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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez‘s love is in the details.

The couple’s Vanity Fair cover story for the December issue revealed more than the scoop on their first date and why Rodriguez says they’re “very much twins” — it also provided a glimpse into their personal lives.

What fun facts did we learn about J-Rod? Read on.

1. Rodriguez Has His Girl’s Back During Her Shows

The 48-year-old singer gives a small nod to her former athlete boyfriend at her All I Have residency in Las Vegas — but it could easily go unnoticed to an untrained eye. Lopez...

The title is The Current War, but it’s subject is truly more history than battle. It’s flashier to think about our modern day electrical system as a conflict between two geniuses fighting for their vision’s victory, but the truth is more complex. Michael Mitnick’s script understands this (mostly) despite the title representing it. The way he documents the personal, professional, and public struggles experienced isn’t as much about letting the audience choose a winner as it is to represent facts for posterity’s sake. Whether the Chicago World Fair picked Thomas Edison’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) direct current (DC) or George Westinghouse’s (Michael Shannon) alternating current (AC) is moot when compared to the result. In the end no one truly lost this “war” because the world at-large ultimately won it together.

If Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s film depicts any “versus” scenario it’s in the abstract.

From The Weinstein Company comes The Current War, the epic story of the cutthroat competition between the greatest inventors of the industrial age over whose electricity would power the country and the world. Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) risk everything on their competing electrical currents in a pitched battle to decide who will light America and usher in the new century. With the brilliant and driven Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) working for both men, only one will come out on top.

See the new trailer now.

Backed by J.P. Morgan, Edison dazzles the world by lighting Manhattan. But Westinghouse, aided by Nikola Tesla, has seen fatal flaws in Edison’s direct current design. Igniting a war of currents, Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current.

Directed by Alfonso Gomez‐Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and written by playwright Michael Mitnick...

After dodging a bullet by leaving just before production was set to begin on Collateral Beauty, the first true Hollywood production from Alfonso Gomez‐Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) will be The Current War. Scripted by Michael Mitnick (Sex Lives of our Parents), the period drama follows the electricity war between Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon).

Ahead of a Tiff premiere and a Thanksgiving release from The Weinstein Company, the first trailer has arrived. With Gomez-Rejon’s hyper-active filmmaking on full display with a bigger budget this time around, we’ll have our review shortly from its premiere. Also starring Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, and Tuppence Middleton, see the trailer below.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, The Current War is the epic story of the cutthroat competition between the greatest inventors of...

The Weinstein Company has debuted the first trailer for The Current War, which could very well turn out to be an awards season favorite this year. Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) risk everything on their competing electrical currents in a pitched battle to decide who will light America and usher in the new century. With the brilliant and driven Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) working for both men, only one will come out on top.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, The Current War is the epic story of the cutthroat competition between the greatest inventors of the industrial age over whose electrical system would power the new century. Backed by J.P. Morgan, Edison dazzles the world by lighting Manhattan. But Westinghouse, aided by Nikola Tesla, has seen fatal flaws in Edison's direct current design. Igniting a war of currents,...

Megan Ellison’s independent distributor Annapurna now has a $350 million revolving credit facility it can tap to grow the company. The company, which recently released its first theatrical film, Kathryn Bigelow’s “Detroit,” said on Tuesday it plans to use the new funds to grow its business, build out a larger film slate and pursue “new mediums.” Finance giant J.P. Morgan served as administrative agent and sole bookrunner for the facility, and was its co-lead arranger alongside Comerica Bank. Other parties involved include City National Bank, First Republic Bank, Hsbc, Mufg Union Bank, SunTrust Bank and Wells Fargo. Also Read: Annapurna Signs Multi-Year.

Annapurna announced that it has completed a $350M evolving credit facility to help in the company’s expansion in all areas of production, development, distribution and new mediums. J.P. Morgan is the sole bookrunner for the facility as well as co-lead arranger with Comerica Bank. Other parties included in the bank syndicate (put together by Jp Morgan) include City National Bank, First Republic Bank, Hsbc, Mufg Union Bank, SunTrust Bank and Wells Fargo. "We are grateful…...

