Those Barbie lovers looking for a dreamy two-hour experience of living vicariously through the doll’s fun and fluorescent world should instead expect to enter Hollywood’s land of woke, critics say. The movie from Warner Bros., which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and was directed by Greta Gerwig and co-written by Ms. Gerwig and Noah…

BURBANK, Calif.—Hundreds of writers across the Los Angeles area picketed at major entertainment studios again on May 17, calling for better wages and representation as the strike entered its third week—with no end in sight. The strike began on May 2 after negotiations broke down between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance…

BERLIN—Prosiebensat 1 Media SE has revised lower its 2022 core earnings outlook after acquiring the remaining 50 percent of shares in streaming service Joyn from Warner Bros. Discovery, the German media company said on Tuesday. The company expects the full consolidation of Joyn to make a 25-million-euro dent in 2022 adjusted earnings before interest, tax,…

Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday it added about 2 million paid streaming subscribers in the first quarter, at a time when industry pioneer Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in more than a decade. In the first set of results from the media giant forged by a $43 billion merger between Discovery Inc….

Warner Bros. censors gay dialogue for China. Is it for profit? Meanwhile, they are committed to celebrating the LGBTQ movement in the West. Why are they promoting a double standard? I speak with James Lindsay, author of “Race Marxism” and the founder of New Discourse. He is a leading expert on critical race theory and…

The Walt Disney Company announced on Monday that it would stop releasing new films in Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “Given the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis, we are pausing the release of theatrical films in Russia, including the upcoming Turning Red from Pixar,” a spokesperson…

NEW YORK—James Michael Tyler, the actor known widely for his recurring role as Gunther on “Friends,” has died. He was 59. Tyler died Sunday at home in Los Angeles from prostate cancer, said his manager, Toni Benson. Tyler was first diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2018. “The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh…