Dafne Keen, who broke out as an 11-year-old child actor in Logan and reprised her role as Laura in last summers Deadpool Wolverine, has signed with UTA. On the TV side, the Spanish-English star most recently starred in the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte, which aired from June to July last year. She played the Padawan Jedi Knight Jecki...

As it looks to reshape itself for a post-TV future, CNN has rehired a familiar name in a new C-suite role. Amanda Wills, who departed the cable news brand in 2022 for The Wall Street Journal after a six-year run, has rejoined CNN as chief content officer, the company said on Monday. The executive will work with the product team...

Veterans of the prominent entertainment marketing firm Trailer Park are striking out on their own, launching a new company called Requiem. Formed by partners Kelly Adelman, Adam Finkelstein and Dan Herbatschek, Requiem has already secured many of the top entertainment companies as clients, including Universal, Netflix, Warner Bros., Disney, Sony, Lionsgate and others. Adelman was most recently co-president of Trailer...

Indie studio Blue Ant Media, producer of unscripted series like Canadas Drag Race and Northwoods Survival, has unveiled plans for a reverse IPO to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange by acquiring assets from Boat Rocker Media Inc. Blue Ant, a private company controlled by former Alliance Atlantis head Michael McMillan, will go public via a reverse-takeover of Insight Productions,...

Endeavor is private once more, as the $25 billion deal by Silver Lake closed Monday morning. With the take-private complete, a slew of changes are in order. For starters, the newly-private businesses will go by WME Group, retiring the Endeavor name for public-facing purposes. Ari Emanuel, who founded Endeavor in 1995 and most recently served as CEO of the public...

Its a dire time for the Hollywood nonprofits dedicated to advocating for minorities, women and other underrepresented demographics across the industry. Many of the major studios and networks at publicly traded companies have already rolled back or eliminated their in-house diversity, equity and inclusion programs since Donald Trump signed an anti-DEI executive order shortly after returning to the White House...

Netflix chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings has donated $50 million to launch the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity at Bowdoin College in Maine at a time when artificial intelligence continues to be a hot-button issue. The largest gift in the colleges 231-year history will be a step forward in Bowdoins growing engagement in this breakthrough technology and ensure that...

Paramount+, the streaming service ofParamount Global, will launch two new subscription tiers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, namely its basic (with ads) and premium plans. They will join the standard tier in the three countries. Starting on Wednesday, March 26, the premium plan will launch in the three markets, priced at 12.99 ($14.08) per month in Germany and Austria, and...

Leading up to the premiere of It Ends With Us last year, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni reached an uneasy truce in which it was agreed that neither side would bad-mouth the other to the press. As far as they were concerned, it was in their best interest to keep the peace in order not to undermine the movie. But...

Josh Wolf has a new home at Activist Artists Management. The veteran multi-hyphenate has signed with the firm for representation on a team that will be led by Activists Bernie Cahill, Caitlin Stone Jasper and Grant Pennel. The news comes as Wolf is currently on the road on his High in Life tour. Hes got stops this weekend at Magoobys...

Plans have been formally put on hold for a 91-acre film and TV soundstage complex outside of London that had been billed as a major foray for the Sunset Studios brand outside the United States. Sunset Studios, owned by operator Hudson Pacific along with significant investor Blackstone, had announced the project in 2021 during what may have been the height...

Creator-driven media companies and golf-focused media companies are both having a moment, so it is only logical that the creator-focused golf media company Good Good Golf has been able to raise $45 million in a new funding round. The new round is being led by Creator Sports Capital, alongside partners that include Manhattan West Private Equity, Sunflower Bank, and Peyton...

The Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett is parting ways with Disney at his conglomerates only local TV station. Disney said Thursday that WPLG, the south Florida TV station owned by Berkshire Hathaway for the last 11 years, would be losing its ABC affiliation later this summer. Disney says that it is partnering with Sunbeam Television Group to launch a new...