What to know about bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros.
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. is telling shareholders of the company that it believes a $72 billion buyout offer from Netflix is superior, and to reject a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance. Paramount went hostile with its bid last week, asking shareholders to reject the deal with Netflix favored by the board of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FCC leader Brendan Carr faces Senate questioning for first time since Kimmel controversy
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr faced Senate questioning Wednesday for the first time since he pressured broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, a stance that drew bipartisan criticism and raised concerns about government interference in the media. The hearing before the Senate Commerce committee is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Buck Rogers’ star Gil Gerard dies at 82
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a result of a rare, aggressive form of cancer, said his manager, Tina Presley Borek. His wife, Janet Gerard, posted a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alex Warren’s year has been anything but ‘Ordinary.’ Now, the Grammys are calling
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
New York (AP) — It jolted the winter, came alive in the spring, dominated the summer and went three-times platinum in the fall. Alex Warren’s bombastic ballad “Ordinary” is, by many measures, a defining song of 2025. It’s also an unusual hit: slower than a traditional song of the summer, full of gloss, an ascendent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warner Bros asks investors to reject takeover bid by Paramount Skydance
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers. “Today the Warner Bros. Discovery Board sent a clear message to you, their stockholders,” the company said in a letter to shareholders. “The WBD Board urges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strikes and a $100 million heist push the Louvre into historic crisis
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The ongoing strike at the Louvre is no longer just a labor dispute. It has become a test of how securely, credibly and competently the world’s most visited museum is being run. Behind the walkout are not only frayed labor relations, but a building itself under strain, with crumbling parts of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Faith-based entertainment sees a revival in Hollywood. Defining what it is can be a challenge
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the movies this fall, Josh O’Connor plays a hot priest with a complicated past, Keanu Reeves is an angel who lost his wings and Elizabeth Olsen has a romantic dilemma in the afterlife. Hollywood, it seems, has found God. But it’s not just starry big-budget Netflix films or A24 indies ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why the world’s most visited museum has reached a breaking point
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The ongoing strike at the Louvre is no longer just a labor dispute. It has become a test of how securely, credibly and competently the world’s most visited museum is being run. Behind the walkout are not only frayed labor relations, but a building itself under strain, with crumbling parts of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warner Bros asks investors to reject takeover bid from Paramount Skydance
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers. “We strongly believe that Netflix and Warner Bros. joining forces will offer consumers more choice and value, allow the creative community to reach even more audiences ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What Americans think about giving cash as holiday gifts, according to a new AP-NORC poll
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep before midnight on New Year’s Eve, according to a new AP-NORC poll. About 6 in 10 Americans say cash or gift cards are “very” acceptable as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haunted house and invisible demons: Tennessee Williams’ early radio play ‘The Strangers’ publishes
By Canadian Press on December 16th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Long before the rise of podcast dramas, listeners worldwide tuned in to the audio-only narratives of radio plays. Tom Stoppard and Arthur Miller were among the many playwrights who early in their careers completed brief pieces for radio, while such memorable dramas as Harold Pinter’s “A Slight Ache” and Robert Bolt’s ... Read More »
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