Fox News will not have to face a lawsuit brought by a former associate producer who accused the network of ignoring the risk that shed be raped by former White House chief correspondent Ed Henry. U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams on Wednesday dismissed sexual assault, sex trafficking, revenge porn, harassment and retaliation claims against the network while allowing the majority...

Opus Major, a Paris-based gaming studio looking to make the world jam together by fusing music and gaming to create musical adventures, has received $10 million in financial backing in a seed funding round led by Santa Monicaheadquartered venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners, joined by its early investor and Paris-based venture firm Alven. Music and video games are natural...

UK VFX group Jellyfish Pictures, which has credits on such projects as Wes Andersons Asteroid City and The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and the upcoming series of Black Mirror, has announced it has suspended all operations and is currently exploring all options for sale and investment. The studio, first launched in 2001, said in...

Boardroom, the sports media and entertainment brand co-founded by NBA star Kevin Durant and his longtime manager Rich Kleiman, is betting that there is room for a premium membership opportunity in the sports space. The company is planning to launch what it is calling Boardroom Members Club, which will combine in-person experiences, unique opportunities and gifts, and a digital platform,...

SAG-AFTRA has been on strike against major video game studios for more than seven months, and the two sides dont seem to be particularly close to making a deal. Thats the impression that negotiators for the performers union gave to members in a message on Tuesday that warned that the companies latest proposals contained alarming loopholes that will leave our...

Miramax has named former Village Roadshow and CBS executive Alix Jaffe president of television at the company. Jaffe will formally join Miramax on March 31, taking oversight of the companys TV portfolio. She takes over for Marc Helwig, who departed earlier this year. Senior vp television development Mirsada Abdool Raman will report to Jaffe. The combination of Alixs razor-sharp creative...

Funk pioneer George Clinton has sued his former business partner Armen Boladian to reclaim ownership of his music catalog for alleged fraud and copyright infringement. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Florida federal court, Clinton claims Boladian and several of his companies engaged in a decades long scheme that involved forging his signature on deals that surrendered his rights...

SiriusXM continues to feel the heat from Donald Trump threatening tariffs on automakers. Right now, were a little concerned and cautious about where the ad sales are going, SiriusXM CFO Thomas Barry told the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet Telecom Conference on Tuesday during a session that was webcast. The U.S. President most recently pausing tariffs for the Big Three car...

Singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Chenoweth is an Emmy and Tony-Award winning singer who originated the role of Glinda the Good onstage in Wicked, and has been seen on screen, including in an Emmy-nominated role in Glee, an Emmy-winning role in Pushing Daisies, and appearances in Schmigadoon!, The West Wing and...

Tony Etz, who executive produced Brian Dennehy-starring telefilms before serving as a CAA agent for 30 years, died Monday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, the agency announced. He was 64. During his CAA tenure that began in 1994 as an agent in the TV department and ended as co-head of packaging, Etz represented writers, directors, actors...

Substack is seeing explosive subscriber growth this year, with the crazy political environment and a strategic push into audio and video helping it do so. Substack co-founder Hamish Mckenzie tells The Hollywood Reporter that the platform has passed 5 million paid subscribers. That is up from 4 million just four months ago, and 3 million a year ago. A year...

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang won the podcast of the year award at the 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards. The interview and culture podcast saw the two hosts welcome a number of starry guests over the past year, including Ariana Grande, Charl XCX, Dua Lipa and more. This week, Lady Gaga has been announced as the guest.The podcast also...

If you have the requisite cones and rods, the moment is imprinted on your retina: Dorothy Gale awakens from a nasty bump on the head, opens the door of her drab sepia-toned farmhouse, and crosses over into an eye-popping realm of dazzling primary colors ruby slippers, yellow brick roads and emerald cities. Not only arent we in Kansas anymore, we...