CBS, Leslie Moonves Resolve Dispute Over $120 Million in Severance

Friends fans seemed to thoroughly enjoy the reunion special when it aired on HBO Max last week, and now we’re getting more details on how it all came together, including what the cast was reportedly paid to film it. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer were all initially offered $1 million to appear in the special but turned it down, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Humble Bundle has revealed that their Humble Heal: COVID-19 Bundle raised over one million dollars for charities fighting the Coronavirus outbreak.The total raised was $1,170,824 (£825,000), 100 per cent of which will be going to Direct Relief, Doctors Without Borders, International Medical Corps, and GiveIndia.Humble Bundle usually split the proceeds several ways, between themselves, the game publisher, and the current charity – so this was a unique opportunity to raise a huge amount for these

Ellise Shafer administrator“A Quiet Place II” is set to make a loud debut at the domestic box office this Memorial Day weekend.The sequel to 2018’s “A Quiet Place” is projected to bring in $47 million through Sunday and $57 million by Monday from 3,726 North American theaters, with some experts even predicting that the film will hit the $60 million mark in its four-day numbers.

Noel Gallagher has revealed the amount of money it would take for him to get on board with an Oasis reunion. 

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRob Master loves the idea of putting commercials into new Hollywood streaming hubs like Peacock, HBO Max and Paramount Plus. But he’s not so enchanted with the costs being demanded by the media companies that own the sites.NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia and others are seeking a premium from sponsors eager to attach their ads to streaming shows.

HBO and the American Federation of Musicians have reached a settlement of their dispute over the employment of musicians on miniseries The Gilded Age. The union filed an unfair labor practices complaint against the premium cabler on Friday, claiming that 23 musicians on the 10-part series were fired after they asked to be represented by the union.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorStephen Colbert will break free of his coronavirus-imposed restrictions and return to doing CBS’ “Late Show” in front of live audiences starting June 14.Colbert has led 205 episodes of the late-night program without an in-studio crowd, usually from his home or, in recent weeks, from a room at the Ed Sullivan Theater, which has housed the program for years.

HBO has unveiled the first look at the upcoming TV series adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife!

DETROIT -- The star of HGTV’s “Rehab Addict Rescue” has won a dispute with Detroit over ownership of a blighted home.Nicole Curtis said she has spent at least $60,000 to start fixing up the home after buying it from a couple for $17,000.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIt’s just the latest salvo in TV’s never-ending morning-news wars: CBS’ Gayle King is about to stroll into territory long dominated by ABC’s Robin Roberts.Starting this fall, “CBS This Morning” will hold forth from a new studio in New York’s Times Square.

Kate Hudson is cutting in. The actress is the latest star to join the cast of writer-director Rian Johnson's sequel, ET confirms.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWarnerMedia tried to put its best foot forward on Wednesday by focusing on the future of its own media assets, rather than questions about its looming spinoff from AT&T and merger with Discovery.Executives at the AT&T-owned media conglomerate put a spotlight on the company’s broad array of media outlets and talent during an upfront presentation to advertisers. The showcase, largely pre-taped, featured Leslie Odom Jr.

Game of Thrones' Rose Leslie stars in our first glimpse at former Doctor Who boss Steven Moffat's latest TV project – a new adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife. Moffat, who ran Doctor Who between 2010 and 2017, is adapting Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 novel, which tells the complex love story of Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire, for HBO Max.

Fresh off his Oscar nomination for his performance as Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami, Leslie Odom Jr. has lined up his next big feature as he has joined the growing ensemble of Knives Out 2, which Netflix recently landed the rights too.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe people who run one of the nation’s best-known broadcast networks think they’ve come up with a way to slow the flow of ad dollars from traditional TV to streaming-video rivals.CBS plans sometime in the second half of 2021 to start making available new technology that will let advertisers buy commercials that are sent only to a particular subset of the network’s viewing audience.

CBS and former entertainment chairman Leslie Moonves have resolved their dispute over $120 million that Moonves was set to collect as part of his exit from the company in 2018. In an SEC filing on Friday, CBS said that money, which had been held in a trust while they settled the dispute, will revert back to the company.

Covid surge in India has marked casualties in lacs amidst the second wave. More or less the nation has been belittled by the lack of medical facilities though the medical staff is trying their hardest to keep everyone safe.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNielsen, the company that measures TV audiences every day says it still needs a few weeks to get its counting procedures back to normal.In a May 6 letter to TV networks, media-measurement giant Nielsen said it is still working to “resolve outstanding maintenance needs” in approximately 2700 homes that serve in its panel of consumers, and will likely not complete that work until the end of May.