UPDATED: Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith are no longer engaged, Deadline has confirmed, only weeks after news that the two were planning to tie the knot this summer. Smith was set to be wife No. 5 for the media mogul and chairman of Fox Corp.
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, ensuring that LA remains the capital of the global entertainment industry,” the splash site for the project stated.The studio has a rich history. Born out of the 20th Century Fox backlot, it’s seen productions from “Miracle of 34th Street” to “The Sound of Music” to “The Simpsons,” the longest running primetime series ever, now in season 34.
It also launched the Fox television network in 1986.“The Fox Studio Lot has played an important role in the history of film and television and that impact will be honored as part of the project,” the company said. The famed New York Street, featured in hundreds of television and film productions, is also undergoing an upgrade and should be finished by mid-year.But many of the recognizable buildings on the lot were built in the 1920s and 1930s, the company said, and do not meet modern standards for earthquake resiliency.
Fox said it is bringing in a seismic engineer to analyze buildings including Stages 1 through 4. These studies are underway and their conclusions will guide the decisions regarding preserving the buildings.
UPDATED: Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith are no longer engaged, Deadline has confirmed, only weeks after news that the two were planning to tie the knot this summer. Smith was set to be wife No. 5 for the media mogul and chairman of Fox Corp.
Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox might still be together!
Working on their issues? Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox were spotted together in Hawaii amid speculation about their relationship status.
The Fox News-Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit is going to trial.A judge denied granting a summary judgement Friday to Fox News. The cable network was attempting to get Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit thrown out.
Dominion Voting Systems’ upcoming defamation trial against Fox News and Fox Corp., scheduled to begin on April 17, may very well feature a parade of the network’s news personalities taking the stand, with both sides in the case planning to call figures including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Bret Baier.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Fox News cut ties with Abby Grossberg Friday, Variety has learned, after the booker and producer for such hosts as Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo alleged in court filings earlier this week that she was coerced by executives into providing misleading testimony in the $1.6 billion defamation suit that Dominion Voting Systems has levied against the Fox Corp.-backed outlet. Grossberg, who had worked as a senior booking producer for Bartiromo and head of booking for Carlson, alleged in filings in Delaware Superior Court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that Fox attorneys worked to “coach, manipulate, and coerce Ms. Grossberg to deliver shaded and/or incomplete answers during her sworn deposition testimony, which answers were clearly to her reputational detriment but greatly benefitted Fox News,” according to her Delaware lawsuit.
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are closer to calling things off than ever before…
Hitting the pause button. Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are taking some time apart, an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
we have (or intended to) sweat in, the Lululemon City Sweat jogger consistently ranks among our favorites. That hard-earned pedigree largely stems from the brand's authority in the space; there's a reason Lululemon's slick is ubiquitous in gyms (and—deep sigh—offices) across the country, and though the Canadian company isn't the first place we'd turn to to stock up on 9 to 5 staples, its activewear remains a perennial standout. Plenty of that authority boils down to function—the City Sweat joggers are crafted from cozy-as-hell French Terry, with just enough stretch in the mix—but Lululemon deserves some shine for it's emphasis on form, too.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor A producer for Fox News who has worked for Maria Batirormo and Tucker Carlson alleged in court filings Monday that she was coerced by executives into providing misleading testimony in the $1.6 billion defamation suit that Dominion Voting Systems has levied against the Fox Corp.-backed outlet. In filings made Monday Delaware Superior Court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Abby Grossberg, who had worked as a senior booking producer for Bartiromo and head of booking for Tucker Carlson, alleged that Fox attorneys worked to “coach, manipulate, and coerce Ms. Grossberg to deliver shaded and/or incomplete answers during her sworn deposition testimony, which answers were clearly to her reputational detriment but greatly benefitted Fox News,” according to the Delaware lawsuit.
Julia Fox has admitted she is "embarrassed" by her brother's recent arrest as part of a weapons and drugs bust. Christopher Fox was arrested earlier this month and slapped with a string of firearm and drug charges after police seized several ghost guns and drug-manufacturing equipment from his and their father's New York City apartment.
Julia Fox is speaking out about her brother’s arrest.
Fox Corp. is planning a major building overhaul and expansion of its Century City lot including nine new soundstages as well as a media campus, office space and focus on related transportation infrastructure.
Fox News Channel viewers are less trusting of the cable network in the wake of publicly disclosed text messages and emails from Fox executives and on-air personalities, according to a new survey. But only 9% of Fox News viewers say they aren’t watching the network as much as they used to, per research provided exclusively to Variety Intelligence Platform by consumer insights specialists Maru Group. (Click to an expanded subscriber version for full results.) A representative for Fox News told VIP+, “There has been no impact to advertising, with no advertisers dropping or pausing.”
Michael J. Fox gushed about his wife Tracy Pollan on Tuesday, saying she "gives" their family "everything we need." "Any good in our family, anything good that we do, comes from her," Fox told People magazine at the SXSW premiere of his movie "Still: a Michael J. Fox Movie" on Tuesday. Pollan added she thinks listening to each other and knowing when to give the other one space has helped make their 34-year marriage last. "I think we really listen to each other, we are there for each other when we need each other," Pollan said.
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.“Parkinson’s sucks — but it’s a great life,” said Fox, 61, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 29 in 1991.“I have no regrets,” he said, sitting alongside his new film’s director Davis Guggenheim, 59, of Oscar-winning “An Inconvenient Truth” fame.
Michael J. Fox is redefining what a diagnosis with Parkinson's disease looks like – not dwelling on the disorder that effects his nervous system. While in Austin at the SXSW festival where he is showcasing his documentary "Still: A Michael J.
A source revealed how Julia Fox was feeling following the arrest of her father and brother.
Dominion Voting Systems and Fox offered dueling views of defamation law in their latest filings, as each side seeks a summary judgment ruling that could forestall a planned trial in April.
A huge release of text messages, emails and deposition transcripts dropped today in the Dominion vs. Fox litigation sheds further light on the scramble among Fox News personalities and Fox Corp. executives to respond to the backlash in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and then the repercussions after the attack on the Capitol on January 6th.