AT&T Chief On Plans If Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Go Through: “I Don’t Want To Even Go There” AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson took the stage at the Code Conference today with the fate of the company’s proposed $85 million acquisition of Time Warner hanging in the balance. Related Sen. M..

Kroll & Co. Entertainment Acquires Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Feral Detective’ EXCLUSIVE: Kroll & Co. Entertainment, the recently launched production company of producer Sue Kroll, has acquired the rights to Jonathan Lethem’s new novel, The Feral Detective, through her exclusive deal at Warner Bros...

Lionsgate Completes Majority Stake Purchase In Management/Production Company 3 Arts As Deadline exclusively revealed would happen in April, Lionsgate Entertainment has bulked up its asset base of content generating and client representation by completing a majority stake purchase for top managem..

NBC Launches Diverse Directing Initiative For Unscripted Programming NBC is expanding its efforts to find diverse unscripted directors. The network today announced the Alternative Directors Program, the industry’s first directing initiative for unscripted programming. Related Bill C..

New Hollywood Podcast: Anna Akana On ‘Youth & Consequences’, Evolution Of The YouTube “Star” Anna Akana got her start with her now popular YouTube channel, but she is anything but a “YouTube star.” She has done stand-up comedy and has appeared in film and TV including Ant-Man, Corporate and Stit..

Stalled IATSE Contract Talks Set To Resume June 26 Stalled negotiations for a new IATSE basic agreement are set to resume on June 26 – just days before the July 31 expiration of the current contract. Long hours, safety and pension and health benefits are the union’s chief concerns. An industrywi..

National Amusements Fires Back At CBS In New Complaint Blasting “Unprecedented,” “Hastily Called” Board Meeting Shari Redstone’s National Amusements fired back at CBS and its CEO, Leslie Moonves, in a new filing this morning in the companies’ legal brawl in U.S. District Court in Delaware. ..

What In the 'Westworld' Happened Last Night? 6 Questions and Theories After Familiar Face Returns Let's all welcome back an old friend as "Westworld" gets even more twisted. Some weird stuff is going down in "Westworld" right now, and while it might not be crystal clear just yet, ..