UPDATED with Senate vote: The Senate on Monday passed legislation to end the government shutdown, the longest in history, as eight Democrats joined with Republicans to fund the government through January. The bill, which passed 60-40, next will go to the House, which could take it up on…

Paramount CEO David Ellison said the company’s addition of UFC bouts to Paramount+ at no extra charge to subscribers largely justifies the price hikes set to take effect on the service in early 2026. “We think we’re offering subscribers to Paramount+ really significant value,” he said during an…

Paramount CEO David Ellison said the company doesn't comment on rumors amid ongoing and intense merger speculation around Warner Bros. Discovery. "First and foremost, we are focused on what we are building at Paramount and today, 96 days in, we are more confident than ever," he said on a call…

Paramount, which recently pink slipped 1,000 staffers, said today approximately 600 employees in the LA and New York offices, at the VP level and below, chose to take a severance package as the company instituted a five-day-a-week return to office mandate starting in January. In a letter to…

The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) has revealed the results of its 2025 election. Danny Lin was officially elected to serve as president of the local union after running unopposed, the guild announced Monday. A writer and storyboard artist, Lin will be sworn in on December 2. “I could…

Wednesday's dorm, an elaborate One Piece escape room, Stranger Things, Squid Game and the Rebel Moon VR play and Netflix-themed mini golf, burgers and merch now span 100,000-plus square feet at the new Netflix House, the giant streamer's first permanent entertainment venue. It occupies the site…

Paramount’s third-quarter revenue fell shy of Wall Street analysts’ consensus forecast, but the company issued rosy 2026 projections and upped its target for cost savings from the Skydance merger. Revenue for the period from July to September totaled $6.7 billion, flat on a pro forma basis…

EXCLUSIVE: The Black List has named the participants and projects selected for its 2025 Projects Lab. Selected from over 2,200 script submissions, the participants are Maren Hill (Postponed), Max Olson (Land of Hunger), Nathan Xia (Adam’s Song), Sahand Nikoukar (Abracadabra TV Repair), Teddy…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Ted Lasso actor James Lance has signed with Industry Entertainment for management. Lance is best known for his portrayal of Trent Crimm, the journalist covering the Jason Sudeikis–coached AFC Richmond, on Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, for which he was nominated for Outstanding…

EXCLUSIVE: Davis Guggenheim’s Concordia Studio has announced a pair of promotions, elevating Lizzie Fox to President and Casey Meurer to Executive Vice President of Nonfiction. With Concordia since January 2023, Fox previously held Meurer’s title, spearheading the development and production of…

Leo Matsuda, the Japanese-Brazilian filmmaker at the helm of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and New Line’s Hello Kitty movie alongside Jennifer Coyle, has signed with Verve for representation. Recently, Matsuda’s Hello Kitty has been slated for release on July 21, 2028. There’s no word yet on…

It’s hard to make an Off-Broadway show go viral — and even harder to sell tickets. Yet Slam Frank, the controversial, conversation-starting new musical reimagining the story of Anne Frank as an intersectional, multi-ethnic, gender-queer, Afro-Latin hip-hop musical, is somehow doing both. The…