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Showbiz News is the dated industry feed: executive hires and exits, agency signings, production starts and shutdowns, lawsuits, settlements and corporate announcements. Items are attributed, timestamped and revised as situations develop. For professionals who need a move the day it happens rather than a week later.
Dated industry announcements: executive appointments, agency signings, production starts, lawsuits and departures, attributed and updated as they develop.
The $23-an-Hour Median: How Actors and Directors Actually Get Paid
How Residuals Actually Work — and Why the Checks Got Smaller
Universal Spent $25.7 Million Selling Oppenheimer To Oscar Voters
WGA Sues to Block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
The Writers Guild filed an antitrust suit against the $110 billion merger on July 14, 2026, one day after twelve state attorneys general did the same.
Super Mario Galaxy Movie Becomes First Billion-Dollar Release of 2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie crossed $1 billion worldwide in its tenth weekend, becoming the first 2026 release to reach the mark, per AP.