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Haley Bosselman editorChick Vennera, a voice actor in numerous Warner Bros. animated projects like “Animaniacs” and “Batman: the Animated Series,” and actor in “Thank God It’s Friday” and “The Golden Girls,” died Wednesday in Burbank, Calif.

Chick Vennera, a prolific voice actor perhaps most recognizable for his scene-stealing disco dance performance atop a parked car in the 1978 hit comedy Thank God It’s Friday, died from cancer yesterday at his home in Burbank.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs Hollywood returns to normalcy and production returns amid COVID protocols still in place, Variety was invited for an exclusive set visit to “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch.”The special, which airs June 30 Paramount Plus, was filmed at Castle Studios in Burbank.

Starting tonight Conan O’Brien will be winding his TBS late night talk show, ‘Conan,’ down with two weeks of shows featuring his first live studio audience since the pandemic began. So it’s fitting that before the return of real people, he paid tribute to the cardboard cutouts that have served as his audience since last year.Before the pandemic, Conan filmed his talk show at the Warner Bros.

The LA Screenings, the annual sales event for international TV buyers, prospered in a linear world where the only zooming was done in a rental car between studio lots in Burbank and top execs were able to enter million dollar parties riding on elephants.

Kat Dennings holds hands with new fiance Andrew WK while heading to the Playclothes store on Monday afternoon (May 24) in Burbank, Calif.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorDiscovery’s tie-up with WarnerMedia has stirred up a firestorm of chatter about the impact of the deal that took nearly everyone in Burbank and Hudson Yards by surprise over the weekend.After a day of digesting the news and reading tea leaves, industry insiders were focused on the timing of WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s departure and the size of his severance package after one year and two weeks on the job.Another surprise that emerged from the fine print on the

reunion is almost here!The HBO Max special is set to premiere on Thursday, May 27, reuniting the stars of the legendary NBC sitcom -- Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer — on the original soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros.

Kaia Gerber is ready to film!

Miley Cyrus is relaxing after a long day!

Deadline earlier reported that the Friends reunion special, one of the most high-profile TV casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic, is being taped this week. On board is the entire main cast from the hit sitcom, including Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc. The team is shooting at the comedy’s original soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank.

Cleve Hall, a respected makeup effects artist known for his distinctive work on such films as Ghoulies, Re-Animator and Troll, has died. He was 61.

The Friends reunion special, one of the most high-profile casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to finally start shooting.

A plan that would have built an aerial tram from the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank to the Hollywood sign will not involve the studio, the company said on Thursday.

Great news for AMC which threw open the doors to its Century City and Burbank locations Monday after a year of being shutdown due to Covid restrictions:

EXCLUSIVE: The Nacelle Company, the company behind series including Netflix’s Down To Earth with Zac Efron and Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us, is moving into podcasting with the launch of its own studio.

Mike Henry, a USC and NFL linebacker and later an actor in Tarzan movies of the 1960s and the “Smokey and the Bandit” series, has died.

Haley Bosselman editorMike Henry, a former NFL linebacker and actor known for playing Tarzan in the 1960s, has died. He was 84.Henry died Jan.

Nickelodeon Animation Studios has penciled in Brian Keane for its newly created post of EVP Production & Operations.

Perry Botkin Jr., the prolific film and TV composer, arranger and producerknown for his themes to Happy Days, Mork and Mindy and The Young and the Restless — a tune forever associated with famed Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci — has died. He was 87.

Vanessa Hudgens sips on a coffee while out shopping with BFF GG Magree on Saturday afternoon (November 28) in Burbank, Calif.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen the coronavirus pandemic shut down film and television production, Hollywood had to come up with new ways to allow casts and crews to continue to work safely. L.A.

Ellen DeGeneres addresses a virtual studio audience as the show returns for its 18th season.

Lucifer. Way back in the Before Time — a.k.a. January — I visited one of the Warner Bros.

Lucifer. Way back in the Before Time — a.k.a. January — I visited one of the Warner Bros.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEros International and STX Corp. have formally closed their merger and said the combined firm plans a listing on the New York Stock Exchange in September.The combined entity, which blends the film and TV operations of large-scale indie STX with the production and streaming assets of India-based Eros, will trade under the symbol ESXI.