Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox’s combined sports streaming service has yet to unveil a price point, but it does have a name.
As announced on Thursday, the service will be called Venu Sports (pronounced like “venue”) and, per its freshly launched website, will “bring the most sought-after live sports from the top leagues and teams, together in one place. All in a new app built from the ground up for sports fans.”
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As announced on Thursday, the service will be called Venu Sports (pronounced like “venue”) and, per its freshly launched website, will “bring the most sought-after live sports from the top leagues and teams, together in one place. All in a new app built from the ground up for sports fans.”
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- 5/16/2024
- by Dave Nemetz and Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
A preliminary injunction hearing for Fubo’s legal battle against Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery’s sports streaming joint venture has been set for Aug. 7 at 9:30 a.m. by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The hearing will continue on Aug. 8 and Aug. 9, if necessary.
The move comes after sports streamer Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit in February, alleging that the trio of studios have engaged in a years-long campaign of anticompetitive practices to block its business, with their joint sports streaming venture being the latest example.
It argues that Fox, Disney and Wbd have “leveraged their iron grip on sports content to extract billions of dollars in supra-competitive profits” through charging consumers more for sports content, resulting in damage to both Fubo and its customers. The complaint slammed the companies for forcing Fubo to carry dozens of expensive non-sports channels that...
The move comes after sports streamer Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit in February, alleging that the trio of studios have engaged in a years-long campaign of anticompetitive practices to block its business, with their joint sports streaming venture being the latest example.
It argues that Fox, Disney and Wbd have “leveraged their iron grip on sports content to extract billions of dollars in supra-competitive profits” through charging consumers more for sports content, resulting in damage to both Fubo and its customers. The complaint slammed the companies for forcing Fubo to carry dozens of expensive non-sports channels that...
- 4/19/2024
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-tx) have fired off a letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, raising many (19, to be exact) questions about their upcoming joint sports streaming service.
Announced in February and on track for a fall debut, the as-yet-unnamed service (playfully dubbed “Spulu” by some industry types) will give subscribers access to ESPN, ESPN2, Espnu, Secn, Accn, Espnews, ABC, Fox, FS1, FS2, Btn, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+, allowing them to watch live NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games, along with Mma fights, NASCAR races and other events.
Announced in February and on track for a fall debut, the as-yet-unnamed service (playfully dubbed “Spulu” by some industry types) will give subscribers access to ESPN, ESPN2, Espnu, Secn, Accn, Espnews, ABC, Fox, FS1, FS2, Btn, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+, allowing them to watch live NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games, along with Mma fights, NASCAR races and other events.
- 4/17/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Despite the streaming wars being a major topic over the past five years or so there have already been multiple mergers, sales and even shutdowns of some services. Most of the mergers were made out of necessity to try and stay afloat. One of those mergers being announced earlier this year with Disney owned ESPN, Fox Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery announcing a joint sports streaming service where all major sports brands could be in one place. The currently unnamed service is believed to launch later in the year.
However, the announcement has received some major pushback. Fubo TV, another major sports streamer/broadcaster filed an antitrust lawsuit against the three companies due to unfair competition.
Now the steaming alliance is facing some scrutiny from the United States Federal Government. On April 16th both Representatives Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D.-NY) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D.-Texas) sent a letter expressing concerns over the venture.
However, the announcement has received some major pushback. Fubo TV, another major sports streamer/broadcaster filed an antitrust lawsuit against the three companies due to unfair competition.
Now the steaming alliance is facing some scrutiny from the United States Federal Government. On April 16th both Representatives Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D.-NY) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D.-Texas) sent a letter expressing concerns over the venture.
- 4/17/2024
- by Mr. Milo
- Pirates & Princesses
Government officials are taking a closer interest in the Jv streamer, which has already drawn scrutiny from competitors and the DOJ.
