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Amazon reported its second-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday, revealing it beat Wall Street’s estimates with more than $200 billion in revenue for the April-June period. Advertising services revenue for the quarter was up 26% year over year to $19.8 billion, while the tech giant’s o

New Year’s Day came early for UTA, which has signed the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the organization behind the Rose Bowl Game and the Rose Parade. “The Tournament of Roses proudly produces both the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game, creating one of the most recognized New Yea

Jason Cloth, a financier with executive producer credits on “Joker,” “Babylon,” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” has been indicted in Chicago on allegations that he ran a $100 million Ponzi scheme. Cloth, 60, faces seven counts of wire fraud for allegedly lying to investors about h

Third time’s the charm. Amazon MGM Studios has released the trailer for “The Thomas Crown Affair,” which will debut on March 5, 2027. The third take on the story of art thief Thomas Crown is the latest directorial effort from Michael B. Jordan, who puts a new spin on the titular

Apple turned in another solid earnings report overall for the June 2026 quarter, which marks the last earnings period for outgoing CEO Tim Cook. For the three months ended June 27, Apple’s Q3 of fiscal 2026, the tech giant reported total revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16% — a new

NBCUniversal is starting to blaze its own corporate path. The Comcast-backed media conglomerate, which is slated to be spun off from its parent company within a year’s time, named Christopher Halpin as chief financial officer. He will begin in his new role on September 8, and rep

Electronic Arts is set to close its previously announced $55 billion go-private deal next week, according to the video game publishing giant. In a document filed with the SEC Thursday, the “Battlefield 6” and “The Sims” publisher disclosed: “As of July 30, 2026, all regulatory ap

Influence Media Partners, in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by affiliates of BlackRock, has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Anthem Entertainment: its music publishing catalogs, film & TV publishing assets and its portfolio of maste

After serving for more than 11 years on Netflix’s board, Anne Sweeney is departing as a director. Netflix disclosed Sweeney’s departure in an SEC filing Thursday. “On July 26, 2026, Anne Sweeney notified Netflix, Inc. (the ‘Company’) that she was resigning from the Board of Direc

Amazon reported its second-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday, revealing it beat Wall Street’s estimates with more than $200 billion in revenue for the April-June period. Advertising services revenue for the quarter was up 26% year over year to $19.8 billion, while the tech giant’s o

Gird your loins because “The Devil Wears Prada 2” is officially available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu. The sequel grossed $677 million at the worldwide summer box office. If you’re planning an at-home watch party for the buzzy sequel, you can even delivery a variety of festive

A film producer sued Netflix for $105 million on Wednesday after the company lost an unencrypted copy of his World War II film “Fortitude,” starring Nicolas Cage and Ben Kingsley. Simon Afram, a Swiss businessman, wrote the script and spent seven years and $45 million bringing it

Live Nation continues to post incremental profits with the release of its second-quarter earnings, reporting $7.7 billion in revenue in a 9% increase over the same period last year. The company saw concert revenue increase by eight percent over the year, with international market

The email came through last week. The follow-up call may as well have been an email. “There wasn’t a lot of insight into their full thinking process,” Stacy Spikes, the founder of the film festival Urbanworld, told Variety about the Writers Guild of America East’s decision to dro