Filmmaker Park Chan-wook has responded to his expulsion from the Writers Guild of America, denying that he violated union rules that forbade writing during the 2023 writers' strike. The WGA …
The Writers Guild of America announced Friday that it has expelled two members, Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, for writing on their HBO miniseries "The Sympathizer" during the 2023 strike.…
After four years in charge, Fran Drescher will not seek another term as president of SAG-AFTRA. Drescher's decision has been known within the union for some time. But it was made official on…
Randall Miller, the director who served a year in a Georgia jail for a fatal accident on the set of "Midnight Rider," has sued the Directors Guild of America in a bid to overturn his lifetim…
A judge on Wednesday dismissed Alec Baldwin's misconduct suit against authorities in New Mexico, after Baldwin's side failed to pursue the case. Baldwin filed the 73-page complaint in Januar…
Julia Ormond is asking a court to enforce a subpoena against CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz, after he skipped a noticed deposition in June. Ormond is suing the agency for allegedly setting her…
Matthew Perry's doctor, Salvador Plasencia, entered a guilty plea Wednesday to four counts of ketamine distribution, and will face sentencing on Dec. 3. As part of the deal, Plasencia, 43, w…
The Senate voted narrowly early Thursday morning to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to 1,500 local public TV and radio stations a…
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a claim brought by 13 authors, including Sarah Silverman and Junot DÃaz, that Meta violated their copyrights by training its AI model on their books.…
Julia Ormond filed a lawsuit in 2023 targeting the "enablers" that allowed Harvey Weinstein to get away with sexual abuse for decades. Ormond, the star of "Legends of the Fall" and "Smill…
In a long-awaited ruling, a judge has found that CAA did not steal a TV show idea from a writer to give to a higher-profile client. But Judge Kerry Bensinger also found that the agency has a…
Michael Shanks achieved a major breakthrough at Sundance, where his feature debut, "Together," sold for a whopping $17 million to Neon. But for the 34-year-old Australian writer-director, su…
Tyler Perry has been hit with a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing and assaulting an actor on his BET show "The Oval." Derek Dixon, who appeared in 85 episodes of the show, alleges i…
What were they waiting for? Disney's lawsuit against Midjourney, an AI image generator, on June 11 was hailed by creatives as a welcome development " if long overdue. The Writers Guild of Am…
Blake Lively asked a judge Friday to close the door on discovery related to Taylor Swift in her ongoing legal battle with her "It End With Us" co-star and director Justin Baldoni. In a new m…
CAA added a barrage of new allegations to a lawsuit against a rival firm on Monday, alleging that former employees illegally accessed CAA databases and stole trade secrets when they left to …
The largest crew union in New York was hit with a class action lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging that it has excluded hundreds of film and TV workers while reserving jobs for insiders. Ronald Bis…
After a monthlong delay, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved a state budget that expands the film subsidy to $800 million. The state is facing a downturn in production work, and competit…
A jury on Monday sided with Disney in a copyright trial involving "Moana," clearing the company of an infringement suit brought by a screenwriter. The plaintiff, Buck Woodall, filed suit in …
Harvey Weinstein, who is jailed at Rikers Island and in failing health while he awaits his third rape trial, has filed an unusual lawsuit accusing his brother of siphoning funds from their c…
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office told a judge on Wednesday that it is ready to bring Harvey Weinstein to trial within four months on charges of rape and sexual assault. Wein…
AMC is close to taking over the Pacific Theatres locations at two popular Los Angeles shopping malls, a source confirmed to Variety on Tuesday. Pacific Theatres, founded in 1946, announced i…
On April 12, Pacific Theatres issued a terse, five-sentence statement announcing that it would not reopen its theaters, which include the much-loved ArcLight Cinemas chain. On one level, it …
The California Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that encourages film and TV productions to diversify the entertainment workforce. The bill creates an incentive for productions to hire the g…
SAG-AFTRA made it official on Wednesday, appointing longtime general counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland as the group's new national executive director. Crabtree-Ireland takes over for David Whi…