2026-01-05 14:40:29
Universal Music India acquires a 30% equity stake in Mumbai-based Excel Entertainment in a deal valuing the Indian production house at $290M (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Universal Music India acquires a 30% equity stake in Mumbai-based Excel Entertainment in a deal valuing the Indian production house at $290M (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Third Eye Blind, Daniel Emmet highlight Sunday’s gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/third-eye-blind-daniel-emmet-highlight-sunday-s-gameday-entertainment-raiders-vs-chiefs-week-18
Reliance's Jio Studios acquires a 50.1% equity stake in Sikhya Entertainment for ~$16.7M, uniting India's largest studio with the Oscar-winning production house (Hannah Abraham/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahab…
Third Eye Blind, Daniel Emmet highlight Sunday’s gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/third-eye-blind-daniel-emmet-highlight-sunday-s-gameday-entertainment-raiders-vs-chiefs-week-18
The big Ticketmaster anti-monopoly trial is spinning up: https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/the-ticketmaster-monopoly-trial-starts
'Wicked' composer Stephen Schwartz says he won't appear at Kennedy Center (Michael O'Keeffe/Newsday)
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/stephen-schwartz-wicked-kennedy-center-kocl9hp0
http://www.memeorandum.com/260102/p60#a260102p60
Sickly Red II ⭕️
病态的红 II ⭕️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ CineStill 800T
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🎞️ Cinemas and unions sound alarms over Netflix-Warner Bros. deal
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-12-05/netflix-warner-deal-how-theaters-and-unions-are-reacting
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Tired: Errant water bottle in a movie shot.
Wired: Errant watermark in a movie "shot".
#entertainment #movies #bloopers #chatbots #editing
Communication, entertainment, everything in between - another great post by @… that will inspire you, offend you, educate you- all the things great writing should do. It'll make you think, challenge your assumptions- there are too many great quotable parts of this, I couldn't even pick one to use as a blurb here. Worth it to just read the full deal 🔥:
So bad people are almost being paid to attend. Republican clubs buying the tickets en mass and offering them for free.
🤣🤣🤣
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/melania-trumps-film-struggles-sell-234538656.html
Sony Pictures reports Q3 revenue down 11% YoY to $2.32B, operating income down 9% to $197M; Sony Music's operating income grew 9% YoY to $690M on $3.5B revenue (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sony-pictures-revenu…
Third Eye Blind, Alex Nester highlight Sunday’s gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/third-eye-blind-alex-nester-highlight-sunday-s-gameday-entertainment-raiders-vs-chiefs-week-18
#Sky's scaremongering is not going to work.
They simply need to drop the pricing (€52 a month on their 'Sky Signature' aka. Entertainment package €40 a month on Sky Sports)
And abolish the Saturday 3PM bollocks (in Ireland anyway) for Premier League games, and maybe people will pay for it then.
The wording on this is just laughable.
'Dodgy boxes' are not i…
Including reference to 'Uncle Jeff'
Erika Kirk Faces Backlash Over Alleged 'Inappropriate' Texts With A 15-Year-Old: 'Absolutely Vile'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/alleged-texts-between-erika-kirk-224522698.html
Third Eye Blind, Alex Nester highlight Sunday’s gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/third-eye-blind-alex-nester-highlight-sunday-s-gameday-entertainment-raiders-vs-chiefs-week-18
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▶️ ICE Protestors Speak Up! & Don Lemon’s Arrest: Explained! | Have I Got News For You U.S.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ucinslJJYig&si=5DjovNPYHqlC3dDZ
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I just found out that Uncle Floyd passed and now i'm supposed to sleep??
RIP Legend.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/floyd-vivino-dies-uncle-floyd-172616352.html
I don't want to believe this movie is 40 years old, because that would mean I'm old, and I'm not old.
But it was a great movie. Never saw the sequel or the remake, and I don't feel like I'm missing much.
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-
Former Lionsgate executive Nathan Kahane launches True North, with backing from Entertainment 360, to produce and finance films from emerging filmmakers (Mike Fleming Jr/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/nathan-kahane-launches-true-nor…
Ubisoft entlässt 55 Angestellte bei Massive Entertainment und Ubisoft Stockholm
Ubisoft streicht 55 Stellen, unter anderem bei Massive Entertainment. Zuvor hatte der Publisher den Angestellten die Möglichkeit gegeben, freiwillig zu gehen.
