EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell didn’t mince words about the “bad dream” that was 2020, but touted the success of Peacock and laid out a string of streaming stats in a holiday-season memo to employees.
08.12.2020 - 21:18 / hollywoodreporter.com
NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock has reached more than 26 million sign-ups, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell told an investors conference on Tuesday. "As of yesterday, we're just up over 26 million sign-ups, so the momentum just continues in a very strong linear way," Shell told the UBSGlobal TMT Virtual Investors Conference during a session that was webcast.
EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell didn’t mince words about the “bad dream” that was 2020, but touted the success of Peacock and laid out a string of streaming stats in a holiday-season memo to employees.
Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami, who rose to prominence as the lead prosecutor in the Gabriel Fernandez case, told "Fox & Friends" the newly elected D.A.'s directives are not supported by his own prosecutors or the citizens who voted for him.
More than two dozen Black pastors, many of them from Georgia, sent a letter to a Democratic Senate candidate Friday urging him to reconsider his stance on abortion heading into a runoff in the Peach State. “Unborn Black, Brown and White lives are so much more than clumps of cells, burdensome inconveniences, or health problems,” they wrote to the Rev.
EXCLUSIVE: Podcasting is becoming big business and as such the Hollywood agencies are building up their talent books. The latest move is CAA signing Lauren Bright Pacheco, host of the true crime podcast Happy Face, which is in development at CBS All Access.
With WarnerMedia effectively blowing up the theatrical exclusivity window with its entire 2021 Warner Bros. film slate, many are wondering which studio will make a similar move.
Jeff Shell, chief executive of NBCUniversal, said the film business had “stayed stuck in the mud” and was “leaving a lot of money on the table” even as the rest of the entertainment industry, T notably, has evolved rapidly.
Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis blasted Arizona's speaker of the House on Sunday night after the state legislature closed following news that her colleague Rudy Giuliani tested positive for coronavirus days after speaking to Arizona state lawmakers about allegations of election fraud.
Marv Group CEO Zygi Kamasa has said that filmmaker Matthew Vaughn is plotting “something like seven more Kingsman films” as part of the company’s expansion plans.
The Chicago Teachers Union is facing swift criticism on social media Sunday after claiming in a now deleted tweet that the push to reopen schools is "rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny." One user replied to the tweet, saying "some people really don't like doing their jobs." Another user responded: "Then why are minority parents suing in California saying virtual learning has left their children behind? You say you care about your students, but you clearly don't." Meanwhile, another Twitter
The co-owner of a Staten Island bar who officials say has continued to defy New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions was arrested early Sunday for the second time in less than a week after allegedly hitting a deputy with his car, authorities said.
Actor Ellen Page has announced to fans that he is transgender - and has changed his name to Elliot. The Oscar-nominated Umbrella Academy star told followers on Twitter this evening.
Elliot Page in 2019 (Photo: Joe Seer)
Juno and The Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page recently came out as trans and explaining their pronouns are he/they. The 33-year-old star posted a message on their Twitter account, writing, “Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot.
We couldn’t be happier for Elliot Page with this BIG announcement!
Elliot Page, the star of "Juno" and Netflix's "Umbrella Academy," announced on Tuesday that he is transgender. Page, 33, is formerly known as Ellen Page.
Elliot Page announced on Tuesday afternoon that he is transgender. The actor, formerly known as Ellen Page, was nominated for an Oscar for his role as the titular character in the 2007 film, Juno. He introduced Elliot to the world in a candid, formal letter shared to his Twitter and Instagram accounts on December 1.