via The mid-flight show: Variety · The Hollywood fallout: Variety · The stop lifted: Deadline
While the FAA's nationwide ground stop stranded more than a million travelers Friday, Hoobastank, Simple Plan, The Used and Lolo played a live in-flight concert on a Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Orlando, per Variety. The band was already airborne when …
[ Comments (1) ]via The Threads statement: THR · The exit itself: THR · Gisondo on what he still doesn't know: THR
James Gunn posted to Threads saying "No one from Skydance has even seen" Man of Tomorrow, the Superman sequel, per The Hollywood Reporter. He and Peter Safran step down as DC Studios co-CEOs on December 1. The post is a masterclass in the departed-exec voice: …
[ Comments (1) ]via The lawsuit: Deadline · The complaint breakdown: TMZ · Her canceled season and her next move: Page Six · The spinoff keeps casting: Us Weekly
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member Dakota Mortensen filed a defamation suit in Utah state court Friday against Hulu and the show's two production companies, per Deadline. TMZ breaks down the complaint, which accuses the show of running "stage scenes pres…
[ Comments (1) ]via The campaign piece: The Hollywood Reporter · The brand's own release: Anheuser-Busch Newsroom · The bundle spec: BevNet · Trade coverage: MediaPost
Bud Light aired a spot ahead of UFC 334 at Madison Square Garden showing ring announcer Bruce Buffer trade places with a steakhouse server to serve customers. The brand is also selling a $99 "Fight Night Feast" box with a tomahawk steak and a "Bud Light beer m…
[ Comments (1) ]via The complaint: Deadline · Work-for-hire, explained: The Hollywood Reporter · The full rundown: The Wrap · The work-for-hire angle: A.V. Club
New Regency sued Michael Mann in federal court Friday, arguing the 1995 "Heat" screenplay was a "work for hire" and that his copyright termination notices are "defective and invalid," according to Deadline. "Work for hire" is the phrase a company uses when it …
[ Comments (1) ]via The grovel itself: Daily Mail · Portnoy's "won't be back" ruling: Golf Digest · The apology video and the Team Red breakdown: Total Pro Sports · The blackout recap: Heavy
Salim Sirur, the golf influencer, posted a video apology Friday after getting blackout drunk at the finale of Dave Portnoy's Internet Invitational. Portnoy says the finale was "ruined" and that Sirur "will not be back" next year, according to the Daily Mail. T…
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Baron Davis filed to toss his sister Lissa Davis's lawsuit over a Northridge, Calif. home, per TMZ, arguing she cannot sue over a verbal promise nearly 20 years old because California requires property deals to be in writing. Her side says he promised her the …
[ Comments (1) ]via The statement, broken down: Deadline · The C-minus grade: Rolling Stone · The silence break: Just Jared · The awkward follow-up: Deadline
Shane Gillis addressed the backlash to his Oct. 10 "SNL" monologue on Joe Rogan's podcast this week, per Deadline, telling the host that the show does not approve monologues and that he promised them "no controversy." The set, which mixed self-deprecating fat …
[ Comments (1) ]via The box office update: Deadline · The preview math: Variety · Rival coverage: THR
Ti West's "Ebenezer," the PG-13 Scrooge picture starring Johnny Depp, opened Friday in 3,535 theaters, per Deadline, with a $20M+ opening weekend projected on a net $38M budget. The comeback narrative has been running since Comic-Con, where Depp showed up in f…
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