Annapurna announced that it has completed a $350M evolving credit facility to help in the company’s expansion in all areas of production, development, distribution and new mediums. J.P. Morgan is the sole bookrunner for the facility as well as co-lead arranger with Comerica Bank. Other parties included in the bank syndicate (put together by Jp Morgan) include City National Bank, First Republic Bank, Hsbc, Mufg Union Bank, SunTrust Bank and Wells Fargo. "We are grateful…...

Megan Ellison's Annapurna has secured a new $350 million revolving credit line that will be put toward production and development of new projects, the company said Tuesday.

J.P. Morgan served as administrative agent and sole bookrunner for the new credit line, along with Comerica Bank. Other parties included City National Bank, First Republic Bank, Hsbc, Mufg Union Bank, SunTrust Bank and Wells Fargo.

“We are grateful for J.P. Morgan and our entire bank group’s confidence in Annapurna. Their backing, along with that of the many partners who have joined us this year, is validation of the platform Megan and our team...

Michael Ironside (Total Recall) is set for a key recurring role on TNT’s upcoming straight-to-series drama The Alienist. Ironside will play J.P. Morgan, the famous American financier and banker who wielded great power in NYC at the turn of the century. A co-production of Paramount Television and Turner's Studio T, the psychological thriller drama is set in 1896, when a series of gruesome murders of boy prostitutes has gripped the city. Newly appointed top cop Roosevelt…...

2017-05-24T05:49:55-07:00'Game of Thrones' to Be Available Only to At&T Customers?

At&T's top priority is "getting the Time Warner deal done," chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said Tuesday, adding that "we spend most of our waking hours" on that.

Speaking at the 45th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Boston, he said: "Time Warner changes the game. We now have the ability, and we are actually putting in place plans now, to begin curating Time Warner content uniquely for a mobile environment. You can think of all the great franchises in Time Warner and what we will be able to do, and we are now working to stand up [advertising-based models].”

The telecom giant late last year agreed to acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion, and the CEO on Tuesday was questioned about the possible benefits of combining content and distribution businesses,...

(Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, and opinionated about something that makes us very happy…or fills us with indescribable rage. In this edition: At&T’s suggestion to recut Game of Thrones episodes.) This morning, At&T CEO Randall Stephenson spoke at J.P. Morgan’s Global Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference and offered his thoughts about the future of […]

The post At&T CEO Stupidly Suggests Recutting ‘Game of Thrones’ Into 20-Minute Episodes for Mobile appeared first on /Film.

Viacom is throwing its hat into the cord-cutting ring. On Monday, CEO Bob Bakish signaled that the media giant would introduce a non-sports “entertainment pack” for streaming that would cost $10 – $20 monthly. Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference; Bakish said the new streaming option would include a few of Viacom’s competitors and be available later this year Also Read: Hulu Hires AMC's Joel Stillerman, Exec Behind 'Mad Men' and 'The Walking Dead,' as Chief Content Officer The service would be “a very positive development for Viacom because when you look at our services,...

It took some time (about a month), but the team is back together.

All that was required was a Lifeboat trip back to 1893, during a seminal event in American history on Timeless Season 1 Episode 11.

A frustrated Flynn abducted Lucy back on Timeless Season 1 Episode 10, after she thwarted his attempt to kill young John Rittenhouse, in order to stop the organization literally in its infancy.

Apparently, Flynn had forgotten about the only rule set in stone on this series: No going back where you've already been.

He stupidly goes back for another stab at killing the young Rittenhouse, but (surprise) history has changed and he can't get anywhere near him.

So the only thing that's protected Lucy and her team so far is that Flynn is convinced that they're meant to work together someday. But now he's started to doubt what's written in her journal.

Maybe we're not meant to be a team after all,...

Flynn sets his sights on some high-profile Rittenhouse members when Timeless returns on Monday (NBC, 10/9c)… and if he has his way, Lucy will be bringing them down alongside him.

RelatedTimeless Casts General Hospital‘s Brandon Barash as Ernest Hemingway

In this exclusive video, Flynn informs the historian — whom he’s dragged to 1893 against her will — that an important meeting is set to take place the next day between Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan.

“I’m going to kill them all,” he declares, “and you’re going to help me. They’re all a part of Rittenhouse.”

When Lucy protests,...

