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A man who was seen beating family members in the viral video of a fight at Disneyland in July pleaded guilty today and immediately was sentenced to six months in jail. Two others involved in the brawl failed to appear for their court date in Fullerton, and warrants have been issued for their arrest. Avery Robinson of…

There have been a number of layoffs at ViacomCBS this week, I have learned. The company would not comment but I hear the staff reductions were across the combined organization, both on the CBS and the Viacom side. This is the second round of layoffs at ViacomCBS; the first payroll cut was implemented shortly after the…

EXCLUSIVE: More than 11,000 IATSE members and their supporters have signed a petition urging IATSE president Matt Loeb to work out a contract with Netflix "that moves us above and beyond" the union's basic agreement with the major studios and networks. The giant streaming service agreed to bargain with the union last…

UPDATE: A young boy bullied because of his dwarfism is donating the funds raised to send him to Disneyland to charity. Australia native Quaden Bayles won the support of Hollywood and the world after a video circulated that showed his misery at being bullied. Many donated through a GoFundMe page set up by comedian Brad…

UPDATED with details of executive compensation plan: In an unusual move for a big public company and a bid to buck up the malingering stock, AMC’s 14 top executives including CEO Adam Aron agreed to slash their cash salary and bonuses for three years in exchange for stock that will only vest if the price doubles or…

UPDATED with SAG-AFTRA statement: The Motion Picture Association, in its first public comment about the worldwide threat of the coronavirus, said today that it is "closely monitoring" the spread of the deadly disease and "will continue taking the necessary precautions" to ensure the health and safety of its employees…

UPDATED with more quotes: Roughly 200 SAG-AFTRA members and staff rallied today outside the Los Angeles offices of the Spanish Broadcasting System – the union’s latest gambit in its three-year-long campaign to secure a first-ever contract at the network's Spanish-language radio stations La Raza and Mega. "We're here…

As 2020 presidential candidates sound the alarm to their supporters of the high stakes in Saturday’s South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday, their campaigns are enlisting celebrities to get out the vote and drive enthusiasm. On Sunday, Bernie Sanders’ campaign will hold a rally in downtown Los Angeles with a…

As coronavirus fears shutter big events left and right, Discovery executives reassured Wall Street? Thursday that all systems were still a go for the Tokyo Olympics at its pan-European broadcast subsidiary Eurosport but that the financial impact of an eventual cancellation would be minimal. The International Olympic…

Facebook is the latest big company to cancel a major international event, scrapping the highly-anticipated annual F8 developers conference on May 5-6 in San Jose. “In light of the growing concerns around COVID-19, we've made the difficult decision to cancel the in-person component of F8 this year, in order to…

Stocks took another major hit Thursday but clawed back some losses in crazy trading as a big investment bank predicted profit growth would be all but wiped out this year by the coronavirus and a report indicated the International Monetary Fund may downgrade its forecast for global growth. Goldman Sachs chief U.S…

Just under a year after the feds snagged dozens of well-heeled parents in the college admissions scandal, Lori Loughlin and her husband were given a start date to the trial that could see the couple behind bars for decades if found guilty. Despite an 11th hour attempt by their lawyers to have any trial date postponed…