ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish Says Upfront Is “Very, Very Far Along”

Justin Timberlake is a dad of two! The confirmation came from none other than his former fellow *NSYNC band mate Lance Bass. "We have talked several times and we knew before anyone else did," Bass revealed about the new baby's arrival after Entertainment Tonight's Katie Krause asked him on Friday about reports that the singer-actor and wife Jessica Biel are now a family of four.

. “Justin would kill me.” He added, "The baby is cute of course, it's Justin and Jessica!"Sadly, he didn't go into and more details, but he did say that the *NSYNC members got the news first from their group chat and now they only talk about babies.

Lance Bass now has a better understanding of what Britney Spears is going through. Last month, the 41-year-old singer received backlash for comments he made about the pop star and her current conservatorship.But after talking with Britney's sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, he is more aware of the singer's situation.«I have talked to Jamie Lynn recently, which is why I feel so much better about this situation.

was first reported by The Information. Bloomberg added that Bakish was accused of inappropriate touching by an employee.Also Read: Bob Bakish Explains Why ViacomCBS Chose Paramount+ Name for Rebranded Streaming ServiceIn 2016, Bakish was acting CEO of Viacom, three years before it would re-merge with CBS.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterViacomCBS investigated an allegation that CEO Bob Bakish touched a woman inappropriately at a holiday party in 2016, Variety has confirmed.The probe, which has been concluded, was first reported by the Information. The employee is no longer with the company but raised the complaint earlier this year.“The Board takes any allegation of this type seriously,” a ViacomCBS spokesperson said in a statement.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorViacomCBS Thursday acknowledged that the company had conducted a review of a complaint by a former employee against CEO Bob Bakish but found no ground to support it.“The Board takes any allegation of this type seriously.

J.P. Morgan analyst Alexia Quadrani on Wednesday raised her price target on the stock of ViacomCBS, led by CEO Bob Bakish, by $5 to $35, highlighting potential streaming upside.

Trafford’s public health chief says ‘we’re not in the situation we want to be in, at all’ over coronavirus.The borough’s current infection rate stands at 55.6 per 100,000 people and rising, director of public health Eleanor Roaf told Trafford council’s public engagement board.She added that issues with testing had been ‘affecting us quite badly in Trafford, as with everyone else’.Ms Roaf said: “We’re not in the situation we want to be in at all.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorCinemark CEO Mark Zoradi said getting theaters open in California and New York is crucial to the health of exhibition as the second largest U.S. chain has 70% of cinemas open but lacks these key markets — keeping it “behind the eight ball.”Some California counties are open or opening but not yet San Francisco or Los Angeles.

Royal Bolton Hospital issued a desperate plea for residents to stop visiting its emergency department in an attempt to get tested.

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says better-than-expected customer growth for CBS All Access and his studio's other streaming platforms has been helped by consumers cocooning in front of video screens during the novel coronavirus pandemic. "COVID has been a tailwind for streaming," Bakish told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference during a virtual appearance on Tuesday.

Also Read: How ViacomCBS Plans to Reinvent CBS All Access for the Streaming EraOn Tuesday morning, ViacomCBS revealed that CBS All Access will be called Paramount+ beginning early next year.The rebranding is the second, and much bigger, phase of the two-phase expansion of CBS All Access, which first launched in 2014 and was among the earliest entrants in the streaming space.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish Tuesday called Paramount, “one of the most storied brands in Hollywood” and a “natural choice” of name and content machine for its fast-growing OTT service in a rebrand announced this morning.Previous Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman wanted to unload the studio, or a big chunk of it. But Bakish is making it the beating heat of the company.

Lil Nas X is flexing his hip-hop skills in a new children’s book.

The BBC on Tuesday touted further improvements in its gender pay gap alongside efforts to "prioritize" diversity, but highlighted the "exceptional challenges" of the novel coronavirus pandemic and need to cut costs and "keep reforming at an urgent pace." Publishing its annual report for fiscal year 2019-2020 on Tuesday, the U.K. public broadcastersaid that during the April 2019-March 2020 period, "over 90 percent of the U.K.

[Warning: This post contains spoilers for The 100 Season 7 Episode 13!Read at your own risk.]If you're like us, you're still not over — and may never be — Bellamy Blake's (Bob Morley) death in the final season of The 100.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorImax CEO Rich Gelfond anticipates streamers will become more active in exhibition as the post-COVID business shakes out and said his team is turning gray at the stress of constantly shifting release schedules — even as Deadline reports that Warner Bros.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterBUF boss Kevin Finnie tonight insisted his company was doing the "right thing" by shutting both of its bustling Ayrshire premises following a staff member testing positive for coronavirus.The busy bars in Ayr and Prestwick have been closed voluntarily in light of the test result.Mr Finnie updated customers of the popular venues via a video on social media tonight, confirming they had taken the

Padma Lakshmi just celebrated her 50th birthday! The Top Chef star hit the half-century mark on Tuesday and shared a bikini-clad picture of herself on the beach, the picture read “50 is the new 30, feel like I’m just getting started.” “Thank you for all of your sweet birthday wishes.