By Todd Garbarini

Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as one of the preeminent intellectuals in the world. As the Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he currently works, he has also written over one hundred books, among them Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force, Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order, and the forthcoming The Culture of Terrorism which he co-wrote with Brian Jones. A seemingly tireless octogenarian, it is Mr. Chomsky’s Weltanschauung that director’s Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, and Jared P. Scott recorded over a period of four years as the subject of their new and, unfortunately, quite timely documentary, the elegiacally-titled Requiem for the American Dream. The film, which runs a mere 73 minutes, focuses on what Mr. Chomsky refers to as the Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power, which essentially are the methods employed...

The New York-based company announced on Tuesday that Bank Of America, J.P. Morgan and SunTrust have joined its increased $125m corporate credit facility.

A24 will use the capital from the Comerica Bank-led facility to build its distribution business and as to expand its film development / production and television operations.

Comerica and Union originally provided A24 with a $50m line of credit in 2014.

A24 distributed Room, which has grossed $12.6m in North America and is in the running for the best feature, lead actress, directing and adapted screenplay Oscars on Sunday.

The distributor also opened Sundance 2015 hit The Witch last weekend on $8.8m.

Here’s one measure of A24’s recent success: With new help from Bank of America, J.P. Morgan and SunTrust, the studio just raised its line of credit to $125 million, from the $50 million it arranged in 2014. The banks joined the amended corporate credit facility that Comerica Bank structured with Union Bank serving as syndication agent. A24 says it will use the cash to “build upon its core film-distribution business, as well as to expand its film development/production and…...

Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, and Ingrid Bergman: The 'Notorious' British (Hitchcock, Grant) and Swedish (Bergman) talent. British actors and directors in Hollywood; Hollywood actors and directors in Britain: Anthony Slide's 'A Special Relationship.' 'A Special Relationship' Q&A: Britain in Hollywood and Hollywood in Britain First of all, what made you think of a book on “the special relationship” between the American and British film industries – particularly on the British side? I was aware of a couple of books on the British in Hollywood, but I wanted to move beyond that somewhat limited discussion and document the whole British/American relationship as it applied to filmmaking. Growing up in England, I had always been interested in the history of the British cinema, but generally my writing on film history has been concentrated on America. I suppose to a certain extent I wanted to go back into my archives,...

One of my favorite historical figures is legendary inventor Nikola Tesla, who was royally screwed over by Thomas Edison. His life work, ideas, and inventions inspired future scientists and storytellers over the years.

The film will be called Tesla, and it’s set to be directed by Michael Almereyda who teamed up with producer Uri Singer to bring this great man’s story to the big screen. These two talents have worked together on a few films already, including Experimenter with Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder and the upcoming Marjorie Prime with Geena Davis, Tim Robbins and Jon Hamm.

According to Deadline, the film will “focus on the inventor’s life in America, telling of his struggles working for Edison as well as his encounters with other historical giants of the era such as George Westinghouse and J.P. Morgan. Following his often strange ideas and uncompromising vision — often to the...

"Experimenter" and "Marjorie Prime" director Michael Almereyda and producer Uri Singer are re-teaming to create a biopic about legendary inventor Nicola Tesla.

Born in Serbia in 1856, Tesla immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1880s and began working for Thomas Edison. A warm professional relationship turned into a fierce, hostile rivalry as Tesla quit after feeling he had been unfairly compensated.

Their rivalry formed the basis for the 'current wars' of the 1880s and 1890s, as Edison was a proponent of direct current, while Tesla advocated alternating current transmission. Tesla also conceived of innovations that others would later realise like wireless communications, remote-control devices and X-ray imaging.

Tesla's inventions and exaggerated public image inspired future scientists and countless works of fiction such as "The Prestige". The new film will look at his struggles trying to achieve his uncompromising visions, encounters with the likes of George Westinghouse and J.P. Morgan,...

Wall Streeters are supposed to be savvy about changes in the marketplace. But investors appear to have a blindspot when it comes to Hulu, a top analyst says today in a report that’s sure to attract a lot of attention. J.P. Morgan’s Alexia Quadrani says that Hulu could be worth nearly $8 billion in 2017. That’s about $2 billion more than investors currently figure based on their valuations of the streaming service’s owners: Comcast, Disney and Fox. She made her deep-dive…...

