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Kane Parsons
Matthew Belloni July 17, 2026
Everyone in town is fighting to sign the 21-year-old director of breakout hit 'Backrooms.' Can A24 keep him in the fold by offering its richest deal ever, or will Warner Bros. or Universal swoop in for the steal?
Rob Bonta
Matthew Belloni July 14, 2026
The California attorney general, now the public face of the 12-state fight against David Ellison’s Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, explains his rationale for filing a much-anticipated lawsuit to block the deal.
ted sarandos
Matthew Belloni & Julia Alexander July 10, 2026
With its fast pivot to podcasters and digital creators, the streamer that upended premium TV is feeling its own angst of late. As the engagement wars ratchet up, are leaders Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters charting a savvy new path or running on nerves?
Brian Roberts, Mike Cavanagh
Matthew Belloni June 30, 2026
While C.E.O. Brian Roberts insists both companies will be poised for standalone growth, the bidders will now step forward, just like when Warner Bros. Discovery announced its decoupling.


rob bonta
Matthew Belloni June 26, 2026
With Paramount’s federally approved acquisition of Warner Bros. entering its endgame, the Ellisons will still need to placate regulators like California’s Rob Bonta. So what’s on the chopping block?
Sam Altman
Matthew Belloni June 19, 2026
‘Artificial,’ the nearly-finished film directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Andrew Garfield as the controversial OpenAI leader, will be shopped to other studios, Amazon tells me.
ted Sarandos netflix
Matthew Belloni June 19, 2026
Did Quinta Brunson balk at the prospect of the Ellisons? Where are we on a Wasserman deal? Is Tom Hardy really trying to get back into ‘MobLand’? And more of readers’ hottest queries answered.
Stephen Colbert jimmy kimmel
Matthew Belloni June 12, 2026
Now that Stephen Colbert has exited the late night cage match, one Jimmy has been collecting the spoils. But a strong NBA lead-in and shared political leanings are giving ABC an early advantage—and could reverberate across YouTube and beyond.


David Ellison
Matthew Belloni June 5, 2026
With ‘60 Minutes’ in chaos and star correspondent Lesley Stahl hiring superagent Bryan Lourd to guide her future, the Paramount owner may soon need to decide how much he’ll let Bari Weiss disrupt the show—and the news division—before reining her in.
Backrooms movie
Matthew Belloni June 2, 2026
Shawn Levy’s production company assigned a young staffer to monitor YouTube for potential talent. Four years later, Kane Parsons’ fantasy thriller opened to $118 million worldwide and has everyone in town talking about a possible sea change.
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