Disney Plus Subscriber Growth to Slow in September Quarter, CEO Bob Chapek Says

If Jack Grealish and Jadon Sancho are under any pressure at their clubs, they weren't showing it in England training this week.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeBlumhouse TV has tapped Gretchen Palek to oversee its expansion in unscripted TV as head of alternative. Palek shifts over from ITV America, where she was most recently co-president of the company’s Leftfield Pictures.Palek’s transition comes following Blumhouse TV’s deal with ITV America to jointly create nonfiction content — with Blumhouse’s suspense-driven brand — under an exclusive overall deal.

Blumhouse Television and ITV America set an overall deal for unscripted television. The former has now hired Gretchen Palek to oversee its push into non-scripted.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe board of Ozy Media, the media and entertainment company accused of deceiving investors and advertisers, has had a change of heart and will not be shutting its doors, CEO Carlos Watson said Monday.“This is our Lazarus moment, if you will,” Watson said in an appearance on NBC News’ “Today” show.The about-face comes after Ozy announced Friday, Oct.

NEW YORK -- The CEO of Ozy Media on Monday called the company's announcement last week that it was shutting down “premature” and that after meeting with advertisers and other partners that it would continue to operate.“We have something special here,” Carlos Watson told CNBC on Monday morning.The board of directors of Ozy emailed a statement Friday saying the company was ceasing operations less than a week after a New York Times column raised questions about the media organization’s claims of

Married At First Sight UK star Bob Voysey has revealed that he has been inundated with people offering to be "Mrs Bob" since leaving the show. The contestant, 26, made the heartbreaking decision to leave the experiment earlier this month with former partner Megan Wolfe, and he has since been stopped in the street with marriage proposals.

Married At First Sight UK star Bob Voysey has revealed that the show's dinner parties were so explosive that the cast couldn't even finish filming two of them. Speaking to OK! in an exclusive interview ahead of Thursday's final episode and Monday's explosive reunion, Bob, 26, teased that "utter carnage" took place behind-the-scenes at the dinner parties with cameras not even able to catch it.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorA day after CAA clinched a deal to acquire ICM Partners, Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel told an industry crowd on Tuesday that he considered an ICM acquisition more than a decade ago, before Endeavor pulled off its acquisition of William Morris Agency.Emanuel weighed in on the big news in Hollywood during his long-scheduled Q&A at the Recode conference in Beverly Hills.

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Liza Foreman Paco Plaza, director of the Spanish horror film “La Abuela” (“The Grandmother”), remembers distinctly how Coco Chanel’s favorite model, Vera Valdez, who co-stars in his latest film, responded before boarding a plane to Paris to sit out the pandemic when their production shut down early last year: “I will stay alive.” Although they did not know, at that time, if they would be able to shoot again, Valdez’s promise gave him hope that the film would continue.Born in 1936, the Brazilian

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has spoken out in defence of the studio in light of the ongoing lawsuit with Scarlett Johansson.The Black Widow actor sued Disney over the film’s day-and-date release strategy, claiming it is in breach of her contract.The Marvel star’s agent claimed that she would have received a greater percentage point of box office takings if the film had been released exclusively in cinemas.Chapek was asked about the payment of talent as the distribution models continue to change –

Scarlett Johansson shocked the world after she went public with her lawsuit against Disney over the release strategy of “Black Widow.” The actress claims that the streaming release of “Black Widow” made it so she missed out on $50 million worth of backend money that was likely hers if the film got a typical theatrical release.

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel never brought up the name Scarlett Johansson, whose challenge to Disney alongside her reps at rival CAA has riled the industry. But in a virtual appearance at the Goldman Sachs Communcacopia Conference, the exec said talent is “getting paid very, very well” despite massive shifts in windows.

Walt Disney chief executive Bob Chapek said the company’s global net paid subscribers will rise “by low single-digit millions” for its current fiscal fourth quarter from the third — meaning slower growth — and put Wall Street on notice that long-term targets are still on track but they shouldn’t assume growth will be a straight line.

Wall Street Journal could add up to $50 million.In Disney’s initial response, the company said the lawsuit had “no merit whatsoever” and called Johansson “callous” for asking for more than her upfront salary of $20 million. The studio has countered by saying that it fulfilled its theatrical obligation by releasing “Black Widow” on 9,000 screens in the U.S.

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” will land on Disney+ on November 12 as part of the upcoming Disney+ Day, Bob Chapek announced as part of a conference on Tuesday .Disney+ Day is being billed as an annual, company wide celebration of the streaming service in honor of its two year anniversary and will feature new content from every Disney franchise and brand, including Marvel, “Star Wars,” Pixar and “The Simpsons.” In addition to “Shang-Chi,” which so far has been playing exclusively in