Jeff Shell Out $43 Million in Stock After Comcast Termination

Naman Ramachandran A-lister Manoj Bajpayee, one of the few Indian actors who scores critical acclaim and commercial success in equal measure, has notched up another triumph with ZEE5 Global film “Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai.” Directed by Apoorv Singh Karki (Prime Video series “Flames”) and written by Deepak Kingrani (Disney+ Hotstar series “Special OPS”), the film is a courtroom drama based on the real-life case of a once-revered and powerful Indian religious leader who is currently serving a life term in jail for the rape of an underage girl. Bajpayee plays the prosecuting lawyer who is pitted against a phalanx of celebrity lawyers. “Usually what happens is that, you spend some time with the real person. Somewhere, I realized it’s a two-hour film, you have to have your own preparation away from the real guy, who is somebody who’s not even known to the world. And he’s achieved a feat in five years of continuous court hearings that is remarkable,” Bajpayee told Variety. “Instead of just creating or imitating a real person, let’s have the essence of him – the relentlessness and the courage and somebody who is stubborn about what he’s doing, completely focused, and he’s a good son, good father. I wanted to take all of it and make a character of my own and take a little bit of his physicality when I got to meet him before the shoot – I think it worked.”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief NBC’s mystery-drama series “La Brea” will return to Australia for filming of its third season. Within the country, production will relocate from Victoria state to Queensland. The series is produced by Universal Television and Keshet Studios, with Australian production managed by Matchbox Pictures. Renewal was announced in January. “[La Brea] follows an epic family adventure after a massive sinkhole opens in Los Angeles pulling people and buildings into a mysterious and dangerous primeval land where they have no choice but to band together to survive,” according to the official synopsis.

FIFTY FIFTY have broken a record set by BLACKPINK on the Billboard Hot 100 with their viral hit ‘Cupid’.According to the latest Billboard Hot 100 data, for the week of May 27, FIFTY FIFTY are spending their ninth week on the chart with their viral hit song ‘Cupid’. Notably, it is also the song’s third straight week in the Top 20, charting at Number 18 this week.With this, the quartet have broken the record for the longest-charting song by a K-pop girl group on the Billboard Hot 100.

Over the weekend, A$AP Rocky and Rihanna were seen at a club in a recently surfaced video. The clip shows the rapper yelling at men who were fighting, telling them to "calm down" because Rihanna was there.

he told “Access Hollywood” in January. He leaves the show as the winningest coach in its history with nine victories, and has appeared in a staggering 445 episodes. “These past 12 years I have made lifelong friends and memories,” Shelton wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday.

The idea that Manchester City will win the Premier League next season is stupid, according to manager Pep Guardiola, who admitted he is scared of losing because of the criticism he could receive.

Karol G has many reasons to celebrate. The Colombian star released a new record this year, which made her the first female with an all-Spanish language album hit number 1 on the Billboard 200 charts. She was featured in the cover of Elle Magazine, where she discussed her record and her experience working with Shakira.Alicia Keys surprised fans with Karol G and Goyo during her first concert in ColombiaKarol G goes back to blue hair for ‘special’ Tiny Desk performance: WATCHKarol G on the importance of representing Latinas: ‘We have our side of the story’A post shared by KAROL G (@karolg)Karol G and Shakira collaborated on “TQG,” a song about heartbreak, which provided some meta commentary on both singers’ public break ups.

A new mum has been awarded £17,500 after a chain of vape shops advertised her sales job then sacked her while she was pregnant.

Naman Ramachandran After his debut feature “Titli” bowed at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard strand in 2014, Kanu Behl is back on the Croisette with “Agra,” which has its world premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight. ” ‘Agra’ grasps the reality of patriarchy in India through the prism of male sexual misery,” is how the festival describes the film. It follows Guru, a young single call center employee who still lives with his parents. Consumed by frustration, he plunges into a fever bordering on insanity, between pathetic fantasies, dating apps and hysterical self-harm. The film also explores the role property can play in a young man’s emancipation. After the theatrical release of “Titli” in India and France in 2015, Behl began thinking about what to do next. “I realized that I had felt a certain sexual repression or an inability to express myself sexually in my adolescent years,” Behl told Variety. The filmmaker realized that he was not an isolated case and saw many examples around him. “There is this almost very common delayed sexual maturity that happens in India and I really started thinking about that,” Behl said adding that it is a subject not spoken about.

, Niall Horan stole a win from his TV dad, Blake Shelton!The first-time coach pulled out a victory in Tuesday's season 23 finale, with his Team Niall singer, Gina Miles, beating out Team Blake's Grace West, in what host Carson Daly said was the smallest margin of victory in    history.Blake was angling for a record-extending 10th victory in his final season on the NBC singing competition, but this time, the student outshone the master.«He said, 'I taught you everything you know!'» Niall laughed with ET's Cassie DiLaura backstage after the finale, recalling Blake's reaction. «That's not even a joke.

