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Alec Botnick to Lead Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Paramount has looked within for its next head of Nickelodeon’s animation efforts. The company has named CBS Studios executive Alec Botnick president of Nickelodeon Animation Studios. George Cheeks, chair of TV media for Paramount, announced the hire in a memo sent to staff Friday and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. Cheeks had tapped Botnick and…
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Michael Urie Never Expected Shrinking to Evolve This Much
Take a look at the original trailer for season one of Apple TV’s Shrinking, and you won’t see many similarities to the comedy it has become after three seasons — the latest of which concluded this week. There’s a lot of crying. A lot of confrontation. And absolutely zero Michael Urie. The actor, who’s since…
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Tankers urged not to pay fee to Iran to use Strait of Hormuz
The war has reduced the passage of tankers through the strait to a trickle. Only 15 vessels have made the trip since Tuesday, compared to an average of almost 140 each day prior to the outbreak of the conflict, carrying a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supplies. Almost 800 ships have been left…
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Lord of War Sequel Starring Nicolas Cage, Bill Skarsgard Gets 2027 Release Date Via Vertical
Lords of War, the sequel to Andrew Niccol’s 2005 crime thriller Lord of War, has been picked up by Vertical for the U.S. with a planned 2027 theatrical release. Niccol wrote and directed the film that will see Nicolas Cage reprise his role as arms dealer Yuri Orlov. In the follow-up, Orlov finds out he…
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Sources: Ogunbowale gets multiyear Wings deal
Alexa PhilippouApr 10, 2026, 02:18 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Multiple Authors Four-time WNBA All-Star Arike Ogunbowale is signing a…
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Streamflation Might Be Nearing a Crisis Point
Right as the biggest players in entertainment are turning streaming into a viable business, there is growing concern that a wrench could be thrown into the entire sector: Consumers are grappling with rising prices everywhere they look, and there are signals that their willingness to keep paying more might be nearing a breaking point. Gas,…
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I walked 3,000 steps with my Apple Watch, Google Pixel, and Oura Ring – this tracker was most accurate
Nina Raemont/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways I tracked my steps with three health trackers. This included the Apple Watch, Google Pixel Watch, and Oura Ring. Of the three trials, the Pixel Watch was the most accurate. It’s been over a decade since the original Fitbit, with its step-tracking…
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CinemaCon Preview: Nolan, Cruise and the Warners Sale Loom Large
It seems like a lifetime ago when a record 11 companies — including the six major Hollywood studios — teased their upcoming films in 2018 at CinemaCon, the annual convention of theater owners and operators that’s been held for decades in Las Vegas. The mood was one of general optimism; annual domestic box office revenue…
