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Paramount’s Disappointing Earnings Highlight Skydance’s Challenges
With Paramount less than a week away from closing its merger with Skydance, ending a chaotic stretch that involved everything ...
Paramount Licensing Chief Dan Cohen Steps Down Ahead Of Skydance Merger
Dan Cohen, Chief Content Licensing Officer at Paramount, is leaving the company after eight years. Cohen’s departure comes as ...
LISTEN: Tatiana Siegel Sits Down With Trump-Loving Superman Alum Dean Cain; Disney, NBCU and Fox Wrap the Upfront Haggle
He’s spent a lot of time in blue tights. He’s embraced Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. And he has a healthy sense of ...
With the Media, the Arts and Los Angeles Under Direct Attack, Here’s What the Emmys Should Do
Remember your old history textbooks, when you’d read a chapter about a dark or difficult period in the past and wonder, “How ...
Dan Cohen, Paramount Global Chief Licensing Officer and Republic Pictures President, to Depart Ahead of Skydance Merger Closing
Dan Cohen, Paramount Global’s head of content sales and an industry sales veteran, has stepped down from his role in advance of Skydance Media’s takeover of the storied studio and CBS. Cohen confirmed ...
Watch ‘Megadoc’ Trailer: Mike Figgis’ Venice-Bound Doc On Francis Coppola’s Making Of ‘Megalopolis’
Utopia has released the trailer for Mike Figgis' Megadoc, about the making of Francis Coppola's Megalopolis. The documentary ...
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Copyright Lawsuit Over Screenplay Credit Dismissed
While Shaun Gray, a cousin of 'Maverick' screenwriter Eric Warren Singer, was denied a court order that he's a co-author of ...
LISTEN: Harrison Ford Speaks! Behind the Scenes of Variety’s Cover Story on the Movie Legend
It’s not every week that starts out with a sit-down with Harrison Ford, wearing a tuxedo no less. But that’s how last week ...