'CBS Evening News': Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom (Martin Holmes/Yahoo Entertainment)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/cbs-evening-news-tony-dokoupil-140533095.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p42#a260128p42
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Your deep-dive into everything loud, glittery, iconic and occasionally unhinged in entertainment...
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Barron Trump wore a blue tie, (gasp)
a color traditionally associated with the Democrats
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/barron-trump-tie-state-union-36780798#Echobox=1772061580
Samsung's $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold works well as a smartphone, especially for entertainment, but falls short as a tablet and laptop, marred by unpredictability (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20…
Hard to be artistic director of a dead institution. More of Trump's "winning."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2026/01/28/kennedy-center-kevin-couch-resigns-svp-artistic-programming/
Job cuts across TV, film, broadcast, news, and streaming in the first 11 months of 2025 grew 18% YoY to 17K ; news suffered 2,254 job cuts, down about 50% YoY (Tess Patton/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/entertainment-media-l…
🤺 New league aims to drag fencing into entertainment era
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/03/world-fencing-league/
🆓 https://…
RE: https://flipboard.com/@huffpostuk/entertainment-fg1pgso7z/-/a-oEf28zT3RQms8rWTmBJzug:a:878833414-/0
I’m just looking at the photo and guess first guest is Donald Trump?
'Crisis': The fallout from Trump's surprise plan to close Kennedy Center (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2026/02/02/trump-kennedy-center-closure-nso/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p152#a260202p152
Never thought I would find out the laundering process of Melania’s undergarments.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Ginger Root:
🎵 Entertainment
#GingerRoot
https://gingerroot.bandcamp.com/track/entertainment
https://open.spotify.com/track/5uI5nDMdSjCOK4IDmZXYkP
Even as an Okie who feels the urge to defend local acts, this is not a great one for the resume.
Kennedy Center’s new programming head resigns days after hire was announced https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2026/…
Disney names Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, as its president and chief creative officer, a newly created role, effective March 18 (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/disney-ceo-josh-damaro-bob-iger-1236707115/
Always always always adopt your pets.
Shelter dogs have such wonderful personalities.
▶️ Rob Lowe has some thoughts about surprise puppy presents
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/12/23/rob-lowe-do…
Sydney Sweeney Created This Moment. But Does It Belong to Her? (Alexandra Whittaker/Cosmopolitan)
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a70001220/sydney-sweeney-interview-2026/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p10#a260130p10
A survey of US teens: 57% use AI chatbots to search for info, 54% use them to do schoolwork, 47% for fun or entertainment, 12% for emotional support, and more (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/
CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil interviewed his own mother during Tuesday's broadcast regarding the cognitive benefits of grandparenting (Martin Holmes/Yahoo Entertainment)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/cbs-evening-new…
Nicki Minaj says Trump, Vance are 'role models' for young men at Turning Point USA event | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nicki-minaj-praises-trump-vance-at-turning-point-event-9.7025614
Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery,
-- giving studios,
HBO, and CNN
to Ellison-owned Paramount
Ellison, whose Paramount already owns major studios, entertainment, and news businesses, has warned of significant job cuts.
His ownership of news network CBS has also attracted controversy
and has largely been seen as a sympathetic turn toward the Trump administration,
with reporting critical of the administration shelved
or facing …
I just found out that Uncle Floyd passed and now i'm supposed to sleep??