Carlos Sainz might be out of the F1 Monaco Grand Prix this weekend.

We hope that Will Poulter is doing okay!

Brandon Flynn is stripping down for the new Calvin Klein Pride campaign for 2023!

Despite sharing news of her hospital visit, Carolina has yet to address why she was admitted to the hospital, but did instead imply that her stay was related to an “ongoing issue.”

Rosie O'Donnell is always doing what she can to stay above the fray by showing respect and sharing kindness.ET's Denny Directo recently spoke with O’Donnell — while promoting her new Paramount+ documentary, and the longtime TV personality and actress reflected on the spate of recent controversies surrounding toxic and hostile work environments on different daytime talk show sets.Specifically, O'Donnell reflected on how she avoided creating that sort of environment on her own eponymous talk show,, which ran for six seasons from 1996 to 2002.«We had a really wonderful working environment,» O'Donnell recalled. «But, you know, we were the first of that kind of show… [and] because we were the first one, and we had done it, and we had gotten so much acclaim in such a short time, you know everybody was happy.»«I made sure that the staff was off in the summers when we had vacation, and that was unheard of,» she continued. «I made sure there was a nursery on staff, we had a very content, happy staff.»O'Donnell added, «In fact, they keep throwing reunion parties every five years, and everybody comes.

Brittany Snow is opening up about the challenges she's faced over the last year since her split from Tyler Stanaland.In a new interview with , Snow detailed the trying time, and while she didn't reference her divorce from the  star directly, she said there was no way she would've been able to get through that difficult period without the support of her friends — particularly her  co-stars, many of whom she said became «family.»«Thank god for my friends,» Snow said. «I don't know if I would have made it without them.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor About an hour after Bravo released the ratings for the Season 10 finale of “Vanderpump Rules” on Tuesday, producers Lisa Vanderpump and Alex Baskin were in Hollywood campaigning for Emmy consideration at an FYC event. The finale scored big, ending on a series-high with a combined audience of 4.1 million viewers on Bravo, on-demand and the Peacock platform within three days of its May 17 airing.  No doubt interest in the show skyrocketed because of #Scandoval, the drama stemming from Tom Sandoval cheating on his girlfriend of a decade, Ariana Madix, with her best friend, Raquel Leviss.

The Beatles in their early days, has died at the age of 81.The news was first announced via The Cavern Club Liverpool – where The Beatles rose to prominence – on Tuesday, followed by Roag Best, the brother of former Beatles drummer Pete Best.A cause of death has yet to be announced.The Cavern Club Liverpool wrote on Facebook: “It’s with great sadness to hear about the passing of Chas Newby. Chas stepped in for The Beatles for a few dates when Stuart Sutcliffe stayed in Hamburg and latterly he played for The Quarrymen. Interestingly, he was also the first left-handed bass guitarist in The Beatles.

LE SSERAFIM have released a brand-new music video for ‘Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s Wife’.LE SSERAFIM’s music video for ‘Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s Wife’ largely focuses on the girl group’s dance skills, featuring them performing intricate choreography to the Jersey club song.“I’m a mess, mess, mess, mess, mess, mess, mess/ I’m a mess in distress but we’re still the best dressed / Fearless, say yes, we don’t dress to impress,” they sing. The clip also sees the girl group playing different childhood games, including rock, paper, scissors and red light, green light.‘Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s Wife’ is a cut from LE SSERAFIM’s first-studio album ‘Unforgiven’.

with one variation being “The One to Watch for HBO,” but whatever.The company has received quite a bit of criticism for the decision to drop “HBO” from its service’s name since it officially announced the shift last month.  To make things worse, many users reported login errors and app-crashing on the first day of the rebranded “Max” app’s rollout Tuesday, though a Warner Bros. Discovery spokesperson said the “minor” issues have been “quickly remedied.” HBO will remain as a brand within the larger “Max”-verse, but will be looped in with Discovery+ programming on the new service (though that programming does not appear to be front-and-center in the app).

is getting ready to crown its season 23 champion!The Top 5 singers took the stage Monday night for one last chance to prove to America why they should be the latest winner of the NBC singing competition. Then on Tuesday's results show, each singer joined their coach for a special duet.For departing Blake Shelton, who has the advantage in his final season with two singers left, there's country girl Grace West and genre-bending crooner NOIVAS.

has crowned its season 23 winner!Following an emotional final results show — and plenty of fanfare over Blake Shelton's final season — the NBC singing competition announced its newest champion: Team Niall's Gina Miles!Host Carson Daly shared that Gina won the title in the smallest margin of victory in Voice history — beating out Team Blake's Grace West and denying the Cowboy a record-extending tenth victory.ET spoke with Blake ahead of last week's live semifinal show, where he opened up about making the decision to leave the competition after 23 seasons and a record-setting nine wins.«I'm excited. I'm in a good place about this, you know? I don't have any regrets about it,» he shared.

