ViacomCBS CEO Believes “Theatrical Windows Will Probably Shorten” Post-Pandemic

It has been more than a year since drama Bridgerton shot to fame on Netflix and proved an instant hit.

Greater Manchester Police has clawed back about £5m from the contractors who built its discredited iOPS computer system, Andy Burnham has said. The Greater Manchester Mayor revealed the figure during a heated Q&A where he was forced to deny a suggestion he had shirked responsibility for the IT scandal at GMP.

Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell threw their daughter Grace Warrior a lavish party on Friday to celebrate her milestone first birthday. The conservationist couple, who celebrated their second wedding anniversary on the same day, organised a celebration at Australia Zoo with their family and friends. The party was complete with elaborate blush decorations, a two-tiered pink cake and animals, and there was even a sweet tribute to Bindi's late father Steve Irwin.

Bob Saget's family have said that records released tell the "entire story" about his death. The former 'Full House' star - who was married to wife Kelly Rizzo and had daughters Aubrey, Lara and Jennifer with her - was found dead at the age of 65 in a hotel room back in January 2021. A medical examiner later confirmed his cause of death to be "blunt head trauma" and a new statement made on behalf of the family asked for their "privacy" now that official documents have been release.

NHS after being given the green light by regulators. Until now, tests have only been available to rule out the dangerous pregnancy condition, rather than diagnose it.  But yesterday the NHS watchdog NICE released draft guidance recommending four new tests to spot pre-eclampsia in its early stages.

BBC show, alongside hosts Alex Jones and Rylan Clark. Gordon was on the show to promote his new TV venture Future Food Stars. The new BBC show sees the celebrity chef hunt for the country’s most exciting and innovative new food and drink entrepreneurs.

Gallery: A $360k car and diamond-encrusted toys: This is how these celebrity parents spoil their children (BANG Showbiz)The insider went on to explain that since giving birth, the former 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star - who had initially announced her baby's name to be Wolf Webster but recently changed it because it "didn't feel right" and has remained tight-lipped about his new moniker ever since - is focused on getting back into a healthy routine but feels at her "most complete" when with her children and is loving motherhood. The source told Entertainment Tonight: "Kylie has been focusing on getting back into her routine and working out regularly. She's been eating healthy and spending time with her entire family and close friends.

Taylor Zakhar Perez bares it all (while wearing a prosthetic) in the new HBO Max series Minx and Instagram thinks his new role is too steamy for the platform.

Charli XCX has shared the deluxe version of new album ‘Crash’, which features four additional tracks.The expanded edition of Charli’s fifth album takes its tracklist to 16 songs, with the inclusion of ‘Selfish Girl’, ‘How Can I Not Know What I Need Right Now’, ‘Sorry If I Hurt You’ and ‘What You Think About Me’.Production on the four new tracks is handled by George Daniel, Lotus IV, Deaton Chris Anthony and A.G. Cook, each of whom contributed to production on the original version of ‘Crash’.

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) treated fans to a riveting cover of the Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 gem ‘Tonight, Tonight’.Flanked by her four-piece backing band, Jordan kicked off a 28-date tour of North America – which comes in support of last year’s ‘Valentine’ album – at this year’s edition of the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho. She and her band played the first night of the five-day festival, debuting a handful of tracks from ‘Valentine’ alongside choice cuts from 2018’s ‘Lush’.Jordan is no stranger to throwing a cover into her Snail Mail sets; on her last run of shows in late 2019, she closed sets out with her take on the Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Iris’.

Francesco LoPresti has died at the age of 24. The TikToker, who was well known for making funny prank videos with his girlfriend Kaitlin Reagan, passed away earlier this week following a long battle with stage 4 testicular cancer. Kaitlin's aunt Adriana shared the heartbreaking news of his passing on Tuesday 22 March as she shared a collection of photos of him.

Meghan Markle has been accused of a “deeply problematic” PR stunt at Prince Philip’s funeral by a royal expert. The Duchess of Sussex did not attend the late Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral last April because she was pregnant with daughter Lilibet.

Ed Sheeran and J Balvin have teamed up for two new songs!

dog owners after a 99p bone from Home Bargains nearly killed their pet.Sick pup Albas had to be rushed to the vets last Tuesday (15 March) by owners Pippa Wilson, 26 and Sam Hossein, 37, after he began vomiting and suffering from bloody diarrhoea.Pippa says the horror injury happened after he chewed on a ham-flavoured bone she had bought from Home Bargains — and is now demanding to pull the item from its shelves.She told the Liverpool Echo: "The day after I gave him the bone, he was so unwell with vomit and diarrhoea and blood coming out of his back end. We thought he had a sickness bug with so much going around."He was crying and was really poorly and we knew he wasn't right and my partner took him to work and he was vomiting and diarrhoea all over the shop.“He was straining like he was trying to go to the toilet but nothing was coming out.

Arsenal fans are in agreement that their former star Mesut Ozil needs to consider retirement after being ‘excluded’ from the Fenerbahce team.The former Gunners star has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past few years, and that doesn’t look like changing any time soon. Fenerbahce released a statement on social media confirming that Ozil was no longer in the squad, it read: “Our Football A Team players Mesut Özil and Ozan Tufan were excluded from the squad as per the decision taken.

There were so many celebs in attendance at the premiere of the new Miu Miu Women’s Tales film and the fashion needs to be seen!

James Corden and Stephen Colbert are making their return.

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish told Wall Street on the company's second-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday that the company remains committed to the theatrical window, but also said windows will likely shorten, with new business models becoming more common.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorAdding to comments from media executives in recent days about the state of theatrical movie releases, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish defended Paramount Pictures but said windows will “probably shorten.”Paramount “is an incredible asset for ViacomCBS,” Bakish told Wall Street analysts during the company’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday. “It has a powerful collection of IP, which we continue to develop for film, TV and streaming purposes.” Its library is also crucial to the company’s licensing strategy, he noted.Movie theater closures during spring and summer limited Paramount to just $3 million in revenue for the quarter, an amount the company called “immaterial” in the earnings release.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorStephen Colbert and James Corden finally have a good reason to get out of the house.Both late-night hosts are slated to return to their home studios next week, according to ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish,  in a bid to restore CBS’ two mainstay late-night programs to some sense of normalcy amid the effects the coronavirus pandemic has had on production. Bakish revealed the plans during a call with investors Thursday after the large media conglomerate reported its second-quarter earnings.But the shows will still look different from what fans have come to expect.

ViacomCBS on Thursday reported lower but better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and a 27 percent drop in advertising revenue for the first full three-month period affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic.