EXCLUSIVE: Ketchup Entertainment‘s Coyote vs. Acme trailer clocked 25.6MM views in its first 24 hours after dropping on April 22, we hear. Per social analytics corp WaveMetrix, that makes it the most watched family film trailer launch by an independent studio ever beating Angel Studio’s animated movie King of Kings (which opened to $19.3M). Coyote…
Nepo billionaire David Ellison got one step closer to Hollywood studio domination yesterday when the Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approved the Paramount Skydance merger with a substantial majority in the votes. The shareholders took all of 10 minutes on a Zoom to accept Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi Qatar Ellison’s $111 billion package, bumping up their…
Kiara Brokenbrough has died at the age of 32. The social media manager, who went viral in 2022 for her $500 wedding, died on March 30, 2026 during childbirth. She is survived by her husband, Joel, and their newborn son, Jonah. “Unexpectedly, Kiara went to her Heavenly home while Baby Jonah entered his earthly home….
Prince Harry is royally over this sentiment. Six years after the Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan Markle stepped back from their duties in the royal family and relocated to California, he addressed critics who say he’s no longer part of the legacy. “I will always be part of the royal family,” Harry asserted…
As the week comes to a close, the groundwork is being laid for what could be the biggest bidding war of the year. And it’s, appropriately enough, for Battlefield, the military video game which last year topped the sales charts. And if the title wasn’t enticing enough, it comes with some of the biggest names…
With the LA28 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games two years away, technology is shaping the way LA28 will be delivered to fans across the globe. Alex Merchan, Chief Marketing Officer at LA28, spoke to Deloitte’s Chief Data & AI Officer Michelle McGuire, at Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit presented by Deloitte about the Olympics’ marketing, use…
Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed is criticizing the new Michael Jackson biopic while claiming that the late pop icon was “worse than Jeffrey Epstein.” Antoine Fuqua’s Michael hits theatres Friday and gives “an in-depth portrayal of the complicated man who became the King of Pop,” according to Lionsgate, which handles the worldwide distribution of the film. Reed…
24 April 2026 A haul of Michael Jackson memorabilia could fetch up to €1,000,000 at auction. Arthur Perault and Michael Jackson items © Aguttes The King of Pop’s white Swarovski rhinestone glove, which he donned on the Bad World Tour concerts from 1987 until 1989, and threw during rehearsals for the July 14, 1988, gig…
Ford v. Ferrari scribe and The Agency and MobLand series EP, Jez Butterworth, has closed an overall five-year deal with Universal Entertainment across TV, streaming and film. The new pact commences on January 2027 after Butterworth’s current deal with Paramount wraps up at the end of the year. On the feature side, Butterworth will be…
When Prince Harry arrived in Ukraine on Thursday, the deranged commentary quickly centered on “how dare Harry travel to an important Ukrainian security conference on his nephew’s eighth birthday, April 23rd belongs solely to Prince Louis!!” Hours later, those same people said nothing when Louis’s father stepped out solo to watch fast cars go vroom-vroom…
