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THE BIG PICTURE

Paramount-Warner Deal Comes With a Hollywood Promise: At Least 30 Movies a Year

The settlement clearing Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery takeover includes production commitments that could shape what the combined studio puts into theaters for years.

MUSIC

Taylor Swift Is Getting the VMAs’ First Artist Director Honor — and Another Record Comes With It

MTV is creating a new honor for artists whose directing has expanded music-video storytelling, with Swift as the first recipient at the Sept. 27 VMAs.