The ambitious new sports streaming joint venture from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery has the potential to be a market-changing product when it launches. The platform will feature complete livestreams of 14 channels, as well as all the content from ESPN+, in a sports-focused bundle that will cost much less than a standard cable or satellite subscription. Now, government officials are taking note of the platform, and two congressmen have asked the CEOs of the three companies involved to appear and share more details about the service, and for the Department of Justice to be involved as well.
Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Joaquin Castro (D-tx) have submitted an open letter to the three CEOs asking for more details. The congressmen write that they’re “concerned” the platform will...
The ambitious new sports streaming joint venture from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery has the potential to be a market-changing product when it launches. The platform will feature complete livestreams of 14 channels, as well as all the content from ESPN+, in a sports-focused bundle that will cost much less than a standard cable or satellite subscription. Now, government officials are taking note of the platform, and two congressmen have asked the CEOs of the three companies involved to appear and share more details about the service, and for the Department of Justice to be involved as well.
Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Joaquin Castro (D-tx) have submitted an open letter to the three CEOs asking for more details. The congressmen write that they’re “concerned” the platform will...
- 4/17/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
A sound technician with ESPN helps produce a telecast of a football game.
Two federal lawmakers have sent a letter to the chief executives at Fox Corporation, the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) expressing concern over their organization of a joint venture that is tasked with developing a sports-centric streaming service.
The letter, sent by Representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York and Joaquin Castro of Texas, included nearly two dozen questions exploring whether the proposed project tentatively called Raptor would benefit the three broadcasters over cable, satellite and streaming TV distributors.
As designed, Raptor will carry sports-inclusive broadcast and cable channels owned by the programmers when it launches later this year, including Fox, ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports 1, TBS, TNT and Tru TV. Absent from the service are ancillary entertainment and news channels like Fox News, CNN, Disney and FX, which carry little to no sports programming throughout the year.
Two federal lawmakers have sent a letter to the chief executives at Fox Corporation, the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) expressing concern over their organization of a joint venture that is tasked with developing a sports-centric streaming service.
The letter, sent by Representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York and Joaquin Castro of Texas, included nearly two dozen questions exploring whether the proposed project tentatively called Raptor would benefit the three broadcasters over cable, satellite and streaming TV distributors.
As designed, Raptor will carry sports-inclusive broadcast and cable channels owned by the programmers when it launches later this year, including Fox, ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports 1, TBS, TNT and Tru TV. Absent from the service are ancillary entertainment and news channels like Fox News, CNN, Disney and FX, which carry little to no sports programming throughout the year.
- 4/17/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
The still-in-development sports streaming joint venture is facing scrutiny from Congress.
In a letter sent Tuesday, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-ny) and Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) asked probing questions of the proposed venture.
The letter, addressed to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, asks for responses by April 30, and to “please copy the Department of Justice in your response.”
The still-unnamed sports joint venture was announced in a surprise move back in February, promising channels from ESPN, Fox, TBS and TNT in a skinny multichannel offering, but lacking channels from NBCUniversal and Paramount, among others.
The move caught its league and distribution partners off guard, with one partner, the Fubo TV, suing to block the Jv.
“The Joint Venture raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition, and choice in the sports streaming market,” the Congress members’ letter says. “Without...
In a letter sent Tuesday, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-ny) and Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) asked probing questions of the proposed venture.
The letter, addressed to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, asks for responses by April 30, and to “please copy the Department of Justice in your response.”
The still-unnamed sports joint venture was announced in a surprise move back in February, promising channels from ESPN, Fox, TBS and TNT in a skinny multichannel offering, but lacking channels from NBCUniversal and Paramount, among others.
The move caught its league and distribution partners off guard, with one partner, the Fubo TV, suing to block the Jv.
“The Joint Venture raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition, and choice in the sports streaming market,” the Congress members’ letter says. “Without...
- 4/16/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two top Congressman want Bob Iger, David Zaslav and Lachlan Murdoch to provide some solid answers about Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox’s proposed sports streaming service.
Putting their political feet on the gas, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-tx) want a response by the end of the month, and they want the Department of Justice looped in.
