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Skydance has set its C-suite. via: Variety David Ellison, on the eve of officially closing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger to form Skydance Corp., has announced his picks for the senior execs to run his new company. The new leadership team will be led by Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, the former Mattel chief who joins Skydance starting Monday. The divisions of the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. — spanning two major movie studios, TV networks and

Halle Berry is being accused of abusing her 12-year-old son Maceo by her ex-husband, actor Olivier Martinez, who has filed a petition for a temporary restraining order against the actress. via: Page Six On Sept. 26, Berry allegedly jumped on their 12-year-old son, put her hands around his neck and choked him, Martinez claimed in new court docs obtained by Page Six on Thursday. Berry’s fiancé, Van Hunt, was allegedly present during the incident, according to Martinez, who clai

Ben Shapiro is at it again in his quest to conquer cinema. The Daily Wire's next film has started production in Montana, and if the goal was to grab headlines, mission accomplished. via: Deadline Following protest from locals, the city of Livingston, Montana has temporarily suspended production on Daily Wire‘s latest film, Pawn Shop. During a special meeting on Saturday, the Livingston City Commission unanimously passed a motion raised by Commissioner Cindy Daniels in respons

Ben Affleck revealed that he’s not focused on dating two years after his split from ex-wife Jennifer Lopez. via: EW After multiple high-profile relationships, Ben Affleck is fine staying single. The Accountant star candidly discussed his love life during a conversation with Entertainment Tonight while promoting his upcoming Netflix thriller Animals on Thursday. “I work a lot and I see my kids, and there’s not a lot of room. I’m not running around, you know what I’m saying?” h

Kim Kardashian is revealing just how much help she has when it comes to raising her four kids. via: Page Six Kim Kardashian revealed she has five nannies to help care for the four kids she shares with ex-husband Kanye West. The billionaire businesswoman always has one of her nannies on rotation when her children, North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, 8, and Psalm, 7, are with her, she told the Sunday Times’ Style Magazine in a profile published Saturday. Despite having extra help, K

Drag Race Philippines paid tribute to the late Misua, who passed away earlier this year while filming season four of the World of Wonder competition series. via: EW Nearly six months after 27-year-old Drag Race Philippines contestant Misua died in her sleep during production of the international RuPaul’s Drag Race spinoff’s fourth season, the show debuted Friday the episode Misua was filming at the time of her death. The emotional installment, titled “Can I Get an Eme?,” bega

Tyra Banks doesn’t look back fondly on 2002’s “Halloween: Resurrection” — “like, not even a tiny bit” — because she claims producers cut most of her big death scene. via: EW This spooky season, Tyra Banks’ eyes are not smizing in the direction of Halloween: Resurrection, some 25 years after the supermodel starred in the horror sequel. “No,” Banks, 52, tells Entertainment Weekly when asked if she looks back fondly on making the 2002 movie. “Not even a little bit. Like, not eve

Beyond the strictly literal sense of who’d stop a sunbeam from hitting who, it’s a little wild that Alan Ritchson’s Jack Reacher ever managed to eclipse Tom Cruise’s. Ritchson was, after all—and with all due respect to Blue Mountain State fans—a relative nobody when he signed on to the TV version of the franchise in 2022, whereas Cruise was, well, Tom Cruise when he made his first of two movies based on Lee Child’s novels in 2012. Child himself acknowledged (in a recent Colli

Disney/Marvel Studio’s Avengers: Endgame is once again, the highest grossing movie ever, overtaking Avatar, $2.9255 billion to the latter’s $2.9237 billion. via: Variety “Avengers: Endgame” is once again the highest-grossing movie in box office history, reclaiming the title from “Avatar.” The two blockbusters have passed the crown back and forth over the years as they’ve returned to theaters for various engagements. With Disney’s recent “Avengers: Endgame” theatrical re-relea

On Monday, Tom Cruise gamely signed autographs and posed for pictures outside The Directors Village for the Los Angeles premiere of “Digger,” flashing the confident smile that had made him a screen legend. via: Variety In “Digger,” Tom Cruise portrays a powerful oil tycoon who is bracing for an ecological disaster of epic proportions. But nothing could have prepared him for the catastrophe that’s unfolding at the box office, where “Digger” has collapsed with an embarrassing $

