| | What's news: Nicole Kidman is joining the Taylor Sheridan universe. Vince McMahon plots a stunning return to the WWE. The NFL gives updated playoff scenarios after canceling the Bills-Bengals game. Brené Brown exits her Spotify deal. C-SPAN is enjoying its sudden dominance of the zeitgeist. — Ryan Gajewski |
WBD CFO Calls Out "Spending Frenzy" ►"We are done with that chapter." If 2022 was a year of restructuring for Warner Bros. Discovery, then 2023 "will be a year of relaunching and building," according to CFO Gunnar Weidenfels. The executive also signaled that the company's moves in the content space, such as removing old titles from HBO Max and canceling some shows, are likely to be copied by competitors, and that pricing for streaming services will rise as companies pursue profitability over reach. The story. —Big little spies. Nicole Kidman has signed on to writer-producer Taylor Sheridan's upcoming CIA drama, Lioness. The Oscar winner joins a cast for the Paramount TV project that already includes Zoe Saldaña and Laysla De Oliveira. The story. —What retirement? WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon is planning a comeback to the company after retiring amid a misconduct probe led by the company's board of directors. McMahon, who still controls the company through his ownership of Class B shares, has told the WWE board of directors that he plans to re-join the board. The story. —"ICU spa moment to lift my spirits." Jeremy Renner has given fans a video update from the Reno hospital where he is being treated for severe injuries related to a New Year's Day snowplow accident. In the video, the actor is getting his hair washed as part of a bed bath — his first, he notes, in a week or so. The story. |
'Avatar 2' Swims Past 'Maverick' Globally ►Feel the need — the need for Na'vi. James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water has overtaken Joseph Kosinski's Top Gun: Maverick at the global box office to become the top-grossing film released in 2022. The Avatar sequel also is now the No. 10 top-grossing film of all time. The story. —"Without a diverse slate, exhibition is lost." The ups and downs at the 2022 box office were certainly dramatic, including a crash in the fall and early winter. While there are plenty of big titles in 2023, there is a continued lack of product during some corridors, including for the next six weeks or so. THR's Pamela McClintock reports on lingering worries ahead of a new year in moviegoing. The story. —The mob vs. Ariel. Comedian and star Bert Kreischer's The Machine — inspired by his real-life story of getting involved with the Russian mob — will laugh its way into theaters on May 26, Sony and Legendary announced. The comedy, co-starring Mark Hamill, will face Memorial Day weekend competition from Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid, which releases the same day. The story. |
TV Review: Netflix's 'Copenhagen Cowboy' ►"Refn at his most indulgently Refn-y." THR's Angie Han reviews Nicolas Winding Refn's Netflix series, Copenhagen Cowboy. Angela Bundalovic stars as Miu, who seeks revenge amid Copenhagen's criminal underworld. The review. —"This has been a very difficult week." The NFL canceled the Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game that was suspended Monday night following the hospitalization of Bills player Damar Hamlin. Hamlin is showing "remarkable improvement," the Bills and medical personnel said. The story. —"This is the end of a season." Author and podcast host Brené Brown has released the final episodes of her Spotify-exclusive podcasts Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead as her deal with the audio giant has come to an end. Brown plans on taking a break from podcasting. The story. |
Disney at 100 ►Happiest anniversary on Earth. A century after its inception, The Walt Disney Co. is Hollywood’s leading entertainment corporation with a portfolio that includes a marquee film stable, television, cruise ships and more. THR's Pamela McClintock takes a look at the playbook created by Walt Disney and refined over a century of theme-park rides becoming movies, movies becoming Broadway shows, and merch coming out of it all. The story. —Died at the scene. Grammy-winning recording engineer Mark Capps was shot and killed by police at his home in Nashville. His death came hours after he was accused of holding his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. The story. —"This is a very unusual speaker election." For days, America has been addicted to a new TV show playing out before our eyes: the U.S. House of Representatives on C-SPAN. THR's Alex Weprin spoke to C-SPAN director of editorial operations Ben O’Connell about the non-profit public affairs channel garnering more attention than it has since, well, maybe ever. The story. | 'Friday Night Lights' Director Peter Berg Revisits Football ►"The hardest thing I've ever had to do in my career." THR's Mikey O'Connell spoke to Peter Berg about the filmmaker responding to the 2020 murder of George Floyd by following the predominantly Black players at a Minneapolis high school for a football season that proved fraught on and off the field. Boys in Blue, the resulting four-part Showtime series, may signal a softening for the director best known for such machismo-fueled features as Friday Night Lights, Hancock and Battleship. The interview. —"It's a very, very special moment." THR's Brian Davids chatted with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan about wrapping up his Apple TV+ show, Servant, at the same time as completing the upcoming feature Knock at the Cabin. Shyamalan also discussed nearly tying 2015's The Visit to 2019's Glass. The interview. —"He's illuminating the human condition." THR critics Lovia Gyarkye and Sheri Linden explore James Baldwin Abroad, a three-film program showing at NYC's Film Forum from Jan. 6-12. The shorts give an opportunity to examine this critical period in the acclaimed author's adult life. The critics' conversation. | Feinberg Forecast ►Post-shortlists Oscars landscape. THR's executive awards editor Scott Feinberg updates his picks ahead of the 2023 Academy Awards ceremony on March 12. Nominations are announced Jan. 24. The forecast. In other news... —Dana White's Power Slap TV premiere delayed after incident —Lisa Rinna leaving The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after eight seasons —You People trailer sees Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis-Dreyfus face off over interfaith tensions —Stranger Things' Noah Schnapp comes out as gay —Audra McDonald's Ohio State Murders to close on Broadway —Al Roker returns to Today after major medical scare What else we're reading... —Garrett Schumann explores the lasting legacy of Vicente Lusitano, a Black composer born over 500 years ago [NYT] —Rachel Handler profiles Allison Williams, who weighs in on M3gan and, of course, the ongoing nepotism debate [Vulture] —Dylan Scott on America's unbreakable fixation with the NFL [Vox] —Morgan Evans talks to Jesse Williams about life after 11 years on Grey's Anatomy [VF] —Steven Vargas examines ActNow, an acting class focused on LGBTQ talent that aims to foster a new Hollywood [LAT] Today's birthdays: Eddie Redmayne (41), Norman Reedus (54), Kate McKinnon (39), Eliza Scanlen (24), Rinko Kikuchi (42), Hugh Skinner (38), Cristela Alonzo (44), Rowan Atkinson (68), Genevieve O'Reilly (46), Betty Gabriel (42), Trudie Styler (69), Danny Pintauro (47), Irina Shayk (37), Howie Long (63), Johnny Yong Bosch (47), Frank Sivero (71) |
| Peter Rawley, a longtime ICM agent in Los Angeles and London who served as head of European production for MGM and produced independent films, has died. He was 85. The obituary. |
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