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Peacock Quarterly Loss Narrows to $639M as Streamer Hits 34M Subscribers
Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s entertainment unit NBCUniversal, grew its first-quarter revenue and narrowed its loss to $639 million from $704 million in the year-ago period, and $825 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, despite higher programming costs. The streamer ended March with 34 paying subscribers, compared with a year-end 2023 figure of 31 million, […]
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TelevisaUnivision Nears Streaming Profit, CEO Calls Audience “Likely the Deciding Factor” in Elections
Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision reported virtually unchanged U.S. revenue of $739.9 million in the first quarter of 2024, as a 4 percent drop in “other” revenue was offset by subscription and licensing revenue, as well as advertising revenue that rose minimally. It also touted that its streaming business, which had ended 2023 with more than 7 million […]
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Nicola Coughlan Recalls Being Told “You Won’t Get Work” Over Her Palestine Support
Nicola Coughlan opened up about her support for Palestine and how she was told it could affect the acting gigs she’s offered. In a Teen Vogue cover story, the Bridgerton star sat down to discuss the show’s upcoming and highly anticipated season three. In the conversation, she also got candid about her support for a […]
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Rebel Wilson’s Memoir to Be Published in U.K. With Sacha Baron Cohen Passages Redacted
The U.K. edition of Rebel Wilson’s new memoir Rebel Rising will be published with redacted passages about her past on-set experiences with Sacha Baron Cohen. The Pitch Perfect actress previously shared that in chapter 23, titled “Sacha Baron Cohen and Other Assholes,” she recounts filming 2016’s The Brothers Grimsby with Baron Cohen. Earlier, she also claimed […]
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Dua Lipa Among Stars Reading Int’l Booker Prize Hopefuls in Shorts From Sharon Horgan’s Merman
Short films featuring the likes of Dua Lipa and Tobias Menzies (The Crown, Game of Thrones, Manhunt) reading extracts from the six books on the 2024 shortlist for the International Booker Prize for fiction translated into English will debut on Thursday, courtesy of Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman. The other performers are Eleanor […]
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‘Shogun’ Is Over, But What About Season 2? Creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Weigh In
[This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of FX’s Shogun.] Shōgun masterminds Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo read James Clavell’s novel cover to cover. Their social media intake around the series, however, has not been quite as comprehensive. “We live in Hawaii on the island of Maui with 70 chickens and roosters,” Marks […]
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Amazon’s Wondery Launches Podcast Subscription Service Wondery+ in U.K.
Wondery, Amazon’s podcast studio and network, on Wednesday unveiled the launch of Wondery+, its curated podcast subscription service, in the U.K. It touted “exclusive podcast content, ad-free listening as well as early access to new episodes of popular shows.” All in all, the service promises subscribers “dozens of exclusive podcasts, early access to more than 50 shows, […]
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U.K. Media Regulator Unveils “Strengthened” Guidance on Programs Presented by Politicians
U.K. media regulator Ofcom published “strengthened” industry guidance and issued a warning to broadcasters on Wednesday after recently finding that news network GB News, which is often described as the British equivalent of the Fox News Channel, had breached regulations around politicians moonlighting as TV news presenters. “Following a series of decisions about programs presented by politicians found […]
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Jane Campion to Receive Locarno Film Festival Honor
Jane Campion will be honored this year by the Locarno Film Festival, which will present the New Zealand director its Pardo d’Onore Manor Award for lifetime achievement. Campion will receive the tribute at the 77th edition of the Swiss festival on Friday, Aug. 16. Locarno will also screen two of Campion’s best-known films selected by […]
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Hozier Reacts to Becoming First Irish Artist Since Sinéad O’Connor to Top U.S. Charts With “Too Sweet”
Hozier has nothing but love to share with his fans after his song “Too Sweet” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart — his first time hitting the No. 1 spot. The singer-songwriter is also the first Irish artist — and fourth overall — to lead the chart since Sinéad O’Connor’s (who died in July 2023 […]
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals His Machiavellian Sabotage of Sylvester Stallone in TMZ Special
As two titans of Tinseltown in the 1980s and early 1990s, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger found ideal rivals in one another and grew so competitive that the Hollywood heroes resorted to Machiavellian tactics to gain status as the world’s top action star, they revealed on Tuesday in a televised interview from TMZ. The septuagenarian […]
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Victoria Beckham’s First Collection for Mango Channels An Iconic Jane Birkin Film
Posh Spice's new collab with the Spanish fast-fashion label channels the poolside style of 'La Piscine' — see all of the campaign photos, pricing and best pieces to buy for spring.
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