Category Archives: News
Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation suit against Blake Lively dismissed by judge
A judge has thrown out Justin Baldoni‘s $400 million defamation claim against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. The legal battle between the two kicked off last December, when Lively fil...
Emma Wilkes Jun 09, 2025
Frederick Forsyth, Author of Thrillers Made Into Movies Like ‘The Day of the Jackal,’ Dies at 86
Frederick Forsyth, a British author of thrillers who frequently made the bestseller lists, sold 70 million books and saw his novels “The Day of the Jackal,” “The Odessa File” a...
William Earl Jun 09, 2025
Funk pioneer Sly Stone has died aged 82
Sly Stone, the funk pioneer famed for fronting Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82. The news was confirmed by his family in a press statement, who said he passed away peacefully after ...
Emma Wilkes Jun 09, 2025
Sly Stone, Funk-Rock Pioneer Who Led the Family Stone, Dies at 82
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late ’60s and early ’70s, has died. He was 82. “After a prolonged ...
Ellise Shafer Jun 09, 2025
Who Is Gunnar Wiedenfels? WBD’s Cost-Cutting Finance Exec Picked as CEO of New TV Networks Spin-Off Comprising CNN, TBS, TNT, Discovery+ and More
Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t have a name for its planned stand-alone TV-centric biz, but it does have a proposed CEO: Gunnar Wiedenfels, WBD’s iron-fisted money manager. As CFO at Warner...
Todd Spangler Jun 09, 2025
Diddy Is Still Paying Legal Fees for Ex-Girlfriend Testifying Against Him
Sean “Diddy” Combs is footing the legal bills for the woman currently testifying against him in his sex trafficking trial. “Jane,” a woman who dated Combs from 2021 to 2024, sa...
Ethan Shanfeld Jun 09, 2025
Harris Dickinson Stars in Rhode’s Latest Skincare Campaign
Hailey Bieber’s skincare brand Rhode has announced Harris Dickinson as the face of its new Glazing Mist campaign, marking the brand’s first male ambassador. The campaign, released Monday, ...
Atingley4 Jun 09, 2025
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ Gets Fragrance Capsule Collection From Scentbird Following Sarah Snook Tony Win
The fragrance subscription brand Scentbird has partnered with the Broadway play “The Picture of Dorian Gray” on a limited-edition perfume capsule collection inspired by the Sarah Snook-led...
Atingley4 Jun 09, 2025
How Alexandre Desplat Crafted the Score for Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ — With a Nod to Stravinsky
Composer Alexandre Desplat plays “Happy Birthday to You” on his keyboard - but with a twist: the final note on “you” is higher than in the traditional melody. It's Igor Stravin...
Michaela Zee Jun 09, 2025
Did David Zaslav’s Grand Vision Fail? As WBD and Other Media Giants Move Pieces Around, They Can’t Outrun the Cable Math
Four years ago, David Zaslav insisted that Discovery Communications together with what was then called WarnerMedia was more than the sum of its parts. They had a “formidable” lineup of glo...
Todd Spangler Jun 09, 2025