Helene Hahn Loyd, the executive who was part of the executive team that built DreamWorks SKG and was instrumental in Disney’s renaissance of the 1980s and ’90s, died Oct. 24 in Park City, Utah. She was 78. Born Helene Bulakoff in Westbury, New York, she graduated from Hofstra University and moved to Los Angeles. She
A young Singaporean couple who sell pictures of the wife’s feet online end up with a corpse in their freezer in “Build to Order,” the debut feature from director Huang Junxiang, which is at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei this week. Singaporean couple Penny and Allan both work in real estate. They
The New York Times Company is in exclusive negotiations to acquire the online movie buff community Letterboxd, the Times reported Thursday. The price is reported to be about $330 million, which amounts to more than 20 times Letterboxd’s projected earnings for 2026 of about $15 million. The New York Times said that the deal was
Lionsgate turned in another strong quarter — helped again by the studio’s blockbuster biopic on the King of Pop. For the three months ended Sept. 30, Lionsgate’s Q2 of fiscal 2026, the company reported revenue of $668.8 million, up 41% year over year. Operating income came in at $29.1 million, versus an operating loss of
Kimmarie Johnson, a model and actress who appeared in “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Dude, Where’s My Car?” and more, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, after suffering a “heart event” at her Los Angeles home on Oct. 27. She was 50. Johnson had been taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital and was diagnosed with a “heart aneurysm condition.” “She radiated
We are all about to get a very loud wake-up call from T-Mobile. The telecommunications provider, one of the biggest and most colorful advertisers in the U.S., has dispatched actor Bryan Cranston in a new campaign that may surprise those who have grown familiar with its playful spots featuring celebrities such as Billy Bob Thornton,
