Paramount Hires Tronc Exec For New Global Sales & Distribution Post Craig L. White has been appointed as EVP Worldwide Sales and Distribution at Paramount Home Media Entertainment. He moves into the newly created role from Tronc, the Tribune publishing company, where he was SVP and GM and oversa..

Reg Cathey Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor Who Also Played BBQ Joint Owner On ‘House Of Cards’ Was 59 Reg Cathey, the veteran actor who won an Emmy for playing the owner of longtime Frank Underwood haunt Freddy’s BBQ Joint on Netflix’s House of Cards, has died. He was 59. Details of his death weren’t imm..

Fox Brings ‘The Four’ Back For Season 2, But Charlie Walk Absent After Sexual Harassment Claims Just hours before the Season 1 finale of The Four: Battle For Stardom, Fox announced today that the singing competition show will be back for a second season, but they left the fate of Charlie Walk un..

HBO Signs ‘Pod Save America’ For 2018 Campaign Trail Specials Political podcast Pod Save America is headed to HBO. Crooked Media, the company founded by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, has struck a deal with the premium cable channel for a series of hourlong specials this fall. ..

‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Teases $9.1M From Overseas Box Office On First Day As Universal’s Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy begins its climactic run, the third film in the series has whipped off to an early $9.1 million start at the international box office. Fifty Shades Freed is being teased out overse..

James Bobin To Direct ‘Action Man’ For Paramount Players, Based On Hasbro Toy EXCLUSIVE: Action Man, Britain’s answer to G.I. Joe, is getting his movie closeup. Paramount Players is developing a film based on the Hasbro military figure doll set, and Brian Robbins’ division has just set James Bob..

‘The Rookie’: Melissa O’Neil To Co-Star In Nathan Fillion’s ABC Light Drama Series After casting Nathan Fillion’s new female partner, ABC’s straight-to-series light crime drama The Rookie has locked in a potential new love interest for the Castle alum. Dark Matter alumna Melissa O’Neil has been ..

Halle Berry Signs With WME EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed to represent Oscar winner Halle Berry in all areas. Related 'S.W.A.T.' Star Shemar Moore Signs With UTA She recently starred in Kingsman: The Golden Circle and the thriller Kidnap and is expected to reprise in another i..

News Corp. Reports Second Quarter Loss, Takes Swing At Facebook, Google News Corp. reported a loss in its second fiscal quarter, and blamed Facebook and Google for failing to do enough to combat a “dysfunctional” news environment. Related How To Watch The Winter Olympics On TV & Onl..