ViacomCBS Hires Amazon’s Naveen Chopra to Replace Christina Spade as CFO

Miguel and his wife Nazanin Mandi were back together after a four month separation, Ben Stiller and his ex-wife, Christine Taylor, are following suit.In a new interview with Esquire, the Night At The Museum actor revealed that they were back together, saying the COVID-19 pandemic sparked their reunion.In 2020, the pair decided that it would be best for him to move back into the family home, so he could be with their two children— daughter Ella, 19, and son Quinlin, 16—during the lockdown.A post shared by Esquire (@esquire)“Then, over the course of time, it evolved,” he told Esquire. “We were separated and got back together and we’re happy about that.”He continued, “It’s been really wonderful for all of us. Unexpected, and one of the things that came out of the pandemic.”As he went on to explain the surprising development in their relationship, the Zoolander star talked about mutual respect within their marriage while acknowledging one another’s differences.A post shared by Esquire (@esquire)“I think we have a respect for the ways that we’re similar and the ways we’re different,” he said.

Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman had their fair share of conflict during their time in the NBA, the pair grew to love one another--and still do, to this day.Both Chicago Bulls legends were in attendance at the 2022 All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio, where the 75 greatest players of all time gathered to be honored by the NBA. Though it was initially reported that Jordan couldn’t attend the event because he was at the Daytona 500, he ended up making it and receiving the biggest ovation of the night.During his time on the big stage, MJ reunited with his former teammate Dennis Rodman.“What up, boy?...

Cristina Greeven Cuomo, 50, has joined her husband’s fight against the coronavirus. CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, 49, broke the sad news of his longtime wife’s diagnosis during his Cuomo Prime Time show on April 15: “Cristina now has COVID, she is now positive, and it just breaks my heart. It is the one thing I was hoping wouldn’t happen, and now it has.” Chris added that his wife is taking “everything in stride,” and that “luckily, it was Cristina and not one of the kids.”

ACTOR David Spade said he doesn't stand a chance to play Joe Exotic in an upcoming Tiger King adaptation with Brad Pitt also up for the gig. The star appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show after the show’s central character, Joe Exotic, requested for the Grown Ups star or the Oscar winner to play him in a biopic.

© Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Gal Gadot arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) She has landed on the May cover of Vogue magazine to promote her new film Wonder Woman: 1984 which was supposed to open in June but has been moved to August due to the coronavirus crisis.

Taika Waititi is getting Marvel fans all worked up.

ViacomCBS is looking to support industry crewmembers, talent and creatives with a $100 million fund launched amid a production shutdown due to the COVID-19 crisis. The emergency fund will be distributed by ViacomCBS to the Motion Picture & Television Fund and The Actors Fund, charitable organizations already supporting impacted industry workers.

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The Weeknd’s “Scared to Live” is just one of many Top 40 hits from his latest album, After Hours. While it features an interpolation of Elton John’s 1970 hit, “Your Song,” it turns out the inspiration was unintentional.

Renee Zellweger wears a mask and gloves while making a run to the grocery store over the weekend in Los Angeles.

Elizabeth Gillies impersonating Angelina Jolie is the best thing you’ll see on the internet today.

Little Women was one of the best movies of 2019 and it was robbed during the Oscars earlier this year.

ViacomCBS has come to a crossroads, again.

ViacomCBS on Friday said it has raised $2.5 billion with an eye to reducing its debt obligations. The Hollywood studio, led by CEO Bob Bakish, is the latest entertainment industry company to raise fresh cash amid the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

ViacomCBS, led by CEO Bob Bakish, said Friday that the coronavirus pandemic could have a "material" impact on its results, withdrew its 2020 financial guidance and said it was planning "cost savings initiatives" to offset some of the expected revenue losses. "Global concerns about the coronavirus disease 2019 have impacted the macroeconomic environment, as well as ViacomCBS Inc.’s business," ViacomCBS said in an early morning statement.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe day after Matthew A. Cherry won the Oscar for animated short film, he stepped onto the set of ABC’s “Mixed-ish” to direct the pivotal first season episode “Bad Boys,” which featured themes of abuse of power and saw parents Alicia (Tika Sumpter) and Paul (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) discussing racial profiling with their young son (Ethan William Childress).Although Cherry hadn’t slept the night before beginning production (as he was celebrating his win), he had prepped for a week with the series’ director of photography Troy Smith, a rarity in the ever-moving machine of TV, because the show just happened to be on hiatus.

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Manori Ravindran International EditorMore than five months after revealing “The Crown” will end after season five, Netflix has said its hit show about Britain’s Royal Family will, in fact, extend to a sixth season that will take the series into the early 2000s.The streaming giant announced the change of plans on Twitter on Thursday, highlighting that creator Peter Morgan wants to do justice to the “richness and complexity” of the story.Netflix has underlined, however, that season six will be the show’s final run.The streamer shared a statement from writer-creator Morgan, who said: “As we started to discuss the storylines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go

Lady Gaga’s health issues almost got in the way of her finishing her latest album Chromatica.

Walt Disney Studios has made made two significant promotions to bolster its film group, following the exit of 20th Century Studios vice chairman Emma Watts in January.

Christian Bale will play the villain in the new Thor movie, according to Tessa Thompson.

ViacomCBS is preparing to sell its publishing unit, Simon & Schuster, as the company re-evaluates all its assets in a fast-changing business landscape.

Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk are proving there are absolutely no hard feelings between them. On March 3, the pair were spotted enjoying lunch together with their two-year-old daughter, Lea De Seine Shayk Cooper, at Pier59 Studios in New York City, according to a source for Entertainment Tonight.

Bradley Cooper is enjoying a morning stroll in the Big Apple.

While many have been struggling to get used to the new normal of face masks, it turns out Brad Pitt, 56, was months ahead in his thinking! “I see someone in a face mask back there,” the Oscar winner pointed out while speaking at a Sept. 2019 press conference for film Ad Astra in Tokyo, Japan. “When I first came here and I saw all the people in the faces masks at the airport, I thought, ‘That’s a bit paranoid — why are they so paranoid?'” he went on.

ANGELINA Jolie looked quite down as she was spotted with daughter Vivienne just one day after her ex-husband Brad Pitt drove off from her home after a meeting. This appearance marked the first time the A-lister had been spotted in months as she and her 11-year-old wore masks to protect themselves while shopping in Los Angeles.

When Viacom and CBS Corp. closed their recombination in December, many Wall Street analysts said that the new ViacomCBS would have to prove the financial and strategic benefits of the latest entertainment industry mega-deal.

ViacomCBS has hired Amazon executive Naveen Chopra as its new CFO, effective Aug. 10.

Jill Goldsmith ViacomCBS has named Amazon exec Naveen Chopra as chief financial officer, effective August 10,, succeeding Christina Spade, who will transition into an advisory role after the company’s second quarter earnings call.Chopra joins ViacomCBS from Amazon where was CFO of Devices and Services, the divison housing the giant’s fast growing and most strategic consumer businesses, including Alexa, Echo, Fire TV, Ring, Kindle and the Amazon Appstore. Chopra will oversee ViacomCBS’s financial operations, including treasury, tax, accounting, investor relations, information security and real estate, as well as global corporate development and strategy.

Also Read: Emma Watts Out as President of Production at Disney-Owned Twentieth Century Studios“Emma is one of the most exceptional executives in the film industry,” Gianopulos said. “I worked with her for almost two decades during her career at Fox and have watched her become the stellar leader and creative talent she is today.