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Major Paramount Layoffs to Begin Today, Co-CEOs Tell Staff
Paramount will begin cutting 15 percent of its U.S.-based workforce beginning today. Paramount co-CEOs Chris McCarthy, Brian Robbins and George Cheeks announced to staff in a memo that the planned layoffs will begin on Tuesday, and happen in three phases. The first phase begins today, and will continue through the end of 2024. They add […]
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Paramount+ U.K. and Ireland Commissions ‘The Ex-Wife’ Season 2 Led By ‘Supergirl’ Star Katie McGrath
Paramount+ U.K. & Ireland have recommissioned psychological thriller series The Ex-Wife for a season two. Supergirl‘s Katie McGrath has joined the cast in the lead role of Jen, while Celine Buckens (War Horse, The Castaways) and Tom Mison (Sleepy Hollow, Watchmen) reprise their roles of Tasha and Jack. Jordan Stephens (Tucked, Foundation) returns to play […]
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‘Watchmen Chapter 1’ Trailer Introduces Matthew Rhys, Katee Sackhoff as Animated DC Heroes
The Doomsday Clock is ticking in the trailer for the animated feature Watchmen Chapter 1. Hailing from Warner Bros. Animation and Paramount, the title is the first in a two-part film based on the classic DC Comics series Watchmen, a satirical project focusing on an alternate reality in which superheroes — known as costumed vigilantes […]
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Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Wins With $57.4M as ‘Quiet Place’ Prequel Scores Record $53M Start and ‘Horizon’ Bombs
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its third weekend with a hearty $57.4 million, enough to scare off Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One after a closer-than-expected race. Moreover, Inside Out 2 is celebrating crossing the $1 billion mark in global ticket sales in record time for an […]
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Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place’ Prequel Makes Loud Entrance With Franchise-Best $6.8M in Previews, ‘Horizon’ Earns Meek $800K
Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One made a loud entrance at the domestic box office with a franchise-best $6.8 million in Thursday previews. That’s an impressive start, considering this is the first entry not directed by franchise creator John Krasinski or starring Emily Blunt (Krasinski starred in the first one as well). Instead, Michael […]
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‘Daily Show’ Veterans Decry Loss of Clip Archive After Comedy Central Website Gutted: “S**t Ain’t Right”
A corporate decision to scrub Comedy Central’s website of much of its content isn’t sitting well with a number of former and current Daily Show staffers. The sites for Comedy Central and fellow Paramount-owned cable channels CMT, Paramount Network and TV Land, were largely stripped of content this week; what’s left mostly redirects users to […]
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Paramount Cuts Nearly All Content on Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT and MTV Websites
Following the unexpected shuttering of the MTV News website earlier this week, Paramount has now largely cleaned house on the sites for several more of its cable channels, in a potential cost-cutting move. As of Wednesday afternoon, the sites for Comedy Central, CMT, Yellowstone airer Paramount Network and TV Land were instead directing users to […]
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SkyShowtime’s Spanish Content Has “Resonated Globally” Despite Demand For Local Audiences
SkyShowtime‘s Spanish content has “resonated globally,” its chief content officer Kai Finke said on Thursday. Speaking at the international market and networking event Conecta Fiction & Entertainment in Toledo, Spain, on Thursday, Finke pinpointed the successes his company has faced in recent years with their projects in Spain. Two of the most recent originals include Bosé and Los Enviados, produced […]
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‘Young Woman and the Sea’ Review: Daisy Ridley in Paint-by-Numbers Inspirational Biopic
The 'Star Wars' and 'Magpie' actress faces the seas in Joachim Ronning's portrait of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
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Box Office: ‘IF’ Hopes to Make Millions of Friends With $40M Opening
The first major studio family film of summer 2024 opens at the box office this weekend, and it couldn’t boast more star power. Writer-director John Krasinski’s IF — headlining Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming alongside an A-list voice cast — explores the world of discarded imaginary friends and what happens when a young girl and […]
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Warren Buffett Has Sold His Paramount Stock: “We Sold it All, and We Lost Quite a Bit of Money”
Warren Buffett’s two-year dalliance with Paramount Global has come to an end. The famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO says that his company has exited its position in Paramount. Buffett disclosed the news during Berkshire’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday. “We sold it all, and we lost quite a bit of money, that […]
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Paramount Expected to Part Ways With CEO Bob Bakish Amid Deal Talks
The Bob Bakish era at Paramount appears to be nearing its end. The Paramount CEO is expected to part ways with the entertainment giant in the next couple of days. Paramount reports its quarterly earnings on Monday afternoon, meaning that if he does leave, it will likely be before then. A Paramount spokesperson declined to […]
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