By Brian Steinberg
ESPN and basketball legend Kobe Byrant will team up to present six short-form videos during NBA coverage produced by the network, the Disney-owned sports-cable outlet said Friday. The effort, dubbed…
By Seth Kelley
Donald Trump claimed in a tweet Thursday evening that “so-called A-list celebrities” want tickets to his inauguration on Jan. 20. He added that he wants “the people” to attend instead. “Look what…
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By Patrick Frater
Baidu, China’s Internet search giant, has denied reports that it is currently pushing for an IPO of its video streaming unit, iQIYI. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the group was…
By Nick Vivarelli
ROME — Anis Amri, the Tunisian man wanted in connection with the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market that left 12 people dead, was killed Friday by Italian police following a shootout on the…
By John Hopewell
Miami-based FiGa Films has acquired world sales rights to "Tesoros" from Maria Novaro, Mexico's most prominent female director. “Tesoros” will world-premiere in February in the Berlin Film Festival's…
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By Patrick Frater
FremantleMedia Australia has bowed to lobbying pressure and says it will hire a local woman to direct one episode of the upcoming series "Picnic at Hanging Rock," that it is producing for pay-TV…
By Daniel Holloway
Fox unveiled a brash new marketing campaign for its upcoming comedy series “The Mick” on Thursday. Built around the social-media hashtag #KidsAreDicks, the campaign aims to encourage would-be viewers…
By Dave McNary
There’s no stopping “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” at the domestic box office with the Disney-Lucasfilm tentpole jumping 10% to an estimated $16.5 million on Thursday, its seventh day of release…
By Will Thorne
Ever wondered what “Silent Night” would sound like if Chewbacca roared sang it? How It Should Have Ended, a YouTube channel which makes animated parodies of major motion pictures, posted a hilarious…
By John Hopewell
Patrick Drahi's Netherlands-based Altice Group, parent of Altice USA and SFR, France's No. 2 telecoms operator, has agreed to sell its businesses in Belgium and Luxembourg to the Telenet Group, owned…