{ "entity": "ScandalNews", "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture", "domain": "scandalnews.com", "vertical": "Culture, Style & Media", "count": 18, "generated_at": "2026-09-25T22:51:47.043Z", "articles": [ { "title": "Paramount Says Timing for Warner Bros. Deal Close ‘If Any’ Is ‘Not Yet Certain’ but Pencils In Oct. 5 Date to Issue PSKY Shareholders Warrants Tied to WBD Merger", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-warner-bros-deal-close-not-yet-certain-warrants-issue-date-1236876018/", "summary": "Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion agreement to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery is not quite a done deal, but the company is preparing for the deal to close within the next few weeks. In an SEC filing Friday, Paramount said its board on Sept. 25 “determined to voluntarily withdr", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:46:17 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Paramount-Warner-Bros-Merger-Employee-Reaction.jpg" }, { "title": "Jodie Turner-Smith Sued for Allegedly Enabling Brother’s Sexual Misconduct and Drug Dealing", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/jodie-turner-smith-sued-brother-sexual-misconduct-drugs-1236875978/", "summary": "Richard Smith, the brother of actor Jodie Turner-Smith, was sued by three women for alleged sexual misconduct and drug dealing; Turner-Smith was named in the suit as allegedly enabling his behavior. Three Jane Does filed a lawsuit with the Los Angeles Superior Court against Smith", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:20:30 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/jodie.jpg" }, { "title": "If You Want to Know Who America’s Oligarchs Are, Read This List", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-state-dinner-guest-list-american-oligarchs-1235632171/", "summary": "The guest list for Trump's state dinner with Xi Jinping featured just about every notable CEO in America", "source": "rollingstone.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:15:10 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Ween Announce Massive Box Set Revisiting ‘Chocolate and Cheese’ Tour", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ween-massive-box-set-chocolate-cheese-tour-1235632118/", "summary": "Boognish Provides, out October 16 via Rhino, features seven full concerts from Gene and Dean Ween's 1994/95 trek, the duo's first time with a backing band", "source": "rollingstone.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:00:58 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "White House Has Spent More Than $440,000 on Pro-Trump TV Ads Paid for by U.S. Government; Administration Defends ‘Unapologetically American’ Spots and Denies They’re Campaign Ads", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/white-house-defends-pro-trump-tv-ads-paid-by-us-taxpayers-1236875952/", "summary": "TV ads featuring President Donald Trump that began airing this week — including one in which he declares that “America will never be a communist country” and touting his administration’s policy goals — were paid for by U.S. taxpayers. The spots have drawn criticism from Democrats", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:56:38 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/White-House-Trump-TV-Ad-Communist-Country.png" }, { "title": "Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter Join Tom Holland in Fred Astaire Biopic as Adele Astaire, Ginger Rogers", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/margaret-qualley-sabrina-carpenter-tom-holland-fred-astaire-biopic-1236850613/", "summary": "Tom Holland has found his dance partners for Sony Pictures’ yet-to-be-titled Fred Astaire biopic: Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter. As previously announced, Holland will play the debonair dancer in the upcoming film, directed by Paul King, with Amy Pascal producing. Golden ", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:49:41 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/margaret-tom-sabrina.jpg" }, { "title": "Bryce Dallas Howard on the Declining Statistics for Female Directors in Hollywood: ‘Whatever Is Currently Being Done is Not Enough’", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/bryce-dallas-howard-female-directors-statistics-1236874653/", "summary": "Bryce Dallas Howard is calling on Hollywood to make a change. While at Variety’s L.A. Power of Women event on Wednesday in Beverly Hills, the actress and filmmaker reflected on the declining statistics for women directors in Hollywood. A 2025 study described the year as a “Great ", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:36:04 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bryce.jpg" }, { "title": "Leon Bridges Shakes Up His Sound Once Again", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/leon-bridges-happiness-anytime-album-review-1235629868/", "summary": "Like a roots music Drake, the singer-songwriter has a knack for collaborating with up and coming tastemakers", "source": "rollingstone.