The most consequential effect of CNN’s Trump town hall and its resulting fallout has been the exacerbation of network employees’ frustrations with Chris Licht’s leadership—and that includes Christiane Amanpour.
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- NEW: A group led by private equity billionaires David Rubenstein and Mike Arougheti is buying the Orioles for $1.725 billion. Puck sports business correspondent @Ourand_Puck reports.
- BREAKING: Embattled CNN chief Chris Licht will be leaving the company, sources tell @DylanByers, and long-time top executive Amy Entelis will step in to steady the ship until Warner Bros. Discovery C.E.O. David Zaslav picks a new leader.
- I’ve never seen the #Oscars audience stunned into silence like that, and I was here for the Moonlight/La La Land debacle. This is officially now the craziest Oscars moment ever.
- This is real. Stunned silence in the room. Assume Will Smith was bleeped but nobody can believe what just happened
- Taylor Swift’s innovative deal with AMC might open the gates for a new genre of D.T.C. theatrical concert films, even if it angers the rest of Hollywood. New, from @MattBelloni
- Federal agents drew up a statement laying out the case for arresting Pitt. But after meeting with an assistant U.S. attorney, they decided not to pursue criminal charges. Now Jolie is demanding to know more. New, from @eriqgardner
- The biggest rumor swirling around town is that Alan Horn is returning to Warner Bros. under the new Zaz era. Here’s what Horn told @MattBelloni about the chatter…
- Bari Weiss walked into CBS News and started texting Bibi Netanyahu, Jared Kushner, and Hillary Clinton herself. Can her instincts outpace her inexperience? Inside her freewheeling—and very un-TV—rookie season, via @DylanByers:
- In a surprising about-face, Warner Bros. executives will allow the filmmakers of Coyote vs. Acme—a $70 million live action/CGI hybrid Looney Tunes film—to shop the movie to other potential distributors. New, from @MattBelloni.
- Britney Spears’ former business manager, Lou Taylor—who was involved in her conservatorship—has weaseled her way into the life of another troubled pop star: Justin Bieber. @MattBelloni reports. puck.news/hollywoods-isr…
- The longtime Wheel of Fortune co-host hasn’t had a pay increase in 18 years. Now with Pat Sajak leaving, Vanna White has hired an aggressive new lawyer and is finally asking for more. @MattBelloni reports.
- “The problem is that Trump is endearingly weird to his people,” @reedgalen says. “And DeSantis is just weird weird.” @tina_nguyen on whether DeSantis can overcome his personal deficit with the G.O.P. base.
- NEW: John Avlon, the CNN anchor and senior political analyst, intends to run for Congress this year in New York’s 1st congressional district. @DylanByers reports.
