Even Elon Musk wants to see California legislation to safeguard against the unrestricted rise of artificial intelligence and today politicians in Sacramento moved one giant step closer to protecting actors from a virtual afterlife of sorts. On a third reading, the state Senate Tuesday passed a bill…

DirecTV and Disney are going down to the wire with carriage renewal discussions ahead of the current deal’s expiration Sunday. While the sides are actively negotiating, to no one’s surprise they don’t see eye to eye. The friction is starting to spill into public view, though as yet there are no…

Nick Offerman may have played an authoritarian POTUS in Alex Garland's Civil War, but the Parks & Recreation star is clearly no fan of the man running to be an authoritarian POTUS. A fact that Offerman made crystal today about Donald Trump once again on YouTube with a new version of his “Proud to Be…

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the House Judiciary Committee in a letter that the White House repeatedly pressured the social media giant for months to censor "certain Covid-19 content," something he believes is wrong and is prepared to resist if it happens again. The epistle is a boon for…

UPDATED with Trump comment: Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment against Donald Trump, narrowing the scope of claims against the former president after the Supreme Court ruled that he was immune from conduct that were official acts. A new grand jury again indicted Trump on…

EXCLUSIVE: Azuki, a recently launched company looking to establish itself as a disruptor in anime, has hired show biz veterans Mark Goffman and Jessica Turner for roles as Consulting Executive Producer and Head of Franchise Development, respectively. Goffman and Turner will help oversee the…

Shares of Paramount Global are softer Tuesday after Edgar Bronfman Jr. exited the Paramount fray last night and shareholders hoping for a bidding war with Skydance were disappointed. “It was a long shot to begin with,” said one investor of Bronfman’s offer. “But you always want a competitive process…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM Alternative may soon be under new ownership. Deadline understands that the company is considering a sale of its unscripted production studio. The unit is behind shows such as NBC’s The Voice, CBS’ Survivor, ABC’s Shark Tank and Fox’s Beat Shazam and also incorporates two production…

A Los Angeles jury today convicted Tom Girardi, whose work inspired the Julia Roberts film Erin Brockovich, of running a massive 10-year Ponzi scheme in which he siphoned at least $15 million in settlement funds from four of his legal clients. The 85-year-old estranged husband of Real Housewives of…

Cable news networks continued to see a campaign 2024 ratings bounce in August, which saw the Democratic National Convention and a tightened presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Fox News topped primetime, averaging 2.27 million viewers, up 12% from the same period in 2023. MSNBC…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mohan, the filmmaker behind Neon’s recent horror pic Immaculate, produced by and starring Sydney Sweeney, has joined the roster at management and production company Range Media Partners. Released in theaters in March, following its premiere at SXSW, Mohan’s Immaculate follows…

EXCLUSIVE: After making his feature directorial debut with The Mattachine Family, Andy Vallentine has launched Huckleberry Media, an L.A.-based film and television production company with a commitment to creating daring narratives, crafting rich characters, and championing artistic innovation and…