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IATSE Endorses LA Mayor Karen Bass for Reelection: ‘Fighting for Film and Television Workers Her Whole Career’
“She’s done more to bring our jobs back to Los Angeles than anyone in city government,” the entertainment labor union says
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James Murdoch Buys Half of Vox Media for Over $300 Million, Including New York Magazine
The purchase includes the podcast network and Vox.com but not The Verge, Eater or SB Nation
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Late Night Used to Be a Bloodsport. Colbert’s Exit Shows It’s Now a Group Project
John Oliver tells TheWrap about the utility of the Strike Force Five group text amid late night’s upheaval
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Channel 4 CEO Says ‘Married at First Sight UK’ Not Yet Canceled After ‘Very Troubling’ Rape Allegations
“We are a broadcaster, not an adjudicator,” Priya Dogra explains as the network awaits results from an external review
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Inside Prime Video’s BookTok Bet: Why ‘Off Campus’ Is Just the Beginning | Analysis
Amazon’s TV boss and the creatives behind the buzzy romance show tell TheWrap about igniting hungry fandoms to find the next streaming hit
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Jimmy Kimmel Tells Elon Musk to ‘Stay in Your Lane’ After Meltdown Over Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘Odyssey’ Casting | Video
“Who specifically is the a–hole who thought this was a cool design for a truck?” the late night host adds
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Bond Over Losing Late Shows to Paramount: ‘The Term Back Then Was S–t-Canned’ | Video
“[Letterman] said to me something very profound … ‘Don’t confuse cancelation with failure … but in this case it is also a failure,’” the “Daily Show” star adds
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Nicolas Winding Refn Gets Emotional Over Near-Death Experience During Cannes Presser: ‘I’d Been Given a Gift’
Cannes 2026: “I realized I had maybe 25 years left, but I was going to make damn good use of those 25 years,” the “Her Private Hell” director adds
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‘The Daily Show’ Rips Trump’s $1.8 Billion Ally Fund, Says Most Americans ‘Are Being Taxed’ for Skipping Jan. 6 | Video
“Hold on. So our taxpayer money is going to the people who did Jan. 6?” host Ronny Chieng adds
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‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Adaptation Is Both a Murder Mystery and Mesmerizing Epic
Cannes 2026: The prolific director continues to show there’s no one out there making movies like he is
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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Is a ‘Complete Reinvention,’ the Russo Brothers Tease | Video
“It’s another swing. I don’t think the audience is expecting it at all,” the Marvel Cinematic Universe directors add
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‘Diamond’ Review: Andy Garcia Puts a Little Heart and Humor in Film Noir
Cannes 2026: Brendan Fraser, Bill Murray, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dustin Hoffman and Vicky Krieps appear in Garcia’s slight but touching take on noir
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Karen Bass Says She’s Ready to Cut More Red Tape for Local LA Production: ‘Whatever Is in the Way’
The incumbent mayor tells TheWrap why she took three years to appoint a film liaison and addresses the city’s preparedness for the LA28 Olympics
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Paramount Hopes to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger as Early as July | Report
The $110 billion deal is on track to close by the third quarter or Sept. 30
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Jesse Watters Blasted as a ‘Bootlicker’ After Passionately Defending Trump’s Thousands of Stock Trades
“True cult-like behavior. Always a ‘rules for thee not for me’ attitude,” one critic writes of the Fox News host














