Daily Archives: March 28, 2025

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Says Trump Didn’t Pitch Him on Melania Documentary, Continues to Defend Dave Chappelle

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, met with Donald Trump in December at the then-President-elect’s Mar-a-Lago compound in Florida. But according to Sarandos, the two didn’t “talk shop.” The Netflix boss, speaking Friday at the Paley Media Council event “Beyond the Stream: A Conversation with Ted

Political Thriller ‘The Interregnum’ Wins Seriesmakers: ‘It Reflects Some of the Most Pressing Issues of Our Time’

Spain’s “The Interregnum” was named the winner of SeriesMakers, receiving the Beta & Kirch Foundation Award which carries a cash prize of €50,000 ($51,000).  SeriesMakers is a creative initiative headed by Laurence Herszberg, general director of Series Mania, and Ferdinand Dohna, head of content &

Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy Under Fire at Warner Bros. Amid Box Office Flops: ‘We Didn’t Want to Fail’ David Zaslav (EXCLUSIVE)

“Morning, guys,” said Michael De Luca in 2023, from the stage of the Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. “We’ll try to keep this job for more than two years.” He chuckled to himself. At the time, De Luca was rehearsing to an empty house

Series Mania Booms, Grows Market Edge, Anticipates New U.S.-Europe Tensions: These and Other Takeaways from the 2025 Edition

LILLE, France  2025 looks set to go down in history as the year that Series Mania, already the biggest TV festival in Europe, stepped up to another level. Exhibition booths at the Grand Palais’ newly expanded second floor stretched from one side of its second floor

X Goes Down for Thousands of Users

In what appears to be a widespread outage for many X users, the social networking site owned by Elon Musk was experiencing technical problems and displaying errors Friday. According to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, as of 2:46 p.m. ET Thursday, more than 53,000 complaints had

‘Operación Triunfo’ Finalist Martin Urrutia on His ‘Mariliendre’ Acting Debut, First Studio Album and Joining Los Javis’ ‘Welcoming, Brave and Inclusive’ Creative Community

Currently making its international debut at Series Mania, “Mariliendre” is the latest boundary-pushing series produced by Suma Content and Los Javis – the creative minds behind “Veneno,” “La Mesías,” and “Vestidos de Azul.” The six-episode musical comedy-drama, directed and co-written by Javier Ferreiro, is a

Studio Ghibli Distributor Champions ‘Princess Mononoke’ Box Office at ‘A Time When Technology Tries to Replicate Humanity’

Gkids, the North American distributor for Studio Ghibli films, is using a statement about the box office for a “Princess Mononoke” re-release to perhaps make an oblique commentary on the recent release of an AI tool that replicates the style of the iconic animation studio.

FCC Chairman Opens Probe Into Disney and ABC DEI Practices: ‘Iconic’ Company ‘Recently Went All-In on DEI’

FCC chair Brendan Carr, after publicly musing that he might go after Disney over its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, made it official: The agency has opened a probe into DEI practices at Disney and ABC. It’s the latest warning shot from Carr against media