(L-r) Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep Joaquin Castro (D-tx)
“The Joint Venture raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition, and choice in the sports streaming market,” wrote Nadler, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Castro, a longtime guardian of antitrust issues in the media, to the trio of CEOs today (read it here). “Without more complete information about the pricing, intent, and organization of this new venture, we are concerned that this consolidation will result in higher prices for consumers...
Putting their political feet on the gas, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-tx) want a response by the end of the month, and they want the Department of Justice looped in.
(L-r) Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep Joaquin Castro (D-tx)
“The Joint Venture raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition, and choice in the sports streaming market,” wrote Nadler, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Castro, a longtime guardian of antitrust issues in the media, to the trio of CEOs today (read it here). “Without more complete information about the pricing, intent, and organization of this new venture, we are concerned that this consolidation will result in higher prices for consumers...
- 4/16/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Disney/ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery sports-streaming joint venture has drawn congressional scrutiny.
In a letter sent Tuesday (April 16) to the CEOs of the three companies, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D.-NY), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D.-Texas) requested answers about the competitive implications of the proposed sports streaming Jv.
“As programmers, your companies exert tremendous influence over pricing across the live sports TV ecosystem,” Nadler and Castro wrote in the letter to Disney’s Bob Iger, Fox’s Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav.
The three companies’ joint venture, the letter continued, “raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition and choice in the sports streaming market. Without more complete information about the pricing, intent, and organization of this new venture, we are concerned that this consolidation will result in higher prices for...
In a letter sent Tuesday (April 16) to the CEOs of the three companies, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D.-NY), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D.-Texas) requested answers about the competitive implications of the proposed sports streaming Jv.
“As programmers, your companies exert tremendous influence over pricing across the live sports TV ecosystem,” Nadler and Castro wrote in the letter to Disney’s Bob Iger, Fox’s Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav.
The three companies’ joint venture, the letter continued, “raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition and choice in the sports streaming market. Without more complete information about the pricing, intent, and organization of this new venture, we are concerned that this consolidation will result in higher prices for...
- 4/16/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Dear Hollywood,
As the Thanksgiving holiday dawns, I urge you to include Latino films and performances on your winter watch list and give Hollywood Latinos and their projects a fair chance to be seen.
While Latinos are a growing and essential part of the cultural and social fabric of America, based on the dismal numbers from the recent USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Report on major Hollywood films released between 2007-2022, it’s clear that Hollywood — America’s narrative-creating and image-defining institution — is broadly failing to acknowledge or include the Latino community.
The Annenberg report notes slow progress over the years. In 2007, no Hispanic/Latino actor held a lead or co-lead role in major Hollywood films. In 2021 and 2022, there were marginal gains, with 10 films where Hispanic/Latino actors held lead or co-lead roles, out of a total of 109 and 118 leading roles, respectively. Among directors and producers of major Hollywood films, less than 5% were Hispanic or Latino,...
As the Thanksgiving holiday dawns, I urge you to include Latino films and performances on your winter watch list and give Hollywood Latinos and their projects a fair chance to be seen.
While Latinos are a growing and essential part of the cultural and social fabric of America, based on the dismal numbers from the recent USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Report on major Hollywood films released between 2007-2022, it’s clear that Hollywood — America’s narrative-creating and image-defining institution — is broadly failing to acknowledge or include the Latino community.
The Annenberg report notes slow progress over the years. In 2007, no Hispanic/Latino actor held a lead or co-lead role in major Hollywood films. In 2021 and 2022, there were marginal gains, with 10 films where Hispanic/Latino actors held lead or co-lead roles, out of a total of 109 and 118 leading roles, respectively. Among directors and producers of major Hollywood films, less than 5% were Hispanic or Latino,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Joaquin Castro
- Variety Film + TV
The animated feature film, “Coyote vs. Acme,” has never been more popular than it was last week, after Warner Bros. announced on Nov. 9 that it would shelve the completed $70 million film for a tax write-off, despite claims by some directors who saw it that the film had tested strongly.
