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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Pushed to 2027 as 12 States Sue to Block $111B Deal

LOS ANGELES, July 30 -- The Hollywood merger that was supposed to close months ago now has a new deadline: June 2027, at the earliest. Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery agreed last week t... Read More


Crunchyroll and Starz Launch Their First U.S. Bundle on Prime Video at $16.99 a Month

NEW YORK, July 30 -- Crunchyroll grew from 5 million subscribers to 21 million in four years under Sony's ownership. On Tuesday, that growth trajectory hit an inflection point. The anime streamer and... Read More


Johnny Depp Crashes Comic-Con as Scrooge, Returning to Hollywood in Ti West's 'Ebenezer'

New Delhi, July 30 -- Victorian carolers were singing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" outside a mock Victorian storefront in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter when a figure appeared in an upstairs window. He ... Read More


Lanterns Trailer Reveals Sinestro and the Manhunters as DC's HBO Series Prepares for August Debut

New Delhi, July 30 -- a standing ovation before he had said a word. That moment, irreverent and knowing and perfectly calibrated, may have told you everything DC Studios intends for Lanterns, its new... Read More


AMC Renews Interview With the Vampire for Season 4 as Queen of the Damned

NEW YORK, July 30 -- When AMC announced last Thursday that Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire would return for a fourth season, the renewal itself was almost beside the point. The network had some... Read More


Carly Simon Reveals Parkinson's Diagnosis, Announces First Original Album in 18 Years

New Delhi, July 30 -- On the days Carly Simon cannot move, the recording sessions wait. On the days she can, she finishes another track. August 14, and an album titled Comes in Waves, her first colle... Read More


After a Cannes Standing Ovation, Jodie Foster's 'A Private Life' Arrives on Netflix

New Delhi, July 30 -- LOS ANGELES - The distance from a ten-minute standing ovation on the Croisette to the Netflix autoplay queue is wider than it sounds. "A Private Life," Rebecca Zlotowski's wry Fr... Read More


Toy Story 5 Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide, Cementing Pixar's Commercial Comeback

New Delhi, July 30 -- The case against sequels held for about three years after Toy Story 4. Pixar, which had dispatched Woody and the gang with what read at the time as a clean narrative ending in 20... Read More


China Humanoid Robot Ban: US Federal Communications Commission Restricts Foreign Imports Over National Security Concerns

India, July 30 -- In a sweeping escalation of technological decoupling, the US Federal Communications Commission has announced an immediate ban on the import of new foreign-made humanoid robots, four-... Read More


Salman Rushdie's assailant convicted of terrorism charges: US Justice Department

New Delhi, July 30 -- The man who stabbed and partially blinded author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York arts institute in 2022 was found guilty on Wednesday of federal terrorism charges stemming ... Read More