Coachella 2025 is set to kick off later this afternoon, and with it, this year’s concert festival season is finally underway. CAA has a clean sweep over this year’s headliners, as music industry directory Rostr’s annual Coachella breakdown shows, with the agency representing Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone (its music division is run by partner Rob Light). Wasserman, …
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Mel Novak, the great movie villain known for his slick turns as the sniper Stick in Bruce Lee’s Game of Death, the gangster Blue Eyes in Jim Kelly’s Black Belt Jones and the informant Tony Montoya in Chuck Norris’ An Eye for an Eye, has died. He was 90. Novak died Wednesday of natural causes at a hospice facility in …
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A woman has a surprise in store for the best friend who killed her in the new feature Dead Dawn. Aaron Jay Rome is directing the supernatural thriller movie that is currently in production in Louisiana. Leading the indie film‘s cast are Malcolm Goodwin (Reacher), Ashley Lenz (Go Crazy Go Mad), Olivia Grace Applegate (Love & Death), David Anders (The …
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The PGA Tour continues with the 2025 Masters Tournament, which takes place at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The 89th annual tournament, airs on ESPN and CBS until Sunday, April 13, features a star-studded lineup of PGA Tour’s elite golfers. Fans who want to watch the Masters online for free can stream the tournament exclusively on Paramount+ with …
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Social media comedy stars The Pointer Brothers have signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The entertainment, sports and advisory agency will look to expand opportunities for the popular viral comedy content creators in the livestreaming, audio, news and broadcast spaces. The Pointer Brothers, also known as real-life brothers Henry and Mike Budrewicz, have grown their social media profile to around …
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The conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt is joining Fox News. Fox says that Hewitt is joining the company as a contributor, and will provide analysis across all platforms. He will make his Fox News debut in his new role this afternoon on Bret Baier’s Special Report. Hewitt, a former columnist for The Washington Post, currently hosts The Hugh Hewitt Show …
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It has taken a few years, but more legacy Hollywood studios’ streaming businesses have started turning annual profits, with the rest touting progress toward that goal. Netflix, crowned on Wall Street as the undisputed king of streaming, grew its subscribers, revenue and profit in 2024. Meanwhile, among studios — which have been refocused on streaming profits after their initial bullseye on subscriber gains — …
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Grace VanderWaal has been in the spotlight for nearly a decade. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter won NBC’s America’s Got Talent at the age of 12, but the music VanderWaal was making then is notably different than what she released this month on her new album Childstar, she’ll be the first to say. “I feel what I was making before was just …
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav received a 2024 compensation package worth $51.9 million, compared with $49.7 million in 2023 and $39.3 million in 2022 when the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger closed. The entertainment conglomerate disclosed latest pay details for its top executives in a regulatory filing on Friday. Zaslav’s compensation increase of 4 percent was driven by higher non-equity incentive plan pay, up …
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Irish television host Graham Norton will star in the upcoming series of Doctor Who. The “King of Eurovision,” a nickname derived from Norton’s long-running role as commentator of the zany European singing contest, will appear in the sixth episode of season 2 (or season 15), joining an ensemble cast for a Eurovision-inspired episode. “Graham Norton’s trading his big red chair …
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