Wall Streeters are supposed to be savvy about changes in the marketplace. But investors appear to have a blindspot when it comes to Hulu, a top analyst says today in a report that’s sure to attract a lot of attention. J.P. Morgan’s Alexia Quadrani says that Hulu could be worth nearly $8 billion in 2017. That’s about $2 billion more than investors currently figure based on their valuations of the streaming service’s owners: Comcast, Disney and Fox. She made her deep-dive…...

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has completed a $480 million recapitalization, including $325 million of new capital from a consortium of worldwide investors (including Vine Alternative Investments, Falcon Investment Advisors, and Village Roadshow Limited), it was announced Monday. The facility was arranged by Vreg and placed by J.P. Morgan Securities, with Moelis & Company acting as financial adviser to the company. Village Roadshow Pictures, working with its joint syndication agents Rabobank International and J.P. Morgan Securities, has also launched a renewal of its $750 million film production facility. The facility finances Village Roadshow’s library of titles co-produced with Warner Bros., Sony and...

Fortress Investment Group led the $200 million in new capital commitments, in the form of a five-year loan, for New Regency’s film and TV production plans, the companies announced this morning. The “overwhelming support” from Fortress and existing lenders “further strengthens our position to seize new and exciting opportunities moving forward," New Regency founder Arnon Milchan says. J.P. Morgan Securities Managing Director David Shaheen, whose firm arranged the loan…...

Fortress Investment Group led the $200 million in new capital commitments, in the form of a five-year loan, for New Regency’s film and TV production plans, the companies announced this morning. The “overwhelming support” from Fortress and existing lenders “further strengthens our position to seize new and exciting opportunities moving forward," New Regency founder Arnon Milchan says. J.P. Morgan Securities Managing Director David Shaheen, whose firm arranged the loan…...

An analyst for J.P. Morgan and his wife were both found dead on Friday night in their Closter, New Jersey, home, and now their community is left trying to understand how and why this could have happened. Michael Tabacchi, 27, and his wife Iran Pars Tabacchi, 41, who also went by the name Denise, were involved in an apparent murder-suicide. "Everyone is so shocked," Cindy Vero, a radio personality and a friend of Denise's for 25 years, tells People. "They always seemed so happy." Michael died from a self-inflicted stab wound to his chest, while Denise died from strangulation and a single stab wound to her chest,...

Yahoo’s Board of Directors has authorized a plan for a tax-free spinoff of the company’s Alibaba Group holdings, a recommendation of the media giant’s management.

The move would form a new publicly traded, independent registered investment company — aptly titled SpinCo — whose shares will be distributed pro rata to Yahoo stockholders. Following the spinoff, Yahoo will continue to hold its 35.5 percent interest in Yahoo Japan, the company said on Tuesday. SpinCo will own Yahoo’s remaining 384 million shares of Alibaba, which are valued at $40 billion per Jan. 26’s closing price.

Further, SpinCo will assume no debt in the transaction,...

Yes, I know. Our columnists here at ComicMix used to be pretty damn political. Eventually we drifted too far off of our happy little pop culture topic, and we retrenched. Well, sort of. Martha, Michael Davis and I moved our noisy political stuff over to www.MichaelDavisWorld.com . Therefore, at the outset I am telling you this column, delayed somewhat by my blind anger (thanks for filling, Emily!), is completely on topic.

You’ve probably heard about the bombing of the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by militant Islamists. Two gunmen stole a car, drove up to the paper’s office in Paris, and started blasting away on their Ak-47s shouting “We have avenged the Prophet.” Then they split the scene, postponing their visit with their 72 virgins.

As of this writing, 12 people have been confirmed dead, including the editor, two policemen, and noted cartoonists: Stéphane “Charb” Charbonnier,...

Funds to bankroll new slate of English-language films.

EuropaCorp has secured $600m in credit facilities to finance a new slate of English-language films, the Paris-based mini major has announced.

The company said a previously agreed, revolving facility amounting to $160m, and dominated in euros, had been repaid.

The new credit facilities comprise a $400m senior credit line and $150m accordion, bankrolled by a number of major banks, including French bank Natixis.

In addition, the company also secured a $50m facility, arranged by J.P. Morgan with the support of SunTrust Bank and OneWest Bank.

“The facility will be used mainly to finance EuropaCorp’s slate of English-language movies, as well as to fund marketing and distribution costs related to these new productions that will be distributed in the U.S through the joint venture Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution,” the company said in a statement.

