B...
Jennifer Maas Aug 07, 2025
Keir Starmer tells us about “protecting creativity” in the UK: “Venues need not just to survive, but to thrive”
Keir Starmer has spoken to NME about whether the music industry is a viable career path for new artists, as well as what can be done to protect grassroots venues, his stance on Palestine and young vot...
Tom Skinner Aug 07, 2025
Skydance Closes $8 Billion Paramount Acquisition: ‘Today Marks Day One of a New Paramount,’ David Ellison Says
David Ellison's Skydance Media has closed its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global to create new company Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, the parties announced Thursday. Under Skydance, Paramount...
Jennifer Maas Aug 07, 2025
Bob Vylan to headline Burn It Down Festival as “treat” for those who “cried their eyes out” over Boardmasters slot
Bob Vylan have announced that they will be headlining Burn It Down Festival this year as a “treat” for those who were upset about them playing at Boardmasters. READ MORE: Bob Vylan: &ldquo...
Liberty Dunworth Aug 07, 2025
Dick’s Sporting Goods Launches Production Studio, Sets Little League Documentary and More Original Sports Programming (EXCLUSIVE)
Dick’s Sporting Goods is launching a production banner called Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios, which will make its official debut on an ESPN documentary titled “Big Dreams: The Little Lea...
Ethan Shanfeld Aug 07, 2025
AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford at Locarno: ‘The Clouds Are Beginning to Lift Towards a Leaner, More Profitable Independent Sector’
LOCARNO, Switzerland — U.S. distributors need to return to a pre-buy model, while streamers need to start paying more equitable license fees for post-theatrical Pay 1 and Pay 2 windows and the b...
John Hopewell Aug 07, 2025
Noel Gallagher’s pal Paul Weller won’t be going to watch Oasis: “I just don’t like big gigs”
Paul Weller has said that while the landmark Oasis reunion tour will be “remembered forever” by fans, he won’t be in attendance at any gigs. READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff rev...
Poppy Burton Aug 07, 2025
Nexstar Ad Sales Down 9%, CW Owner Beats on Q2 Earnings
Nexstar reported its second-quarter 2025 earnings Thursday, revealing ad sales dropped 9% year over year for the April 1-June 30 period without a presidential election to fuel political ad spend. For ...
Jennifer Maas Aug 07, 2025
James Gunn to Direct Next Movie in the ‘Super-Family’ at DC Studios After ‘Superman’ Success
James Gunn will write and direct “the next installment in the Super-Family,” Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed during the company’s earnings call. Gunn had previously...
Rebecca Rubin Aug 07, 2025
Donald Trump says Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon are “going to be gone” after Colbert cancellation
Donald Trump has hit out at late night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, predicting that they will be “next” after it was announced that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert wou...
Victoria Luxford Aug 07, 2025