First Take 5/7/26

First Take 5/7/26

Plus: The latest LA mayoral debate, the business of viral hitmakers and Ted Turner remembered

Blake Lively

1. What's Next for Blake Lively? Hollywood Weighs In on Her Career After Baldoni Settlement

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2. Who Needs MrBeast? Inside the Viral Hitmakers Betting on IP

3. HBO Max's Momentum Sets Up Paramount+ Nicely as Merger Inches Closer

4. ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Will Add More Fuel to a Hot Box Office — and Could Launch a New WB Franchise

Mayor Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and Councilmember Nithya Raman (Credit: Getty Images)

5. Spencer Pratt Blames Karen Bass, Nithya Raman for LA Film Exodus in First Mayoral Debate: ‘Why There’s No Hollywood’ | Video

Louis C.K. performs during the 2025 New York Comedy Festival at the Beacon Theatre on Nov. 14, 2025 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

6. Louis C.K. Has the Same Old Antics – and Maybe Some Regrets — in Netflix's Hollywood Comeback Show

Ted Turner

7. Ted Turner Remembered by Rupert Murdoch, David Zaslav, Donald Trump and More: 'One of the Greats of All Time'

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Elle, Lexi Minetree

‘Elle’ Trailer Sets Up a Fish-Out-of-Water Story for ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel

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Lionel Messi, Bad Bunny

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Billie Eilish

‘Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)’ Review

Paramount (Getty Images)

State AGs Send Paramount Subpoenas in WB Merger Investigation

(Left to Right): Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson, Bette Midler as Winifred Sanderson, and Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson in Disney's live-action HOCUS POCUS 2, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Matt Kennedy. © 2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

‘Hocus Pocus 3’ Firms Up at Disney

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