EuropaCorp and Relativity announced the creation of their new joint Us distribution outfit Red earlier...

EuropaCorp, the French mini-major co-founded by Luc Besson in 2000, signed a five-year, $450M credit facility during the Cannes Film Festival in May to finance a slate of English-language films. At the time, the studio said it also had a $100M accordion that would be used to finance its existing credit facility of $132.8M. Today, the studio says it has closed on a $400M credit line, plus a $50M second credit facility and a $150M accordion. The existing credit facilities of about $160M have been fully repaid, increasing Europa’s financing ability threefold (fourfold with the accordion), the studio says.

Along with financing its English-language movies, the facility will be used to fund marketing and distribution costs related to the new productions that will be distributed in the U.S. through its joint venture with Relativity, Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution (aka Red), which was formed this year. The first film on the...

Metro Goldwyn Mayer on Thursday confirmed it has borrowed $300 million under a second lien term loan agreement, which is $100 million more than was originally anticipated. The six-year loan, at 5.125 percent, was arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities and Goldman Sachs. List Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films MGM said it planned to use the loan proceeds for general corporate purposes even though it is currently debt free and already has a bank line of credit for more than $600 million. Analysts have speculated MGM may want the money to expand production or make an acquisition, or it

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This is the last part of the long-running effort to separate the entertainment company from its billboard business. CBS spun off the operation — CBS Outdoor Americas — in March, but still owns 81% of the publicly traded company. The plan announced this morning will unload that by giving CBS stockholders an incentive to swap their holdings for shares of CBS Outdoor. The goal is to give investors a 7% premium to make a tax-free trade of some or all of their shares in early July. The deal is contingent on CBS’ ability to trade at least 58.2M of its 97M CBS Outdoor shares. Once CBS Outdoor is fully independent, it will convert itself into a real estate investment trust (Reit). “We fully believe that CBS Outdoor will continue to be successful as a stand-alone company,” CBS chief Les Moonves says. “And for our part, CBS Corporation can focus on what we do best,...

The Chicago-born Pritzker is a member of one of America’s richest families, who have lived in Chicago since 1881. Born in 1962, she is the granddaughter of A.N. Pritzker. Her late father, Jay Pritzker, was co-founder of the Hyatt hotel chain and a prominent philanthropist. Billionaire: Jean (Gigi) Pritzker Net Worth: $2.1 billion (CelebrityNetWorth) Source Of Wealth: Hotels, investments Hollywood Connections: CEO of OddLot Entertainment. Pritzker recently partnered with veteran Hollywood producer Robert Simonds and China’s Hony Capital to form “a next generation film studio” that will spend more than $1 billion over five years to finance, produce and self-distribute eight to 10 “star-driven” theatrical films each year for global markets. (Deadline) Pritzker began her Hollywood career by joining with a friend, Deborah Del Prete, to found OddLot. When it began, the production label had only about a dozen employees who operated from warehouse-style space near Sony Pictures studio in Culver City.

Lots of company watchers were surprised to see At&T agree to pay $49.5B for DirecTV figuring that Dish Network — which has been amassing wireless spectrum — would be a more logical target for the telco. But it turns out that Dish chairman Charlie Ergen’s much-discussed but still nascent plan to create a wireless broadband service made his company less attractive. If At&T tried to buy a potential competitor it “would be likely to raise additional regulatory questions and scrutiny, especially at a time when we have a couple of FCC spectrum auctions scheduled,” CFO John Stephens said this morning at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. He was careful to note that DirecTV was a first choice, not a runner-up, as he talked up its “premier” network, distribution system, content, and “premier people.” Related: Consumers Group, Public Interest Org Respond To At&T-DirecTV Deal Stephens...

1. Cinedigm Launches Docurama: Cinedigm has decided to bring us Docurama, a new On-Demand streaming channel that will provide viewers with over 1,000 documentary titles by mid-summer. The channel will be available on over 165 streaming devices, which include TVs, set top boxes, tablets and gaming consoles. Read more here. 2. Netflix Plans: Netflix will continue to boost its original programming and license exclusive content, Variety reports. "Our intent is to continue to expand the content library meaningfully," said Netflix CFO David Wells at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. Speaking of original programming, "Orange is the New Black" returns for its second season on Friday, June 6. 3. The Future of Television: Separately, Neil Hunt, Netflix’s chief product officer, had some predictions about the future of television. Wired reports on Hunt's speech at New York City’s Internet Week conference, in which he predicts that in the...

