Oracle in talks for US$100 million Skydance-Paramount cloud deal

Oracle in talks for US0 million Skydance-Paramount cloud deal

[NEW YORK] Oracle is in discussions with Skydance Media for a major software deal once the media company’s acquisition of Paramount Global is complete. The new arrangement is expected to be worth about US$100 million per year, according to sources familiar with the matter who asked not to be named speaking about the private discussions.…

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Paradigm Launches Book-to-Film Publishing Collab; CJ Perry’s ‘Bulletproof Angel’ Set As First Title

Paradigm Launches Book-to-Film Publishing Collab; CJ Perry’s ‘Bulletproof Angel’ Set As First Title

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm’s The Sports Group has set a new book-to-film initiative pairing athletes with bestselling authors. Kicking off the slate is a collaboration between actress, writer, producer, and former WWE superstar CJ Perry (a.k.a Lana) and bestselling author and screenwriter Blake Northcott on the fiction novel Bulletproof Angel. Bulletproof Angel is a high-octane international spy…

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner Remembered By Angela Bassett, Yvette Nicole Brown, Sherri Shepherd & Tracee Ellis Ross: “His Light Will Remain In Our Hearts Always”

Malcolm-Jamal Warner Remembered By Angela Bassett, Yvette Nicole Brown, Sherri Shepherd & Tracee Ellis Ross: “His Light Will Remain In Our Hearts Always”

The news of the drowning death of The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner hit Hollywood hard, with several of his onetime co-stars and collaborators across his five-decade career reacting to the news. Warner died Sunday of an accidental drowning in Costa Rica at age 54. The actor became a household name playing Theo Huxtable on…

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AstraZeneca vows to spend US$50 billion on US manufacturing, development

AstraZeneca vows to spend US billion on US manufacturing, development

[MUNICH/WASHINGTON] AstraZeneca plans to invest US$50 billion in the US before 2030, becoming the latest European pharma company to ratchet up spending in the country ahead of potential tariffs on imported medicines. The investment will go towards manufacturing as well as research and development, Astra said in a statement. It includes US$4 billion for a…

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Chris Estrada To Headline Comedy ‘Forklift’ In Works At NBC With Kent Alterman & Sarah Babineau As EPs

Chris Estrada To Headline Comedy ‘Forklift’ In Works At NBC With Kent Alterman & Sarah Babineau As EPs

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Chris Estrada (This Fool) is set to headline, co-write and executive produce Forklift, a single-camera warehouse comedy in development at NBC. Former top Comedy Central executives Kent Alterman and Sarah Babineau will executive produce for Good Walk, the company they launched after leaving the cable network in the wake of the Viacom-CBS merger.…

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Free A Girl Founder And Netflix Reality Star Yolanthe Cabau Reveals Terrifying Details Of Her Undercover Child Trafficking Rescue Work: “I Will Do This Until My Last Day”

Free A Girl Founder And Netflix Reality Star Yolanthe Cabau Reveals Terrifying Details Of Her Undercover Child Trafficking Rescue Work: “I Will Do This Until My Last Day”

You may have already seen her reality show Yolanthe on Netflix, but on Saturday evening at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, Yolanthe Cabau called for attention to the work of Free a Girl, the organization she founded to rescue young girls being sex trafficked around the world. So far, since its 2008 launch, Free…

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