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Sony's operating income in the July-September quarter, its fiscal Q2, fell 48% vs the period last year to $453M. But the Sony Pictures unit held its own, generating a $32M profit, up from a slight loss, with help from releases including Ghostbusters, Sausage Party and Don't Breathe. Revenue for the conglomerate, led…

Tonight at USC, a small but warm and receptive crowd filed into Norris Hall for a conversation with Ghostbusters and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig as part of the annual USC Comedy Festival. At various points Feig took the opportunity to discuss his experiences working with women in comedy. Addressing the smash…

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is about to broaden its Hollywood footprint in a substantial way. The company is closing a significant co-finance deal with Sony Pictures that will see Wanda take minority stakes in certain Sony tentpole-sized films, the ones that have global appeal. This is all…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. BART: This is the week the indie crowd undergoes its annual mood swing: Disdainful of the summer movies, they exult in almost…

Just over a week after being hacked and seeing her personal information and private photographs posted online, Leslie Jones was back online today with praise for TV comedies old and new. Absent from Twitter since August 23, the Saturday Night Live cast member and Ghostbusters star gave digital shout-outs to The Golden…

If Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have carved out serious mainstream space for the modern female comic, then Kate McKinnon is making the most of that relatively new arena. Her hilarious Saturday Night Live pastiche on Justin Bieber in his Calvins comes second only to a pitch-perfect turn as Hillary Clinton…

The widespread hack of Leslie Jones' personal information and photos yesterday is now being investigated by Homeland Security, the federal department confirmed today. "ICE Homeland Security Investigations in New York does currently have an open investigation," a DHS spokesperson said Thursday. Not that the feds said…

Following the vicious doxing of comedian Leslie Jones this morning, friends and peers within the entertainment industry have expressed support for her and outrage about the attack, which saw sensitive and highly personal information posted to the Ghostbusters and Saturday Night Live star’s personal website by…

FX continues to stock up its movie library with top box office performers. Some of the recent buys include Deadpool, X-Men Apocalypse, Jason Bourne, the Ghostbusters remake, Neighbors 2, The Secret Life of Pets, Independence Day: Resurgence, Ice Age: Collision Course, Nerve, Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Purge: E…

UPDATED, 2:43 PM: Leslie Jones confirmed on Twitter today that she is headed to Rio de Janeiro to work on NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics. Jones will be joining the network as an Olympic correspondent in Rio later this week, NBC Sports told Deadline. “Starting this Friday, Jones will attend live Olympic events…

MONDAY UPDATE, WRITETHRU: After logging the biggest international opening day for the franchise as it began offshore rollout last week, Jason Bourne cracked the best offshore weekend launch ever in the series. The Universal action thriller landed $50.7M in 48 markets including Korea, the UK, and Australia, to best all…

Sony Pictures Division, the Japanese conglom’s unit comprising Sony Pictures’ studio and TV networks, posted a loss of $103 million for the April to June quarter despite a 7% increase in revenue. That is partly down to the strong Yen, which has meant less earnings for the company when converted into dollars. Across…