.⁦Eric Deggans at NPR⁩ talks to ⁦Mike Birbiglia⁩ and ⁦Eddie Schmidt⁩ about their new Peacock special, 'Good One: A Show About Jokes.”
And ⁦Matthew Belloni⁩ and I banter the Coppola gamble and whatever is going on with Paramount Listen! kcrw.com/culture/shows/…

Here’s an edited version of my CinemaCon chat with AMC’s Adam Aron. It got a little heated. #APESNOTLEAVING #ApesAlreadyWon #ApesTogetherStrong puck.news/amc-ceo-adam-a…

A Paramount board member has extensive ties to Oracle. Is he delivering this deal to the Ellisons? puck.news/newsletter_con…

New pod: Box office may be down, but the numbers on IMAX and other PLFs continue to power theaters. Why aren't there more of them? With IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond. Listen! open.spotify.com/episode/4MhKov…

What I love most about Matthew Belloni is that he is straight razor when it comes to interviewing entertainment execs, but knows how to inject humor to an otherwise business chat. Excellent session with Walt Disney Studios The Academy AMC Theatres leaders at CinemaCon.

Introducing our first guest at TCAF live in Los Angeles...Matthew Belloni ‼️🔥🎙️🚨

Tickets here🎟️eventbrite.com/e/the-compound…

New pod: Antitrust, Hollywood and the C word, what M&A is possible when the government is suing Amazon and Apple and citing their push into content? With Matt Stoller. Listen! open.spotify.com/episode/4M0HmO…

Joker 2: different, but everyone is gonna feel exactly how they felt about the first one.

It's closer than I thought!....

New: Puck is covering the art market now. Welcome Artelligence! 🎨🎨axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosmediatrends

New @pucknews The U.S. is overscreened, and demand for seats in movie theaters keeps dropping. Why haven’t more multiplexes closed? puck.news/why-havent-mor…

March Madness isn’t over! We’re down to the championship matchup in The Town’s Hollywood Power Bracket. Iger vs Swift. Who you got? Vote below….

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March Madness isn’t over! We’re down to the championship matchup in The Town’s Hollywood Power Bracket. Iger vs Swift. Who you got? Vote below….

Winners: Sydney Sweeney, Sofia Vergara, David Zaslav, Legendary, Shari Redstone and David Ellison?

Losers: Horror, Apple/Matthew Vaughn, Dakota Johnson, Bob Bakish, Paramount common shareholders

Extra: Matt backs Bob Iger over Taylor Swift. Sic 'em Swifties

New pod: Lots of pain in Hollywood in Q1 (cough Madame Web cough), but some positive developments too. With perpetual winner Lucas Shaw. Listen! open.spotify.com/episode/4lVhxH…

The CinemaCon movie theater convention doesn’t start until tomorrow but Paramount already won with this subtle promo in the lobby of Caesars Palace…

Paul Rudd is now eligible to live at Leisure World… lwsb.com

A very personal show this week. I talk to James Hawes, director of One Life, a film about the great man who saved my mother’s life. And @mattbelloni and I talk about Ari and Patrick and Bob and Nelson. kcrw.com/culture/shows/…

New Puck: Ari Emanuel wins by failing, and the real future plans of his partner Patrick Whitesell. Lloyd!!!⬇️⬇️ puck.news/inside-endeavo…