But it might not make the studio so popular, as the move is being seen in the creative community as another bait and switch after the cancellation of last year’s “Batgirl.”
“I think it’s absolute bullshit that a studio can and does shelve the creative work of hundreds of people for a fucking tax break,” director Scott Derrickson wrote on X, noting a reason that circulated widely on social media even though the studio denied it.
The response on social media to Warner Bros.’ decision to shelve the film was uniformly intense, with top directors like Derrickson and Phil Lord...
But it might not make the studio so popular, as the move is being seen in the creative community as another bait and switch after the cancellation of last year’s “Batgirl.”
“I think it’s absolute bullshit that a studio can and does shelve the creative work of hundreds of people for a fucking tax break,” director Scott Derrickson wrote on X, noting a reason that circulated widely on social media even though the studio denied it.
The response on social media to Warner Bros.’ decision to shelve the film was uniformly intense, with top directors like Derrickson and Phil Lord...
- 11/20/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav “stars” in a deepfake video released on Friday to promote the studios’ “new process we call shelving.”
Zaslav has been dragged across the industry for his now-reversed Nov. 9 decision to shelve the already completed “Coyote Vs. Acme.” After significant backlash, and a call from Texas congressman Joaquin Castro for an FTC investigation into the practice, the movie will now be shopped to other studios.
“Myself and the people ruining… running, people running Warner Bros. love movies,” the CGI CEO beams in the clip. “Movies are one of my favorite forms of content.”
The parody is from “Jimmy Kimmel Live! “writer and director Jacob Reed, the same man behind the plane that flew over the studios with the message, “Pay your writers, you AI-holes” during the writers’ strike.
The faux Zaslav then mangles the first of several classic movie quotes, botching Rhett Butler’s famous...
Zaslav has been dragged across the industry for his now-reversed Nov. 9 decision to shelve the already completed “Coyote Vs. Acme.” After significant backlash, and a call from Texas congressman Joaquin Castro for an FTC investigation into the practice, the movie will now be shopped to other studios.
“Myself and the people ruining… running, people running Warner Bros. love movies,” the CGI CEO beams in the clip. “Movies are one of my favorite forms of content.”
The parody is from “Jimmy Kimmel Live! “writer and director Jacob Reed, the same man behind the plane that flew over the studios with the message, “Pay your writers, you AI-holes” during the writers’ strike.
The faux Zaslav then mangles the first of several classic movie quotes, botching Rhett Butler’s famous...
- 11/18/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav now admits that striking writers were correct in their demands for sweeping changes in how creatives are compensated in Hollywood.
Zaslav told The New York Times in a lengthy new profile that he has no regrets about the deal struck between studios and the Writers Guild of America for a new three-year contract on Sept. 24.
“They are right about almost everything,” Zaslav said. “So what if we overpay? I’ve never regretted overpaying for great talent or a great asset.”
In the deal, writers received an increase in pay, minimum show staffing requirements and protections against artificial intelligence, among other gains. Yet studios resisted the writers’ demands for months, resulting in a strike that lasted a brutal 148 days and brought the industry to a near halt. In July, Disney chief Bob Iger called the writers’ proposed changes in compensation “unrealistic.”
Zaslav’s suggestion that...
Zaslav told The New York Times in a lengthy new profile that he has no regrets about the deal struck between studios and the Writers Guild of America for a new three-year contract on Sept. 24.
“They are right about almost everything,” Zaslav said. “So what if we overpay? I’ve never regretted overpaying for great talent or a great asset.”
In the deal, writers received an increase in pay, minimum show staffing requirements and protections against artificial intelligence, among other gains. Yet studios resisted the writers’ demands for months, resulting in a strike that lasted a brutal 148 days and brought the industry to a near halt. In July, Disney chief Bob Iger called the writers’ proposed changes in compensation “unrealistic.”
Zaslav’s suggestion that...
