Comcast has formally unveiled plans to spin out most of its linear cable networks (except Bravo) to shareholders into a separate company, a move that President Mike Cavanagh said today puts all of NBCUniversal "on a new growth trajectory." Along with the spin, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, in a note to…

Putting Donna Langley firmly in the corporate driver's seat, Comcast boss Brian Roberts has also decided it’s time for NBCUniversal to shed some cable channel weight. Tomorrow, Comcast is set to reveal its long term plan to carve off cable channels MSNBC, CNBC, E!, Syfy, Golf Channel, Oxygen and USA…

EXCLUSIVE: (UPDATED from original 3:54 PM post) Hollywood figures made a big showing this afternoon as Vice President Kamala Harris made her first appearance at a Los Angeles fundraiser since becoming the Democratic nominee. The downtown event raised more than $28 million, according to a campaign…

Donna Langley, Chairman, NBCUniversal Studio Group & Chief Content Officer, sees original movies as a key ingredient in Universal’s film slate, but applying “topspin” to familiar titles can also pay box office dividends. The longtime film executive, who was promoted last year to a larger role with TV…

"Everyone is talking about the doom and gloom of our industry, but we have to get over that and be optimists,” said Donna Langley today. “I really do believe that.” "As much as things change, they stay the same," the Chairman of NBCU Studio Group and Chief Content Officer also declared of the media…

It seemed appropriate that the location for the annual Women in Motion dinner in Cannes should be at Place de la Castre, atop Suquet Hill where victors of yore could survey their domain. It was certainly the case that honored guest Dame Donna Langley had captured the castle. Cannes Film Festival…

As fears stack up in the industry over a possible Sony and Paramount merger, subtracting one major motion picture studio from the industry, The Chairman of NBCU Studio Group and Chief Content Officer Donna Langley at a Cannes Kering talk weighed in on what that impact will be. “Consolidation is…

In an unusual move, NBCUniversal used its upfront presentation to ad buyers in New York on Monday to debut a four-minute extended first look at its forthcoming film version of Wicked. The preview of Universal’s Thanksgiving release, which will go online later this week, elicited a warm response from…

Universal Studios chief Donna Langley is heading to this year's Cannes Film Festival where she will be handed Kering's annual Women In Motion Award. Previous Women In Motion Award winners include Jane Fonda (2015), Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (2016), Isabelle Huppert (2017), Patty Jenkins (2018)…

EXCLUSIVE: Dominic Sessa, the 21-year-old rising star, didn't win a Supporting Actor BAFTA Award Sunday night — that went to Oppenheimer's Robert Downey Jr. — but he did pick up his first post-The Holdovers role that will see him starring with Rose Byrne in director Stephanie Laing's drama Tow. This…

Albert Einstein had his theory of relativity, and Breaking Baz has his theory of party lift-off. Friday night at the Universal filmed entertainment soiree, the moment of fusion came when Snoop Dogg hit the room at the Sunset Tower and was immediately embraced by Oppenheimer stars Emily Blunt and…

Once upon a time, you could attend a dozen afterparties following a Golden Globes ceremony and never leave the Beverly Hilton, they were all under one roof. Cities were constructed up on the actual roof or atop the parking lot. You'd emerge from the show and trot downstairs to HBO. Then you'd queue…