Ariana DeBose stuns in a custom Valentino look at the 2022 Academy Awards red carpet on Sunday (March 27) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
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Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterWarnerMedia has been owned by telco giant AT&T for less than four years and it will soon have a new parent company — likely by the end of next month.Discovery’s shareholder vote on the acquisition of WarnerMedia is set for today during a special meeting of stockholders set for 10 a.m. ET. The deal is expected to get an easy thumbs-up given the approval already bestowed by Discovery’s oldest and most influential holders, investor John Malone and Advance/Newhouse Co.
Both agreed to convert long-held preferred shares into common shares order to smooth the path for the spinoff combination.As Discovery conducts a mostly ceremonial poll of shareholders, AT&T is signaling the start of a new chapter. The telco giant will conduct a virtual investor conference at the exact same time as the vote to unveil its post-spinoff strategy. The push into entertainment was initiated by the previous regime led by former AT&T chairman-CEO Randall Stephenson.
His successor, John Stankey, has been cleaning up the debt and destruction ever since. Stankey has hedged his bets in unloading WarnerMedia with a deal that hands control to the Discovery camp but leaves his shareholders with 71% of the enlarged company.Nonetheless, AT&T’s short but eventful stewardship of Warner Bros., HBO, CNN and the Turner networks is nigh. Here’s a look back at key moments during AT&T’s bumpy ride in Hollywood.2016Oct.
20 — The first report surfaces, in the Wall Street Journal, that AT&T is in advanced talks to acquire Time Warner.Oct. 22 — AT&T unveils an agreement to acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion.Nov. 9 — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who repeatedly criticized CNN and vowed to block AT&T’s acquisition, is
.Ariana DeBose stuns in a custom Valentino look at the 2022 Academy Awards red carpet on Sunday (March 27) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
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Storm Reid. Dressed in a lemon yellow feathered LaPointe outfit, the star could not be missed on the carpet as she stepped out to attend the annual ceremony on Thursday in celebration of Black women. «I feel like erasure is still a big thing in the world and especially in Hollywood with women and furthermore with Black women,» she told ET's Matt Cohen. «So to have an event that represents us, celebrates us and I get to be on a red carpet and sit in a room full of Black women who have paved a way for me and have made it possible for me to stand right here, that's incredible, so I'm just so glad and so thankful to be here.»When she's not on the red carpet, Reid can be found on-screen playing Gia Bennett, Rue's younger sister on While the explosive second season recently ended, a third is on the way — but that's all Reid knows about it.«They won't tell me a single thing.
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EXCLUSIVE: Elvis star Austin Butler is in negotiations to play Feyd-Rautha in Warner Bros and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two. Florence Pugh is also in negotiations to join the all-star ensemble with Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Josh Brolin expected to reprise their roles. Director, producer and co-screenwriter Denis Villeneuve is also returning.
“Elvis” headliner Austin Butler is in early talks to play Feyd Rautha in “Dune: Part Two,” according to an insider with knowledge of the project.Feyd is the cunning nephew of Baron Harkonnen (played by Stellan Skarsgård in the first film). The role was previously played by Sting in David Lynch’s 1984 “Dune” film and Matt Keeslar in the “Dune 2000” miniseries.Denis Villeneuve will return to direct the sequel, which is set for release in October 2023.As implied by the final scene of the first film, “Dune: Part Two” will see Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) continue to train his powers of foresight and mind control under the aid of his mother Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) and the Fremen on Arrakis.
pandemic-hobbled show honoring productions from 2019-2020 was delayed till fall 2021, aired mostly on the streaming platform and was held at the more modest Winter Garden Theatre, now home to the revival of “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman. In that telecast, most of the nominated musicals performed remotely from their theaters.