Linda Yaccarino’s 11th-Hour Jump To Twitter Gets Shoutout At Start Of NBCUniversal Upfront From TV And Streaming Boss Mark Lazarus: “We Want To Thank Her And Wish Her Well”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief French independent producer Haut Les Mains has come on board “A Useful Ghost,” a film project that is both topical and supernatural. The deal was announced on the margins of the Cannes Film Festival and its accompanying rights market. “A Useful Ghost” follows March and Nat, a happily married couple, and their seven-year-old son Dot. Nat dies of respiratory disease caused by air pollution. A saddened March is worried that the same fate will befall his son, who gradually develops similar symptoms. Nat then returns as a ghost haunting the house vacuum cleaner to try and suck up the dust hurting her son. She also longs to be accepted as part of society and intends to prove that by getting rid of the less useful ghosts.

Andy Cohen has his suspicions as to why the whole Scandoval went down!

New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is acknowledging the impending competition coming her way this summer as Instagram works on a text-based app.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Ariana Madix, the woman scorned at the center of the reality show cheating scandal that rocked a nation, has worn more than one revenge outfit since news broke that her husband Tom Sandoval had been having a months-long affair with her best friend and their mutual co-star Raquel Levvis. There was the “1-800-BOYS-LIE” sweatsuit she wore to the Season 10 reunion taping. And then the firetruck red, skin-baring jacket-skirt set she changed into for the reunion episode (which Andy Cohen dubbed a “revenge dress” that Sandoval didn’t “deserve to look at.”). The highly anticipated finale, which aired on May 17 (now streaming on Peacock) proves that she’s been stunting ever since the news broke. In one scene, shortly after the Scandoval news broke, she shimmered in a Ramy Brooke metallic mini dress during a girls night out. “We’ve been riding since 7 dawns ago,” Lala Kent captioned a photo she posted of the “Pump” crew — Madix flanked by Cortney Erin, Scheana Shay, Charli Burnett and Katie Maloney. A post shared by Lala Kent (@lalakent)

When it comes to McDonald's, most people have a favourite. But if that's the Chicken Big Mac you may well be sorely disappointed after the fast food giant pulled the burger off the menu once again.

Mama June is trying to dance and make up after a big fight with her husband, Justin Stroud.In ET's exclusive clip from the upcoming episode of, June Shannon is home alone on a rainy day without a clue to Justin's whereabouts. She hints a fight between the couple, saying, «This isn't how a marriage is supposed to be. I mean, you're not supposed to storm off and be all mad.» Then, she adds: «Now I'm all, like, mad 'cause he left.

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up rights to the animated feature They Shot the Piano Player for the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Scandinavia, India, the Middle East, Turkey, Southeast Asia (excluding Taiwan and South Korea) and airlines within the aforementioned territories. The film from Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, two of the directors behind the Oscar-nominated animated feature Chico and Rita, is set up for a fall awards push from SPC.

Raquel Leviss is sharing her side of the story.

Raquel Leviss is sharing her side of the story.Wednesday's season 10 finale of Vanderpump Rules rules saw the cast unpack «Scandoval,» and for the first time and viewers got an insight into why and how Leviss' seven-month affair with Tom Sandoval began.News broke of the affair in March, thereby ending Sandoval's long-term relationship with Ariana Madix.As for how things started, Leviss said their romance was born out of genuine curiosity and a love for one another that started in friendship.«I was just so curious to know what it would be like to be physical with someone that you love, 'cause I already knew that I loved him as a friend,» Leviss says in a confessional. «And I've never had sex like that before.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The premium end of the streaming video sector in India is poised for shake-up, with Reliance Industries’ JioCinema challenging the SVOD dominance of Disney+ Hotstar, new research suggests. “The India Online Video Report: Analysis of Consumption, Content & Investment Trends,” from Singapore-based Media Partners Asia, shows total consumption across the online video sector reached 6.1 trillion minutes for the 15-month period from Jan 2022 to Mar 2023. Within that period, the SVOD, AVOD and freemium platforms accounted for some 12% of viewing time, up from 10% in 2021. Social services such as YouTube and TikTok accounted for 88% of viewing time.

Elon Musk welcomed Twitter’s new CEO into the fold as he held court at Tesla’s annual meeting in Austin today, sounding genuinely relieved to offload some of the burden of running the beleaguered social media company he reluctantly acquired last fall.

The NBCUniversal Upfront presentation was the center of Day 14 of the writers strike on the east coast.

Elon Musk named Linda Yaccarino as the new Twitter CEO and the former NBCUniversal advertising executive is finally breaking her silence on the social media platform.

Linda Yaccarino sent out her first tweets Saturday night since being named Twitter CEO, assuring the platform’s users that she is committed to the job and even sharing her aim of building “Twitter 2.0.”“I see I have some new followers,” Yaccarino tweeted to her more than 319, 000 followers along with a wave emoji. “I’m not as prolific as @elonmusk (yet!), but I’m just as committed to the future of this platform.

Twitter has a new CEO.

Yaccarino, a graduate of Penn State University, served as the chair of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, acting as «the strategic and operational bridge across the entirety of NBCUniversal's global networks, properties, and business units,» according to her profile on LinkedIn. Her role involved monetizing the company's networks, digital and streaming platforms, distribution and commerce partnerships, and client relationships.

Even without a once-in-a-generation strike or a Twitter bombshell, next week would already pose a challenge to media companies making their annual upfront pitches to ad buyers in New York.

Wall Street Journal report that she is in talks to become Twitter’s new chief executive officer. “It has been an absolute honor to be part of Comcast NBCUniversal and lead the most incredible team,” she said in a statement. “We’ve transformed our company and the entire industry—and I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished together, and grateful to my colleagues and mentors, especially Brian Roberts, Mike Cavanagh and the entire NBCU leadership team.”Since joining NBCU in 2011, Yaccarino’s team has generated more than $100 billion in ad sales, expanded the company’s reach globablly, helped launch Peacock, and made massive investments in data and technology capabilities.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NBCUniversal shook up its ad-sales executive suite with just days to go before the company is slated to present its next slate of programing to advertisers. Linda Yaccarino, the company’s longtime chairman of advertising and partnerships, is leaving the company.

In a potentially seismic change on the eve of the broadcast upfronts, word emerged Thursday evening that NBCUniversal sales chief Linda Yaccarino is reportedly in discussions to become Twitter’s new CEO.