Parsons was named chief executive officer of AOL Time Warner in 2002 after the $124-billion merger of the dial-up internet provider and the largest entertainment and media company started to fall apart.
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This year’s “Doctor Who” Christmas Day special stars Nicola Coughlan as Joy, a guest at a hotel where time travel ensues.
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The Envelope
Actors and directors, including Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Colman Domingo and James Mangold, gather to talk about how fear can push you forward, early auditioning, the role of storytelling in today’s world — and vaping at the Vatican — at the Los Angeles Times 2024 Oscar Roundtables.
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The music mogul’s sexual mistreatment of women dating back decades was aided and abetted by a complex and vast network of enablers, according to a Times review of court filings and interviews with current and former business associates.
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Tallulah Willis, youngest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and his ex-wife Demi Moore, confirmed Monday that she and musician Justin Acee are engaged.
Violet Lucca, author of ‘David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials,’ considers the filmmaker a moralist and social critic with a taste for blood
Edward Berger, Brady Corbet, Coralie Fargeat, James Mangold, Denis Villeneuve and Malcolm Washington on adapting as you go, feminism in film — and vaping in the Sistine Chapel.
This stunner of a profile from Michael Gracey, the director of “The Greatest Showman,” might finally get Americans to tune into the British pop star’s hits.
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