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Paramount CEO Bob Bakish’s 2023 Pay Falls to $31.3M
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish saw total compensation in 2023 of $31.3 million, compared with $32.0 million in 2022. The company filed its annual proxy statement Monday, disclosing the latest pay packages for the Paramount boss and other top executives. Bakish’s compensation package in 2023 included a base salary of $3.1 million, as it has […]
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Cillian Murphy, ‘Kin’ Season 2 Among Irish Film & Television Awards Winners
Cillian Murphy, Kin season two and Paul Mescal were among the winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards 2024, which were handed out during a ceremony in Dublin on Saturday. Lies We Tell, about an orphaned teenage heiress in 19th-century Ireland who is forced to embrace the dark legacy of her family, led the […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s 2023 Pay Package Rises to $49.7M
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav saw the value of his 2023 compensation package rise to $49.7 million, compared with $39.3 million in 2022 when the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger had closed. The entertainment conglomerate disclosed latest pay details for its top executives in a regulatory filing. Zaslav’s 2023 pay consisted of a $3 million salary, and more than […]
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Beat Music Fund, Part of Armin van Buuren’s Armada, Buys Amsterdam Music Publisher Cloud 9
Independent dance label Armada Music, founded in 2003 by Dutch trance DJ and producer Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and manager and agent David Lewis, said Tuesday that its investment vehicle Beat Music Fund has acquired Amsterdam-based music publisher Cloud 9 Music, bolstering its publishing division. Cloud 9’s roster includes the likes of U.S. house […]
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‘Blue Lights’ Star Siân Brooke on How the BBC’s Belfast Police Drama Has “Hope at Its Heart”
Siân Brooke is back on U.K. screens this week as Grace Ellis in the BBC’s Belfast, Northern Ireland-based police drama Blue Lights season 2. Blue Lights, about three probationary police officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland struggling with the general pressures of the job and crime and tensions in Belfast, has become a hit […]
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Netflix Earnings Preview: Analysts Raise Stock Price Targets on Ad Tier, Paid Sharing Optimism
Netflix is getting ready to kick off the first-quarter 2024 earnings season for Hollywood on April 18, and the momentum of its subscriber growth, advertising tier and password-sharing crackdown will be among the focus areas for investors and Wall Street analysts. Investors will also keep an ear out for possible commentary on content strategy, including […]
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Olivier Awards Winners Include Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Snook, ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ ‘Stranger Things’
Nicole Scherzinger, Succession star Sarah Snook, Game of Thrones and Sherlock actor Mark Gatiss, a revival of the musical Sunset Boulevard and the play Stranger Things: The First Shadow were among the winners at the 2024 Olivier Awards, which celebrate achievements in London theater. The ceremony at Royal Albert Hall in the British capital was […]
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George and Amal Clooney on “War on Truth,” Arizona Abortion Ban
George Clooney and Amal Clooney, in their roles as co-founders of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, spoke about their work “waging justice” at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England on Friday. “It’s nice to be in a room with people that get shit done,” the Hollywood star said early on during the appearance. The […]
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BAFTA Games Awards: ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ ‘Super Mario Bros. Wonder’ Lead Winners
Baldur’s Gate 3 led the winners at the 20th BAFTA Games Awards unveiled on Thursday evening in London with five honors. Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Viewfinder and Alan Wake 2 won two awards each. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3 led the nominations with nine and 10 nods, respectively. Nadji Jeter won the BAFTA for best performer in […]
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Paramount Confirms That Board Members Will Step Down at Annual Meeting Amid Skydance Deal Talks
Four board members at Paramount Global will step aside as talks continue with the David Ellison-led Skydance Media, the company confirmed Thursday in its proxy filing. Dawn Ostroff, Nicole Seligman, Frederick Terrell and Rob Klieger will all depart the company’s board in the next few months, with Paramount telling shareholders in its annual proxy filing that they […]
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Paramount’s Future: Is Skydance Deal “Path of Least Resistance” or Will It Get Derailed?
Will Paramount Global end up looking for a new dance partner, or will David Ellison’s Skydance Media get to clinch a deal and celebrate with a victory dance? Hollywood and Wall Street insiders alike are wondering about questions like these as the future of Shari Redstone’s media and entertainment empire hangs in the balance. After […]
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Producer Russell Binder Joins Venture Capital Firm Griffin Gaming Partners
Russell Binder, a veteran entertainment and gaming licensing agent in Hollywood and an executive producers of the hit horror movie Five Nights at Freddy’s, has joined venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners, which focuses on investments in the global gaming space, as a venture partner and intellectual property advisor. “With over two decades of experience as […]
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