Hollywood Inc.
Tony Vinciquerra is credited for quietly turning around the Culver City studio and pursuing a profitable strategy at a time when competitors have struggled with billion-dollar streaming losses.
Sony Pictures Entertainment announces its purchase of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The dine-in movie theater chain has one location in Los Angeles.
For decades Sony and CBS have partnered to produce and distribute two of TV’s longest-running and most popular programs, ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy!’ Now the game shows are in the midst of a legal battle, with Sony accusing CBS of self-dealing.
Former ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ staffers have filed discrimination and retaliation complaints against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Entertainment & Arts
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Awards
In his weekly newsletter, Los Angeles Times columnist Glenn Whipp weighs in on early award-season assumptions and welcomes a new colleague.
Amazon MGM Studios will join the MPA, which already represents Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix.
A Los Angeles appeals court has denied an attempt by Michael Jackson’s mother to block a $600-million transaction between the singer’s estate and Sony.
While the talks are preliminary, the two sides have been hashing out the contours of a deal that would have the Culver City-based Sony film and television studio take the lead in the partnership.
California
A man who surfaced at a California hospital will be reunited with his family after having been reported missing since 1999.