In the latest twist in Paramount Global’s M&A saga, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management have made a bid to take Paramount private with an all-cash buyout offer of $26 billion. Sony and private-equity giant Apollo submitted a letter with the non-binding offer Wednesday
Kate Gill is heading to Sony Pictures Television, joining the studio as senior VP of comedy development, working new comedy series for all platforms for the U.S. scripted division. Gill will report to comedy development exec VP Colin Davis and be based in Culver City.
Amy Schumer was honored at the Variety Power of Women Presented by Lifetime luncheon in New York on Thursday for her work with Everytown for Gun Safety. During her speech, Schumer said it was sometimes difficult to keep fighting when “there’s a clear backslide to
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Mariska Hargitay gave a powerful speech on Thursday in New York during Variety‘s Power of Women event, presented by Lifetime. The two-time Emmy winner, who celebrated 25 years of “SVU” this year, was honored at the event for
“A Man in Full,” the sprawling Tom Wolfe novel now adapted by screenwriter David E. Kelley into a limited series for Netflix, centers on a protagonist who, for all his resources, can’t bend the world to his will. Over six episodes, the show finds itself
Move over, “Anyone But You.” The summer’s sexy, new rom-com, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in a whirlwind age-gap romance, is finally available to stream on Prime Video. The film, based on Robinne Lee’s novel of the same name, chronicles the relationship between Solène (Hathaway) and
After waging their own historic labor battles with the studios last year, SAG-AFTRA and the WGA are throwing their weight behind the Fashion Workers Act, which addresses the modeling industry’s exploitative working conditions and is making its way through New York state’s legislature. In a
When you think about your favorite action flick, you probably can’t name the stunt performers behind the larger-than-life fight sequences and explosions. Nor can you identify the budget-conscious producers who keep the shoot on schedule or the harried personal assistants juggling 15 things (including their