Time's Up isn't officially shutting down, but the scandal tainted advocacy organization will not be the same. Over two months after CEO Tina Tchen resigned amidst the fallout from sexual harassment allegations against now former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Time's Out is losing its interim boss, and almost all of…

EXCLUSIVE: Toto and His Sisters, a film by Oscar-nominated documentarian Alexander Nanau, has started streaming today for the first time in the U.S. on emerging service Documentary+. The streaming outlet was launched by XTR. Founded in 2019, XTR is a backer of notable documentary projects such as a multi-part look at…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has hired Elan Ruspoli as a Partner in the Talent department and the hiring is effective immediately. Ruspoli comes to WME from CAA and was a home grown talent and rising star who worked with such clients as Jonathan Majors, Daniel Kaluuya, Toni Collette, Corey Hawkins, Aaron Pierre, Henry Golding…

Softening the blow of a monthly price hike, Disney is offering subscribers to Hulu’s live TV service access to Disney+ and ESPN+ at no extra charge. Beginning on December 21, the Hulu + Live TV package will cost $5 more each month. It will go up to $70 with the ad-supported tier of Hulu’s on-demand service and $76…

Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife is off to a promising start at the pre-Thanksgiving box office with $4.5M, ahead of Sony’s 2016 all-femme reboot which posted a Friday of $3.5M. While Sony was projecting $27M-$28M, and the industry higher $30M-$35M, Thursday night’s ticket sales (which started at 4PM at 3,450 locations)…

President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris as he undergoes a physical that includes a colonoscopy. That procedure, recommended for those 50 and older, requires anesthesia. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, in a statement, said, “As was the case when President George W. Bush…

UPDATED, 6:27 AM: The House passed the Build Back Better Act after a marathon session, sending the roughly $1.9 trillion legislation to the Senate. The vote was 220-213. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the vote after a sometimes raucous voting session, with some members shouting “Nancy!” after its passage. One…

EXCLUSIVE: Wondery is going global. The company behind podcasts such as Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door has hired Audible's Jessica Radburn as Head of International Podcast Content, where she will lead the creative endeavors of international original production for Wondery and Amazon Music. Radburn was previously…

Wrapping a months-long process, Endeavor Group Holding has sealed a deal to sell most of its successful production unit to South Korean media giant CJ ENM. CJ is investing $775 million for 80% of Endeavor Content’s scripted business, according to the official announcement, with the equity valuation reaching $970…

Sixty-four years late and right on time, Alice Childress’ wise and stirring backstage comedy-drama Trouble in Mind is making its long-in-coming Broadway debut tonight, and to describe the play as prescient would be an understatement. Uncanny rings truer. With a star turn by LaChanze that takes a strong place in a…

“This is a pandemic that is in fact fueled by younger people,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer today as she unveiled a list of the L.A. County 10 communities currently being hit hardest by Covid-19. Lancaster, Palmdale, Studio City and Santa Clarita were among the areas with the highest rates of…

A mammoth SEC filing by Discovery today offers some tidbits on its upcoming merger with WarnerMedia – like the new Nasdaq stock symbol, WBD – and pages detailing back-and- forth calls between David Zaslav and AT&T CEO John Stankey starting in February when the Discovery boss first reached out. They spoke, they met in…