UPDATE, 1:10 PM: Donald Trump is on the hook legally and financially for using Eddy Grant's 1982 hit song, "Electric Avenue," without the musician's permission in an online video promoting Trump's 2020 re-election campaign, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Friday.  District Court Judge John G…

Disney and DirecTV have ended their 13-day carriage impasse, restoring ABC, ESPN and 14 other networks in time for Saturday college football games and Sunday night’s Emmy telecast. While the return of linear service will come as a relief to millions of subscribers, the other terms of the agreement…

EXCLUSIVE: Rising actor Kartiah Vergara  (Ticket To Paradise, Dora the Explorer: The Lost City of Gold) has signed with The Rosenzweig Group for representation in all areas. Vergara was recently cast in the upcoming Sarah Snook-led Peacock series All Her Fault, based on the Andrea Mara novel of the…

EXCLUSIVE: The White House is planning an event next week to mark the 25th anniversary of The West Wing, with President Joe Biden marking the occasion with cast and creators, according to sources familiar with the plans. The event is scheduled for Sept. 20, which is two days before the debut…

Sunday’s Emmy Awards will take place nearly two weeks after 16 Disney networks went dark on DirecTV due to a carriage dispute between the companies. Barring a resolution before the show, the unavailability of ABC for 11 million DirecTV subscribers (a healthy number of them in the L.A. market) will…

Donald Trump stood on a lawn at his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, today, speaking to mainstream and right-wing media, and made a long shot pitch for votes in the state while also bashing it as a poorly run hellscape. “It’s very sad when I have to stand out here on my property and…

Irish rap trio Kneecap is back in theaters at the start another U.S. tour, with Ian McKellen as The Critic, Aubrey Plaza in coming-of-age My Old Ass and handful of Indian films, and special events including GKids' DAN DA DAN: First Encounter. The first three episodes of the show DAN DA DAN, which is…

Warner Bros. Discovery and its besieged CEO David Zaslav finally have reason to celebrate in 2024. Formed from the 2022 merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, the company has seen its stock price plunge 70% since the deal closed, with a series of miscues culminating in the loss of NBA rights — pending a…

EXCLUSIVE: Seasoned television exec Brandy Crawford-Uriu has joined Celia Aniskovich’s Dial Tone Films (The Merchants of Joy) as the production company’s new Head of Unscripted and Formats. At Dial Tone, she’ll leverage her experience producing multi-season series to expand the company’s slate beyond…

Candle Media’s Moonbug Entertainment, known for producing kids franchises like CoComelon and Blippi, has promoted two execs and hired a third in a social media role. Katelynn Heil has been upped to the newly created position of Head of Brand Marketing and Franchise Strategy, and Mike Katzman has been…

The 20th Camden International Film Festival in Maine – one of most highly-anticipated annual gatherings for the documentary community – has kicked off with some major news. Elise McCave, head of film at Kickstarter, was announced Thursday night as the new executive director of the Points North…

The Democratic National Committee is capitalizing on Taylor Swift’s endorsement with a Times Square digital ad and Las Vegas strip billboards that make reference to the superstar. Shortly after the end of the debate on Tuesday, Swift announced that she was backing Harris, posting on Instagram, "I'm…