U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ordered the attorneys in the legal standoff between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on Monday to comply with a federal court rule barring lawyers from making statements to the press that could prejudice the case. The court issued the order after Bryan Freedman, the attorney for Justin Baldoni and the studio that produced It Ends...

Hildy Gottlieb, whose career as a production executive and talent agent repping A-listers in Hollywood has spanned nearly five decades, is retiring at the end of February. Creative Artists Agency, which Gottlieb joined in 2022 following the Century City-based megafirms acquisition of rival ICM Partners, revealed the transition on Monday. Throughout her career, Hildy has been instrumental in cultivating the...

Nielsen and Paramount have settled a months-long contract dispute. The two companies have signed a new, multi-year deal under which Nielsen will provide a host of ratings and analytics services across Paramount Globals linear network and streaming portfolio. The two companies had been at odds since October, when their previous contract expired. We are thrilled to resume our partnership with...

Patrick Renna, a longtime actor with credits across film and television, is teaming with actor Kyle Howard and actress/marketing executive Lynsey Bartilson Moore to launch a production banner that has a slate of scripted and unscripted projects in the works. The banner, titled Hambino Media, nods to Rennas breakout role in 1993s sports comedy The Sandlot. Among the shingles non-fiction...

Sony is ramping up its dispute with CBS over the syndicated game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. In a letter sent to CBS on Monday, Sony Pictures Television says it will take over distribution of the two shows beginning Feb. 10 which would mark an end to a more than 40-year agreement between the two companies that has seen...

Largo.ai, a provider of AI-driven analytics solutions for the film, TV, and advertising industries, has closed a Series A financing round, securing a $7.5 million investment from the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Thomas Tippl, the former vice chairman and chief operating officer of gaming powerhouse Activision Blizzard, now owned by Microsoft. Stallone, who was recently named, along with Jon...

The new normal for Hollywood production is beginning to take shape, and its posing challenges for advocates eager to attract more production to the L.A. area. Thats one takeaway from a new report from production tracking service ProdPro that scrutinizes the state of filming in 2024 and surveys crew members, executives and suppliers on the outlook for 2025. The number...

CBS News says it will comply with a request from the Federal Communications Commissions for a full unedited transcript and feeds from its interview with Vice President Harris. Late Wednesday, CBS News was sent a Letter of Inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission asking for the full, unedited transcript and camera feeds from our interview with Vice President Harris which...

Warner Bros. Discovery has been sued over the rights to Superman in a lawsuit seeking to block the release of the studios tentpole film in several countries ahead of its July debut. The estate of Joseph Shuster, the co-creator of Superman, alleges that WBD lost its international rights to the character and story years ago but continued to exploit them...

The concept initially encountered some skepticism: What if you applied the investigative chops of seasoned reporters to the murky conservatorship constraining Britney Spears? Could anything new or insightful emerge from that process, given the swirl of media coverage that always surrounds the pop star? But it was a combination that filmmaker Mary Robertson believed could be revelatory when she was...

Warner Bros. Discovery has partnered with rights firm Cutting Edge Group in a joint venture which will co-own the studios catalog of film and TV music from its blockbusters. As part of the joint venture, WBD will have creative and operational control of the music rights, while Cutting Edge Group will jointly manage the joint venture. The companies did not...

SK Global, the producer behind Anyone But You, Crazy Rich Asians and Moneyball, has made key moves to its C-suite, unveiling two key hires and promoting two executives. Matt Aragachi, who joined the Los Angeles-based firm in 2021 as chief financial officer, has been promoted to president and will oversee the studios film, TV and unscripted divisions, the company said...

Serena Page, winner of season six ofLove Island USA in summer 2024, has signed with CAA for representation. The Houston natives time in the villa looks to have earned Page an impressive social media following of over 4.4 million fans across Instagram and TikTok alone. CAA will be negotiating Pages new TV projects and overseeing development on her consumer products...