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CNN and Google Strike Multiyear Partnership to Embrace Generative AIVariety

CNN and Google have struck a multi-year partnership to help figure out how Google’s generative AI products can help boost engagement with its journalism. The deal appears to be early, as both sides have not revealed exactly how CNN will incorporate Google’s AI efforts to drive audiences toward its journalism. But Sam Felix, the network’s […]

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‘The Gilded Age’ to Take Over Historic Beverly Hills Mansion With Elaborate Floral Exhibition: Buy Tickets OnlineVariety

“The Gilded Age” is headed to Beverly Hills, where a historic mansion will be transformed into a floral tribute to the hit period drama just in time for its Season 4 premiere. Running Oct. 28 through Nov. 4, “Fleurs de Villes: The Gilded Age” will take over Greystone Mansion & Gardens with more than 15 […]

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Outerlight Entertainment Acquires Bleecker StreetVariety

Outerlight Entertainment, the media investment firm formerly known as First Look Entertainment, has acquired Bleecker Street, the indie film studio behind Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary “Musk.” Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the deal, Bleecker Street will continue to operate independently under CEO Kent Sanderson and president and chief marketing officer Tyler DiNapoli. Bleecker will […]

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Sophia Bush Was Told She Wasn’t ‘Sexy Enough’ to Play Brooke After First ‘One Tree Hill’ Audition — and ‘Too Much’ After SecondVariety

Sophia Bush is telling her story. In her upcoming memoir, “And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes From a Life in Progress,” the actress doesn’t hold back, speaking openly and honestly for the first time about her upbringing, the ups and downs of her Hollywood career, her activism, and her personal relationships, taking readers beyond […]

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U2 Announces ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ Global Stadium Tour for 2027, Kicking Off in Latin AmericaVariety

U2 will be playing in stadiums around the globe next year, the group announced Thursday, with a tour dubbed “Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth” kicking off Feb. 23 in Mexico City and set to continue through 2027 “and beyond.” Only the first six dates of the Live Nation-produced tour were unveiled […]

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Xavier Becerra’s Film Policy Is Vague. Was It Written by AI?Variety

On his campaign website, Xavier Becerra has a page devoted to Hollywood. The 1,600-word policy statement is long on platitudes — “California Is the Home of Film and TV and We Intend to Keep It That Way” — but short on concrete promises. It may also have been written with artificial intelligence. According to Pangram, […]

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For the Love of Television, Please Watch ‘The Lowdown’ Season 2: TV ReviewVariety

On the one hand, it wouldn’t be very apt for a show about a scrappy citizen journalist in a small heartland city to become a massive hit. On the other, FX’s “The Lowdown” was one of the great TV debuts last year, a follow-up from “Reservation Dogs” showrunner Sterlin Harjo that upped the star power […]

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Universal Music Group Hit With Layoffs, Several Senior Execs to Leave CompanyVariety

As has long been expected, Universal Music Group is being hit with extensive layoffs across its U.S. and U.K. operations, with multiple top executives departing, among many others. The moves — which sources say continue a process that was announced back in January of 2024 as continuing through this year — are expected to take […]

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Mediawan’s Pierre-Antoine Capton on Buying Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Doubling Down on Hollywood Amid Consolidation (EXCLUSIVE)Variety

After buying Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment in 2022 and Peter Chernin’s North Road earlier this year, Mediawan has enlisted another major Hollywood player, Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. As with its previous acquisitions which were financed partly through stock, Mediawan is bringing Witherspoon into its shareholder base, joining a stellar roster of talent and producers […]

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‘Whalefall’ Review: Austin Abrams Gets Swallowed by a Whale in an Unintentionally Preposterous Thriller — a Tale of Human Perseverance and Mammalian Stomach LiningVariety

Is it gross? At moments. Claustrophobic? A bit. Scary? Not even a little. The place Jay finds himself looks like a colonoscopy designed by H.R. Giger. The visual effects are…okay. At times, it’s as if we were locked in some pop-up theme-park ride called Full Cavity Search.