Warner Bros. has joined a parade of studios in blasting ByteDance for “blatant infringement” on its new AI video service, accusing the Chinese company of facilitating user-generated knockoffs of its iconic...
The scene is a crowded bar. Director Justin Baldoni says that his co-star, Blake Lively, looks “pretty hot.” Lively says that wasn’t her aim. “Sexy,” Baldoni says, in mock self-correction. “Sorry,...
Netflix has settled a defamation lawsuit brought a Vanity Fair staffer who claimed that she was falsely portrayed in the Shonda Rhimes series “Inventing Anna.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, a former friend...
The staff of the Writers Guild of America West has voted to authorize a strike, just weeks before the union is due to sit down with the major studios. The union...
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to explore creating a $5 million subsidy for microdramas, the short-form vertical videos enjoying a surge in popularity. The council voted 14-0 to direct...
President Trump renewed his threat to tariff films made overseas on Monday, but also suggested that he would offer “low-interest bonds” to help stimulate domestic production. In an interview with the...
With election season around the corner, the Federal Communications Commission issued a broadside on Wednesday aimed at late-night and daytime shows that air political interviews. The agency stated that shows like...
Timothy Busfield will get a court hearing next Tuesday on whether he should be held in jail pending a trial on child sex abuse charges. Busfield remains at the Metropolitan Detention...
