Florida has sued Netflix over its data-collection infrastructure, accusing the streaming giant of illegally accumulating massive troves of information on users to fuel its advertising business. The lawsuit, filed in Florida state court on Wednesday, alleges Netflix deploys deceptive designs to keep subscribers engaged on the platform by maximizing continuous viewing, obstructing cancellations and deterring […]
Warner Bros. TV Group isn’t acting like a studio with an uncertain future. Even as the fate of Warner Bros. Discovery remains up in the air — given the uncertain timeline of a Paramount Skydance acquisition — the studio has been on a development and production spree in recent months. This summer the division, under […]
Trending on Billboard Billie Eilish will be surrounded by an all-star cast when she makes her feature film acting debut in director Sarah Polley’s anticipated adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s 1963 novel The Bell Jar. According to Variety, two-time Oscar winner Eilish will play the main character Esther Greenwood in the big screen version of Plath’s […]
Breaking news in the AI music world: Suno CEO and co-founder Mikey Shulman sits down with Billboard’s Kristin Robinson for the launch of Suno’s new V6 models, which he says were made “in partnership with the industry” for the first time. Though Suno is actively being sued by a number of music companies, like Universal, […]
Trending on Billboard Ray LaMontagne is said to be doing just fine after he collapsed on stage in Nashville over the weekend, reportedly due to heat related dehydration. The Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter was performing his 2004 song “Jolene” (not related to the Dolly Parton song of the same name) at the Ryman Auditorium […]
Talk about a dead ringer when it comes to casting: We’re getting word that 4x Emmy winner John Mulaney is eyeing to star as wisenheimer Agent Maxwell Smart in Warner Bros’ upcoming reimagining of Get Smart. The project is early in the works with Now You See Me: Now You Don’t scribe Seth Grahame-Smith penning […]
Just weeks before Paramount Skydance starts being on the hook for the much vaunted $7 million a day ticking fee to Warner Bros Discovery shareholders, the David Ellison-run company today pushed hard once again for the Writers Guild of America plus California and 11 other states to pony up a nearly $2 billion bond in […]
“Lonesome Dove,” which was originally adapted into an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning CBS miniseries starring Robert Duvall in 1989, is getting a new take at Netflix. The streamer announced Tuesday that it had ordered “Lonesome Dove” to series, from co-showrunners Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart. Kazan and Stuart are also the co-showrunners on Netflix’s upcoming […]
Paramount Skydance on Tuesday reiterated its demand in a court filing that 12 states and the WGA — whose antitrust lawsuits seek to block its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery — post $1.88 billion in bond as security for the losses Paramount would incur if the deal doesn’t close until after the trial concludes next […]
After a long hangover, “Drunk History” is back. The Emmy-winning comedy show is returning with three new short-form episodes, seven years after it last aired on Comedy Central. From Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, “Drunk History” pairs inebriated storytellers with scrappy historical reenactments. (The facts and dates are true, but the dialogue definitely isn’t.) The […]
Grammy-winning artist FKA Twigs has begun principal photography as the legendary entertainer and activist Josephine Baker. Production on “Josephine Baker” has kicked off in France and will run through Nov. 13, with additional shooting in Sofia, Bulgaria. The film is directed and co-written by Maïmouna Doucouré, the César- and Sundance-winning filmmaker behind “Cuties” and “Hawa,” […]
Maggie Gyllenhaal delivered a message on behalf of Ellen Burstyn before the 93-year-old acting legend took the stage at the Venice Film Festival to receive the prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. “Ellen asked me to let you know that she recently took a fall,” Gyllenhaal said from the podium. “She’s OK, but she is […]
Sony’s Tom Rothman took a bit of a victory lap with the studio’s boffo success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” which has become the highest-grossing film of 2026 to date. Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment‘s Motion Picture Group, spoke Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, an international film and entertainment conference […]
The self-professed “story of a theatrical revolution and how it shaped a nation,” Freddie Fox’s documentary “Into the Breach” attempts to chronicle the impact that British theater has exerted on art, culture and politics over the last century. Assembling a roundtable of acting legends that includes Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman and co-producer Kenneth […]
David Harbour has won the Emmy for Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his portrayal of Floyd Smernitch in HBO Max’s “DTF St. Louis.” This marks the actor’s first Emmy win. As an executive producer on the series, he is also up for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series for “DTF […]
Jesse Eisenberg has made his most significant debut to date. There is a delicious irony at the center of “The Debut,” Eisenberg’s third feature as a director, which world premiered at the Telluride Film Festival: it is a film about a nobody who attacks a bit part as if it were the role of a […]
In news that might not surprise anyone, Liam and Noel Gallagher skipped the Venice Film Festival press conference for their upcoming Disney+ documentary “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger” on Saturday. The two brothers — who reunited last year for their massive “Live ’25” tour after a 15-year feud — arrived on the Lido in […]
You pretty much always know what you’re going to get with a Martin McDonagh movie—sharp, acerbic writing, madcap set pieces, big twists, and hilarious performances from a crew of talented stars. This formula carried his last offering, the funny and sad, Colin Farrell-led The Banshees of Inisherin to nine Oscar nominations in 2022. His latest […]
Count on Zach Cregger‘s Resident Evil as one of the biggest openers this month in addition to Warner Bros’ Practical Magic 2 when it bows in the post-Labor Day frame. Resident Evil hit tracking this morning with an eye at a $35M start. The pic debuts in theaters on Sept. 18. We’re hearing first-days sales […]
EXCLUSIVE: Let the Mists roll in — Netflix is developing Ravenloft, a live-action series based on the popular gothic horror setting of Dungeons & Dragons. The drama comes from writer/executive producer John August, executive producer Alfonso Cuarón and Hasbro Entertainment. This is a new project with new auspices that is not related to The Forgotten […]
Carla Jeffery, the actress known to a generation of Disney Channel viewers for her work in the “Zombies” franchise as well as appearances on “Shake It Up” and “Good Luck Charlie,” died Sept. 1, according to an announcement from her longtime manager. She was 33.