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:15:07 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Ari Emanuel Details Hollywood Rise in New Memoir: Harvey Weinstein Feuds, Signing Martin Scorsese and a Tense Evening With Larry David and Elon Musk", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/shopping/news/ari-emanuel-memoir-hollywood-rise-buy-online-1236875941/", "summary": "Ari Emanuel has spent more than three decades making deals, building companies and occasionally screaming his way through Hollywood. Now, the superagent-turned-media mogul is telling his own story. In a new memoir “Roll the Calls,” released Sept. 22, Emanuel chronicles his rise f", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:50:49 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ari-emanuel-memoir-buy-online.png" }, { "title": "Lance Oppenheim on ‘Primetime,’ ‘You Can See Everything’ and How Chris Hansen’s Reaction ‘Is Exactly What the Film Is About’", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/lance-oppenheim-primetime-you-can-see-everything-1236875739/", "summary": "Lance Oppenheim has always lived in reality, but not all his subjects do. The documentarian has built a career out of pointing his camera at people, from the retirees of “Some Kind of Heaven” to the unregulated donors of “Spermworld” and the self-appointed royalty of “Ren Faire.”", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:44:02 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1000043770.jpg" }, { "title": "Alexander Ludwig on ‘Unabomber’ Movie, His ‘Hunger Games’ Death Scene and ‘White Lotus’ Season 4: ‘It’s F—ing Wild’", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/columns/alexander-ludwig-on-unabomber-hunger-games-white-lotus-season-4-wild-1236875192/", "summary": "Alexander Ludwig is meeting me on Zoom from a small cafe in the south of France. “Apologies, but my internet connection in my Airbnb is so terrible,” he says. “Hopefully it doesn’t get too loud.” Then he cracks, “This is my really hard life right now.” Life is anything but hard f", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:40:09 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Alexander-Ludwig-Credit-Julian-Ungano-1000-1.jpg" }, { "title": "Bose’s Best Headphones Get Wrapped in Cashmere for Luxe Thom Browne Collab", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/electronics/where-to-buy-thom-browne-bose-headphones-2026-online-price-1235630715/", "summary": "The headphones take inspiration from Browne's tailored suiting and fabrications, while showcasing Bose's audio prowess", "source": "rollingstone.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:38:25 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Florence Pugh Says ‘I Was Never Scared’ of Publicly Supporting Palestine and ‘I Don’t Know Why It Took So Long’ for Hollywood to ‘Start Talking’", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/florence-pugh-supports-palestine-hollywood-silence-1236875602/", "summary": "Florence Pugh revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair that she has likely lost hundreds of thousands of followers on social media over the last few years because she is so outspoken in support of Palestine. The Oscar nominee has routinely shared links for humanitarian aid to Pa", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:32:32 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/P108EVM5.jpg" }, { "title": "PBS SoCal Announces Fine Cut Student Filmmaker Winners From USC, CSUN, California College of the Arts", "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/pbs-socal-fine-cut-student-filmmaker-winners-2026-1236875863/", "summary": "Student filmmakers from USC, California College of the Arts and Cal State Northridge were the top winners at PBS SoCal’s 27th annual Fine Cut Festival of Films. The winners, revealed during a screening and awards ceremony on Tuesday at Eagle Rock’s Vidiots (inside its Eagle Theat", "source": "variety.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:30:18 +0000", "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Photo-3.jpg" }, { "title": "Laila! Is About to Deliver SZA’s Favorite Music of 2026", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/laila-new-music-interview-sza-cosign-1235630582/", "summary": "The 20-year-old singer and producer tells us about making her new album, We’ll Never Be This Young Again; touring with Kali Uchis and Mariah the Scientist; and her new obsession of Muay Thai kickboxing", "source": "rollingstone.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Everything You Need to Know About ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’ Songs", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-the-encore-breakdown-1235631726/", "summary": "We break down the four new tracks from the superstar’s 12th album", "source": "rollingstone.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:53:50 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "SZA Is Officially a New Jersey Hall of Fame Inductee: ‘More Importantly, I Met Danny DeVito’", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sza-inducted-into-new-jersey-hall-of-fame-1235631904/", "summary": "SZA joins previous inductees Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, Paul Rudd, Toni Morrison, Tony Bennett, the Isley Brothers, Meryl Streep, Jonas Brothers, Frank Sinatra, and more", "source": "rollingstone.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:52:48 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Merritt Wever Was Ready to Play Someone ‘A Little Rotten’ in ‘Primetime’", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/merritt-wever-primetime-predator-interview-1235629888/", "summary": "The actor talks about the “warped” world of Lance Oppenheim’s take on To Catch a Predator, and how her manipulative TV-producer character left a bad taste in her mouth", "source": "rollingstone.com", "published": "Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:19:46 +0000", "image": null } ] }