Paramount and Warner Bros Face Foreign Ownership Scrutiny
The Paramount-Warner fight is now about who can finance American entertainment and how close foreign state money gets to news.
Camille Beaumont
Bureau: Los Angeles
Cannes Opens With a Comedy in a Protest Year
Cannes begins with a light Salvadori comedy because the festival needs warmth before politics claims the carpet.
Lionsgate's Next Date Is Earnings, Not an Investor Day
Lionsgate's calendar correction matters because a standalone studio story should not rest on the wrong event.
PIF's LIV Exit Moves Saudi Capital Away From One Golf Bet
Saudi capital is not leaving sports culture so much as being reallocated away from LIV's subsidy model.
Drake's Iceman Rollout Turns Streamers Into the Press Tour
Drake is letting playlist clues and livestream attention do the publicity work that magazines and late night once owned.
Olivia Rodrigo's Drop Dead Starts the Next Album Run
Drop Dead's No. 1 debut gives Olivia Rodrigo a cleaner runway into June than the dive-bar stunt first suggested.
Prada 2 Wins by Treating Mother's Day as Strategy
Disney's Prada sequel turned Mother's Day into a distribution advantage instead of surrendering the weekend to genre fans.
Billie Eilish and James Cameron Revive the Concert Film Bet
A top-five concert film weekend says theatrical fandom still wants spectacle when the format earns the room.