Hollywood’s Big New Labor Deal: Studios To Offer Guilds’ Health Plans $100M Lifeline In Exchange For Longer Multi-Year Contracts In 2026

Hollywood’s Big New Labor Deal: Studios To Offer Guilds’ Health Plans 0M Lifeline In Exchange For Longer Multi-Year Contracts In 2026

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA is already lined up to be the first Hollywood guild to kick off 2026 contract negotiations with the studios and streamers, and both sides have some big asks of the other. Among them, Deadline has learned, the now Greg Hessinger-led Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is preparing to offer the actor’s…

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Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova Welcome Baby No. 4

Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova Welcome Baby No. 4

Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova have someone new to love. The “Hero” singer and former tennis pro welcomed their fourth child together, sharing the happy news in a Dec. 22 joint Instagram post. The baby joins older siblings twins Lucy and Nicholas, 8, as well as daughter Mary, 5. “My Sunshine,” the duo wrote alongside…

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Saks mulls bankruptcy year after raising billions for turnaround

Saks mulls bankruptcy year after raising billions for turnaround

SAKS Global Enterprises, facing limited options ahead of a more than US$100 million debt payment due at the end of this month, is considering Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a last resort, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The company is also weighing additional ways to shore up liquidity, including raising emergency financing or…

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WBD Advises Shareholders Not To Take Any Action As It Reviews Paramount’s Amended Takeover Offer

WBD Advises Shareholders Not To Take Any Action As It Reviews Paramount’s Amended Takeover Offer

Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed receipt of Paramount’s amended, unsolicited tender offer and “consistent with its fiduciary duties and in consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, will carefully review and consider” it. Paramount Skydance has offered to acquire all of WBD’s outstanding shares for $30 each in cash. Its sixth and previous bid…

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‘Marty Supreme’s Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein On Working Sans Benny, ‘48 Hrs.’ And Making Pic Where “No One Has Control Of Their Own Lives” – Crew Call Podcast

‘Marty Supreme’s Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein On Working Sans Benny, ‘48 Hrs.’ And Making Pic Where “No One Has Control Of Their Own Lives” – Crew Call Podcast

Following the success of the Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems, the siblings were ultimately drawn into different directions ultimately as filmmakers, with Benny gravitating toward the Dwayne Johnson MMA project The Smashing Machine and Josh, along with the duo’s scribe collaborator Ronald Bronstein, to an original tale of a post-World War II global ping-pong champ in…

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NFL Reporter Jane Slater Addresses Her Viral Death Hoax

NFL Reporter Jane Slater Addresses Her Viral Death Hoax

Jane Slater is alive and well.  The Dallas-based NFL Network reporter cleared up rumors that she had died after they began to circulate on Dec. 20 when a Dallas Cowboys Facebook fan page posted about her supposed death, saying she was the victim of “a tragic domestic violence incident.” A fan sent a screenshot of…

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Electronic Arts shareholders approve US$55 billion sale to Saudis

Electronic Arts shareholders approve US billion sale to Saudis

ELECTRONICS Arts shareholders approved the US$55 billion sale of the company, a leading video-game publisher, in a deal led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.  Investors in the Redwood City, California-based gaming giant, the publisher of games such as EA SPORTS FC and Battlefield, approved the US$210-a-share takeover in a vote on Monday.  The buyout…

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‘Stranger Things’ Shatters Nielsen Record It Already Held As Season 5 Premiere Ushers In Highest Weekly Viewing Total Ever For A Streaming Title

‘Stranger Things’ Shatters Nielsen Record It Already Held As Season 5 Premiere Ushers In Highest Weekly Viewing Total Ever For A Streaming Title

Stranger Things outdid itself with the premiere of its final season over the Thanksgiving holiday. The series recorded a whopping 8.46B viewing minutes in Season 5’s debut week, putting it miles ahead of basically anything else on streaming from November 24 to 30, according to Nielsen’s latest weekly report. That’s the biggest weekly viewing total…

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Sydney Sweeney Shares Thoughts on Taylor Swift After Song Appears in The Housemaid

Sydney Sweeney Shares Thoughts on Taylor Swift After Song Appears in The Housemaid

Sydney Sweeney thinks The Housemaid did something good putting a Taylor Swift song in the film. Taylor’s Reputation track “I Did Something Bad” plays in the movie just after the shocking ending—and Sydney, 28, praised the choice as “so perfect” during a Dec. 19 interview alongside costar Amanda Seyfried. “We were like, ‘We can’t lose this!’” Sydney told People…

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