Billionaire Media Maven John Malone Calls Discovery-WarnerMedia Merger: “A Big Synergy Combination” With Savings Offsetting Debt

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDisney has reclaimed its rightful place at the top of Thanksgiving box office charts.

pottery maker and weed enthusiast — came under fire for this week after dismissing the recent rash of car burglaries in Los Angeles as just the result of “living in a big city.”“Getting broken into 15 times is something you should get used to and expect?” Twitter user @JonesSteeze replied.Others called out the Canadian-born actor’s privilege for being able to absorb potential losses from crime.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCelebrated by a VIP evening event at Lisbon’s imposing Jerónimos Monastery, CNN and partner Media Capital will bow CNN Portugal today at 21:00 GMT, marking the biggest news launch for many years in Portugal.A 24-hour Portuguese-language channel, CNN Portugal will be run by Media Capital, Portugal’s largest media conglomerate  which also owns top broadcast network TVI and Plural Entertainment, one of the country’s biggest production entities.Media

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSony’s supernatural comedy sequel “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is aiming to generate $30 million from 4,300 theaters in its domestic box office debut.The final weekend figure could vary slightly, with the studio predicting a three-day tally near $28 million and independent tracking services estimating a start closer to $35 million. In any case, the PG-13 “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is eyeing a first-place finish on domestic box office charts.

LA-based Hackman Capital Partners just announced its latest project — working with the City of Toronto to develop a new complex called Basin Media Studios amid a production boom in that city and a global race to expand capacity to accommodate the explosion of TV and film production. 

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Lopez, creator/executive producer of ABC’s Promised Land, has signed a multi-year overall deal with ABC Signature, the studio behind the upcoming multigenerational Latinx family drama. ABC Signature is part of Disney TV Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Trioscope, the company behind Netflix animated drama The Liberator, has brought in two new hires.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDavid Zaslav is relocating to the Left Coast: The CEO of Discovery, who is set to lead the proposed combo of WarnerMedia and Discovery, said he will primarily be based in Los Angeles by the time the deal is expected to close in mid-2022.“I’m moving to California,” Zaslav said, speaking Wednesday at the Paley Center for Media’s International Council Summit. He said he’ll have an office on the Warner Bros.

Ivy Getty, the great-granddaughter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, got married to photographer Tobias Engel in a dress of glass, which was custom-made by John Galliano.

Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon are the latest to board Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming project Oppenheimer.The pair will co-star alongside Nolan’s longstanding collaborator Cillian Murphy for the film, a biopic of physicist J.

His number one fan. While they aren’t married yet, Colin Kaepernick’s girlfriend, Nessa Diab, has been his main support system off and on the football field.

Billionaire John Caudwell has opened up about his "horrendous" experience in an Italian hospital after the "horrific" cycling crash he suffered on holiday.The Phones 4 U tycoon and ex-Olympic cyclist was left "badly smashed up" with a punctured lung, 12 displaced fractures in his left shoulder and ribcage, and concussion after the accident. John, 69, told OK!: "I was in Italy for a week and then transferred to Monaco for a week.

It’s not every day you get invited into a billionaire’s home – but John Caudwell and his partner Modesta Vžesniauskaite always make us feel welcome. And as we walk into their 45,000-square-foot Mayfair mansion, the former Phones 4 U owner and Olympic cyclist introduce us to their first child together, William John Caudwell, who arrived in March.

An aspiring Corrie star has plastered her face on a billboard at Media City in a bid to be cast in the soap.

The Kennedys are arguably the most infamous family in American politics. Of course, the best-known member of the family was John F. Kennedy, who served as the 35th President of the United States from 1961 until his assassination on November 22, 1963.

Elton John is showing Ed Sheeran some serious support after the “Bad Habits” singer shared that he tested positive for COVID-19. In a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Sheeran revealed that the music icon has been checking on him daily.