MPA Hires Michael Rodriguez As Content Protection Litigator Based In D.C.

Angelique Jackson It might officially be fall, but Netflix had a “Strong Black Summer.” At least, that was the name of the streamer’s warm-weather months campaign promoting a string of TV, film and documentary projects fronted by Black talent. Among the hot titles were Gabrielle Union’s rom-com “The Perfect Find,” the John Boyega-starring conspiratorial caper “They Cloned Tyrone,” a fourth season of the Emmy-nominated comedy “The Upshaws,” comedian Michelle Buteau’s semi-autobiographical series “Survival of the Thickest,” the “Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop” documentary, and a first look at awards contenders “Stamped from the Beginning” and “Rustin.” “The goal of ‘Strong Black Summer’ was to generate conversation and create community with Black consumers and partners,” says Netflix’s Shelly Gillyard, vice president of marketing in the U.S.

Petrolheads and Manchester City fans - get set. You can now own a car that once belonged to a Blues legend.

José Hernández is an astronaut. Before that, he was a migrant farmworker, growing up while picking vegetables and fruits. His story is inspirational, one that was adapted into a feature film titled “A Million Miles Away.” The film, starring Michael Peña, debuted in Prime Video on September 15th as one of the most viewed films in streamer.

You didn’t actually think there wouldn’t be a world premiere for the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film?

Paramount+ is expanding its global Korean content slate with three new series produced through its partnership with Korea’s CJ ENM.

EXCLUSIVE: Meta and Alphabet will pull back from news distribution in more countries if forced to pay for content, the CEO of leading Canadian public network CBC/Radio Canada has predicted.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Animation and Temple Hill have a new original animated movie in the works, Superworld, based on the book series of the same name, created and illustrated by Yarrow and Carrie Cheney. 

Hallmark has revealed that it will have 40 all-new, original movies for both its flagship channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, as well as special content for Hallmark Movies Now, the company’s subscription streaming service.

Michael Peña plays José Hernández, the first migrant farm worker to go to space. In a new interview, Hernández revealed that he recommended Peña for the role in “A Million Miles Away,” the movie based on his life, after he’d seen his work in the film “The Martian.”Camila Morrone discusses working with craft ‘masters’ Willem Dafoe and Patricia Arquette10 movies & shows to watch for Hispanic Heritage Month“I said, ‘He has experience already. He's been an astronaut!’” said Hernández in an interview with People.

Katy Perry just made a massive music deal.

Anaheim, the Southern California city that’s the home of Disneyland, has released a report on how the theme park’s proposed expansion would impact the environment.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Linda Yaccarino, on her 101st day as CEO of Elon Musk’s X (aka Twitter), announced several new hires and organizational changes at the social network. New hires include Brett Weitz, who was general manager of Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT, TBS and truTV, who joins X as the new head of content, talent and brand sales.

Linda Yaccarino spent 15 years at Turner Entertainment and 11.5 years at NBCUniversal before her surprise appointment as Twitter’s (now X) new CEO. As she continues to build her team, she just announced four hires of executives she had worked with at Turner or NBCUniversal.

Adam Sandler is hitting the road. The 57-year-old comedian and Live Nation announced that Sandler’s embarking on “The I Missed You Tour”, a 25-city endeavour, next month.

took in a game of wheelchair basketball.At one point during the tournament, the “Suits” star was sitting in the bleachers with Harry, 38, and she took part in a big group wave!She joyfully sprang her arms up in the air alongside the rest of the crowd and laughed with the other viewers.Headlines about Markle’s moves at the event sparked some fun reactions from fans on social media, with one person writing even comparing Markle to Harrys late mother: “Can’t stop reading news about Meghan Markle taking part in a big group wave….the people’s princess fr!!!!”Diana, Princess of Wales was famously known as the “People’s Princess” until she tragically died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, because of her uncanny knack for connecting with non-royals.Markle arrived in Europe from California on Tuesday and met up with her hubby at the Games. While the duchess’ $160 J.

Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo have added a stunning mansion to their impressive real estate portfolio. The soccer star has owned properties in Barcelona, Miami, Ibiza, and in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina, per Architectural Digest, and amid his move to Inter Miami, now has a $10.7 million mansion in Ford Lauderdale.Stunning aerial images provide a glimpse into the lavish 10,500 square-foot mansion the soccer legend, his wife, and their sons, Thiago, Mateo, and Ciro, will call home.

Hold onto your pumpkin spice lattes, horror fans, because Netflix just dropped the trailer for Mike Flanagan’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon and Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang are among a group of writers that filed a class action lawsuit against Meta in San Francisco federal court for having “copied and ingested” their works to train its LLaMA AI platform.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have one of the biggest sporting rivalries in the world. Despite the fact that both are some of the biggest names in soccer, they’ve often said that they have no hard feelings for each other, even though the media continues to look for ways to pit them together. This rivalry has even included their romantic partners, Antonela Roccuzzo and Georgina Rodriguez.

Martin Ellis, a beloved second assistant director who worked on films such as A Dog’s Journey and the upcoming Monster High The Movie 2, and television shows including The Flash and The Power, died August 22 at his home in Vancouver, family friend and producer Seth William Meier confirmed to Deadline. Ellis was 44. A cause of death was not released.