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The former top exec left the company in mid-March after the escort’s boyfriend sent the messages to Hearst brass in a blackmail scheme.
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His company has been labeled the “worst place to work in America,” he’s being sued by all four networks, and his ad-skipping Hopper could decimate TV industry economics as THR examines the troubling potential outcome of the entertainment business’ ugliest fight.
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Suicide comes amid questions surrounding a contestant’s death on set last week.
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The founder of the once-renegade movie site, who earned the admiration of Peter Jackson and Steve Jobs, is struggling for money and relevance in the wild media landscape he helped to create.
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The actor walks after director Lynne Ramsay doesn’t turn up for her first day at work.
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Mike White’s noble effort was TV as art, and the bold experimentation at the network should be applauded.
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The joke comes just days after a report that entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt is upset over the host’s jabs at the network.
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French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, counsel to Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal, is reportedly in Tehran advising authorities on how to file suit.
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The mogul and his daughter connected the Academy and the show’s producers, who flew in secret to Washington, D.C., two weeks ago.
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A lot of song and dance, the show ran over, but MacFarlane and the Oscars win in a no-win situation.
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