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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Harrison Ford is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in next year’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” and it sounds like it wasn’t too much of an acting challenge for the 82-year-old legend. Ford stars in the film as U.S.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor TV-news programs are some of the most-watched in a fragmented media ecosystem, but advertisers have increasingly shied away from the medium in recent years, fearful that polarized audiences will associate their pitches with hot talk and tough stories tied to politics, climate change and cultural debates. They may be making a poor decision.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amazon and Meta, seeking to get in Donald Trump’s good graces, are each giving $1 million to the president-elect’s inauguration fund. Trump has previously lashed out at both Meta and Amazon, among other Big Tech companies, and the donations by the two massive internet corporations are seen as efforts to curry favor with the incoming administration.

Naman Ramachandran Australia has unveiled plans to implement a targeted tax on major digital platforms that don’t share revenue with news organizations, marking its latest move to regulate tech companies’ relationships with media outlets. The measure, set to take effect Jan. 1, will impact tech companies earning over AU$250 million ($159 million) annually in Australia, including Meta, Google parent Alphabet, and ByteDance’s TikTok.

Hundreds of hours of ITV shows are about to hit YouTube while the UK commercial net has hired a Channel 4 exec to run a dedicated YouTube sales team.

Carolyn Giardina The visual effects branch of the Motion Picture Academy recently narrowed its list of VFX Oscar contenders down to 20 films, from which 10 will be shortlisted. They range from the bold Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” to Ridley Scott’s epic “Gladiator II,” the dramatic “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” and Jon M.

Meghan Trainor claims "nobody warned me" before she went a little too far with Botox, which left her unable to smile. The 30-year-old pop singer made a cheerful comeback during a recent interview, noting that she was now able to smile "a little bit." "The movement is coming back," she shared on Today. "I got what’s called a ‘lip flip.’ It was my first ever." "And everyone’s like, 'You’re going to love it, your little lips,’ and I didn’t love it because I couldn’t smile." Trainor explained she received the injection in the middle of her lips, pointing to the location on her face.

It’s a sad day for fans of Toy Boy.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Warner Bros. Discovery has sold the MotorTrend Group of automotive brands to Hearst Magazines.

The 2024 Game Awards are airing tonight!

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, another screen adaptation has arrived which delves further into J.R.R. Tolkien’s history of Middle-earth.Set 183 years before Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim follows king of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand, and his family as they defend their kingdom against an army of Dunlendings.The anime film is directed by Kenji Kamiyama, who previously helmed TV series Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Blade Runner spin-off Black Lotus.Brian Cox leads the voice cast as Hammerhand, alongside Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino and Mirando Otto.The film is released exclusively in cinemas worldwide on December 13, 2024.As such, anyone hoping to catch the film on streaming services or by purchasing it digitally will have to wait a few weeks after this date.At the time of writing, Warner Bros.

Dick Van Dyke was forced to evacuate his home due to the raging wildfires in Malibu, California. The legendary actor, who turns 99 on Dec. 13, shared how he struggled to get to safety while his life and home were at risk from the wildfires.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor YouTube TV is getting more expensive — outpacing the rate of inflation — with a 14% price increase for the streaming pay-TV package going into effect for new customers immediately. The cost of a new YouTube TV base plan subscription is increasing from $72.99 to $82.99, starting Dec.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Dick Van Dyke revealed in an interview on the “Today” show (via People) that his neighbors “saved” him while he was struggling to evacuate his home during this week’s Franklin Fire, which raged across Malibu and burned more than 2,600 acres. The wildfire caused widespread evacuations and power cutoffs in the Malibu area. Van Dyke fled is home just ahead of his 99th birthday on Dec.

In this age of streaming and on demand services, many people have ditched the DVD collections that were taking up space in their house.

Naman Ramachandran Fremantle has sealed a new five-year agreement with Jamie Oliver Group, extending the partnership that began in 2002. The deal encompasses worldwide rights for TV distribution, AVOD, FAST and digital platforms for the celebrity chef’s content library.

Fremantle and the Jamie Oliver Group are extending their partnership in a big way.

Jack Dunn José de la Torre, who played Iván in the Spanish-language Netflix drama “Toy Boy,” has died. He was 37. Spanish publication Montilla Digital was the first to report that the actor died on Dec.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Quentin Tarantino made headlines in late October when he defended “Joker: Folie à Deux” and said that Joaquin Phoenix gives “one of the best performances I’ve ever seen in my life in this movie,” which apparently pissed off a lot of fanboys. The Oscar winner was a recent guest on “The Joe Rogan Experience” and called out some of the toxic reactions to his love for the maligned “Joker” sequel. “I go on a show and I say that I like ‘Joker 2.’ Now there’s 150 articles on it,” Tarantino said.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jim Carrey was recently asked by ComicBook.com if there there was one character from his beloved movie career that he’d love the opportunity to play again. His answer? The Grinch, but only if he did it via motion capture. The comedian is not interested in being in the makeup chair for hours undergoing an “excruciating” transformation.

Lauren Coates David Letterman has launched “Letterman TV”, an 24/7 channel streaming all things Letterman, exclusively on Samsung TV Plus. Starting today in the United States and Canada, the channel will stream “The Late Show With David Letterman”, curated moments, interviews and never-before-seen commentary from Letterman. “Dave’s show was the original viral video,” said Walter Kim, Executive Producer for digital at Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants, Inc.