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NBCUniversal has acquired all rights, excluding publishing, to Robert Ludlum’s “Jason Bourne” and “Treadstone” book series, in perpetuity. The deal paves the way for new installments for Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne, a CIA assassin suffering from amnesia. A source with knowledge of the deal tells Variety it was a highly competitive bidding situation that drew seven offers from both streamers …

Released in 1995, John Grisham‘s The Rainmaker is a taut thriller driven by relentless cynicism toward the state of the legal profession and simmering rage at the state of the health insurance industry. Francis Ford Coppola’s 1997 adaptation, featuring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito and a deliciously venal Jon Voight, only upped the ante on the frustration generated by two sectors …

MUBI CEO Efe Cakarel has addressed the ongoing controversy over the company’s recent $100 million investment from Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm that was found to have ties to several companies connected to the Israeli military. In a lengthy statement shared with the press Thursday, August 14, Cakarel clarified the profits MUBI generates do not fund other companies in …

“The View” co-host Ana Navarro posted a message on Instagram Thursday morning urging singer Gloria Gaynor to reject President Trump’s Kennedy Center Honor. “A few years ago, I got to briefly meet @gloriagaynor at a concert in Miami. She gifted me a keychain that belted out ‘I Will Survive,’ when you pressed it. Let’s just say, during first Trump term, …

Priscilla Presley’s former business partners accused the rock widow of hastening daughter Lisa Marie’s death to secure her own spot atop Elvis’ massive financial kingdom, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed in Los Angeles this week. Plaintiffs Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko accused Priscilla Presley, the former wife of Elvis Presley, of fraud, breach of contract and other civil misdeeds …

It’s girls night in WeHo, and Hailey Bieber, Kylie Jenner, and Bella Hadid each have their own take on dressing up to hit the last of the summer trends before we start seriously dressing for fall. The trio were photographed heading in and out of West Hollywood’s Alba for dinner yesterday (August 14), following Hadid’s star-studded garden party in L.A. …

The top of the podcast charts might not look like they’ve changed much over the past couple of years, but make no mistake: There has been a major shift in the currents of what’s popular in the medium. Lavishly produced, narrative-style podcasts have fallen out of favor. Chat shows and crime-of-the-week efforts rule. And being on camera is no longer …

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Lana Del Rey has shared a snippet of a song known to fans for a lyric directed at Ethel Cain. A video clip posted on her Instagram page yesterday shows Del Rey driving as the song plays in the background, starting with the lyric in question: “Ethel Cain hated my Instagram post/Think it’s cute reenacting my Chicago pose.” Watch it …