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Peter Rosenberg Talks Jewish Identity, Antisemitism, Macklemore, and Ye
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FCC Approves 49.5% Foreign Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved Paramount’s petition to allow 49.5% of its equity to be held by foreign entities once the Warner Bros. Discovery deal is complete. Paramount owns 28 TV stations, and thus must get the FCC’s approval for foreign ownership over 25%. Its acquisition of WBD is backed by three Gulf […]
Variety
Director and Producer James Wan on YouTube Filmmakers: ‘You Don’t Even Need to Be in the System Anymore to Get Something Made’
The phenomenon of YouTube breakout stars-turned-feature filmmakers is nothing new for director, writer and producer James Wan. He’s been scouting this kind of talent at his own production studio Atomic Monster for decades. “The very first movie that we made at Atomic Monster was ‘Lights Out,’” Wan recalls. “David Sandberg, when he made ‘Lights Out,’ […]
PC Gamer
If you can't get enough of record-breaking Emmy winner Matthew Rhys, his newest TV series is based on an '80s Sega game, and is out now
Rhys plays dwarf warrior Gilius Thunderhead in the new Paramount+ comedy based on Sega's Golden Axe games.
Kotaku
We Asked Blizzard Why Diablo 5 Is Confirmed For PC But StarCraft Is Not
Why is Blizzard being so weird about this?
Variety
Netflix Orders Dark Comedy ‘All the Rage’ From ‘Dead to Me’ Duo Liz Feldman, Kelly Hutchinson
Liz Feldman has extended her overall deal with Netflix, with the streamer greenlighting the dark comedy All the Rage with Feldman onboard as co-creator. All the Rage hails from Feldman and Kelly Hutchinson, who previously worked with Feldman on the Netflix shows Dead to Me and No Good Deed. Both are also executive producers. Will […]
Variety
YouTube Canada’s Slate of Creator Shows to Include a Series of Kareem Rahma’s ‘SubwayTakes’ in Toronto
At its annual YouTube Features marketing showcase in Toronto, YouTube Canada unveiled a slate of new Canadian creator shows — including a run of Kareem Rahma’s popular interview show SubwayTakes in the Great White North. Rahma, who served as the host of Thursday’s YouTube Features event, is behind hit show SubwayTakes, in which he gets […]