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Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Sony Pictures Entertainment is set for a transition at the top in January when Tony Vinciquerra steps down from his role as CEO and hands the reins to Ravi Ahuja. Ahuja will become president and CEO of the Culver City studio as of Jan. 2.

Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien has said 'there's something there' for Sarah Platt as she's suddenly reminded of someone from her past. The actress has been speaking about her latest storyline which has seen her at her daughter Bethany's bedside following her horror surgery nightmare.

DirecTV is acquiring satellite rival Dish Network, creating by far the largest pay-TV operator.

Restaurants, pubs, cafes, taxi firms, hairdressers and hotels are bracing for the impact of a new tip-sharing law set to come into effect from October.

Marta Balaga Finland’s Fireframe Studios has boarded upcoming Arctic thriller “The Ice.” Developed in collaboration with Nordisk Film Production, it’s based on the successful novel by Norwegian writer John Kåre Raake, also behind movies “The Wave” and “The Quake,” and series “The Fortress.” Filming is scheduled for next year. The story plays out at one of Earth’s most inhospitable places, the North Pole, with the team teasing “The Ice” as a “highlight for thrill-seeking audience, combining high concept with tense political conflicts.” As well as “ice-cold thrills and warm human drama.” “It’s an ideal co-production for Fireframe.

Christina Aguilera is serving up a chic workout look!

was first revealed by Music Venue Trust in May 2022 and announced as a success a year later after £2.3million was raised by the charity through a series of donations and investments. Dubbed “The National Trust, but for venues”, and backed by the likes of Ed Sheeran, it sees venues sign a “cultural lease” with Music Venue Properties (MVP) that guarantees that, as long as they operate as a space for grassroots live music for their local community, they can enjoy use of the building.Since the announcement of #OwnOurVenues, MVP, the independent Charitable Community Benefit Society (CCBS) created by Music Venue Trust, has purchased two properties.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Comcast CEO Brian Roberts carries with him a business philosophy from his late father, Ralph: “Whatever you set out to do, make sure you have and work with the finest,” Roberts says. This mantra applies to the fiberoptic cable Comcast has laid out across the country, the TLC poured into 30 Rockefeller Plaza after acquiring NBCUniversal in 2011 and, of course, the monumental Comcast Center erected in Philadelphia.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Scripps is backing out of a ambitious effort to offer national news across its many TV stations, and its reasons for doing so may give rivals the shudders. The Cincinnati owner of TV stations and national networks like ION told staffers Friday that it plans to shutter the national news programming produced by its Scripps News unit, resulting in what are expected to be 200 job cuts.

Dumbfounded young clubbers turned up at nightclubs with McDonald’s happy meals after Covid 19 with no idea how to go clubbing, according legendary Scots nightclub boss.

Michel-Ange Balikwisha could yet join Celtic in January, according to his club's CEO.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Adam Aron, CEO of the nation’s largest movie theater chain AMC Theatres, refuses to hide his optimism. After a wild year of bankruptcy speculation, debt repayment extensions, revised credit ratings and a few billion dollars in box office earnings, the eternal theatrical optimist was ready to celebrate at Variety‘s annual Entertainment and Technology Summit in West Hollywood on Thursday.

As a Nevada probate court deliberates the future of the Murdoch media empire, a new SEC filing shows that Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch took home about $2 million more in overall pay for his services in the most recent fiscal year.

Suge Knight is making some bombshell allegations after Diddy’s sex trafficking and racketeering arrest.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s approaching the end of a tough month at Atlantic Music Group, as Julie Greenwald, who has been at the top of the company for more than 20 years, prepares to leave the company that she played an essential role in making one of the most successful and consistent labels in music industry history. Since she joined the company in 2004 from Def Jam Records and Rush Management with longtime boss Lyor Cohen, she and longtime co-chair Craig Kallman have played an invaluable role in the success and often the rise of artists including but hardly limited to Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Kelly Clarkson, Coldplay, Jack Harlow, Lil Uzi Vert, Lizzo, Charli XCX, Kehlani, Bruno Mars, Janelle Monáe, Panic! at the Disco, Charlie Puth, Ed Sheeran, Tiësto, Rob Thomas, Twenty One Pilots, and Wiz Khalifa, as well as award-winning projects like “Barbie the Album” and the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of “Hamilton” and “Dear Evan Hansen.” Under Atlantic, the company’s subsidiary labels, including 300, ATCO, Big Beat, DTA, Elektra, Fueled By Ramen, Low Country Sound, Public Consumption, and Roadrunner, have thrived.

Coronation Street fans have branded Sarah Platt 'over the top' as they slammed her for her outburst at Daniel Osbourne. The character was beside herself in scenes aired earlier this week as she was informed by Daniel that her daughter Bethany Platt was in intensive care.

It is no secret that obesity has been labelled a global crisis, but one health expert says there is a more dangerous hidden trend ravaging health and robbing years of life. Speaking to Diary of CEO podcast host Steven Bartlett in his latest episode, Dr Gabrielle Lyon says exercise and strength training are just as important as what you eat.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Runway, the generative AI company that recently inked a first-of-its-kind deal with Lionsgate, will dole out grants of up to $1 million to filmmakers working on AI-powered projects. Runway is launching The Hundred Film Fund, an initiative to help produce and fund as many as 100 short films and feature-length movies that use generative AI technology to tell their stories. The funding grants will range from $5,000 to $1 million and decisions on applications will typically be made within 14 days of submission, according to Runway.

EXCLUSIVE: A new indie collective is out of the gate with four labels on board and discussions underway with others. Thirtyfour Media is the brainchild of former Banijay exec Joris Gijsbertse who told Deadline he has been working on the project for over a year.

Coronation Street fans have been pondering whether a Weatherfield favourite has already left the street as they go missing amid their family's latest 'devastation'.

Naman Ramachandran Next Narrative Africa and HEVA Fund have unveiled a $40 million fund to support content creators in Africa and the diaspora. The announcement came during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The Next Narrative Africa Fund will allocate $30 million in equity financing and $10 million in grants over four years to back audio-visual projects produced in Africa.