"We must never manipulate or invent; we must never knowingly deceive," Fox News Channel's Shep Smith cautioned Wednesday night as he picked up a First Amendment Award at the Radio Television Digital News Foundation’s First Amendment Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Speaking to a crowd that feels more comfortable…

Endeavor has returned the $400M investment it received from the Saudi Public Investment Fund following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Deadline has confirmed that the Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel-headed company has handed back the investment over the past month. This completes the process that CEO…

CNN host Fareed Zakaria will conclude this weekend’s global primetime special, Saudi Arabia: Kingdom of Secrets, acknowledging it’s personal. “I knew Jamal Khashoggi,” Fareed Zakaria says toward the end of the one-hour special about the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, its religious extremism and autocratic rule…

Black Panther co-writer and director Ryan Coogler, murdered Washington Post op-ed columnist Jamal Khashoggi and Russian ruler/alleged U.S. election influencer Vladimir Putin join President Donald Trump in contention for Time magazine’s Person of The Year 2018. NBC News’ Today got the jump on this year’s derby…

As controversy continues to swirl around the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reports are surfacing that Sean Penn is working on a documentary in Turkey about the Washington Post columnist and outspoken critic of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. Al Jazeera and other regional news outlets report that the…

After all the accusations on live TV of being a "rude, terrible person" by Donald Trump and legal fireworks to get his White House press credentials back, Jim Acosta was front and center today in the briefing room like the whole drama never happened. Even when listing off a litany of issues and asking whether Trump…

President Donald J. Trump, proclaiming “America First!” and “The world is a very dangerous place!”, is siding with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Despite the conclusions of the American intelligence community, Trump has issued a statement…

UPDATED: Legendary is categorically denying a report that originated from Reuters today that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is eyeing a $700 million investment in the company. According to the report, the country's Public Investment Fund is considering a stake purchase from Chinese conglomerate Wanda, which…

John Cena, one of the WWE’s household names and a crossover star in Hollywood films like Trainwreck, will not take part in Friday’s Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. The company last week confirmed that it will move ahead with the event despite other media and entertainment companies and individuals pulling back or…

In a statement released along with its quarterly earnings, the WWE said its “Crown Jewel” event on November 2 will go on as scheduled in Saudi Arabia. The wrestling circuit had been under pressure to either move, postpone or cancel the event given the broader pullback of financial and media interests in Saudi Arabia…

Vue International, one of the world's leading exhibitors, is delaying plans to open 30 multiplexes in Saudi Arabia in the wake of the Jamal Khashoggi murder, Deadline has confirmed. Earlier this month, Deadline sources said multiple cinema chains were putting their plans on hold until they had more clarity on the…

The website for Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative was shut down today after hackers altered an image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to make it appear he was about to behead a kneeling Jamal Khashoggi. See the hacked image below. Nicknamed “Davos in the desert,” the summit, set to begin Tuesday in…