Industry News Awards Independent Spirit Awards Sets Dates for 2027, 2028 ByJD Knapp 3 days Awards 3 days BAFTA Board Apologizes, Sets 3-Step Plan to Ensure ‘Sinners’ N-Word Incident Doesn’t Happen Again ByJD Knapp 3 days Movies 3 days Pink to Host 2026 Tony Awards ByCasey Loving 4 days Awards 4 days BAFTAs N-Word Incident Deemed a ‘Clear Breach’ of BBC Editorial Standards, but ‘A Genuine Mistake’ ByJD Knapp 5 days Awards 5 days Box Office Cinema United Chief Michael O’Leary Talks CinemaCon, Mergers and Winning the Windowing Battle ByJeremy Fuster 8 hours Movies 8 hours ‘Warnermount,’ Superheroes and Theatrical Windows: 5 Things We’re Looking for at CinemaCon ByJeremy Fuster 11 hours Movies 11 hours ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Crosses $600 Million at Global Box Office ByJeremy Fuster 1 day 1 day ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Easily Stays No. 1 at Box Office Despite Higher 2nd Weekend Drop Than ‘Super Mario Bros.’ ByJeremy Fuster 2 days Movies 2 days Business Angel, StudioCanal and Sony Pictures Classics Urge Theaters to Broaden Their Horizons at CinemaCon ByJeremy Fuster 2 hours Business 2 hours 20th Century Studios Lands Theatrical Rights to Popular Roblox Game 99 Nights in the Forest ByUmberto Gonzalez 5 hours Movies 5 hours Neon Elevates Joey Monteiro to President of Worldwide Marketing and Alex Altschuler to President of Media ByDrew Taylor 7 hours Movies 7 hours ESPN Sets Josh Oshinsky as Senior Director of Original Content Development ByAlex Welch 7 hours Sports 7 hours Casting Glen Powell, Donald Glover Asked to Voice Fox, Yoshi in ‘Super Mario Galaxy’: ‘I Need to Be Involved’ ByCasey Loving Movies ‘Brilliant Minds’ Sets May Return as NBC Renewal Decisions Loom ByTess Patton TV Shows Tommy Lee Jones Joins ‘The Lowdown’ Cast for Season 2 ByRaquel Calhoun TV Shows ‘Elle’ Season 2 Casts Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Ahead of Series Premiere ByJD Knapp TV Shows Deals & M&A UK Regulators Ready Investigation of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger ByLucas Manfredi 9 hours Deals & M&A 9 hours Judge Extends Nexstar-Tegna Merger’s Temporary Restraining Order ByLucas Manfredi 3 days Public Policy & Legal 3 days David Zaslav’s $887 Million Golden Parachute Rejected as ‘Problematic’ in Shareholder Advisory Firm’s Paramount-WB Assessment ByLucas Manfredi 4 days Business 4 days Jeff Shell Out as Paramount Skydance President ByLucas Manfredi 5 days Business 5 days Industry Trends Why Young People Are Poised to Save Movie Theaters, In-Person Entertainment | Charts ByCasey Loving 7 hours Data Analysis 7 hours Damon Lindelof Warns Paramount-WBD Merger Will Turn Warner Bros. Lot Into a ‘Ghost Town’ ByAlex Welch 9 hours Industry Trends 9 hours Issa Rae’s Hoorae Media Sets First Microdrama Series ‘Screen Time’ in TikTok Content Deal | Exclusive ByRaquel Calhoun 5 days TV Shows 5 days Susan Rovner’s MicroCo Bets on ‘Joy Scrolling’ and the High-Speed Microdrama Production Pace ByTess Patton 5 days Industry Trends 5 days Labor & Unions Writers Guild Releases Tentative Agreement With AMPTP, Including $280 Million in Studio Health Plan Contributions ByJeremy Fuster 5 days Labor & Unions 5 days ProPublica Union Launches 24-Hour Walkout After AI Talks Stymie Contract Negotiations ByCorbin Bolies 5 days Journalism 5 days SAG-AFTRA to Resume Contract Talks With AMPTP in April ByJeremy Fuster Labor & Unions Ben Shapiro Says ‘We Really Don’t Care’ About Union Strike on Jonathan Majors Film: ‘Just the Latest Attempt to Fight Us’ ByRaquel Calhoun Movies Public Policy & Legal UK Regulators Ready Investigation of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger ByLucas Manfredi 9 hours Deals & M&A 9 hours Judge Extends Nexstar-Tegna Merger’s Temporary Restraining Order ByLucas Manfredi 3 days Public Policy & Legal 3 days Diddy’s Legal Team Questions Severity of 4-Year Prison Sentence in Appellate Court: ‘Exceptionally Difficult Case’ ByRaquel Calhoun 4 days Public Policy & Legal 4 days Ketamine Dealer in Matthew Perry Case Gets 15-Year Sentence ByJacob Bryant 5 days Public Policy & Legal 5 days Tech Sam Altman Responds to ‘Incendiary’ New Yorker Article and Molotov Cocktail Attack ByAlyssa Ray 3 days Tech 3 days YouTube Premium Raises Prices for First Time Since 2023 ByLucas Manfredi 3 days Business 3 days Issa Rae’s Hoorae Media Sets First Microdrama Series ‘Screen Time’ in TikTok Content Deal | Exclusive ByRaquel Calhoun 5 days TV Shows 5 days NASA Shares Artemis II Crew’s Space Playlist ByAlex Welch 5 days Culture 5 days