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Yesterday — 20 December 2024Main stream

From ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ to ‘The Day of the Jackal’: Why Hollywood Has an Appetite for Assassination Tales

19 December 2024 at 23:23
The recent assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan follows two assassination attempts on president elect Donald Trump over the summer.  In the July attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Penn., the would-be assassin, armed with an AK-47, was killed by a member of Trump’s security detail. The second attempt on Trump’s life, […]

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How D.C. Regulators Made 2024 the Year That Big Hollywood Deals Didn’t Happen

18 December 2024 at 20:50
Media and entertainment giants have been in a near constant cycle of mergers and acquisitions since the turn of the century. However, 2024, will be remembered for the deals that didn’t happen. In July, Paramount Global reached a historic agreement for an $8 billion sale to David Ellison’s Skydance Media after almost a year of […]

How Ensemble Casts Harken Back to Film’s Golden Age, From ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ to ‘Gladiator II’

16 December 2024 at 16:45
One of the defining characteristics of the Great Films is the quality of the ensemble of actors who bring the story to life. Back in Hollywood’s Golden Era, when everyone in town was under contract to one of the majors, the feat was taken for granted. From “Best Years of Our Lives” to “Casablanca” to […]

Lupita Nyong’o to Ayo Edebiri: Del Shaw Moonves Celebrates 35 Years of Representing the Underrepresented

15 December 2024 at 16:30
In many ways, the founders of what is today known as Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang were like any other ambitious young attorneys when they launched the firm back in 1989. “There’s always an inclination to want to start your own business and be the captains of your ship, the makers […]

Why David Foster Is a Hero to Families Who Have a Child Suffering With Diabetes

15 December 2024 at 16:00
Children’s Diabetes Foundation founder Barbara Davis and her daughter Dana share the remarkable impact David Foster has made over the past 28 years to bring awareness and financial support to families whose children have type 1 diabetes. Here’s their story: Since 1996, when David Foster joined the Carousel of Hope family as music director, his […]

David Foster Is Heading to Broadway With the Musical-Comedy Adaptation of the 1930s Cartoon Character Betty Boop

13 December 2024 at 18:00
David Foster, composer-producer-songwriter extraordinaire, never stops. “I am a workaholic,” he confesses, “and I move around a lot.” Foster and his wife, singer-actress Katharine McPhee, will tour during December and January, with multiple dates scheduled for California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. “Kat and I started touring together four or five years ago,” he […]

How the David Foster Foundation Brings Hope to 1500 Families Caring for Children With ‘Heart-Tugging,’ ‘Heartbreaking’ Illnesses

12 December 2024 at 16:30
The man behind decades of hits is on a mission to help families. Producer, composer and songwriter David Foster advocates for a higher purpose: to support the families of critically ill children and highlight the call for organ donors. The hitmaker and 16-time Grammy award winner is a mainstay of Hollywood fundraisers. For decades, he’s […]

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