Good Night and Good Luck, starring George Clooney, was the highest grossing show on Broadway again last week, even as its grosses took a slight dip. After breaking the record for highest weekly gross for a play, Good Night and Good Luck fell $22,558 last week, amid a few comped press performances. The play still brought in an enormous $3.28...

One of MSNBCs election night stalwarts is jumping ship to NBC News, as Comcasts SpinCo effort continues to shake up the talent rosters of the news channels in its portfolio. An NBC News spokesperson confirms that Steve Kornacki, MSNBCs data guru and an election night regular at the cable news channels big board, has inked a new deal that will...

At the start of Hayao Miyazakis modern classic Spirited Away, the young heroineChihiro and her parents are exploring a seemingly abandoned theme park when a boy named Haku greets her with a warning: Chihiro must cross back over a dry riverbed and head home before sunset while she still can. She fails to do so, and soon finds the river...

Candle Media co-CEO and former top Disney exec Kevin Mayer sat down for a wide-ranging Paley Dialogue conversation on Monday that focused heavily on how he sees social media impacting Hollywood. The Future of Storytelling with Kevin Mayer, moderated by Varietys Janelle Riley at the Beverly Wilshire, began with Mayers involvement in Disney acquiring Marvel and his decision to leave...

Javier Pons has been promoted to chief content officer and head of Telemundo Studios. Pons takes on the role after joining the company as executive vice president of Telemundo Studios last year. The role will expand his responsibilities, which include overseeing the studios scripted content, to include overseeing the networks entertainment division, including developing and producing Telemundos unscripted content, daily...

Its been a mixed opening to 2025 for Hollywood stocks, but many outperformed a sharper decline in the broader stock market. Signs of improving streaming profits at sector giants and hope for more consolidation or deals refocusing companies have been a boon for investor sentiment, while continuing challenges for the traditional cable networks and uncertainty over the regulatory outlook during...

ITV Studios unveiled on Tuesday that it has acquireda majority stake in Moonage Pictures, one of the U.K.s fastest-growing independent producers of high-end drama, including global hitsThe GentlemenandA Good Girls Guide to Murder. Moonage Pictures was established in 2018 by Will Gould, Matthew Read and Frith Tiplady and produces original, inventive content for UK and international markets. The Gentlemen,directed by...

Warner Bros. Discovery is beefing up its board of directors with a private equity and technology veteran, Anton Levy. Levy, currently an advisory director at the private equity giant General Atlantic, previously served as co-president and chairman of global technology for the firm. Levy was instrumental in some of General Atlantics most notable tech investments, including companies like Airbnb, Facebook,...

Performers union SAG-AFTRA and advertisers have extended their current labor deals as negotiations continue for successor agreements. The union and the Joint Policy Committee which bargains on behalf of advertisers and advertising agencies announced that they were prolonging their current three-year contracts until the end of the day on Friday. The contracts were initially set to end at the end...

By now everyone in Hollywood knows YouTube is a dominant player in the video ecosystem, but a prominent Wall Street analyst argues that YouTube still has a long period of growth ahead of it. MoffettNathansons Michael Nathanson writes in a March 31 note that YouTube should be officially crowned the new king of all media, with engagement topping all other...

Belgium-based exhibitor Kinepolis has expanded its partnership with Imax via a new 9-theater deal for Europe and North America. The latest agreement will see Kinepolis take Imax screens with next-generation laser systems for France, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, in addition to adding new theaters in the U.S. and Canada. The multi-territory deal will see Kinepolis nearly double the size of...

Music major BMG, owned by German media giantBertelsmann, reported record profitability and an organic revenue gain of8.1 percent for 2024 on Monday. Revenue grew 6.4 percent on a reported basis to963 million ($1.04 billion), fueled by the successful execution of itsBMG Nextstrategy, strong organic growth, and content investments in the music publishing and recorded music sectors. Digital revenue jumped 16...

Japanese composer and pianist Yoko Shimomura will receive the BAFTA Fellowship at the BAFTA Games Awards on April 8 for her contribution to the games industry, the British Academy said on Monday. She has composed countless era-defining video game soundtracks enjoyed by millions of players worldwide, including the Kingdom Hearts series, Final Fantasy XV, Mario Luigi, and more, BAFTA highlighted....