Warner Bros Disaster? Netflix inks deal for troubled Hollywood giant
David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, promised ‘everyone’ would win by combining the storied Hollywood studios with his reality TV giant. Instead, many lost
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones
Daniel Radcliffe writes supportive letter to Harry Potter successor in new TV series
The actor said he wrote wishing 11-year-old Dominic McLaughlin ‘an even better time’ growing up in the role than he had
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back
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Reparo! Harry Potter film crew mend potholes blighting Devon village
Villagers in Lustleigh ask council why it has taken filming of TV adaptation of JK Rowling books to secure street repairs
Felicity Oppé obituary
Other lives: Cardiff-based film and TV producer who later switched to being a family therapist
He-Man poised to be next retro name to join UK toy ‘newstalgia’ trend
Films of old favourites help lift toy sales 8% this year, with 2026 Masters of the Universe movie tipped for similar
Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group backed by her father during the McCarthy era
In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support
Seven out of 10 women in creative industries experience bullying and harassment, survey finds
Exclusive: Only half of victims report incidents – and of those who do, 42% say response was insufficient
Murdoch’s TikTok? Trump offers allies another lever of media control
Under the known terms of the deal with China, TikTok would get a new board, including Murdochs and Ellisons
Disney hikes streaming prices as Kimmel suspension fuels backlash
Company says Disney+, Hulu and ESPN price rises were planned before uproar over Kimmel’s suspension prompted calls to cancel
Conviction: The Case of Lucy Letby review – documentary probes Britain’s most notorious baby killer
Channel 4’s film follows the fight to overturn Letby’s conviction, questioning expert testimony and exposing deep divisions over whether she is guilty or the victim of a miscarriage of justice
UK’s public sector broadcasters demand more prominence on YouTube to combat misinformation
Bosses say independent news needs to be promoted on social platforms that increasing numbers of viewers are turning to
Broadcast News: a romcom set in a TV studio that manages to make integrity sexy
Holly Hunter stars alongside William Hurt and Albert Brooks as a television producer who is helplessly in love with her work
‘All the magic is going away’: are on-set images ruining movies?
A film director recently bemoaned the recent trend – but there appears to be a huge appetite for the photos