RIP Legend.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/floyd-vivino-dies-uncle-floyd-172616352.html
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The Jam:
🎵 That’s Entertainment
#TheJam
https://thetransitions1.bandcamp.com/track/thats-entertainment-the-jam
https://open.spotify.com/track/7MH7TkjQ4RA1vG454dciw0
The Family Stone Band, Joelle James highlight Sunday’s gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/the-family-stone-band-joelle-james-highlight-gameday-entertainment-raiders-vs-giants-122825
Bank of England 'Must Plan For a Financial Crisis Triggered By Aliens' - Slashdot
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/01/20/0045220/bank-of-england-must-plan-for-a-financial-crisis-triggered-by-aliens
Beast Industries, the entertainment conglomerate founded by MrBeast and last valued at $5.2B, acquires Step Mobile, a teen-focused banking app (Valida Pau/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mrbeasts-beast-industries-buy-ge…
The Family Stone Band, Joelle James highlight Sunday’s gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/the-family-stone-band-joelle-james-highlight-gameday-entertainment-raiders-vs-giants-122825
😇 Religion/spirituality may protect against depression among young adult online gamers
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-religionspirituality-depression-young-adult-online.html
New Year's Eve concert is latest cancellation at the Kennedy Center (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/12/29/new-years-eve-kennedy-center-concert-canceled/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251230/p3#a251230p3
Book extract: ex-Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton recounts his role in sparking North Korea's 2014 hack, one of the worst cyberattacks in corporate history (Michael Lynton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/te…
First it was the half-time entertainment was 'anti-trump', now, it's 'too far'. What's the real reason? He doesn't want to get booed?
Donald Trump will not attend Super Bowl because it’s ‘too far away’ | Super Bowl LX | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/24/trump-super-bowl-bad-bunny-backlash-california
Nielsen streaming data: none of 2025's 10 most-watched shows were new, Tubi and Roku are almost twice the size of HBO Max and Peacock, and more (Bloomberg)
Kennedy Center's new programming head resigns days after hire was announced (Travis M. Andrews/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2026/01/28/kennedy-center-kevin-couch-resigns-svp-artistic-programming/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY5NTc2NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcwOTU4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Njk1NzY0MDAsImp0aSI6Ijc2ODdkMjBkLTZhOTktNDE0MS1hNTFlLWFiMDBlZGU3YmIxMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50LzIwMjYvMDEvMjgva2VubmVkeS1jZW50ZXIta2V2aW4tY291Y2gtcmVzaWducy1zdnAtYXJ0aXN0aWMtcHJvZ3JhbW1pbmcvIn0.Czvdm8mxwKIvkix6cgHFnatDIn8DtEUwKXP_qIJ__fI&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p5#a260129p5
Among media stocks in 2025, WBD surged 172%, Fox jumped 47.3%, Paramount Skydance rose 29%, Netflix was up just 5.7%, and Disney was up 2.25%; Comcast fell ~20% (The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
A professor challenged the Smithsonian. Security shut the gallery. (Kelsey Ables/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2026/02/25/smithsonian-volunteer-historians/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzcxOTk1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzczMzc0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzE5OTU2MDAsImp0aSI6IjUzZjQ4ZjY3LTkyYTctNDhkNy1hYWIyLWYwMWRjNmVkNjA5NyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC8yMDI2LzAyLzI1L3NtaXRoc29uaWFuLXZvbHVudGVlci1oaXN0b3JpYW5zLyJ9.2sfsom-EBL_XD4Sf2glGqIA6sukq1LmV58YvlWo3UPI&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p54#a260225p54
Australia's Nine Entertainment plans to sell its broadcast radio business to the Laundy family for AU$56M and buy digital outdoor ad firm QMS Media for AU$850M (Roushni Nair/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
Nicki Minaj says hate for her Trump fandom makes her 'support him more' (Jenny Goldsberry/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4437527/nicki-minaj-says-hate-for-her-trump-fandom-makes-her-support-him-more/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p121#a260128p121
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) agree to buy WildBrain's 41% stake in Peanuts Holdings for ~$457M, raising Sony's slice to 80% (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/sony-acquire-peanuts-457-mil…
Kanye West cites bipolar disorder in apology for antisemitic behavior: 'I love Jewish people' (Asher Notheis/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4433295/kanye-west-cites-bipolar-disorder-apology-antisemitic-behavior-love-jewish-people/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p55#a260126p55
AWS launches Elemental Inference, an AI tool that lets networks convert live video into vertical clips for mobile and social media use in real time (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Beast Industries, the entertainment conglomerate founded by MrBeast and last valued at $5.2B, acquires Step Mobile, a teen-focused banking app (Valida Pau/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mrbeasts-beast-industries-buy-ge…
In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/technology/youtube-social-media-addictio…