Peter Bart: Hollywood’s CEOs Locked In A Rich-Against-Poor Stalemate That Their Predecessors Mostly Ducked

Paul Hollywood denies US actress Blake Lively one of his famous handshakes in a new advert for her line of sparkling cocktails.The Great British Bake Off judge gives his “professional opinion” of the beverages after being surprised at his home by the Hollywood star. Blake, 36, presents him with a drink from her range, named Betty Booze, to which Hollywood replies: “I didn’t think you drank alcohol?” “Oh, I don’t drink alcohol. I eat it.

Ethan Shanfeld Oliver Anthony, the country-folk singer behind this year’s most surprising No. 1 hit “Rich Men North of Richmond,” delivered a message to fans in a teary-eyed, 10-minute video posted to YouTube. In the video, Anthony addressed his viral song’s mention at Wednesday’s GOP debate.

As the strike in Hollywood reaches Week 17, Deadline Strike Talk podcast host Billy Ray continues his push to find ways for AMPTP to come to terms with WGA and SAG-AFTRA. This after a week when hopes things were finally moving got dashed when WGA leadership slammed the latest AMPTP offer, and the signatories disclosed the actual offer publicly. This went against a news blackout and left finger pointing that AMPTP was trying to usurp WGA leadership being the filter to its members on progress of negotiations, to rile the rank and file. On Strike Talk, the emphasis is for enemies finding common ground. This week, Ray parses the path to a deal with former head of the AFL-CIO Michael Podhorzer and Paul W. Fleming, who is the General Secretary of British Equity. They discuss the state of labor globally, and how workers – in America and abroad – are finally reclaiming their power… to the betterment the global work force.

With festivals beckoning and box office wobbling, this obnoxious question looms ever larger: What’s next?

OK, we’re just going to say it. The Kim Cattrall guest appearance on And Just Like That was NOT overhyped.

Sophie Skelton has landed a leading role in a brand new thriller set to start filming in Scotland later this year.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If you look at Billboard’s latest charts, there’s an anomaly: Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” is No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart … but nowhere to be found on the Country Airplay chart, or Mediabase’s radio rankings.

a cameo from Samantha Jones herself, Kim Cattrall.Max’s head of original content, Sarah Aubrey, gushed over another season for the series. “We raise our cosmos to [showrunner] Michael Patrick King and his magnificent team of writers, producers, cast and crew who continue to charm us, 25 years later, with dynamic friendships and engaging stories,” she said in a statement (via TVLine).

“I know how to change bad news into good news,” Edward L. Bernays, the father of public relations, used to boast. Since he was a nephew of Sigmund Freud, I wonder how he’d find a positive mind-set among today’s practitioners of his craft.

Netflix's latest limited series is a fictionalised re-telling of a drugs crisis which has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans since the late 90s.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Hit any picket line in Hollywood these days, and there’s a good chance you’ll see signs slamming the lavish paydays for entertainment chiefs like Disney’s Bob Iger and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav. For the striking actors and writers who are holding out for a better deal from the major studios, these bloated compensation packages have become a very effective cudgel.

Endeavor Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel pledged loyalty to company clients involved in Hollywood’s dual strikes and the company said it expects a $25 million monthly hit to revenue from the labor impasse.

his roles in American Horror Story and Dahmer. However, before the actor was spooking viewers with his incredible horror content, he actually appeared on The Office, and you totally forgot about it.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Paramount Global hosted its second-quarter earnings call Tuesday amid the ongoing writers and actors strikes in Hollywood. Just like every other major media company that has reported its Q2 results already, the CBS parent company’s execs addressed the work stoppages with hopes for a timely resolution and comments on how it will affect their business operations. “We anticipate continued delays in production for the duration of the strikes, and as such, we estimate free cash flow in the back half of the year will be significantly higher than previously expected,” Paramount CFO Naveen Chopra said.

Bob Bakish, CEO of Paramount Global, has found himself on his second earnings call discuss a strike in Hollywood.

Billy Friedkin remains a uniquely unforgettable figure to his friends and colleagues — an eternal contradiction, both cantankerous yet kindly, argumentative yet thoughtful. He was a brilliant creator of popular entertainment but, to his close friends, also was brooding and cerebral.

Zoe Saldaña is opening up about her family life and her career.

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

Hollywood’s potential misuse of artificial intelligence is a “deadly cocktail” and a “poison” that needs to be strictly regulated, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in the guild’s latest strike podcast.

Barbie is confounding: In addition to setting box office records, the movie has also inspired a flood of commentaries about its presumed “message.”