Universal CEO Lucian Grainge hospitalised with coronavirus

A fired Paradigm agent has filed a breach of oral contract and whistleblower lawsuit that alleges CEO Sam Gores mismanaged the company's finances and made "vast personal gains by running Paradigm as his personal piggybank."Debbee Klein's suit, filed at the Superior Court of California by Freedman + Taitelman LLP, makes a number of incendiary allegations against Gores' management of Paradigm, including that he kept his personal driver and chef on the payroll even as the agency fired staff blaming

Meghan Markle is narrating a Disney documentary, and she scored the new gig all on her own.It was previously assumed that Prince Harry pitched his wife to Disney CEO Bob Iger at the premiere of The Lion King in London in July 2019.Disneynature documentary Elephant is set to premiere on Disney+ on April 3, 2020.Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry have now stepped down as senior members of the royal family, and they've recently moved to Los Angeles, too.

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With 80 percent of Los Angeles Unified School District families living below the poverty line, CAA president Richard Lovett has teamed with the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation and the Ballmer Group to launch a fund to help these students amid the growing coronavirus pandemic that forced the indefinite closure of L.A.'s public schools on Monday.

The Walt Disney Co. and Universal Studios on Thursday responded to a report that a man who was infected with the novel coronavirus — and later died — visited both Florida theme parks before they closed their doors.

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To be continued. Tom Schwartz and his business partner, Tom Sandoval, announced the temporary closure of their Los Angeles restaurant, Tom Tom, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This might be a game changer, ladies and gentlemen. As movie theaters shutter in New York and Los Angeles, the film world could be largely devoid of new releases until some time in the summer.

Joaquin Phoenix and his fiancee Rooney Mara aren’t taking any chances when it comes to their health amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Kaley Cuoco was a bit stressed over the weekend. The Big Bang Theory alum headed to a Los Angeles grocery store with her husband, Karl Cook, on Sunday, March 15, and got a little nervous when she saw several empty shelves amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Sir Lucian Grainge has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus, multiple sources have confirmed to Billboard following the initial report by Variety.The Universal Music Group chief executive officer and chairman -- who was ranked No. 1 on the 2019 Billboard Power 100 chart and was selected as the Billboard executive of the decade -- is currently undergoing treatment at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Universal Music chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge is in the hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.

Universal Music Chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus, multiple sources exclusively told Variety. He is currently receiving treatment at Los Angeles’ UCLA Medical Center, sources said.

Angelina Jolie is stocking up.

Universal Orlando is also closing up amid the growing coronavirus concerns.

Universal Music Group’s home offices in Santa Monica, Calif., were evacuated Friday after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. All staffers were directed to leave the buildings “in an orderly manner,” although the discovery was made toward the end of the day and a source tells Variety that most of the staff had either left or were already working from home.

The Walt Disney Company has announced that Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Paris will both be shutting down for the rest of March amid the Coronavirus outbreak.