Arkansas TV gained half as many new donors between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 compared to the previous year. The percentage of repeat donors from the 2025 to 2026 fiscal years dropped from 87% to 78%. - Arkansas Advocate
Paramount floated shifting its home base to Tennessee or Texas in July, hoping to deter California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta from waging a legal battle to block Paramount’s $111-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. - Los Angeles Times
“Apple TV’s new horror comedy Widow’s Bay led the way, ... winning a leading 14 trophies out of 19 nominations. … HBO’s medical drama The Pitt followed with seven awards out of 25 nominations, the most for any series this year. … In the limited series race, DTF St. Louis also led with seven wins.” - Variety
Beyond specific formats, Nolan and “The Odyssey” are part of a broader revival of physical film after the digital revolution seemed to have left it for dead. - The New York Times
“Broadcast TV wants you to watch a show and then, after you’re done, watch a different show on the same channel. Streamers have a different agenda: … They want you never to leave.” - The New York Times
Like the Obamas’ turn to entertainment post-presidency, the former Canadian PM is interested in “great storytelling,” or so the press release says. “The company will produce scripted and unscripted content, including documentaries and docuseries, as well as television series and feature films.” - CBC
Including the special prize for NAZA and the Volpi Cup for John Malkovich, the prizes provided “a good end to what had seemed a slightly under-par Venice.” - The Guardian (UK)
“The penchant for treating founders as god-kings whose companies are mere extensions of their visionary genius is a large part of the story underlying Musk’s (and others’) precipitous rise, but it’s not only a credulous media and easily swayed investors who are to blame.” - Slate
“The film, a period drama set in Denmark, follows a servant about to marry her factory-owner employer in the uneasy years after World War II.” - The New York Times
When the series began, or even during financing, “There was scepticism about whether anyone in France, let alone audiences around the world, had any interest in a dramedy that pulled back the veil on the Gallic film industry.” Er … very, very wrong. - Irish Times
When Paulson got the script from fellow actor and writer Cody Fern, “I thought he must have sent to Cate Blanchett or Kate Winslet. … It’s a part in the film space that I haven’t had the opportunity to embody.” - Variety
