• Biz
• 06.19.13 | 09:13PM PT

Sony's Kazuo Hirai Seeks Time to Consider Spinoff Proposal

By Associated Press

Sony Corp.'s chief executive says time is needed to study a proposal from a U.S. major hedge fund to spin off a part of the company's entertainment unit. Kazuo Hirai was speaking to investors packing…

• TV
• 06.19.13 | 07:20PM PT

Time Warner Cable Lawsuit: Another Attack on Channel Bundling

By Ted Johnson

The cable industry's practice of bundling channels is facing pressure from plenty of consumer groups, upstart competitors and John McCain. But the question posed by a class action suit is whether…

• Film
• 06.19.13 | 03:00PM PT

Venice Film Festival Gears Up for a Starry 70th Anniversary

By Justin Chang and Nick Vivarelli

Although Alberto Barbera opted to slim down the Venice Film Festival lineup when he was appointed artistic director last year, the world's oldest international sprocket opera appears to be setting a…

• Biz
• 06.19.13 | 03:00PM PT

Hulu's Executive Exodus Accelerates

By Todd Spangler

As the Hulu sales process drags on, the Internet TV venture increasingly is struggling, with its best and brightest employees jumping ship amid uncertainty about who their new bosses will be.

SEE ALSO: Here’s Who Should Own Hulu

• TV
• 06.19.13 | 12:44PM PT

Turner Entertainment Nets See Upfront Wrapping With Increased Volume

By Brian Steinberg

In a potential signal that advertisers may be placing additional funds at cable networks in the coming TV season, Time Warner's Turner unit expects ad-dollar commitments at its TBS, TNT, TruTV and…

SEE ALSO: Viacom Pushes MTV, Other Nets Into Twitter Video Feeds

• Film
• 06.19.13 | 12:40PM PT

'50 Shades of Grey' Finds Helmer in Sam Taylor-Johnson

By Justin Kroll

Sam Taylor-Johnson, the British helmer of “Nowhere Boy” who is married to “Kick-Ass” star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, has been tapped to direct the Universal and Focus adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey,”…

• Music
• 06.19.13 | 10:33AM PT

Country Singer Slim Whitman Dies At 90

By Associated Press

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars…

• Film
• 06.19.13 | 10:13AM PT

'Iron Man 3′ Crosses $400 Million Domestically

By Stuart Oldham

Superman may be the talk of the town, but Marvel's “Iron Man 3″ is still flexing its muscle in theaters, crossing the $400 million mark Tuesday at the U.S. box office. Disney's superhero threequel…

• TV
• 06.19.13 | 07:00AM PT

'Catfish' TV Show: The New Face of MTV (Really)

By Brian Lowry

One byproduct of MTV's youthful audience profile is the dizzying speed with which the channel chews through its zeitgeist moments. So after being defined for a time by "Jersey Shore" -- which has…

• TV
• 06.19.13 | 04:59AM PT

BT Complains About BSkyB Sports Channel Terms

By Diana Lodderhose

LONDON — U.K. media regulator Ofcom said on Wednesday that it would launch an investigation into satcaster BSkyB over the wholesale supply of its sports channels after a complaint from telecom…