Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images This isn’t exactly what David Ellison had planned in September. Just a few months…
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Warner Bros. Jill Connelly | Bloomberg | Getty Images Netflix announced Friday it’s reached a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing a swift end to a dramatic bidding process that saw Paramount Skydance and Comcast also vying for the legacy assets. Disclosure:…
A bus passes near Warner Bros. Studio on Sept. 12, 2025 in Burbank, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Paramount Skydance is calling foul on how Warner Bros. Discovery has conducted its sale process. In a letter reviewed by CNBC, Paramount attorneys told Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav that Paramount was questioning the “fairness…
Disney’s “Zootopia 2” follows detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who turns the mammal metropolis of Zootopia upside down. Disney The Thanksgiving box office had enough tasty options to deliver one of the best holiday performances ever. Led by Disney’s “Zootopia 2,” which collected an…
Disney’s “Zootopia 2” follows detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who turns the mammal metropolis of Zootopia upside down. Disney Moviegoers have plenty to feast on at the box office this Thanksgiving. Disney’s “Zootopia 2” snared $10.2 million in Tuesday previews, the second-highest haul for…
Actors Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan arrive to the premiere of “Rush Hour 3” at Mann’s Chinese Theater on July 30, 2007 in Hollywood, California. Jeff Vespa | WireImage | Getty Images A push from President Donald Trump led Paramount Skydance to revive its “Rush Hour” buddy cop movie series, two decades after the last…
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Universal’s “Wicked: For Good.” Universal Universal’s “Wicked: For Good” defied gravity at the box office, snaring an estimated $150 million from domestic ticket sales. It marks the second-highest opening weekend for a film released in 2025, just behind Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie,” which tallied $163 million back…
Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix formally submitted takeover offers for Warner Bros. Discovery this week ahead of a deadline for first-round offers, according to people familiar with the matter. Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, bid solely for the film and streaming assets, which consists of the Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max, the people…
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Paramount Skydance has a clear holiday wish this year: acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. Fittingly, it may have to wait until Christmas to find out if Santa Zaslav delivers. Warner…
Evolve Bank CEO Bob Hartheimer booking photo. Source: Shelby County Jail Bob Hartheimer, CEO of Tennessee’s Evolve Bank & Trust, was fired after U.S. law enforcement officials caught him propositioning a law enforcement officer posing as a 15-year-old boy on gay dating app Grindr. On Oct. 19, an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
