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Le Goy has been a Sony executive for 25 years. He succeeds Ravi Ahuja, who ascended to the top studio job. Sony Pictures is known for ‘The Boys’ and ‘Jeopardy!’
As he prepares to leave Sony Pictures, Tony Vinciquerra reflects on his time at the helm of the Culver City film and TV studio and defends “Madame Web” and “Kraven the Hunter.” “These are not terrible films.”
Tony Vinciquerra is credited for quietly turning around the Culver City studio and pursuing a profitable strategy at a time when competitors have struggled with billion-dollar streaming losses.
Culver City-based Sony said it would send new episodes directly to television stations, escalating the contract dispute with CBS. Paramount-owned CBS said it would go to court to try to block Sony’s action.
CBS Media Ventures is fighting to retain distribution rights to the popular game shows. Sony Pictures owns and produces the shows. The contract governing distribution was cemented in the early 1980s.
Sony Pictures Entertainment announces its purchase of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The dine-in movie theater chain has one location in Los Angeles.
For decades Sony and CBS have partnered to produce and distribute two of TV’s longest-running and most popular programs, ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy!’ Now the game shows are in the midst of a legal battle, with Sony accusing CBS of self-dealing.
Former ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ staffers have filed discrimination and retaliation complaints against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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Streaming service Netflix garnered 16 film nominations (mostly for “Emilia Pérez”), more than any other studio or streamer. But Universal Pictures and its Focus Features sister unit weren’t far behind.