Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor Pay Package Hit Nearly $84 Million in 2023, Up More Than Four Times the Year Prior

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel received a compensation package worth $83.9 million last year — more than four times his compensation in 2022. Separately, as CEO of TKO Group, the parent company of WWE and UFC, Emanuel had pay package in 2023 valued at $64.91 million.

‘Young Sheldon’ Stars Iain Armitage and Annie Potts on Jim Parsons’ Finale Return and the Show’s Surprise Cancellation: ‘We Were Completely Ambushed by This’

Annie Potts is no stranger to series finales, having experienced several through the years (“Designing Women,” “Any Day Now” and “GCB,” to name a few). But there’s something different about the end of “Young Sheldon,” the “Big Bang Theory” prequel that concludes on May 16.

Variety and Sony Pictures Announce Television FYC Showcase

Variety and Sony Pictures Television will host an invite-only FYC Showcase in Los Angeles on May 7 featuring activations and three panel conversations with creatives from “Gen V,” “For All Mankind,” “Justified: City Primeval,” “Platonic,” “Twisted Metal,” “Outlander” and “The Wheel of Time.” All conversations

Sony Pictures Entertainment Names Disney’s Jill Ratner General Counsel

Disney deputy general counsel Jill Ratner has exited the Mouse House to join Sony Pictures Entertainment as executive vice president and general counsel. Beginning in her new role May 28, Ratner will be overseeing all SPE’s legal functions, compliance and labor relations, SPE music affairs,

‘The Idea of You’ Producer Reveals How Taylor Swift’s Lyrics and Openness With Fans Relates to Anne Hathaway’s Casting

Cathy Schulman says getting into the movie business was a “bit of an accident.” It was a time before studying cinema was recognized as a fine art, so she was a playwrighting major at Yale. Then someone told her she would average about $1,500 for

Maïwenn Feels ‘Betrayed’ by Interview About Johnny Depp, Clarifies Comment About Depp Scaring the Crew: He Is ‘One of the Greatest’ Actors (EXCLUSIVE)

“Jeanne du Barry” director Maïwenn is speaking out against The Independent after her interview with the publication, which posted online earlier this month, was headlined with a quote in which the filmmaker said her crew was “scared” of star Johnny Depp. “I have to be

The Onion Gets Sold Again

Satire site The Onion has a new owner: a company called “Global Tetrahedron,” which apparently is a real thing. G/O Media, a private-equity backed firm that has owned The Onion since 2019, sold the site to a new Chicago-based firm called Global Tetrahedron, which is

‘Unsung Hero’ Review: The Family That Prays Together, Plays Together in Uplifting Faith-Based Biopic

The heartrending hook behind “Unsung Hero” isn’t solely discovering how one tight knit family birthed two chart-topping contemporary Christian musical acts, although that is an interesting draw. It’s not necessarily learning how the Aussie expats survived a slew of hardships through togetherness and fortitude. The