Barry Diller’s IAC Buys People Magazine Publisher Meredith

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN’s “E60” will take a look at baseball great Barry Bonds as he approaches his last year of eligibility on the writers’ ballot for candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame, a sign that allegations around his use of performance-enhancing drugs have tarnished some parts of his legacy.The ESPN program will present “Bonds” on Nov. 7 at 9:30 p.m.

EXCLUSIVE: The Raid star Iko Uwais has landed the villain role in The Expendables 4. He joins returining stars Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture. Also joining the ensemble are Megan Fox, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Jacob Scipio and Andy Garcia.

Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40, and Too $hort are the kind of artists that are foundational to the story of west coast rap, not just chapters in its story, but whole books in and of themselves. That's why their supergroup Mount Westmore, announced late last year, is so exciting.

If it’s not obvious, already, “The Flash” looks like it will be the most pivotal film in the modern-day, post-Snyderverse DC Universe. In fact, “The Flash,” which looks like a big event film, and will include more than just Barry Allen (Ezra Miller), looks like it might be the equivalent of “Captain America: Civil War,” a solo film with lots of guest stars that had major implications for the MCU.

Gold boots are made for running and that’s just what they’ll do in the latest look at Barry Allen’s fresh getup ahead of The Flash‘s Season 8 premiere.

In his first year working in film and TV, hair department head Barry Lee Moe (IATSE Local 706) had an experience that forever changed his perspective on the industry.

Le Tigre have shared a statement opening up on their recent lawsuit against Barry Mann, challenging the singer over cease-and-desist letters alleging the band’s song ‘Deceptacon’ infringed on the copyright for his 1961 song ‘Who Put The Bomp (Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)’.As Rolling Stone reports, Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman of Le Tigre said: “Last week, we filed a complaint seeking declaratory judgment in the Southern District of New York against Barry Mann.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Addams Family,” the big-screen adaptation of Charles Addams’ comic stories of an aristocratic family with a taste for the macabre, became a box office sensation when it opened in theaters in 1991.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.comA young couple ponders life’s biggest questions of vows, adulthood, love and … “would you ever consider an open thing?” Check out the exclusive trailer debut for the charming romantic comedy “Mark, Mary & Some Other People” above.Hayley Law and Ben Rosenfield play the titular characters who reconnect after college.

Le Tigre have filed a civil lawsuit to counter cease-and-desist letters sent by Barry Mann, who alleges copyright infringement of his song ‘Who Put the Bomp (Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)’.Mann, whose 1961 single was written with the late Gerry Goffin, claims that Le Tigre’s 1999 song ‘Deceptacon’ infringes on his work.Now, Le Tigre’s Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman have filed a complaint seen by Pitchfork in which they argue that Mann has no claim because ‘Who Put The Bomp…’ is not a wholly original

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHenry Cheng Kar-shun, who is the chairman of property development group New World Development, has taken control of I-Cable, Hong Kong’s largest cable TV network operator and the territory’s second largest pay-TV operator.Cheng-owned company Celestial Pioneer disclosed that it had struck deals that give it 72% ownership of Forever Top, a company that owns a 43% stake in I-Cable.Celestial said that it was buying 40.5% of Forever Top from two existing investors.

A man linked by DNA to the killing of a prominent television director slain in his Studio City home more than three decades ago pleaded guilty today to voluntary manslaughter.

IAC Dotdash is acquiring Meredith Corporation in an all-cash deal valued at $2.7 billion dollars, the companies announced Wednesday.Dotdash is the publishing division of Barry Diller’s IAC holding company. The deal will be completed in an all-cash transaction at a purchase price of $42.18 per share, and is expected to close by the end of 2021.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMeredith, the media company home to publications like People, EW, Better Homes & Gardens and InStyle, will become part of Dotdash, the digital publishing division of Barry Diller’s IAC holding company. The proposed terms give the deal an enterprise value of about $2.7 billion.Under the deal, Dotdash will acquire Meredit in an all-cash transaction at a purchase price of $42.18 per share.

Jennifer Hudson, Halle Berry, Barry Jenkins, and Anthony Anderson are among this year’s honorees for the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration Of Black Cinema & Television. First inaugurated in 2014 the annual event has honored standout achievements in Black filmmaking, and this year will be the first to also incorporate excellence in television as well. It will take place on Monday December 6 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel and will feature an overall 20 award categories.

, Dar Zuzovsky, Danny DeVito and John Leguizamo.The film made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year. No release date has been set on HBO, but it will also debut on HBO Max.

Following its world premiere at TIFF, HBO Films has taken the exclusive North American rights to Barry Levinson’s The Survivor about Holocaust survivor and U.S. boxer Harry Haft. Ben Foster plays Haft in the movie, and the pic reps a reteam for Levinson and him having previously worked on Liberty Heights together.