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‘Weapons’ Scores a Frightfully Good $42.5 Million Box Office Launch
Zach Cregger’s horror film earns exceptional word-of-mouth while Disney’s “Freakier Friday” helps keep theatrical comedy’s resurgence alive
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Raptive Adds 6 Creators to Its $1 Million in Ad Revenue Luminary Tier
Food creators Southern Bite, Hungry Happens, Isabel Eats, Laura Fuentes, Broma Bakery and Chelsea’s Messy Apron are among those make the list
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Trump Administration Seeks $1 Billion Settlement From UCLA in Federal Funding Dispute
The news comes after the White House suspended $584 million in grants to the school and, if accepted, would mark the biggest university payout so far
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‘Cruel Summer’ Season 3 in the Works at Hulu and Freeform With Olivia Holt Returning
The actress would reprise her role from Season 1 in the potential series revival
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As ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Explodes on Netflix, Demand for Korean Content Is Surging | Charts
Parrot Analytics unpacks the data behind why Netflix’s $2.5 billion investment in Korean content could be a Gen Z power play
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The Plan for New Paramount: 7 Things We Learned From Talking to David Ellison and His Exec Team
From meetings with Taylor Sheridan to the fate of MTV and “The Daily Show,” Hollywood’s latest players are hitting the ground running
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Gray Media to Acquire Allen Media Group Stations in 10 Markets for $171 Million
The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, pending regulatory approval
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AMC Networks Sees 4% Drop in Revenue From Linear Decline Despite 12% Jump in Streaming
Streaming revenue increased to $169 million for the quarter due to a price increase
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Gina Carano Thanks Elon Musk for Funding Her Lawsuit After Disney Settlement: ‘Good Samaritan Deed’
Lucasfilm, Disney and the actress reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit over her firing from “The Mandalorian”
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New Paramount President Jeff Shell Says Real Estate Assets Are ‘On the Table’ for Possible Sale, but Not Hollywood Lot
The executive also told TheWrap a spinoff of its cable network portfolio “doesn’t make sense for us”
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Versant Rounds Out Communications Leadership Team With Erin Calhoun and Steve Arocho
Calhoun will serve as SVP of entertainment and sports comms while Arocho becomes VP of corp comms
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Macaulay Culkin Confirms His ‘Home Alone’ Stunt Double Was a ‘Very Short 30-Year-Old Man’ in Rare Interview | Video
The actor weighs in on several long-standing myths about the classic family film series on this week’s “Hot Ones”
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Netflix Claims 7 of This Week’s Streaming Top 10 Slots | Chart
“Happy Gilmore 2” holds strong at No. 1, while “KPop Demon Hunters” continues to rise
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Disney, Warner Bros. and Regal Leaders to Debate the Future of Theatrical at TheGrill
Andrew Cripps, Jeff Goldstein, Eduardo Acuna join former IMAX Entertainment chief Greg Foster at TheWrap’s annual business conference
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Rosie O’Donnell Predicts ‘The View’ Will Be Canceled Because It Doesn’t ‘Align With Trumpism’
“The show with five women speaking their own opinions. That’s the threat now,” the former talk show host says














