Fox Closes $1.2 Billion In Debt Sale, Follows Disney, Comcast, Others In Seeking Coronavirus Cash Cushion

Tender Bar, ya know?In case you forgot what Ben Affleck looks like these days, here is the recently revived couple on the red carpet for :And here's another angle that looks like the video:So, what do we think, folks? Cameo? He made a memorable appearance in the “Jenny From The Block” …is this the sequel? Let's go with yes. It's just more fun that way.By By By By More from GlamourSee More Stories© 2022 Condé Nast.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSymone D. Sanders will take over the 4 p.m. weekend slot on MSNBC as the NBCUniversal-owned network continues to bolster opinion programming over hours devoted to straight news reportage.The former media strategist, who has helped two prominent Democrats in presidential campaigns, will kick off her first show on Saturday, May 7, at 4 p.m.

Jon Burlingame editor“Turning Red,” Pixar’s latest animated adventure, posed some pretty big musical challenges: it’s about a 13-year-old girl, obsessed with a boy band, whose Chinese ancestry literally looms large as she turns into a giant panda when her emotions spin out of control.It demanded a trio of world-class talents: Grammy winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for the songs and Oscar, Emmy and Grammy winner Ludwig Göransson to compose the score.That such high-profile talents were available and eager to contribute to “Turning Red” says a lot about the music-friendly reputation of Pixar, which has won five music Oscars (including last year’s “Soul”) and 11 more nominations for either song or score since the original “Toy Story” in 1995. Tom MacDougall, president of Walt Disney Music, conferred with director Domee Shi — whose personal coming-of-age, mother-daughter conflict story inspired “Turning Red” — and reached out to all of them in 2019, before production on the film began.MacDougall had been a fan since Eilish’s early hit “Ocean Eyes” and was impressed, he says, “by the breadth of the territory that their songwriting and performing covered” ever since.

Zack Sharf Zoe Saldaña revealed in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly that her former management team “discouraged” her from using her real name once she landed her first major acting role in the 2000 teen drama “Center Stage.” The actor stressed that her team was not trying to be malicious at the time. Saldaña starred in the Nicholas Hytner-directed drama as Eva Rodriguez, a smart aleck dancer from Boston.

Ethan Shanfeld Shawn Levy has entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The director of “Free Guy” and “The Adam Project” will once again team up with Ryan Reynolds for “Deadpool 3,” the much-anticipated third installment of the comedic action franchise, Variety confirms.Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who penned the first two “Deadpool” films, will write the third movie based on the “X-Men” comic book character, created by Rob Liefeld.

Chris Willman Music WriterNirvana is not quite to Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” as Prince was to Tim Burton’s 1989 version of “Batman.” But even with only one oldie being used instead of an entire new song score, the new film is being identified with primarily one musician, thanks to Kurt Cobain’s “Something in the Way” appearing at prominent beginning and end points in the film as well as being alluded to in the score.So the gloomy-sounding song is experience something in the way of a comeback even outside of theaters, not surprisingly. As of this Friday afternoon writing, a week after the film’s release, “Something in the Way” sits at No.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.You can never have too many masks at your disposal. Although mask mandates are loosening up across the country — signaling a new phase of the pandemic — many people are likely to continue covering up as they venture into more public settings, such as movie theaters and concerts.Luckily, brands have mastered the art of creating durable, disposable face coverings.

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade used an appearance on a podcast episode published Friday to laud the leadership of Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, comparing him favorably to the late Fox News boss Roger Ailes.

"The Cost of COVID-19 So Far? $30 billion of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization in 2020." That is the title of a Tuesday report from Credit Suisse analyst Douglas Mitchelson. "Cumulatively, since the start of the COVID crisis, we have taken $19 billion, or 35 percent, out of our media earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization [estimate for the year]" to $35.8 billion, he explained.

Fox Corp. on Wednesday reported a rise in quarterly revenue, as the owner of Fox News Channel and Fox Entertainment recorded higher advertising revenue due to the broadcast of Super Bowl LIV.

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UBS analyst John Hodulik on Monday lowered his price target for Fox Corp. over concerns of far lower future advertising revenues amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Fox Corp. — the slimmed-down media firm that emerged from the $71.3 billion sale of 21st Century Fox assets to Disney — has been given a stable rating from S&P Global.

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Seth MacFarlane on Monday criticized Laura Ingraham over a tweet she sent concerning the novel coronavirus. The Fox News personality shared a Washington Post story about when the economy could reasonably reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Guggenheim Securities analyst Michael Morris on Thursday upgraded his rating on Fox Corp.'s stock from "neutral" to "buy" and downgraded Walt Disney from "buy" to "neutral" in a report that updated his financial forecasts for entertainment industry companies "to better reflect the impact of COVID-19 behavioral changes on revenue drivers and additional diligence on key cost considerations." He highlighted that Fox's primary immediate risk was from advertising exposure, estimating that about 43 percent of the company’s fiscal year 2020 revenue was from advertising.

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Fox Corp. and Comcast have come to terms on a new long-term carriage agreement.

Wimbledon tennis tournament has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic – the first time this has happened since World War II.

Comcast and Fox Corp. have come to terms on a broad carriage agreement covering all of Fox’s cable channels, including Fox News, and its O&O local TV stations.

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ViacomCBS has disclosed plans for a $2.5 billion debt offering, an effort that comes as the newly merged company faces tough scrutiny of its growth strategy and balance sheet amid the coronavirus-related economic crisis.

Amy Listerman, chief financial officer at Fox News Media, will step down from her role, and will be replaced by Joe Dorrego, a Fox Corp. executive who will become both chief financial officer and chief operating officer at the company, which is the critical financial engine of its parent company.

Fox Corp. has acquired the streaming service Tubi TV for $440 million in cash, the company said Tuesday.

Fox Corp. said it will acquire Tubi, the ad-supported free streaming service, for $440 million in cash — a deal funded largely from Fox’s sale of its 5% stake in Roku.

Fox Corp. said it will acquire Tubi, the ad-supported free streaming service, for $440 million in cash.

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Fox News said on Wednesday it had fired Ed Henry, co-anchor of “America’s Newsroom,” over claims of “willful sexual misconduct” involving a co-worker from years ago.