- 11/15/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Congressman Joaquin Castro has taken to X/Twitter to call out Warner Bros. Discovery for planning to shelve the completed film “Coyote vs. Acme” for the sake of receiving a $30 million tax break. Amid backlash against the studio, Wbd has since put the film on the market in an effort to shop it to other potential distributors.
“The @Wbd tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” Castro wrote on X. “As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should review this conduct.”
The Texas Democrat concluded his message by saying, “As someone remarked, it’s like burning down a building for the insurance money.”
“Coyote vs. Acme” is a live-action animation hybrid from Wbd’s “Looney Tunes” universe, featuring Lana Condor and John Cena. Shooting concluded in 2022 with a $70 million budget.
“Coyote vs. Acme” marks the third instance in less than...
“The @Wbd tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” Castro wrote on X. “As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should review this conduct.”
The Texas Democrat concluded his message by saying, “As someone remarked, it’s like burning down a building for the insurance money.”
“Coyote vs. Acme” is a live-action animation hybrid from Wbd’s “Looney Tunes” universe, featuring Lana Condor and John Cena. Shooting concluded in 2022 with a $70 million budget.
“Coyote vs. Acme” marks the third instance in less than...
- 11/14/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Texas congressman Joaquin Castro has taken to X to slam Warner Bros Discovery for axing the $70M Coyote vs. Acme for a reported $30M tax writeoff.
That said, as we first reported, the studio is changing course this week and screening the film for potential buyers, i.e. Amazon Prime (a leading contender), Apple and Netflix. This pivot by studio brass was made after a weekend in which the studio’s phone rang off the hook as the creative community complained about the canceling of the finished film. There also was an outcry by the pic’s composer Steven Price, among others online.
“The @Wbd tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” wrote Castro, who has protested Wbd before on antitrust issues.
“As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should review this conduct,” he continued.
“As someone remarked, it’s...
That said, as we first reported, the studio is changing course this week and screening the film for potential buyers, i.e. Amazon Prime (a leading contender), Apple and Netflix. This pivot by studio brass was made after a weekend in which the studio’s phone rang off the hook as the creative community complained about the canceling of the finished film. There also was an outcry by the pic’s composer Steven Price, among others online.
“The @Wbd tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” wrote Castro, who has protested Wbd before on antitrust issues.
“As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should review this conduct,” he continued.
“As someone remarked, it’s...
- 11/14/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A congressman is calling for a federal investigation of Warner Bros. for its handling of Coyote vs. Acme.
Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro took to X to blast the studio for its original plan to shelve the movie for a tax break.
“The Wbd tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” the San Antonio Democrat wrote. “As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should review this conduct. As someone remarked, it’s like burning down a building for the insurance money.”
Warners has since reversed its decision amid industry backlash and decided to try and shop the film to other studios and streamers. But the studio previously went through with shelving the movies Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt for tax write-offs last year.
Castro has been vocal on antitrust issues in media and entertainment. In April, he called on the competition...
Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro took to X to blast the studio for its original plan to shelve the movie for a tax break.
“The Wbd tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” the San Antonio Democrat wrote. “As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should review this conduct. As someone remarked, it’s like burning down a building for the insurance money.”
Warners has since reversed its decision amid industry backlash and decided to try and shop the film to other studios and streamers. But the studio previously went through with shelving the movies Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt for tax write-offs last year.
Castro has been vocal on antitrust issues in media and entertainment. In April, he called on the competition...
- 11/14/2023
- by James Hibberd and Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group and investment firm Domain Capital announced that they have inked a multi-year, co-financing agreement spanning multiple years that “reflects Warner Bros. expanded focus of theatrical films as the company continues to grow its diverse slate of movies across every genre for audiences across the globe.”
The new arrangement included Barbie — released in July — and will continue with the studio’s major tentpoles including Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Wonka and The Color Purple. The time frame of the deal wasn’t released.