Yo, Joe. via: Deadline Danny McBride and Paramount Pictures has found their Duke to lead the troops in its new G.I. Joe movie as sources tell Deadline Bradley Cooper is set to star as the leader the military unit in the latest film based on the Hasbro toy line. McBride is directing the pic, having landed the job after his was one of a handful of pitches Paramount was looking at earlier this year. McBride, who is celebrated for his distinctive voice and creative vision, also i

Director Spike Lee was restrained by staff at the Yankee Stadium during a heated altercation with a fan. via: Complex A video of Spike Lee being restrained at Yankee Stadium has started doing the rounds online — and it all reportedly started over comments involving Palestine. On Wednesday (September 30), the legendary director spent the evening doing what he's done for decades, eating dinner at the New York ballpark before a playoff game. However, on this occasion he had to b

Trina Braxton is mourning her husband, Von Scales, who died at 58 on Thursday morning (Oct. 1). via: Bossip “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Von Scales, beloved husband of Trina Braxton,” Trina’s publicist David Robinson said in a statement to BOSSIP. “The family appreciates your thoughts and prayers, but is asking for privacy at this time as they navigate this unfortunate event.” Additional details surrounding Scales’ death were not immediately availa

Sia has handed over half of her music catalog to Pophouse for nine figures. via: Variety Pophouse Entertainment, the Sweden-based entertainment and music investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus, has acquired a 50% stake in the publishing and master music rights of Australian singer-songwriter, Sia, for $180 million. According to the announcement, Pophouse will support Sia in developing new creative ventures while continuing to steward her body of work. While Pophou

Carly Rae Jepsen has lined up a North American trek behind her new double album, Day and Night. The 2027 run begins and wraps in her native Canada; in between, Jepsen will play 24 additional shows across the months of April and May, including a night each at Madison Square Garden and Red Rocks. via: Variety The trek supports her eighth album, “Day and Night,” a double-disc offering split between more folk-oriented tracks and dance bangers. The tour kicks off in Canada on Apri

Peaches has shared the first-ever official remix of “Fuck the Pain Away,” her immortal banger that we recently named the greatest electroclash song of all time. via: Bloody Disgusting Saber Interactive has teamed up with iconic musician, producer, director, and performance artist Peaches for a new music video and track for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival in a reworking of Peaches’ 2000 song, “Fuck the Pain Away”. The new music video was produced and reworked by Steve Molit

Jack Reacher's friend Frances Neagley is going to be sticking around for a while: Prime Video has renewed the "Reacher" spin-off "Neagley" for Season 2, Deadline reports. via: Deadline Reacher was handed an early season six renewal earlier this week and Amazon has followed that up by bringing back its spinoff for another run. Neagley, starring Maria Sten as Frances Neagley, has been renewed for a second season. It comes two weeks after the show dropped all episodes. Amazon sa

Supergirl has entered HBO Max's charts alongside one of the platform's biggest horror titles. The DC film is currently challenging the hit movie Backrooms for the top position despite underperforming at the box office. via: The Direct After a not-so-convincing box office performance, Supergirl is struggling on streaming, too. The second theatrical release of James Gunn's DCU now has worse streaming numbers than five major movies from the DC Extended Universe era that were cla

Andy Cohen is defending his babysitting budget after a fellow Bravo personality suggested he was underpaying. via: Pink News Andy Cohen has been branded “cheap” after revealing he pays $30 an hour for his babysitter. Speaking on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, he told Jeff Lewis that he pays his 23-year-old babysitter $30 an hour for childcare. The Real Housewives reunion host, reportedly estimated to be worth around $50million, is dad to son Benjamin, seven, and daughter Lucy, f

Christopher Abbott felt a bit humbled by his reveal as Professor X at D23 last month. The “Girls” and “East of Eden” star will take on the iconic role in Marvel’s upcoming “X-Men” reboot, which is set to release in May 2028. via: CBM Heading into last month's D23 event in Anaheim, Christopher Abbott (Wolf Man), Tom Pelphrey (Iron Fist), and Bill Skarsgård (It: Welcome to Derry) were named as frontrunners for the role of Professor X in Marvel Studios' X-Men reboot. Pelphrey ha