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As David Zaslav Takes the Crown, How Will He Rule His Empire? • The tough-as-nails mogul will lead a combined WarnerMedia-Discovery, as insiders question whether the risk-averse CEO can adjust to the high-rolling world of scripted film and TV bets
But Will the Megadeal Survive Regulatory Scrutiny? • The combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery represents the first major merger for the Biden administration to review
WarnerMedia Spinoff May Rewrite CNN Chief Zucker’s Next Chapter • Facing an uncertain future at AT&T, some network insiders are heartened by the surprise Discovery merger plan, which raises the prospect that their leader will stay on
Telecom Giants Exiting Hollywood After ‘Fool’s Gold’ Rush • AT&T and Verizon hoped that spending billions on media assets like HBO, Yahoo and AOL would yield hoped-for synergies for wireless customers — but that never panned out
Americans’ View of TV News Dims During Pandemic • Most cable and broadcast outlets took a slight year-to-year hit in perception of credibility, a new nationally representative survey finds
WHO’S THE NEXT ELLEN? RACE BEGINS TO REPLACE DAYTIME’S BIGGEST HOST
‘COVID Forced Us to Relook at Our Pilot Season’
7 Days of DEALS • Who’s inking on the dotted line this week
$120M Big Number • Severance funds returned to ViacomCBS after former CBS CEO Les Moonves settled in arbitration over his September 2018 firing.
Rights Available! • Hot new books with Hollywood appeal
Sam Jay • The slow starter (‘I figured out that I was gay late’) talks about her new HBO variety series and why she once performed in the dark: ‘I just felt a lot freer to say shit’
Ai Weiwei’s Lego Prisoner Portraits • The Chinese artist’s just-opened exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center honors 83 political prisoners — in likenesses made of tiny bricks — including Chelsea Manning and Martin Luther King Jr.
Bob Dylan in Hollywood: A Long-Lived Fascination • The legend, who turns 80 this month, has carved out his own movie path, and the industry remains starstruck, with his music in One Night in Miami, Soul and The Good Lord Bird
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Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news
Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment
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Eric Bana and Robert Connolly • As they prepare for the U.S. premiere of The Dry, the Melbourne-based creative duo talk not giving up on the theatrical experience and the kinds of films they don’t want to make (sorry, Marvel)
Why Local-Language Adaptations Are the Next Round of Remakes • Despite a recently announced wave of U.S. remakes of foreign films, the ‘much larger business’ is in creating local-language adaptations as streamers court international subscribers
Shemar Moore’s Customized Rides • The S.W.A.T. star reveals his kitted-out car collection, which includes an uncommon Rezvani Tank SUV and a Ferrari F8 Tribute that ‘represents the pride in my journey’
Driving the 2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo EV • The maker’s sporty new all-electric wagon is expected to get 220 miles on a single charge
Opposites Attract • Channel Emma Stone’s edgy, chic villain in Cruella (in theaters and on Disney+ May 28) in spring’s hottest black-and-white pieces
‘THIS IS WHAT HIV-POSITIVE LOOKS LIKE NOW’ • For the first time since being diagnosed 14 years ago, Pose star Billy Porter opens up about the shame that...