Over the past week, you’ve likely heard the outcry from filmmakers and film fans about the uncertain fate of TCM under the Warner Bros. Discovery regime. It feels as if the network is facing an existential threat under the umbrella of a corporation looking at every way to cut costs. But thankfully, there are folks like Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson making calls and trying their best to save TCM.

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Hollywood exec news generally isn’t interesting, but hold on, this is an exception. If you pay attention to film news centering on executives— and we totally forgive and understand if you don’t —you’ll know that following Amazon‘s acquisition of MGM, the company announced that motion picture group chairman Michael De Luca and president Pam Abdy were leaving. This isn’t a huge surprise, mergers often create consolidation, people lose jobs, and sometimes, execs don’t share the vision of their new overlords.

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The Oscars are only days away, and while nominees anxiously wait to find out how their long awards-season journeys will end (spoiler: “La La Land” nominees will be happy), first-time producers Jennifer Todd and Mike De Luca are trying to keep as many aspects of the telecast they can secret. Of course, there are still a number of things we know about the world’s most prestigious awards show.

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More Leaks Reveal Reported Plans Around ‘Star Wars’ Episodes 8 & 9

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