Veteran documentary producer Lauren Haber has been appointed to the newly created role of Head of Documentary at Amplify Pictures, the award-winning studio announced on Wednesday. In her new position, Haber will be responsible for overseeing the company’s current slate of documentary projects and expanding its doc portfolio of globally commercial, filmmaker-driven projects with an emphasis on ongoing series and […]

One of the nation’s largest architecture firms has sued a Chicago developer, saying it’s owed $280,000 for work on a planned residential tower in Denver’s Arapahoe Square. Perkins & Will, which is also based in Chicago, filed the lawsuit against Akara Partners in Denver District Court last week. The firm is seeking to foreclose on a mechanic’s lien it placed […]

As the policy rate has seen a steady increase since May 2022, the percentage of loans offered at interest rates below 8 per cent have declined sharply, dropping from 53 per cent in March 2022 to 18 per cent by June 2023, according to a report by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The share of bank loans with interest […]

This is Day 141 of the WGA strike and Day 68 of the SAG-AFTRA strike. In the wake of two prominent talk show hosts reversing course on a return to work, striking writers in New York City have stepped up their picketing against a high-profile holdout: ABC’s The View.  About 50 demonstrators showed up Tuesday outside the ABC television studio complex on Manhattan’s Upper West Side […]

European stocks are seen opening on a subdued note Wednesday as investors await U.S. consumer price inflation data later in the day that might show that price pressures accelerated in August from the prior month due to rising fuel prices and strong consumer spending. Economists currently expect the annual rate of consumer price growth to accelerate to 3.6 percent in […]

Major stage and musical performers showed for Joe Biden’s reelection campaign Monday, with a Broadway for Biden fundraiser in which the president quipped about his age but also put the campaign in stark terms. “I’m running because democracy is at stake, because [in] 2024 democracy is on the ballot once again,” Biden said at the event at New York’s Lunt-Fontanne […]

EXCLUSIVE: Top entertainment lawyer Craig Emanuel is leaving the Century City-based firm Paul Hastings where he has been a partner and global chair of the Entertainment and Media division. After practicing as an attorney for more than 42 years, Emanuel is retiring from legal practice to focus on working as an advisor to his longtime client, Ryan Murphy, and his […]

The euro area economy is set to log a weaker-than-estimated growth this year and next as rising consumer prices continue to weigh on domestic demand and monetary policy tightening works its way through the economy. In the summer interim forecast, released Monday, the European Commission said the 20-nation currency bloc will grow 0.8 percent in 2023, which was revised down […]

Lawrence Jones is becoming a co-host of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, joining Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade on the couch on weekday mornings. Jones will continue as enterprise reporter on the show. He was named to that position in 2021. He joined Fox News in 2018. With the promotion, he also will be the youngest Black co-host […]

Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch said the long-in-the-works separation of the premium linear and streaming programmer from Lionsgate’s studio unit will be a boost to both entities. “I don’t think the Starz story is as clear as it could be because we’re part of a bigger company,” he said during an appearance at the BofA Securities Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference. […]