Netflix is focusing on exclusive, highly rated content as the streaming service adds more programming. “Our intent is to continue to expand the content library,” CFO David Wells said at Tuesday's J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. Wells added that going forward, Netflix will focus on expanding the breadth of content by adding more originals as well as curated four- and five-star offerings, and making content more exclusive. Story: Netflix Raises Streaming Price by $1 He also pointed out that every time Netflix announced a new deal, the company had seen an increase in the hours of programming

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French mini-major EuropaCorp has secured a $450m, five-year credit facility with Us financiers J.P. Morgan, SunTrust Bank and OneWest Bank.

The facility will be used to finance EuropaCorp’s slate of English-language films, as well as fund costs related to the creation of is Us distributor Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution (Red) earlier this year.

“This new credit facility illustrates the increased confidence in EuropaCorp’s credit quality and financial solidity. It is a major success as it increases significantly EuropaCorp’s capacities to produce and distribute a wider range of films,” EuropaCorp CEO Christophe Lambert said in a statement.

“After the creation of Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution USA LLC earlier this year that allowed us to fully control our distribution in the Us and maximise the visibility for our films, this facility finances our strategy for the next five years.”

J.P. Morgan managing director and head of the entertainment industries group David Shaheen said: “EuropaCorp’s management team has...

Luc Besson's EuropaCorp on Friday announced a $450 million credit facility that it will use for its previously announced push into English-language production. The five-year facility comes from J.P. Morgan, SunTrust Bank and OneWest.  Representatives from the three banks will meet in Paris next week.  The announcement in Cannes by EuropaCorp CEO Christophe Lambert and David Shaheen, head of the entertainment division at J.P. Morgan, is part of a EuropaCorp's plan to expand their English language production slate in film and television.  Lambert called the financing deal the "last act" in their plan to

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Luc Besson‘s EuropaCorp has signed with J.P. Morgan, SunTrust Bank and OneWest Bank on a five-year, $450M credit facility. The line, along with a $100M accordion, will be used to finance the studio’s existing credit facility of 105M euros. This is part of EuropaCorp’s plan to expand and will be used to finance a slate of English-language films to be released through its joint distribution venture with Relativity which was formed earlier this year. It will also fund Europacorp’s marketing spend on its projects. Plans are to go from releasing three to eight movies per year. The studio will also make four French-language pics per annum. Christophe Lambert, CEO of EuropaCorp, said this morning in Cannes, “This new credit facility illustrates the increased confidence in EuropaCorp’s credit quality and financial solidity. It is a major success, as it increases significantly EuropaCorp’s capacities to produce...

On a panel titled "Disruptors" at the Milken Institute Global Conference Monday, Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh called Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan and Albert Einstein the original disruptors. "If you're going to do anything original in the business you're going to have to disrupt," said Kavanaugh, explaining that the word is a "misnomer. Disruption is innovation." He said that what Edison and the others did was about "breaking models" that were then in place. There is a price to pay for that, added Kavanaugh. People, including investors and the media, are all skeptical of anyone who thinks they

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Veteran investment banker David Granville-Smith has been named Evp and Chief Financial Officer for A+E Networks. He will succeed Gerard Gruosso, who is retiring after a 30-year stint. In his new role, Granville-Smith will lead key financial functions across the company and provide strategic and operational thought leadership to help drive the company’s overall growth. Granville-Smith comes to A+E Networks from J.P. Morgan, where he most recently served as Managing Director and Head of the Media Group in the company’s Investment Banking Division. He joined J.P. Morgan in 2008 when it acquired Bear Stearns, where he worked in the Investment Banking Division for 17 years. Prior to that, he worked at Smith Barney in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.

