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EXCLUSIVE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom sees the state as mere days away from new guidelines to further open up from the coronavirus pandemic, but entertainment industry insiders are feeling broadsided by today's announcement. "WTF?" said one top cable executive to Newsom today announcning he would reveal plans on May…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has completed a five-year exclusive deal with the LEGO Group that will lead to the development, production and theatrical distribution of films constructed from the fusion of original ideas to the colorful building blocks. The deal was spearheaded by Donna Langley, Chairman, Universal…

(UPDATED WITH SETH BYERS DETAILS) Nearly two years after he was shown the door at Universal following undisclosed "inappropriate conduct" allegations, the studio's former president of marketing Josh Goldstine has emerged with his name cleared and his bank account apparently quite healthy. While nowhere up in the eight…

Universal Pictures has set in a first-look film production deal with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the franchise-launching duo who shared the Best Animated Film Oscar for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and who hatched the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie franchises. Their…

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Obama isn't running for any office but the former First Lady can sure draw a well heeled crowd that would be the envy of any politician, as was the case last night at Bryan Lourd's place. Just 48 hours after appearing on-stage with Gayle King at this year's Essence Festival in Atlanta, the…

Donna Langley, the chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment, invoked the late director John Singleton today in her commencement speech for the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Class of 2019, reminding the audience to “touch what is human” in all audiences. Langley, who joined the USC School of Cinematic Arts Board of…

EXCLUSIVE: Ending a three decade run at Sony Pictures, Amy Pascal is moving her Pascal Pictures into a first look deal with Universal Pictures. Deal comes at the end of the four-year producing pact Pascal made at Sony in June, 2015, when she stepped down as chairman of the SPE Motion Picture Group after 20 years at…

Fight on, Donna Langley. The chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment is set to deliver the commencement speech for the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Class of 2019 next month. Langley, who joined the USC School of Cinematic Arts Board of Councilors in February, oversees global production, marketing and distribution…

Donna Langley, Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, has joined the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) Board of Councilors which helps guide the college's overall planning, development, and fundraising efforts. "Donna's understanding of global industry trends and insight about what makes media entertaining…

Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley has unveiled her new senior management team, a move that comes after a restructure at the NBCUniversal top levels that made Langley chair, reporting to NBCUni Film and Entertainment chairman Jeff Shell. As part of the exec structure, announced in a memo from…

EXCLUSIVE: The Fast and The Furious spinoff Hobbs and Shaw opens next summer, but the Universal flick might be doing wheelies in the courts by then too. Franchise producer Neal Moritz today sued the Donna Langley-run studio for breach of oral contract and promissory fraud over being tossed out the door of the spinoff…

While some members of the Hollywood ruling class flirted with backing ex-LA Los Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for Governor during the primaries, there was no doubt that this Democratic town was going to line up behind Gavin Newsom once the current Lt. Governor secured the party's nomination in early June. So, it's no…