RedBird Capital Signs Deal to Acquire Majority Stake in Puck, Valuing News Outfit at $250 Million

Variety - Sep 24, 2026

Puck, the five-year-old media upstart, has a new owner: RedBird Capital Partners, the investment firm that is a backer of other media companies including Paramount Skydance and its merger bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. RedBird is led by managing partner Gerry Cardinale (pictured above), who sits on the board of Paramount as a director and […]

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L.A. Dodgers Star Mookie Betts Signed By 3 Arts Sports & SSE

Sep 24, 2026

L.A. Dodgers Star Mookie Betts Signed By 3 Arts Sports & SSE

3 Arts Sports and Sanders Sports & Entertainment have partnered to sign Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts for personal representation. The signing comes at a time when the Dodgers have clinched a playoff spot for a 14th consecutive season. Betts has been playing as shortstop this season. Under this new representation structure, 3 Arts […]

Judge Gives Trump Deadline To Explain Why White House Credentials Are Still Being Denied Despite Court Order

Sep 24, 2026

Judge Gives Trump Deadline To Explain Why White House Credentials Are Still Being Denied Despite Court Order

A federal judge is giving Donald Trump until 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday to explain why White House credentials are still being denied to CNN, MS NOW and Politico, even after the court’s order to have them restored. The deadline comes amid concerns beyond those of the media outlets over access: That the president may […]

Ex-Disney CEO Bob Chapek Says Bob Iger Ran ‘Relentless Three-Year Campaign’ to Fire Him: ‘Made It Seem as If I Had Committed Some Terrible Offense’

Sep 24, 2026

Ex-Disney CEO Bob Chapek Says Bob Iger Ran ‘Relentless Three-Year Campaign’ to Fire Him: ‘Made It Seem as If I Had Committed Some Terrible Offense’

Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek claims his predecessor-turned-successor Bob Iger underwent a “relentless three-year campaign to push me out” after initially appointing him to the job. “The way Disney’s board and Bob Iger handled my firing made it seem as if I had committed some terrible offense,” Chapek writes in an excerpt from his upcoming […]

‘Day Drinker’ Trailer: Johnny Depp’s Hollywood Comeback Continues in a Twisty Thriller With Penélope Cruz and Madelyn Cline

Sep 24, 2026

‘Day Drinker’ Trailer: Johnny Depp’s Hollywood Comeback Continues in a Twisty Thriller With Penélope Cruz and Madelyn Cline

Lionsgate has released a trailer for “Day Drinker,” the Marc Webb-directed thriller starring Johnny Depp, Madelyn Cline and Penélope Cruz. The film will hit theaters on March 26, 2027. “Day Drinker” follows a private-yacht bartender (Cline) as she encounters a mysterious guest (Depp in extra-weird mode). The official logline adds: “They soon find themselves entangled […]

‘Dancing with the Stars’ 2026 Week 3 Songs & Dance Styles Revealed for ‘Yacht Rock’ Night

Sep 24, 2026

‘Dancing with the Stars’ 2026 Week 3 Songs & Dance Styles Revealed for ‘Yacht Rock’ Night

Dancing with the Stars week 3 songs and dances have been officially unveiled! The Tuesday (September 29) episode will have […] The post ‘Dancing with the Stars’ 2026 Week 3 Songs & Dance Styles Revealed for ‘Yacht Rock’ Night appeared first on Just Jared - Celebrity News, Entertainment News & Photos.

‘Day Drinker’ Trailer: Johnny Depp Out For Revenge In Lionsgate “Ghost Story”

Sep 24, 2026

‘Day Drinker’ Trailer: Johnny Depp Out For Revenge In Lionsgate “Ghost Story”

Lionsgate has unveiled the first trailer for Day Drinker, a supernatural revenge thriller marking one of Johnny Depp’s first starring roles in a studio project in years, which is slated for release in theaters on March 26, 2027. Co-starring Madelyn Cline and Penélope Cruz, the film from director Marc Webb revolves around a private-yacht bartender […]

A Triumphant Baritone in a Dystopian ‘Macbeth’ Opens the Met Opera Season

Sep 24, 2026

A Triumphant Baritone in a Dystopian ‘Macbeth’ Opens the Met Opera Season

Quinn Kelsey commandingly charts each step in Macbeth’s decline in Louisa Proske’s postapocalyptic setting of Verdi’s opera, which opened the Metropolitan Opera’s season.

Block The Merger Coalition Asks Judge To Give Them Time To Formally Oppose Settlement Of Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Lawsuit

Sep 24, 2026

Block The Merger Coalition Asks Judge To Give Them Time To Formally Oppose Settlement Of Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Lawsuit

A coalition of groups opposed to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is asking a federal judge to set a briefing schedule so they can formally object to a proposed settlement as too weak. State attorneys general announced a settlement of their antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the transaction, proposing a consent decree to address a myriad […]

Linda Cardellini Admits She “Wanted” To Recreate Pamela Voorhees’ Haircut For ‘Crystal Lake’: “We Tried It For A Second”

Sep 24, 2026

Linda Cardellini Admits She “Wanted” To Recreate Pamela Voorhees’ Haircut For ‘Crystal Lake’: “We Tried It For A Second”

While donning the iconic blue sweater for Crystal Lake, Linda Cardellini was ready to go full Pamela Voorhees with her killer 1970s transformation. The Emmy-winning actress told Deadline she “originally wanted to” recreate Betsy Palmer’s iconic crop-style haircut from Friday the 13th (1980), and they even “tried it for a second” but series creator Brad […]

Kunhardts Expand Life Stories Platform With Unseen Footage From Decades Of Documentary Filmmaking

Sep 24, 2026

Kunhardts Expand Life Stories Platform With Unseen Footage From Decades Of Documentary Filmmaking

Life Stories, the nonprofit created by the Kunhardt family of documentary filmmakers, has relaunched its sprawling digital platform with thousands of films, interviews and personal stories, many new to the site, in a free and more easily searchable collection. LifeStories.org, co-founded by brothers George and Teddy Kunhardt of Kunhardt Films, was built for educators, students […]

‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Series at Sky to Star David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn

Sep 24, 2026

‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Series at Sky to Star David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn

Sky’s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series has found its leads in David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn. Oyelowo (“Silo,” “Selma”) will play disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist alongside Prettejohn (“The Crown,” “The Testament of Ann Lee”) as hacker Lisbeth Salander in a TV reimagining of Steig Larsson’s hit Millennium book series. The characters were portrayed […]

Macklemore Announces ‘Free Palestine’ Tour With All Ticket Sales Being Donated to Charity

Sep 24, 2026

Macklemore Announces ‘Free Palestine’ Tour With All Ticket Sales Being Donated to Charity

Macklemore has announced the “Free Palestine” tour, with three shows set for Dublin (Oct. 26), Paris (Oct. 29) and London (Oct. 30). The news comes after the Grammy-winning rapper was infamously dropped as opener from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour after making “Free Palestine” speeches while on stage at two concerts at MetLife Stadium in New […]

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