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Roshan Sethi’s ‘The Surgeon’ Acquired by Sony Pictures for North America and Beyond
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All the Top Shows, Movies and Networks in the Merged Paramount-Warner Bros: ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’ and DC Under One Roof
In line with mega-mergers that have come before, the impending marriage of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery will lead to a media company packed with assets. What differentiates this deal — which is now in the clear to move forward — from others is the sheer amount of brands and intellectual property in play. […]
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‘60 Minutes’ Notches Ratings Gain Over Last Year, but Cedes Viewers From Season Premiere
CBS News’ 60 Minutes shed some of the viewers it snared during its much-anticipated Season 59 debut as it grappled with the effects of CBS’ football programming on its audience, even as it notched a gain in audience compared to its year-earlier performance. The audience for the second telecast of the venerable newsmagazine rose 5% […]
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Nancy Meyers’ Daughter Just Launched a Target Home Collection That Looks Straight Out of One of Her Mom’s Movies
Nancy Meyers has spent decades making audiences covet the kitchens, living rooms and impossibly cozy interiors in her movies. Now, her daughter is making that aesthetic a little easier to bring home. Target has teamed with Annie Meyers-Shyer, the author and creator behind @ThisOakHouse, for a new home collection under its Threshold label, featuring vintage-inspired […]
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This Early Access Indie Horror Game Has Me Hanging On For Dear Life
White Knuckle is making my hands shake
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College Sports Betting Series ‘Knockouts’ in the Works at Paramount TV Studios, Skydance Sports From Clara Nevins, Harper Oreck(EXCLUSIVE)
In a competitive situation, Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Sports have landed the spec script Knockouts from writers Clara Nevins and Harper Oreck, Variety has learned exclusively. Per the official logline, the show is set against the glossy world of SEC sports and Southern sorority life, where four girls in a bottom-tier sorority use their […]
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Jake Paul’s Betting App Slams HBO After Cease and Desist Letter Sent Over ‘Entourage’ Reunion Ad: HBO ‘Does Not Own Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Jake Paul’s gambling app Betr has fired back at HBO after the cabler sent a cease-and-desist letter over an ad reuniting Entourage stars Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier. In the letter, HBO threatened legal action if the commercial was not taken down, arguing that the three-minute spot infringes on its intellectual property and was made […]