Manchester United have been told they would be “lucky” to have Antonio Conte as their manager.
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UPDATED: CNN+, the news network’s expensive venture into subscription streaming, will shut down at the end of the month.
The heavily promoted service launched on March 29, but almost immediately there were reports of lower-than-expected subscription numbers and plans for cutbacks under new CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery.
Chris Licht, the new chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, said that they have decided to “focus our investment on CNN’s core news-gathering operations and in further building CNN Digital. This is not a decision about quality; we appreciate all of the work, ambition and creativity that went into building CNN+, an organization with terrific talent and compelling programming. But our customers and CNN will be best served with a simpler streaming choice.”
Andrew Morse, who had led CNN+, will leave the company.
All of the broadcast news divisions and news networks have launched streaming offerings, but none gained quite the attention that CNN+ did, conceived during the era of former CNN President Jeff Zucker. He lured away talent from other networks, including Kasie Hunt from NBC News and Chris Wallace from Fox News, and development costs reportedly approached $100 million.
The night of the launch, CNN threw a party at the stylish Peak Restaurant & Bar in NYC’s Hudson Yards, sipping cocktails, munching mini-risotto balls and enjoying the insane view from the 101st floor. Ethan Hawke and Carl Bernstein mingled with talent like the newly arrived Chris Wallace.
But the ambitious move into streaming was met with a lot of doubts, particularly given that it was being sold as a subscription offering. By the time it launched, CNN was offering a 50% discount to early subscribers on its monthly fee of $5.99. While some of
Manchester United have been told they would be “lucky” to have Antonio Conte as their manager.
The Cannes Film Festival has set its lineup for this year’s Cannes Classics program, which shines a spotlight on restorations of classic movies and features contemporary documentaries about film. Kicking off the sidebar is Jean Eustache’s controversial film The Mother and the Whore, the 1973 Cannes Grand Prize winner which incited riots at the time. Also included in the program are films by Vittorio de Sica (Sciuscià), Satyajit Ray (The Adversary), Orson Welles (The Trial) and Martin Scorsese (The Last Waltz), as well as a new 4K master of Singin’ in the Rain to mark the movie’s 70th anniversary.
EXCLUSIVE: Showtime and Paramount Television Studios have suspended production for four days on upcoming series American Gigolo, a reboot of the popular 1980 movie. The move comes a couple of days after the Paramount network and TV studio severed ties with the series’ developer, writer, director and executive producer David Hollander following an investigation into allegations of misconduct.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaProducer Uri Singer’s Passage Pictures is developing a series called “Enjoy Your Stay,” which the producer says will be based on true events surrounding AirBnB’s crisis response team and its attempts to deal with the aftermath of a crime. A former AirBnB security team member has joined the production as an anonymous source and consultant for the series, Passage Pictures says.
Major spoilers follow for “Moon Knight” episode 5. Turn back now or be banished to the Egyptian land of the afterlife.The episode begins with a woman who we’ve never seen, screaming directly into camera: “It’s all your fault.” We see a flash of water and a cave, before we shift into an office. It’s sort of like Ethan Hawke’s office in the otherworldly psych ward from the previous episode but different; more mundane and of-the-real-world.
Celine Dion has paid a heartfelt tribute to Montreal Canadiens legend and hockey icon Guy Lafleur, who passed away at age 70 on Friday.
More information has come to light about Bill Murray’s alleged “inappropriate behavior” on the set of Being Mortal.
MixMag. A statement from police said at the time: “It is reported that about 1000 people are attending the event. A large number of vehicles have also been reported travelling through the area.“We have received a number of calls from concerned and upset residents who have had their sleep disturbed by the noise levels coming from the event.
Production on Azaiz Ansari’s directorial debut “Being Mortal” has been suspended, reportedly due to alleged “inappropriate behaviour” by Bill Murray.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWarner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+ and is expected to provide details to staffers Thursday, according to two people familiar with the matter.Spokespersons for CNN and Warner Bros.
“Moon Knight,” odds are episode 4 destroyed that confidence. Don’t worry, Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke know how confused everyone is, but they also have some insight as to what’s coming.In “The Tomb”, Marc, Steven and Layla successfully infiltrate the tomb of Ammit.
Naman Ramachandran “The Lost City” and “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” led the U.K. and Ireland box office over the four-day Easter holiday weekend.Paramount’s “The Lost City,” with a star-studded cast including Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe and Brad Pitt, debuted with £2.7 million ($3.5 million) atop the box office, according to numbers released by Comscore.
A Manchester city centre bar will be forced to shut down for one month after complaints of repeated rule-breaking. But a former boss is stepping in to save it.
Megyn Kelly knows where her audience is.