The news comes after Wbd reported mixed quarterly earnings last week with a glum advertising outlook, and as the company led by David Zazlav is making headlines over Coyote Vs Acme. Wbd planned to axe the finished Looney Tunes film but after an uproar from the filmmakers and creative community it decided instead to shop it around and is holding screenings. The studio...
The new arrangement included Barbie — released in July — and will continue with the studio’s major tentpoles including Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Wonka and The Color Purple. The time frame of the deal wasn’t released.
The news comes after Wbd reported mixed quarterly earnings last week with a glum advertising outlook, and as the company led by David Zazlav is making headlines over Coyote Vs Acme. Wbd planned to axe the finished Looney Tunes film but after an uproar from the filmmakers and creative community it decided instead to shop it around and is holding screenings. The studio...
- 11/14/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Wbd has made headlines more than once in the past year for shelving projects that were essentially complete in favor of tax benefits.
Warner Bros. Discovery may have a crack legal team, but it would almost certainly prefer its name stop coming up in connection with governmental investigations. For example, in spring of this year a group of congresspeople asked the Department of Justice to investigate the company for anti-competitive business practices.
Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro is calling for a look into Wbd’s habit of shelving already-finished projects for tax benefits. Wbd tried to kill the animated Looney Tunes movie “Coyote vs. Acme,” before reversing course after backlash. Castro calls the practice “outright hostile” to content creators, as Wbd attempys to right its financial ship through essentially any methods necessary. 7-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month Max via amazon.com
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Warner Bros. Discovery may have a crack legal team, but it would almost certainly prefer its name stop coming up in connection with governmental investigations. For example, in spring of this year a group of congresspeople asked the Department of Justice to investigate the company for anti-competitive business practices.
Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro is calling for a look into Wbd’s habit of shelving already-finished projects for tax benefits. Wbd tried to kill the animated Looney Tunes movie “Coyote vs. Acme,” before reversing course after backlash. Castro calls the practice “outright hostile” to content creators, as Wbd attempys to right its financial ship through essentially any methods necessary. 7-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month Max via amazon.com
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- 11/14/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Last month, Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro put out a call to the public, asking people to send ideas for music by Latin artists to submit to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. It’s part of a years-long effort on Castro’s part to get more Latin art preserved within the Library of Congress and to increase Latino representation across media and pop culture.
The National Recording Registry is made up of works considered “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” or that “inform or reflect life in the United States.
The National Recording Registry is made up of works considered “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” or that “inform or reflect life in the United States.
- 10/4/2023
- by Julyssa Lopez
- Rollingstone.com
The National Hispanic Media Coalition (Nhmc) has announced its honorees for the 2023 Impact Awards Gala, which will take place on Oct. 27 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
The honorees this year are chef and philanthropist Aarón Sánchez; director, writer and producer Ángel Manuel Soto; actor and producer Eugenio Derbez; actress and producer Gina Torres; actor and hip-hop artist Jharrel Jerome; philanthropist Jessica Sarowitz; and founder & CEO of Rizos Curls Julissa Prado.
Actor and activist Francia Raisa and entertainment and sports host and speaker Mj Acosta-Ruiz are hosting the evening, which is also set to feature appearances by U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-tx), presenter Gloria Calderón Kellett, actor Harvey Guillén and producer Yvett Merino, among others.
“I am so honored to celebrate this year’s honorees for their dedication and contributions to shaping an inclusive and diverse world. Nhmc’s mission this year is that Latinos are the rule,...
The honorees this year are chef and philanthropist Aarón Sánchez; director, writer and producer Ángel Manuel Soto; actor and producer Eugenio Derbez; actress and producer Gina Torres; actor and hip-hop artist Jharrel Jerome; philanthropist Jessica Sarowitz; and founder & CEO of Rizos Curls Julissa Prado.
Actor and activist Francia Raisa and entertainment and sports host and speaker Mj Acosta-Ruiz are hosting the evening, which is also set to feature appearances by U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-tx), presenter Gloria Calderón Kellett, actor Harvey Guillén and producer Yvett Merino, among others.
