DRG Kick-Starts Production Investment Plan, Buys Into Double Yellow Television The Inbetweeners distributor DRG is kick-starting a strategy to invest in independent production companies after striking a deal with non-scripted producer Double Yellow Television. DRG has taken an equity stake in th..

BAFTA & BFI Set Out Anti-Bullying & Harassment Guidelines With A-List Support The British film and TV industry has taken its first major steps to stamp out bullying and harassment and has introduced a set of wide-ranging guidelines to help. The plans, established by the British Film Institute (B..

Truth rating: 0 (Getty Images) A new report claims Brad Pitt surprised Jennifer Aniston on her birthday. The article alleges the two shared dinner at a Los Angeles hotspot, where he offered her a “touching proposal,” a business proposal that is. The story, however, is not surprisingly a seri..

Disney Sued Again Over Alleged ‘Zootopia’ Heist After Case Tossed Last Year There is often much to admire about the tenacity to go tilting at windmills as today’s almost total repeat attempt of an already once failed copyright suit against the Walt Disney Company over Oscar winner Zootopia charg..

We know whatever Katy Perry is pretending to measure with her hand above, it’s probably not a reference to Orlando Bloom’s business. When Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom called it quits last March, they claimed they were taking some “respectful, loving space” from each other. After a few months, rumor..

NBA Superstar Kevin Durant Teams With Brian Grazer On Apple Scripted Series NBA Superstar Kevin Durant’s budding media company has partnered with Imagine Television’s Brian Grazer to create a basketball-themed scripted dramatic series for Apple. Related Kevin Durant's Thirty Fi..

‘The Breaker Upperers’ Trailer: First Look At Pedigreed New Zealand Comedy Bound For SXSW & Berlin From the filmmakers behind Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do in the Shadows and executive produced by their director Taika Waititi of Thor: Ragnarok fame comes The Breaker Upperers, their la..

MGM Names Chris Brearton Chief Operating Officer Veteran entertainment lawyer Chris Brearton has been named chief operating officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he’ll help oversee MGM’s business operations, business development and strategic growth initiatives. Related The London S..

Comedian Marty Allen Has Died In Las Vegas At Age 95 Marty Allen, the baby-faced, bug-eyed comedian with wild black hair who was a staple of TV variety shows, game shows and talk shows for decades, died Monday night. He was 95. Allen died in Las Vegas of complications from pneumonia with his wife and performing partner of the last three decades Karon Kate Blackwell by his side, Allen's spokeswoman Candi Cazau told The Associated press. Allen, known for his greeting and catchphrase "hello dere," was a living link late in life to a generation of long-dead superstars with whom he shared a stage, including Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne and Elvis Presley He first found fame as half of the duo Allen & Rossi with partner Steve Rossi, who died in 2014. Allen & Rossi appeared 44 times on "The Ed Sullivan Show," including the episodes where the Beatles performed and most of America watched. "Everyone remembers those shows with The Beatles, and they were great, but we appeared on a..