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  • BusinessVariety

    Paramount Board Might Oust CEO Bob Bakish Amid M&A Talks: Report

    Bob Bakish may be out at Paramount Global before any sale or merger deal for the media company is completed. The board of directors of Paramount Global, including controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, have discussed a plan to oust Bakish as CEO, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. Instead, the company would form an …

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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Array Releasing Acquires Dèbora Souza Silva’s New Documentary ‘For Our Children’

    ARRAY Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s Peabody Award-winning narrative change collective, announced the acquisition of Débora Souza Silva’s documentary For Our Children. ARRAY Releasing acquired rights to the film in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. It will make its national Netflix premiere on Friday, May 10, 2024. For Our Children unites …

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    ‘Illinoise’ Review: A Thrilling, Genre-Defying Broadway Musical Brings the Sufjan Stevens Album to Lyrical Life

    Sufjan Stevens’s indie folk concept album “Illinois” (2005) is whimsical, earnest, and sorrowful; it weaves together events and figures from Illinois history (including UFO sightings, Pullman cars, the World’s Fair of 1893, and the Lincoln/Douglas debates) with Biblical allusions and feelings of shame and loss. This multifaceted mix, often stirring and fascinating to listen to, …

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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Producers United Is Launched By 86 Top Film & TV “Career Producers” To Change Fee Structure, Get Health Benefits & Stop Gradual Ecosystem Erosion

    EXCLUSIVE: As signatories prepare to negotiate new deals with IATSE and Teamsters, it might seem like the last thing the town wants to chew on is another group claiming it has gotten the short end of the stick. The 86 members of Producers United – a grassroots collection of the most prolific “Career Producers” who …

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    Warner Bros. and HBO Aquire Rights to Documentary on Real Life Höss Family from ‘The Zone Of Interest’ – Film News in Brief

    Warner Bros. and HBO have acquired rights to “The Commandant’s Shadow,” a documentary based on the real life Höss family from “The Zone of Interest.” The film comes to theaters May 9 through a partnership with Fathom Events. According to an official logline, “The Commandant’s Shadow”, “follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, …

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    ‘Judge Judy’ Extends Daytime Reign as CBS Media Ventures Renews Repeat Package and ‘Hot Bench’ Through 2026

    “Judge Judy” has extended her reign in daytime as CBS Media Ventures has renewed its package of vintage “Judge Judy” episodes and the first-run court show “Hot Bench.” Both daytime strips have been renewed through the end of the 2025-26 season on TV stations covering 95% of U.S. TV households. “Judge Judy” has been a …

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    ‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Horror VR Game From 20th Century Games to Launch Holiday 2024, First Trailer Revealed

    “Alien” franchise VR action-horror game “Alien: Rogue Incursion” will launch this holiday season from 20th Century Games and studio Survios. The new single-player will be available across PlayStation VR2, PCVR via Steam and Meta Quest 3. Based on the iconic film franchise led by Sigourney Weaver, “Alien: Rogue Incursion” marks the first VR game set …

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