The California production community can breathe a sigh of relief: State lawmakers have officially introduced a bill meant to allow studios a few key exemptions from a recently enacted restriction on corporate tax credits. AB136, introduced Friday evening, addresses concerns raised from…

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained right wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos for overstaying his visa. According to a statement posted on the DHS X account, Yiannopoulos, described as an “illegal alien from the United Kingdom, was…

Pierce Thiot, a creative executive at Ryan Reynolds’ production and marketing company Maximum Effort and two-time Emmy nominee who also worked on the launch of Apple TV+, has died. He was 40. The company said he died August 24 of a pulmonary embolism at his home in Orem, Utah. Thiot…

A major scandal that has rocked the golf world has impacted the debut season of The Golf Channel’s reboot of The Big Break reality competition series. The new season, which was due to premiere August 25, has been canceled after Good Good announced it would be stepping away as title sponsor of…

EXCLUSIVE: Senior talent agent Melissa Hirschenson is launching The Hirschenson Group, a new management and entertainment consulting company. The Hirschenson Group will work across traditional and emerging areas of entertainment, with a focus on talent management, creators, entertainment…

Fox News anchor Bret Baier called out Donald Trump over a Truth Social post in which he attacked Fox News report Jonathan Hunt as a “flunky.” On Special Report on Thursday, Hunt reported on the status of efforts to reach a peace deal between the United States and Iran, reporting that there were…

With the very non-digital backdrop of the San Jose federal courthouse, one of the most oddly convoluted and potentially significant fights over who really owns what in the A.I. era is approaching a TKO. It’s a fight full of slop, trademark and copyright claims, Italian Brainrot memes, licensing…

Apple TV is the latest streamer to raise rates, announcing this morning that the monthly subscription price for the service will increase in the U.S. for new and existing subscribers as of August 28. The new monthly price is now $14.99 (from $12.99) and the annual price is up to $119 from…

UPDATED: A federal judge heard arguments Thursday in the latest challenge to the Trump-controlled Kennedy Center’s effort to install the president’s name on the complex, this time twice on its façade and and at least once on the grounds of the arts institution. At the hearing, as the center’s…

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild Foundation has revealed the latest cohort military veterans to participate in its Veterans Fellowship program. The 2026 program will include Jon-Alexander Genson, Kat Castañeda, Manda K. Skelton, Shain Brenden, and Shannon Corbeil. They will be paired with five…

Producer Manny Halley through his Imani Media Group has taken over Pacoima Studios with a long-term lease for the San Fernando Valley facility formerly operated by Quixote North Valley Studios. It will be rebranded Imani Studio. Halley has a 25-year lease with an option to buy the complex of…

Donald Trump reported more than 1,000 purchases and sales of corporate securities in June, including those of Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, The Walt Disney Co. and Comcast. The White House has previously said that the president's stock and bond portfolio is independently…