Matthew Belloni: Last News

Chris Albrecht‘s time at Legendary Television is just about over.

Chris Brown was the center of more than just one instance of drama at the AMAs!

A new report is claiming that Chris Rock was offered a monumental amount of cash to host the upcoming Golden Globes, but turned it down.

The drama surrounding Don’t Worry Darling continues. Apparently, Florence Pugh was mad director Olivia Wilde kept “disappearing” to canoodle with her boyfriend, Harry Styles, on set.

As the premiere of their cinematic collaboration approaches, the apparent feud between Olivia Wilde and Florence Pugh has only gotten hotter.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn today’s podcast news roundup, Vince Vaughn teams up with two former NFL pros to launch podcast production firm Audiorama; media startup Puck is launching podcasts with Spotify’s The Ringer and Audacy’s Cadence13; Spotify’s 2022 Sound Up accelerator program is geared toward family podcasters; and more.Vince Vaughn (“Wedding Crashers,” “Brawl in Cellblock 99”), along with former Carolina Panthers players Greg Olsen and Ryan Kalil and venture fund Powerhouse Capital, this week launched Audiorama, a podcast network and production company centered on “transformative podcasts” that enlighten, entertain and inform. Mikey Fowler, formerly with Barstool Sports, is VP and GM of the newly founded venture.

If you don’t know, Scarlett Johansson is currently suing Disney for breach of contract for allegedly not paying her money for the hybrid release of her film Black Widow. Scarlett‘s lawsuit claims that she lost money after the studio released the film on Disney+ for a fee and she wants to be compensated.

A big biopic is currently being shopped around and Apple and Netflix are both contenders to land the movie.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMatthew Belloni, the former editorial director of the Hollywood Reporter, has joined the management team of a new media startup that will cover finance, politics, technology and entertainment. His landing spot has been the subject of much speculation since Belloni left the Reporter in a dispute with the trade publication’s owners over editorial coverage.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Hollywood Reporter Editorial Director Matthew Belloni has boarded a high-profile digital media startup as a founding partner.

By Jazz Tangcay

By Anthony D'Alessandro, Dominic Patten

The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Group, a centralized publishing label that comprises both trade publications, will rebrand as MRC Media, insiders familiar with the company told Variety.

On April 2, The Hollywood Reporter editorial director Matthew Belloni tweeted a link to a story in the publication about an agent who had made explosive allegations about her company after being fired.

By Matt Donnelly

Matthew Belloni, editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter, is exiting after 14 years with the entertainment industry’s leading media brand and nearly four as its top editor. A successor has not been named, and Belloni will remain with THR for a month as an editorial consultant.

By Dominic Patten

By Variety Staff

As Matthew McConaughey tells it, after the release of A Time To Kill in 1996, he had Hollywood at his fingertips. The Friday before the film’s release, he was simply looking for a role.