WBD Shutting Down MotorTrend+ Stand-Alone App, Moving Its Content To Discovery+ & Max

Kate Winslet has shared her memories of Robert Downey Jr.’s audition for The Holiday, which she has described as “dreadful”.The actress was appearing on The Tonight Show when host Jimmy Fallon brought up the audition, for which he was also present. “I remember it extremely well, I really do,” Winslet said. At the time, Winslet had already been cast in her role, but Fallon and Downey Jr.

A pioneer in digital content creation is going away. Rooster Teeth, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, announced this morning that it is ceasing operations after 21 years. The process starts today and is expected to take several months.

TalkTV, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, is set to go off air in the summer, just two years after its launch. This decision comes after Piers Morgan left TalkTV and moved his show, Uncensored, to YouTube for good. Scott Taunton, the President of broadcasting for TalkTV, has announced plans to move the channel online.

France’s Canal+ has upped a buyout offer for African TV and streaming giant MultiChoice to around $1.77B.

An actress who played an Oompa Loompa at a disastrous Willy Wonka event that went viral has revealed she wanted to walk out of the 'immersive' experience in Glasgow. The Oompa Loompa actress broke her silence about the widely-criticised Willy Wonka chocolate factory event as she appeared on Good Morning Britain on Friday alongside a fellow actress.The events company, which promised a world of pure imagination, has since cancelled the show after parents, who paid £35 a ticket, turned up to find a sparse warehouse.

Bobby Brazier has put an end to rumours that he'll be joining Celebrity Big Brother with a sharp two-word response. The 20 year old actor, who recently appeared on EastEnders and then Strictly Come Dancing, has been the subject of speculation about whether he'll join other celebs in the Big Brother house on Monday, with the lineup yet to be revealed. Bobby, whose mum Jade Goody became famous after appearing on the 2002 series of the show, was asked if he'd ever consider taking part.

“I want you to be nice until it’s time to not be nice,” Patrick Swayze’s James Dalton says in the original Road House from 1989.

Bradley Walsh didn’t share the same feelings as viewers about a recent contestant on The Chase.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege creative director Alexander Karpazis has shut down talk of a sequel to the online tactical shooter.Despite being released in 2015, Rainbow Six Siege still has a huge playerbase, with over 100,000 concurrent players logging in over the weekend (via SteamDB) and regular updates from Ubisoft. However, Karpazis has no interest in a sequel.​​”I can confidently say that we have probably one of the best engines in the world when it comes to live PvP shooters,” he said at the 2024 Sieve International in Brazil [via PC Gamer].

F1 is revving up for 2024!

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor It’s the end of the road for Warner Bros. Discovery‘s MotorTrend+ automotive streaming service. The media company announced that MotorTrend+ will be shut down after content from the service is fully migrated to Discovery+ and Max at the end of March.

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here steering you away from Berlin and towards London for the Screenings. Please do read on, and sign up here.

Sorry Bravo, but to paraphrase that classic song of 39 years ago from The Smiths: That joke isn’t funny now.

We’ll be seeing more of Kayla and Jimmy in the upcoming third season of Hacks. Megan Stalter and Paul W. Downs, who have recurred as the characters since Season 1, have been promoted to series regulars for the upcoming season set for premiere this spring.

Mark Ruffalo believes that the odds of getting his own stand-alone film as the Incredible Hulk are slim to none.“I’d love to do a stand-alone Hulk, I just don’t think that’s ever going to happen,” Ruffalo, 56, told GQ for its cover story on Wednesday. “It’s very expensive if you did a whole movie, which is why they use the Hulk so sparingly.“I priced myself out,” the actor jokingly added. Ruffalo, who appeared as Dr.

Kelly Rowland is on a press tour promoting her Netflix film Mea Culpa and was asked about Beyoncé‘s new country album and the possibility of a Destiny’s Child reunion.

Squid Game.Sarandos recently visited the headquarters of Netflix Korea, located in the heart of Seoul, South Korea. During a press conference held during his visit, the Netflix CEO shut down rumours that an American remake of Squid Game is in the works.“That’s just a rumour,” he said, according to South Korean news outlet SBS Star.

Kate Snow is stepping down as anchor of NBC Nightly News on Sundays, and will focus on the weekday NBC News Daily and her role as senior national correspondent.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Noggin, Nickelodeon’s interactive learning platform for preschool-age kids, is shutting down after almost 10 years, Variety has confirmed. Noggin is a casualty of Paramount Global’s companywide layoffs this week, which resulted in about 800 staffers being let go. The entire team that ran Noggin was laid off, as first reported by trade publication Kisdscreen.

Noggin, Paramount Global‘s interactive learning subscription service for preschoolers, is shutting down. The Nick Jr.-affiliated app is slated to sunset this year, with the majority of its staff let go in the latest round of layoffs at Paramount Global on Tuesday that impacted about 800 U.S. employees.