“I am so honored to celebrate this year’s honorees for their dedication and contributions to shaping an inclusive and diverse world. Nhmc’s mission this year is that Latinos are the rule,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts is honoring three artists at its annual Visibility Awards in D.C. on Wednesday, at an event designed to advance Latino representation in film and television.
Ángel Manuel Soto, director-producer of the Latino superhero movie Blue Beetle, is being recognized with the organization’s Raul Julia Award for Excellence. “Ángel’s work advances the presence of Latinos in film and highlights studies demonstrating that Latino directors are more likely to bring Latino talent to their projects,” the foundation said.
Ramón Rodríguez, recipient of the Spotlight Award, produces and stars in the adaptation of the Karin Slaughter crime novel Will Trent. “Ramón has been a leading voice in continued efforts to open doors for Latino talent in the industry,” the foundation said.
Camila Morrone, honored with the Horizon Award, is starring with Willem Dafoe in Patricia Arquette’s, Gonzo Girl, based on Cheryl Della Pietra’s semi-autobiographical novel,...
Ángel Manuel Soto, director-producer of the Latino superhero movie Blue Beetle, is being recognized with the organization’s Raul Julia Award for Excellence. “Ángel’s work advances the presence of Latinos in film and highlights studies demonstrating that Latino directors are more likely to bring Latino talent to their projects,” the foundation said.
Ramón Rodríguez, recipient of the Spotlight Award, produces and stars in the adaptation of the Karin Slaughter crime novel Will Trent. “Ramón has been a leading voice in continued efforts to open doors for Latino talent in the industry,” the foundation said.
Camila Morrone, honored with the Horizon Award, is starring with Willem Dafoe in Patricia Arquette’s, Gonzo Girl, based on Cheryl Della Pietra’s semi-autobiographical novel,...
- 9/18/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
There were many significant Latino artists who shaped the soundtrack of Congressman Joaquin Castro’s childhood when he was growing up in San Antonio, Texas. As a kid, his mother loved Joan Baez; Castro remembers that she would play the folk singer’s 1975 Diamonds and Rust album over and over around the house. He also recalls liking a lot of the Tex-Mex fusion sounds pioneered by the Texas Tornados and Freddy Fender, and he’d even listen to Ricky Martin’s late Nineties pop songs once in a while.
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- 9/15/2023
- by Julyssa Lopez
- Rollingstone.com
Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro announced on Monday that he has nominated 27 films for potential addition to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, all of which feature Latino filmmakers, culture and history.
“Given the film industry’s continued exclusion of Latinos, we must make a special effort to ensure that Latino Americans’ contributions to American filmmaking are appropriately celebrated and included in the National Film Registry,” Rep. Castro wrote in his nomination letter. “The continued exclusion of Latinos in the film industry affects Latinos seeking opportunities in the industry and shapes how Latinos are perceived, stereotyped, and misunderstood in American life.”
Among the films nominated by Castro are “Frida” the 2002 biopic of legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo that earned Salma Hayek an Oscar nomination. Other Oscar nominated performances, such as Catalina Sandino Moreno and Demián Bichir in the immigration dramas “Maria Full of Grace” and “A Better Life,” were also included.
“Given the film industry’s continued exclusion of Latinos, we must make a special effort to ensure that Latino Americans’ contributions to American filmmaking are appropriately celebrated and included in the National Film Registry,” Rep. Castro wrote in his nomination letter. “The continued exclusion of Latinos in the film industry affects Latinos seeking opportunities in the industry and shapes how Latinos are perceived, stereotyped, and misunderstood in American life.”
Among the films nominated by Castro are “Frida” the 2002 biopic of legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo that earned Salma Hayek an Oscar nomination. Other Oscar nominated performances, such as Catalina Sandino Moreno and Demián Bichir in the immigration dramas “Maria Full of Grace” and “A Better Life,” were also included.
