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Marvel and Pixar films were pushed hard during the pandemic to feed the company’s streaming service
...“Succession is absolutely critical for Disney and one of Iger’s most important tasks will be to find his replacement,” said Disney shareholder Chris Rossbach, managing partner at J Stern & Co, a private...
...Last year, the company began experimenting with a special by the comedian Chris Rock and it intends to stream a live exhibition tennis match between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in March....
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...The executive, Chris Albrecht, then asked Fontana an unusual question: “What’s the one thing you’re never allowed to do on broadcast television?”...
...Charter chief executive Chris Winfrey on Thursday said it was “worth it” for the pay-television provider to cut access to ESPN during a busy sports week....
...Charter’s chief executive, Chris Winfrey, declared the cable TV business had been “broken” by the rise of streaming and openly discussed to investors the possibility of abandoning the business to concentrate...
...Chris Tickner, marketing director at BB Theatres, said he had been stocking up on “premium” concessions but might still have underestimated demand for Barbie merchandise....
...The issue dogged his predecessor, Chris Licht, who tried to reposition CNN as a less “activist” network than it had been during the administration of Donald Trump — a goal set for him in effect by David...
Animated film has worst opening weekend in history of the studio behind ‘Toy Story’ franchise
...Zaslav wanted to lift morale and throw support behind Chris Licht, the veteran TV producer whom he had hired to run CNN....
...Casting, Tiago Martins at Ben Grimes at Drive Represents. Hair, Chris Sweeney at One Represents using Hot Tools. Make-up, Lydia Ward-Smith using Dior. Set design, Clara Metter....
...Stormzy is a true big-tent Londoner: he may be nicknamed “Stiff Chocolate” and “The Problem”, but he’s also “coming like a young Chris Martin”, “the black Kate Bush” or “a young black Biden”....
...Just last month he endorsed the work that Chris Licht, his handpicked choice to lead CNN, was doing to revive the news network....
...On this episode, Chris Grimes, the FT’s Los Angeles correspondent, takes us inside Disney, the owner of Pixar, and asks whether it can regain its creative crown after a few years of concentrating on lucrative...
...In comments to staff on Thursday morning, Chris Licht, the network’s chief executive and former head of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, countered by saying that “America was served very well by what we did...
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...I’m joined now by the FT’s Chris Grimes for more. Hey, Chris. Christopher GrimesHey, how are you?...
...The Oscars took place against the backdrop of controversy at last year’s ceremony, when Will Smith stunned the world by slapping comedian Chris Rock onstage, prompting withering criticism of the Academy...
...“Writers have been undervalued for some time, but the move to the streaming model has made it a desperate situation,” said Chris Keyser, a writer and member of the WGA’s negotiating committee....
...And those problems were before last year, when Will Smith stunned the world by slapping comedian Chris Rock onstage, prompting withering criticism of the organisation that Kramer now leads....
...Cameron told interviewer Chris Wallace last week that “it looks like with the momentum the film has now we will easily pass our break-even in the next few days.”...
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