Netflix Didn’t See Much ‘Interruption’ in Launch of Original Shows and Movies Because of Strikes, Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Claims

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Aylo, parent company of Pornhub and other sex sites, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. prosecutors to settle a charge it profited from deals with porn producers who were involved in sex trafficking. Under the settlement announced Thursday, Canada-based Aylo agreed to pay a criminal fine and forfeiture totaling $1.845 million to the U.S.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Maestro, which is directed, co-written, produced by and stars Bradley Cooper.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Lawyers for Ozy Media, the defunct media and entertainment company founded by Carlos Watson, allege in a new lawsuit that Ben Smith, BuzzFeed and Semafor (the media startup co-founded by Smith in 2022) misappropriated Ozy’s trade secrets “for their own benefit.” The suit additionally alleges that BuzzFeed breached a nondisclosure agreement it entered into with Ozy in 2019 as part of its efforts to buy the company. Lawyers representing Ozy Media allege that Smith, former BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief and New York Times media columnist who is currently editor-in-chief of Semafor, wrote “a series of hit pieces” about Ozy Media but that he did not disclose “his central role in BuzzFeed’s efforts to buy Ozy two years earlier” while he was at BuzzFeed.

Instagram. “Some special guests at show #97,” the “Everybody Loves You Now” singer captioned the snaps, which also featured a pic with fellow musician Elvis Costello. Joel shares both children with his fourth wife, Alexis Roderick, whom he married during his Fourth of July party in 2015.

EXCLUSIVE: Sandbox Films (Fire of Love) and XTR (Ascension) have teamed to produce feature doc A Life Illuminated, exploring the life and legacy of pioneering marine biologist Edie Widder, in association with ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX.

Lisa Vanderpump has a new reality show, Vanderpump Villa, coming to Hulu and the cast has just been revealed!

Lena Dunham and her husband Luis Felber have co-created a romantic comedy series titled “Too Much” for Netflix. Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe are set to star. “Too Much” follows Jessica (Stalter), a New York workaholic in her mid-30s who is reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows.

Google has released its annual list of the year’s top trending searches, and if you’re thinking Taylor Swift tops yet another chart, think again.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk, continuing his campaign to make X a “free speech” refuge even to the detriment of the company’s business interests, said he is reinstating the account of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Twitter banned Jones in 2018, along with his Infowars program. Last year Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to families of Sandy Hook victims over his lies about the 2012 school shooting, which left 20 kids and six adults dead.

Netflix said today it plans to award its co-chief operating officers identical compensation packages for 2024 worth $40 million each.

Bradley Cooper is a man of many talents. The actor, director, and writer, can now add restauranteur to his resume, having recently opened a cheesesteak food truck in New York city. Earlier this week, he was there for the truck’s opening, serving cheesesteaks, and was accompanied by two of the women in his life: Irina Shayk and Gigi Hadid.Irina Shayk and Gigi Hadid’s friendship amid Bradley Cooper romanceWhat Zayn Malik and Irina Shayk really think about Gigi Hadid and Bradley CooperPhotos show all of them having fun and at the location, with Cooper manning one of the truck’s grills and preparing the sandwiches.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Netflix‘s board has approved 2024 pay packages of its top execs, with co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters each to receive compensation worth $40 million. For Sarandos, it’s the same level of pay he is set to receive in 2023.

Ted Sarandos acknowledged that Netflix may be making fewer movies than it used to — because it’s so much easier to license them now.

Netflix and Adam McKay are putting an end to a forthcoming project.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Susan Sarandon issued an apology for controversial comments she made at a pro-Palestine rally in New York last month. At the Nov.

Ethan Shanfeld In Todd Haynes’ Netflix drama “May December,” the subject of a decades-old tabloid sex scandal is visited by a famous actress set to portray her in a film. Julianne Moore plays Gracie Atherton-Yoo, who was 36 years old when she was caught having sex with Joe, a 13-year-old boy who worked with her at a pet store. After having his first child from behind bars, Gracie began her life with Joe (Charles Melton), who is now the same age Gracie was when they first met.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Linda Yaccarino, who’s already facing an uphill battle in winning over advertisers to X, has her work cut out for her to restore trust with big marketers after her boss profanely dissed those who had suspended advertising from the platform. Almost six months into her gig as CEO of X, Yaccarino continues to try to clean up PR messes created by Elon Musk, the shoot-from-the-lip megabillionaire and self-appointed defender of free speech who owns the company formerly known as Twitter.

EXCLUSIVE: Realm, the scripted podcast company behind series such as Harley Quinn & The Joker: Sound Mind and The Flash: Escape The Midnight Circus, has struck a wide-ranging deal with IGN to develop and distribute audio series.

Bradley Cooper isn’t ruling out returning to comedy. In Friday’s episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, Cooper, 48, was asked if he was putting his comedic past behind him to take more dramatic roles, as he’s getting Oscar buzz for his latest movie, “Maestro.” “Are you done with fun?” host David Remnick asked.

Former captain Roy Keane described Alejandro Garnacho's Goal of the Season contender for Manchester United against Everton on Sunday afternoon as being 'absolutely amazing'.