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Paramount Skydance has named its 10-member board of directors, which includes tech scion David Ellison, Oracle Chief Executive Safra A. Catz and former Paramount Pictures chairwoman Sherry Lansing. Ellison will serve as chairman of the board. The board is scheduled to reconstitute Thursday with the close of Skydance Media’s $8.4-billion acquisition of Paramount Global. Only…

Justin Baldoni’s name is not going to be out of the courtroom anytime soon. The actor and director, who has been embroiled in legal drama related to his 2024 film “It Ends With Us” for months, is suing insurers of the film for refusing to cover the costs of litigation stemming from the film. In…

Stevie Nicks has postponed several upcoming tour dates after fracturing her shoulder. “Due to a recent injury resulting in a fractured shoulder that will require recovery time, Stevie Nicks’ scheduled concerts in August and September will be rescheduled,” the Fleetwood Mac singer announced over the weekend. The affected shows include all her August and September…

Stevie Nicks has postponed several upcoming tour dates after fracturing her shoulder. “Due to a recent injury resulting in a fractured shoulder that will require recovery time, Stevie Nicks’ scheduled concerts in August and September will be rescheduled,” the Fleetwood Mac singer announced over the weekend. The affected shows include all her August and September…

Roku on Tuesday announced a new ad-free streaming service for $2.99 a month, the cheapest price point in the U.S. by a major company. The new streaming service, called Howdy, has a library of thousands of titles and nearly 10,000 hours of entertainment from companies such as Lionsgate and Warner Bros. Discovery. Titles include action…

President Trump has dropped his demand that Rupert Murdoch immediately testify in the president’s libel lawsuit over a Jeffrey Epstein story in the Wall Street Journal, but the 94-year-old media mogul has agreed to provide his health information. Trump initially demanded Murdoch sit for a deposition within 15 days to answer questions about the Epstein…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Las Vegas — I turn a bend and see a figure in a cornfield. The gray sky is foreboding, a storm clearly on the horizon. When I take a step forward, I’m hit with a gust of wind and fog. Suddenly, it’s no longer a silhouette in the haze but a scarecrow, shrouded…

Fox Corporation’s direct-to-consumer streaming service carrying the company’s news, sports and entertainment programming will be available for $19.99 a month, the company announced Tuesday. Fox Corp. Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch told Wall Street analysts the offering, called Fox One, will launch Aug. 21 and target consumers who may want the company’s content but no longer…

Reality star Harry Jowsey has flirted, broken hearts and lied on TV. But now the 28-year-old Australian says he’s ready to find his soulmate — and he’s nervous. Last month, applications opened on a website for his new Netflix reality show, “Let’s Marry Harry,” with thousands of people signing up for the chance to be…

On the Shelf The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World By Peter GuralnickLittle, Brown & Co.: 624 pages, $38If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. As the author of multiple books about…