Nancy Pelosi said that she would not seek reelection in 2026, ending a nearly 40-year congressional career that included two stints as the first female Speaker of the House. “With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative,” Pelosi, 85, said in a…

As LGBTQ representation appears to be at a pace of two steps forward, three steps back. Despite the 2025 report (read it here) showing a slight uptick from last year’s 468 to 489 LGBTQ characters across all…

The first live-action Gremlins movie in nearly three decades will be released by Warner Bros. on November 19, 2027. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav announced the project during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Original screenwriter Chris Columbus is attached to direct Gremlins 3…

ESPN is winding down a betting partnership with PENN Entertainment and will segue to a deal with DraftKings. The transition will occur around December 1, with the main remnant of the PENN partnership being the linear betting show, ESPN BET Live. In 2023, ESPN and PENN signed a 10-year deal…

Three hits in three months buoyed Warner Bros. as advertising tanked at media networks in a mixed third quarter that reinforces the logic of a sale or split. The company has already sundered its businesses internally into two divisions ahead of a formal separation. Streaming & Studios profit of…

UK network ITV is planning to save another £35M ($45.7M) in the coming quarter, despite posting steady year-to-date group revenues. In a Q3 trading update, the broadcaster and content group said it had identified the additional temporary savings” in its Media & Entertainment division, which…

"It’s not a reality yet and so there’s no real need to speculate too much," said AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron. But, as suitors circle Warner Bros. Discovery, he insisted the nation's largest chain is laser focused on one thing — whether a deal will mean more movies in theaters or not. On a…

Snap saw its stock surge 25% after the market close Wednesday as it announced a partnership with Perplexity to integrate that firm's AI-powered answer engine directly into Snapchat. Perplexity will pay Snap $400 million over one year, through a combination of cash and equity. Revenue from the…

The annual Disney Accelerator Demo Day, held Wednesday on the Disney Studios lot in Burbank, put a spotlight on four growth-stage companies: Animaj, DramaBox, Haddy, and Liminal Space. Virtual and physical demonstrations and presentations familiarized the audience, a cross-section of…

New York City's newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani is many things to many people, but in entertainment circles he is seen as a genuine child of showbiz. His mother, Mira Nair, is an Oscar-nominated writer and director whose credits include Monsoon Wedding and Salaam Bombay. He also pursued a rap…

Chris Ripley, CEO of TV station giant Sinclair, ripped Disney and YouTube TV’s ongoing carriage fight for depriving audiences of local programming and running afoul of federal regulations. Speaking to Wall Street analysts during the company’s third-quarter earnings call Wednesday, Ripley called…

As Kristen Stewart rolls out her feature directorial debut, she’s calling for more opportunities for women in filmmaking. The Oscar nominee, whose film The Chronology of Water is set for a limited North American release in December, called out the “misogynist cacophony” she had to break through…