WGA, AMPTP Meet But No New Negotiations Set Yet

The Writers Guild said today that the AMPTP’s latest counteroffer for a new contract “is neither nothing, nor nearly enough.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor You might call it CNN Headline News — for the streaming era. Warner Bros. Discovery plans to unveil a 24/7 live-streamed news service called “CNN Max” on September 27, and indicated the outlet would focus initially on breaking news.

returns. A new trailer for the HBO Original series dropped on Wednesday, teasing an epic war of New York's high society in its upcoming second season.

Talks continued but no sign of a Friday afternoon breakthrough.

The Only Way Is Essex star Pete Wicks has stunned fans after dazzling with a brand new look. Pete, who is well-known for being the bad boy in reality TV with lovely long flowing locks, has in the last few days decided to take a bit of a different route with his hair as he has had a lot chopped off. Known for his distinctive appearance and flowing hair, Pete was a mainstay of the reality TV series The Only Way is Essex after coming into the show in 2015.

The Writers Guild and the AMPTP met Thursday for a third time this week in an attempt to hammer out a deal to end the ongoing writers’ strike. It remains uncertain whether they’ll meet again Friday, but Deadline has confirmed that the studios’ CEOs are planning to meet Friday to discuss where things now stand.

writers strike. The CEOs of the major studios — including Ted Sarandos of Netflix and David Zaslav of Warner Bros. Discovery — are also expected to hold a joint call on Friday to discuss the next move in the talks.

The Los Angeles judge is the lawsuit filed by Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy said today that he agrees with the lawyers for armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed that she should be dropped as a defendant on jurisdictional grounds.

EXCLUSIVE: Sources are telling Deadline that the Writers Guild and AMPTP are resuming talks this afternoon. We’re told it’s not in person, rather a zoom. We understand that the WGA will be delivering their counter to AMPTP’s counterproposal from Friday.

Peter Beale (Thomas Law) returns to Walford to meet his half-sisters in EastEnders spoilers, but Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) forbids him to tell them the truth about Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins). After George Knight (Colin Salmon) and Gina Knight (Francesca Henry) give their blessing, Anna Knight (Molly Rainford) calls her mum and leaves a message for her. When she hears nothing back, Anna later sends a stroppy text.

Tesco has launched an unmissable tech offer amid its aisles as it takes hundreds of pounds off select Apple iPhones. And there’s an even bigger discount for those with a Clubcard.

Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon has said she's 'back' as she debuted a new - but old - look. The actress took to social media with a new selfie as she revealed she has changed her tresses.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney, trying to swing its streaming business into the black, has set substantial price hikes for Disney+ and Hulu standalone premium plans in the U.S. — while also rolling out a heavily discounted Disney+/Hulu ad-free combo bundle. As of Oct.

Arthouse Crunch Over the last decade, theatrical arthouse markets have imploded soufflé-like. “We used to make 5,000 admissions per title, now the target audience is 500,” Peter Bognar, at Hungary’s CinefilCo, told Variety at Locarno. So, to close the gap and move hopefully into a little upside, having tapped subsidies and local TV pre-buys, producers are looking ever more to overseas public-sector coin, channelled via international co-producer partners.

It’s Dilly Harcourt vs Sienna Blake in Channel 4's Hollyoaks and spoilers see that Dilly, played by actress Emma Johnsey-Smith, soon might have the upper hand. In scenes set to air mid-August, Dilly ends up finding out about Sienna’s sordid past when Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher) delves into all the awful things she’s done. Dilly continues to fear for her brother, Rafe Harcourt (Chris Gordon), who is smitten with Sienna (Anna Passey).

Kelly Clarkson doesn’t need no man.

Elon Musk says there’s a reason he hasn’t set a firm date to fight fellow tech billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg: his back.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass weighed in again on the writers and actors strikes that have shut down much of production in the region, telling the sides that she stands “ready to personally engage” to reach a resolution.

A board game café and a banquet hall in Manchester will soon be allowed to serve alcohol. But a new city centre bar's bid to sell booze has been refused.

Taylor Swift fans think that something special might be happening at the opening night of the Eras Tour‘s six-show run in Los Angeles.