By Robert W. Welkos One is the son of an Australian casino mogul. Another is a mother of three from Chicago who studied anthropology in college and is the granddaughter of the late tycoon who co-founded the Hyatt hotel chain. Another was raised in a middle-class Canadian family, studied electrical engineering in college, and went on to earn a fortune heading up an Internet auction website. And then there’s the sister and brother whose father built a software empire while also becoming a world-class yachtsman. These are among the new billionaires who are shaking up Hollywood moviemaking in the early part of the 21st Century. Their names are James Packer, Gigi Pritzker, Jeff Skoll, and Megan and David Ellison. All are rolling the dice in the always risky crapshoot of moviemaking with some of high-rollers already reaping huge rewards both financially and creatively. “I wouldn’t want to overemphasize...

OddLot Entertainment closed a $50 million revolving credit facility with J.P. Morgan and Comerica, the company said Thursday. OddLot will use the money – which could eventually go as high as $150 million — to expand its physical production capacity and related filmed entertainment ventures. “This arrangement positions the company for growth and we look forward to much activity going forward,” said Gigi Pritzker, OddLot’s chief executive and founder. Also read: ‘Draft Day’ Trailer Stars Kevin Costner as Gm of NFL’s Cleveland Browns (Video) OddLot’s Co-President Bill Lischak negotiated the deal on behalf of the company, along with Natalya Petrosova, who has been elevated.

OddLot Entertainment has closed a $50 million revolving credit facility with J.P. Morgan and Comerica as co-lead arrangers -- a deal that may be increased to up to $150 million. The move is designed to boost the physical production capacity of the Los Angeles-based company behind such recent films as Ender's Game and Jim Rash and Nat Faxon's The Way, Way Back, which became the biggest sale of Sundance 2013. Photos: 35 of 2014's Most Anticipated Movies: 'X-Men: Days of Future Past,' 'Mockingjay,' 'Spider-Man 2' The funds are earmarked for financing the development and

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Creative Artists Agency's Century City office building is being put up for sale. Photos: Secrets of Hollywood Agency Mailrooms Century Park, which includes CAA's 12-story, Gensler-designed headquarters, as well as the iconic 44-story Minoru Yamasaki-designed Century Plaza Towers, has come on to the market, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Totaling 3.2 million square feet of "Class A" office space, insiders are predicting that the sprawling Century City site will be sold for between $2 billion and $2.5 billion. Eastdil Secured will manage the disposition process. Known as Century City's "super block,"

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Do you like your car? The fuel you put in it? The lights in your house? You can thank behaviors that would probably be illegal today, says Stephen David, one of the Emmy-nominated writers and executive producers of the History Channel non-fiction series "The Men Who Built America." The four-part story, which looks at such 19th- and early 20th-century innovators as John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan, looks at both the technological advances and morally questionable behavior that made America the great land it is today.

Castle‘s 12th precinct is fortifying its ranks as Season 6 opens, with the addition of an ambitious new crimesolver.

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TVLine has learned that Joshua Bitton has been recruited to guest-star in multiple episodes as Grant “Sully” Sullivan, a new detective who is trying to prove himself at the 12th Precinct.

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Bitton’s TV credits include appearances on Vegas, Private Practice, Justified and the HBO miniseries The Pacific, where he played Sgt. J.P. Morgan.

Castle returns with its new season on Monday, Sept.

John Oliver thinks that J.P. Morgan and its "Too Big to Fail" ilk may have gotten the wrong idea from a Senate Banking Subcommittee hearing this week. Attorney Randall D. Guynn was attempting to justify the financial service industry's manipulation of commodity-hoarding laws by noting that people in ancient Mesopotamia used physical commodities like grain and salt as currency. That prompted Saule T. Omarova, associate professor of law at the University of North Carolina and an opponent of the financial gymnastics taking place, to note that just because banks had at one...

Linda Harvey attends Pride, fears AIDS, David Hasselhoff shills for coffee, Andrew Keenan-Bolger hits the right notes in his skivvies.

Tim Hardaway was the first signer of the Florida marriage equality petition. Hardaway made headlines a few years ago saying that he didn’t like gay people and was homophobic. He did some image rehab to become an equality supporter after the backlash. On a side note, I met him a few times when I was working in Florida, and found him to be a very unpleasant man. While I appreciate the support, based on personal experience, I’m not buying it.

A 20-year-old man is in jail after shooting a man at the St. Peteresburg Pride festival. He came to Pride to let the gays know exactly what he thought of him before shooting a man with a Bb gun. Thankfully, the victim wasn’t seriously injured.

Robert Sarvis...