- 8/21/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro has nominated 27 Latino-driven films for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Among the suggestions are films that brought Oscar nominations to Latino actors and artists, including Salma Hayek, as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in “Frida” (2002); Catalina Sandino Moreno, who portrayed a desperate undocumented pregnant immigrant in “Maria Full of Grace” (2004) and Demián Bichir, who played an undocumented worker in Los Angeles in “A Better Life” (2011). All were nominated for lead acting Oscars.
Other notable titles nominated by the congressman are Peter Sollett’s coming-of-age indie “Raising Victor Vargas,” Alfonso Arau’s romantic drama “Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and Darnell Martin’s “I Like It Like That” (1994), a story of a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx.
“Given the film industry’s continued exclusion of Latinos, we must make a special effort to ensure that Latino Americans’ contributions to American filmmaking are appropriately celebrated and included in the National Film Registry,...
Other notable titles nominated by the congressman are Peter Sollett’s coming-of-age indie “Raising Victor Vargas,” Alfonso Arau’s romantic drama “Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and Darnell Martin’s “I Like It Like That” (1994), a story of a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx.
“Given the film industry’s continued exclusion of Latinos, we must make a special effort to ensure that Latino Americans’ contributions to American filmmaking are appropriately celebrated and included in the National Film Registry,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Congressman Joaquin Castro and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus have launched a nationwide call for Latino films to nominate for the National Film Registry.
The U.S.’s preeminent archive of films with cultural, historic or aesthetic significance is essential in preserving cinema. Every year, the Librarian of Congress adds 25 new movies to the registry after reviewing titles nominated by the public and conferring with National Film Preservation Board members and Library film curators. As of 2023, there are 24 Latino films on the National Film Registry, less than three percent of the 850 movies in the registry.
“Since the earliest days of cinema, Latino actors, writers, directors, and creatives have made extraordinary contributions to American filmmaking,” said Congressman Castro. “As the Library of Congress works to preserve the films that shaped American culture, public nominations will put a spotlight on the Latino-driven films that have sold out theaters and defined generations.
The U.S.’s preeminent archive of films with cultural, historic or aesthetic significance is essential in preserving cinema. Every year, the Librarian of Congress adds 25 new movies to the registry after reviewing titles nominated by the public and conferring with National Film Preservation Board members and Library film curators. As of 2023, there are 24 Latino films on the National Film Registry, less than three percent of the 850 movies in the registry.
“Since the earliest days of cinema, Latino actors, writers, directors, and creatives have made extraordinary contributions to American filmmaking,” said Congressman Castro. “As the Library of Congress works to preserve the films that shaped American culture, public nominations will put a spotlight on the Latino-driven films that have sold out theaters and defined generations.
- 7/18/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Agustín Laje winces in disgust as he tells his listeners, in graphic detail, about a controversial medical procedure young people are getting in America. There’s just one problem: He’s making a lot of it up.
“Fourteen-year-olds who can’t, for example, even have a beer in the United States,” Laje says, are being allowed to “construct artificial penisis made for themselves” by “removing the girl’s skin” and “removing the muscle” on her arm. “You can see the bone, it’s very unpleasant to look at.”
Laje, an...
“Fourteen-year-olds who can’t, for example, even have a beer in the United States,” Laje says, are being allowed to “construct artificial penisis made for themselves” by “removing the girl’s skin” and “removing the muscle” on her arm. “You can see the bone, it’s very unpleasant to look at.”
Laje, an...
- 11/2/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The first day of public impeachment hearings reinforced what the previous month of closed-door depositions all but confirmed: that President Trump attempted to extort Ukraine into interfering in the 2020 election. Witnesses George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state, and Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, laid out the case in exacting detail, while also revealing additional damning information, including that Trump was more concerned with Ukraine investigating Biden than the 2016 election.
Nevertheless, Republicans have claimed victory.
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) called the hearing “boring.” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.
Nevertheless, Republicans have claimed victory.
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) called the hearing “boring.” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.
- 11/14/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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