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Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Evaluating Acquisition Offers From ‘Multiple...
by Todd Spangler on October 21, 2025 at 1:19 pm
Warner Bros. Discovery is reviewing “strategic alternatives” in light of “unsolicited interest” it has received from multiple parties for both the entire company and the standalone Warner Bros. streaming and studios entity, […]
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HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately
by Todd Spangler on October 21, 2025 at 1:09 pm
It’s going to cost you more to watch HBO Max, after the streaming platform last raised prices on its plans with no ads a year ago. Warner Bros. Discovery announced that as of Tuesday, Oct. 21, the cost of HBO Max plans will increase to the […]
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‘The Apprentice’ Screenwriter Gabriel Sherman Signs With Cinetic (EXCLUSIVE)
by Varietybrentlang on October 21, 2025 at 1:02 pm
Cinetic, the talent management and media advisory company known for its work with indie auteurs, has signed screenwriter and bestselling author Gabriel Sherman. Sherman, whose work often explores the intersection of politics and media, wrote the […]
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New York Game Awards Expand to Two-Day Festival for 15-Year Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE)
by Jennifer Maas on October 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm
The New York Game Awards will shift into a two-day event for the first time in 2026, marking the 15th anniversary of the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s (NYVGCC) awards show. Held at the SVA Theater in Manhattan Jan. 17-18, the 2026 New […]
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Rauw Alejandro, Kacey Musgraves, Carlos Santana and More Added as Latin Grammys Performers
by Thania Garcia on October 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Rauw Alejandro, Kacey Musgraves, Carlos Santana and more have been added to the Latin Grammys performers lineup for the 2025 show on Nov. 13 in Las Vegas. Edgar Barrera, Joaquina, Christian Nodal, Nathy Peluso, Elena Rose, Alejandro Sanz and Grupo […]
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ProSiebenSat.1 Shakeup: Bert Habets Steps Down as Board Names Marco Giordani New CEO...
by Nvivarelli on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Marco Giordani, CFO of Berlusconi family-backed MFE-MediaForEurope, has been appointed new CEO of Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, succeeding Bert Habets in a management shakeup at the German broadcasting giant. Habets, who is a former RTL […]
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Tallinn Unveils 18 Works in Progress: Cannes-Selected Kristijonas Vildžiūnas and Rising...
by John Hopewell on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm
The psycho thriller “Lex Julia” by Finland’s Laura Hyppönen (“Live East Die Young”) and fantasy drama “Dice-Ching-o-Mat” by Lithuania’s Kristijonas Vildžiūnas, who was selected for […]
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Five Takeaways From Sharjah Children’s Film Festival
by Leo Barraclough on October 21, 2025 at 10:34 am
In much of the world, children’s cinema still struggles for recognition, too often dismissed as educational side programming rather than an artistic or commercial force. The Sharjah Intl. Children’s Film Festival, which recently closed […]
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‘Good News’ Director Byun Sung-hyun on Finding Comedy in a 1970s Hijacking Crisis,...
by Naman Ramachandran on October 21, 2025 at 10:28 am
Director Byun Sung-hyun’s Netflix film “Good News,” a black comedy inspired by a real ’70s hijacking incident that spans Japan, South Korea and North Korea, marks the filmmaker’s fourth collaboration with acclaimed […]