Hollywood

"A Minecraft Movie" grossed US$958 million worldwide, with about US$424 million from the North American box office.

Repeat moviegoers help Hollywood eke out a slightly better 2025

Those who see a film in a theatre at least six times a year increased 8 per cent, according to Cinema United

Warner Bros had earlier agreed to sell its movie, television and streaming assets to Netflix, but Paramount has now muscled in.
THINKING ALOUD

Netflix or Paramount? Either way, the sale of Warner Bros will shake up the global media landscape

How this plays out is still somewhat up in the air, especially since regulatory approval of the deal is needed

Few filmmakers have matched Reiner’s breadth – or left behind so many lines that endure in memory, quoted everywhere from comedy stages to political podiums.

Five Rob Reiner films that rocked, romanced and riveted

ROB Reiner’s cinematic career spanned decades and defied categorisation, embracing courtroom drama, fantasy, horror, comedy and satire.

George Clooney (right) and his wife, lawyer Amal Clooney pose on the red carpet of The Albies Awards at the Natural History Museum in London, Britain, Oct 3, 2025.

George Clooney says Trump should create incentives, not tariffs, for movie industry

MOVIE star George Clooney said on Friday that US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all films produced overseas was the wrong solution for a real issue.

Iger has morphed from outspoken CEO to capitulating yes-man – a transformation that encapsulates the narrative arc of most of corporate America.

Bob Iger just learnt a hard lesson

Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night TV taught Disney’s CEO and the rest of corporate America that playing yes-man to the Trump administration is bad for business

A decline in film and TV production is ripping through businesses that support the entertainment industry, as major film and TV companies have curbed spending and cut thousands of jobs.

Hollywood’s largest landlord is showing signs of distress

[LOS ANGELES] Michael Hackman, who spent billions of dollars acquiring soundstages around the world, is becoming one of the big casualties of a global slump in film and TV production.

Netflix decided to respond to the robust returns of the "KPop Demon Hunters Sing-Along" not by taking the public temperature and extending its theatrical run to a second weekend or beyond, but by promptly announcing its arrival on the service the very next day.

Netflix missed another opportunity with ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

The company’s belief that theatres are dead led it to the nonsensical decision to pull the sing-along box office hit after just one weekend

Cassie Ventura's friend Bryana Bongolan (right) leaves the Federal court after testifying during the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial in Manhattan, New York City, June 4, 2025.

Witness testifies Sean Combs dangled her from balcony

[NEW YORK] A woman told US jurors on Wednesday that hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs dangled her over a 17th-story balcony before throwing her onto furniture in an attack that left her traumatised and...