EXCLUSIVE: If all goes to plan, America and the world will know in the next few hours who Kamala Harris has picked to be her running mate against Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. However, in the corridors of Hollywood power and money, an overwhelming favorite choice has emerged. "Josh Shapiro," one…

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will headline a Los Angeles fundraiser next week for his wife Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. Details are TBA, but the Aug. 13 evening event is priced at a minimum of $1,000 per person, rising to $100,000 per person, including a host reception, seated dinner and…

Cathy Repola is stepping down as the National Executive Director of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Serving in her current role since 2016, her 32-year tenure at IATSE Local 700 will be finished at the end of January 2025, she announced Monday. "Working for the Guild has been an extremely…

EXCLUSIVE: Eden Espinosa, the 2024 Tony Award nominee for her starring role as the title character of the musical Lempicka, has signed with Stewart Talent. Espinosa played Tamara De Lempicka, the acclaimed 20th Century artist of influential Art Deco paintings. She had been with the project since its…

UPDATED with latest: U.S. stocks, which plunged at the market open Monday, saw little respite during the session and closed at or near their lows in a major correction. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended off 1,033 points, down 2.6%. The Nasdaq fell by 3.4%, and the S&P 500 by 3%. PREVIOULSY, 8:10…

A federal judge ruled that Google violated antitrust laws “by maintaining its monopoly” on two product markets, search and general text advertising. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta came after a landmark trial last year in Washington, D.C. “After having carefully considered the…

EXCLUSIVE: Natasha Behnam has signed with Buchwald for representation. Behnam most recently starred as Lola Rahaii in the Max series The Girls on the Bus alongside Carla Gugino, Melissa Benoist and Christina Elmore. From Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, the series follows Sadie McCarthy (Benoist), a…

The content creators of the Crooked Media Union are staging a walkout Monday, after more than a year of bargaining with management on its first contract since organizing under the Writers Guild of America East. More than 95% of the 61-member bargaining unit signed the one-day walkout pledge…

UPDATED: Bloomberg News has taken disciplinary action against staffers responsible for breaking an embargo on a complex prisoner swap plan that secured the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and others. In a memo to staffers, editor-in-chief John Micklethwait wrote that…

EXCLUSIVE: Recently launched DreamFlare AI has hired Cameron Purcell as Vice President of Development and Kelly Kanavas as Creative Executive. Purcell has held roles at Universal Pictures, Annapurna, and MGM, focusing on content strategy and distribution. He was most recently head of film and TV at…

UPDATED: Robert Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, said in a video posted to X on Sunday that he was the person who placed a dead bear cub in Central Park, making it look like it was involved in an accident with a bicycle. He relayed the unusual story apparently in an effort to get…

MSNBC Films has acquired From Russia with Lev, the first project from Rachel Maddow’s production company Surprise Inside, with plans to screen the documentary at a MSNBC Live event on Sept. 7 followed by a theatrical and broadcast debut. The documentary project centers on Lev Parnas, a key Ukrainian…