Jeff Bridges is opening up about his recent health struggles.In the latest issue of  , on which Bridges serves as the cover star, the 73-year-old actor got candid about battling COVID-19 while undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in October 2020.«I got this letter from the chemo place informing me I had contracted COVID,» Bridges revealed. «I had no immune system to fight it.

Blake Shelton's final episode of was a star-studded affair!The tributes to the longtime coach kept coming through the night on Tuesday's season 23 finale, but no moment was more poignant than when the stage was flooded with former Team Blake singers and winners, paying tribute to the Cowboy with a performance of Green Day's «Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).»Danielle Bradbery, who won season 4 on Team Blake, told ET's Cassie DiLaura backstage that she had «all the emotions» about returning for the meaningful night.«We did rehearsals and stuff, and just being in there, it's been so long and I was like, 'Oh my god, it's all coming back!'» she shared of returning to the stage. "[Blake] is He is the king of the show… It is very special, the fact that I'm here.

Backing off! Selling Sunset’s Chelsea Lazkani didn’t hold back when giving her opinion about costar Bre Tiesi’s relationship with Nick Cannon — and regrets not filtering her thoughts.  

The “Ted Lasso” Season 3 finale premieres Wednesday, May 31, on Apple TV+.

just 48% of U.S. adults had a monthly cable or satellite subscription, while a slim majority had signed on for streaming services.Indeed, Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal, also reported that its streaming service Peacock picked up 2 million net new subscribers in the quarter.As a result of the decline in cable subscribers, Comcast saw revenue from video fall 8% year-over-year to $7.38 billion in the first quarter, down from $8 billion last year.Put another way, cable TV revenue in the first quarter was not quite 25% of Comcast’s total revenue of $29.69 billion.At the same time, both broadband and wireless customers in the U.S.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The first rumblings about Comcast considering a major change involving NBCUniversal started this time last year.Now, in the wake of NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell’s abrupt firing, industry speculation about what may be in store for the network-studio conglomerate has gone into what-if overdrive. Maybe NBCU merges with Hulu to become a stand-alone company. Maybe the cable operations of Comcast and the satellite business of the U.K.-based Sky are separated from NBCU.

Newly interim NBCUniversal boss Mike Cavanagh has spoken out on the Jeff Shell shocker for the first time and said he’ll be in the post overseeing the entertainment unit “for a while.”

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts kicked off the company’s first-quarter earnings call by acknowledging the abrupt dismissal of NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell last Sunday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comcast said it managed to boost profit during its fiscal first quarter even as it navigated a dip in media advertising and slowing growth among broadband subscribers, yet boosted U.S. subscribers to its Peacock streaming hub to 22 million. The Philadelphia owner of NBCUniversal, Sky and its large broadband and cable business said profit came to $3.83 billion, or 91 cents per share, compared with $3.55 billion, or 78 cents per share in the year-earlier period. Comcast reported earnings per share of 92 cents after adjusting for one-time items Revenue fell 4% to $29.69 billion, compared with $31.01 billion in the year-earlier period, thanks to comparisons with a quarter in 2022 that contained both the broadcast of the Super Bowl and the Beijing Olympics.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Top Comcast execs made their first public comments on the departure of NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Thursday, remarks that came as the company reported its Q1 earnings results. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts opened a call with investors by saying Shell’s exit due to “inappropriate relationship” with a subordinate was “obviously a tough moment” adding, “we are so fortunate to have a fabulous and tenured leadership team at NBCUniversal.” “When you go down the list, you’ll see many of them have been leading their divisions within the company for at least 10 years and are the best in the business,” Roberts said. “We are also lucky to have Mike Cavanagh stepped in to help NBCUniversal while also remaining president.”

Jeff Shell looked more like a snowy-haired roadie than a VIP as he milled about in the wings of the Sahara Tent ahead of Blink-182’s set at Coachella on April 14. The NBCUniversal CEO had spent the day at the festival with his wife, Laura, in anticipation of the band’s first show in nearly a decade. Later, he took a seat alongside a leather-clad Kourtney Kardashian, whose long-running “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” holds a significant presence in the NBCUniversal spread, with all 20 seasons of the reality show having recently moved from Hulu to Peacock. But Shell wasn’t there on business. He enjoys close ties with the band’s bassist and co-lead vocalist, Mark Hoppus, a friendship forged thanks to their kids attending the same school in L.A.

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell was dismissed “with cause” due to “inappropriate conduct” and “sexual harassment” of an employee, according to a new SEC filing from parent company Comcast.

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources tell Deadline that the woman who filed the complaint against NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell for inappropriate conduct was CNBC anchor and Senior International Correspondent Hadley Gamble.

Comcast President Mike Cavanagh will take over Jeff Shell’s role at NBCUniversal as the former CEO exited suddenly Sunday after an investigation of inappropriate conduct.