SiriusXM Stock Rises on Report of Howard Stern Nearing Renewal

LOS ANGELES -- Kevin Hart says hosting a re-imagined online fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is “a major level-up for me.”“It’s different from anything that you’ve really seen me do.

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the home of Howard Stern, on Thursday said it added 169,000 self-pay subscribers in its satellite radio and 105,000 in its Pandora unit during the third quarter. The company, controlled by John Malone's Liberty Media, saidthat at SiriusXM total net subscriber additions were 186,000, resulting in 34.4 million total users at the end of September.

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Dave McNary Film ReporterSan Francisco Film has selected filmmakers Aaron Sorkin and Chloe Zhao for honors at its annual San Francisco Film Awards ceremonies, due to be livestreamed on Dec. 9.Sorkin, whose “Trial of the Chicago 7” is streaming on Netflix, will receive the Kanbar award for storytelling.

Hollywood veteran Johnny Depp has been ordered to attend a deposition in his defamation lawsuit involving ex-wife Amber Heard. Deadline recently reported that the order states the 57-year-old actor to “appear for three successive days in counsel for Defendant’s offices in Virginia …or at such other place in Northern Virginia designated by counsel for Defendant, from November 10-12, 2020, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Actor-singer Jencarlos Canela is set to join the ensemble of the Sony Pictures’ action comedy Man From Toronto starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. Kaley Cuoco and Melanie Liburd are also on board.The film revolves around a case of mistaken identity after the world’s deadliest assassin, known as the “man from Toronto,” and a stranger, played by Hart, run into each other at an Airbnb.

CuriosityStream, astreaming service for such factual content as documentaries on science and history that was launched by Discovery founder John Hendricks, made its market debut on Thursday, with its stock rising in early trading. In August, the companyagreed to go public through a merger with blank check company Software Acquisition Group.

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Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Jasmine Mathews is joining Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson in Sony’s action-comedy Man From Toronto.Kaley Cuoco and Melanie Liburd are also on board.The film revolves around a case of mistaken identity after the world’s deadliest assassin, known as the “man from Toronto,” and a stranger, played by Hart, run into each other at an Airbnb.

Sammy Hagar said he smoothed things over with his old bandmate Eddie Van Halen before the legendary guitarist died. "I reached out one more time last week and when he didn't respond, I figured it was a matter of time," Hagar, 72, wrote in a letter to Howard Stern, which the radio host read on his SiriusXM show on Wednesday.

Sammy Hagar and the late Eddie Van Halen reconnected before the iconic guitarist's death. The 72-year-old former Van Halen lead singer shared, in a message to Howard Stern on Wednesday, that he and Van Halen had started communicating earlier this year.Hagar didn't want to appear on Stern's SiriusXM radio show this week, instead sending a letter to be read when asked to comment on Van Halen's death.

The stock of streaming service fuboTV rose in its market debut on Thursday. As of 11:20 a.m.

After a number of high-profile falling outs, one-time bandmates Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar made peace earlier this year, according to a note Hager wrote and asked Howard Stern to read on his show. Van Halen died Tuesday at the age of 65.

When you look at the filmography of David Fincher, there are already-classic films such as “Fight Club,” “Seven,” and “Zodiac.” But in recent years, the discussion over his 2010 feature, “The Social Network” has many believing that his Facebook film might not just be one of his very best features but one of the best films of the past 10 years.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorHoward Stern, whose defection in 2006 from terrestrial radio to satellite defined the new medium, is reportedly on the verge of signing a long-awaited contract renewal with SiriusXM.Investors are taking Bloomberg’s report of a $120 million extension as gospel, boosting shares in SiriusXM more than 4% on double their average trading volume.The company has not yet addressed the report, but the company has been under the gun because the marketplace in audio has grown

There have been another 6,968 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK in the last 24 hours, the government has announced.A further 66 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday.The numbers, accurate as of 9am on Friday, brings the total number of positive cases in the UK to 467,146.This brings the UK total to 42,268.Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been nearly 57,900 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19

Kevin Hart and his wife Eniko Parrish have welcomed their second child together.