Denzel Washington may have said that his same-sex kiss in “Gladiator II” was cut from the movie because the powers that be got “chicken,” but, according to director Ridley Scott, the kiss may not have happened at all. “No, that’s bullshit,” Scott told me Monday night at the “Gladiator II” premiere in Hollywood. He later […]

The battle between Paramount Global and measurement giant Nielsen is fast becoming a war of words. In a dispatch sent to clients earlier this week, Nielsen CEO Karthik Rao said that Paramount has been pushing for “a nearly 50% reduction in the price of our service” in as-yet-unfruitful negotiations between the two sides that has resulted […]