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Entertainment - Monday, April 20, 2026
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Entertainment headlines for Monday, April 20, 2026
Entertainment headlines for 2026-04-20 focused on 3 major developments: 1) Sean Baker Scores Massive Payday for ‘Anora’ Follow-Up at Warner Bros. Label Clockwork: Inside the Deal for “Ti Amo!” (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety) 2) Nexstar-Tegna Deal Questions Largely Dodged By FCC Media Bureau Officials At NAB Show Panel (Deadline) 3) Singer D4vd Charged With Murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez (NYT Arts) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance. Together they provide a representative view of the day in entertainment news before diving into each full report.
Why it matters: This snapshot shows where entertainment attention concentrated on 2026-04-20, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.
Key Points
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Sean Baker Scores Massive Payday for ‘Anora’ Follow-Up at Warner Bros. Label Clockwork: Inside the Deal for “Ti Amo!” (EXCLUSIVE)
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Nexstar-Tegna Deal Questions Largely Dodged By FCC Media Bureau Officials At NAB Show Panel
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Singer D4vd Charged With Murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez
Sources: #3 NYT Arts
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#1 Score 80Sean Baker Scores Massive Payday for ‘Anora’ Follow-Up at Warner Bros. Label Clockwork: Inside the Deal for “Ti Amo!” (EXCLUSIVE)Oscar winner Sean Baker has found an unexpected way to inspire future generations of independent filmmakers — at the bank. The auteur has secured the first big payday of his career for his follow-up to best picture winner “Anora,” the sex-worker dramedy that made history in 2025 when the Oscars handed Baker four trophies in […]
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#2 Score 80Nexstar-Tegna Deal Questions Largely Dodged By FCC Media Bureau Officials At NAB Show PanelThe $6.2 billion merger of Nexstar and Tegna, a game-changing deal poised to reshape the media business, has been on the lips of many NAB Show attendees this week. But a panel Monday afternoon with three FCC officials asked to explain the commission’s review of the transaction yielded few answers. Even though the FCC and […]
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#3 Score 79Singer D4vd Charged With Murder of Celeste Rivas HernandezThe singer is accused of sexually abusing Celeste Rivas Hernandez before killing the teenager with a sharp weapon and mutilating her body. He has pleaded not guilty.
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#4 Score 72Disney World’s Magic Kingdom: 2027 Visit For A Family Of Four Creeps Toward $1,000 On The Most Popular DaysIt’ll cost a family of four $932 to enter the Magic Kingdom, the most popular park at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, on the most popular days of 2027. That’s up from $890 currently. And that’s before parking, food, souvenirs or any upgrades such as Lightning Lane. The new rate became apparent when the […]
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#5 Score 72‘Michael’ Director Antoine Fuqua Questions Some Michael Jackson Allegations: ‘Sometimes People Do Nasty Things for Some Money’“Michael” director Antoine Fuqua opened up for the first time about the movie’s dramatic reshoots in a new interview with The New Yorker. As Variety reported ahead of the biopic’s theatrical release, “Michael” was forced to spend up to $15 million on additional photography in order to overhaul the film’s structure. The original movie started […]
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#6 Score 69Patrick Muldoon, Actor on ‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘Melrose Place,’ Dies at 57He played the handsome Austin Reed on the NBC daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” in more than 400 episodes.
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#7 Score 64Amazon Hires Apple’s Oliver Jones For UK Scripted RoleAmazon’s international scripted team is bulking up. The streamer has hired Oliver Jones, who has spent the last six years at Apple, as Senior Commissioner for UK Scripted. The move was revealed by Nicole Clemens, VP, International Originals, in a note to staff. Jones was previously Senior Creative Executive for International Scripted Television at Apple, […]
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#8 Score 63Ron Frierson Named President and CEO of Hollywood Chamber of CommerceThe Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has installed new leadership with veteran business and policy executive Ron Frierson signing on as president and CEO. The chamber has also tapped Dan Halden to serve as chief operating officer and legislative director for the organization that advocates for the Hollywood area of Los Angeles and administers the world […]
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#9 Score 61‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’ Review: Ben McKenzie’s Knife-Sharp Documentary Takedown of CryptocurrencyIn "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money," McKenzie cuts through reams of misinformation and conducts unshowy but confrontational interviews with finance players who are famous and powerful. (He also talks to a lot of people who are not.) He chases the story of cryptocurrency and gets to the bottom of it with such muckraking zeal that by the end of the film I was convinced he should become a politician.
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#10 Score 60Bridget Regan Joins Gina Rodriguez & Justina Machado In ‘Jane The Virgin’ Reunion On ‘Matlock’ Season 2 FinaleEXCLUSIVE: Matlock‘s upcoming Season 2 finale, airing April 23 at 9 pm on CBS, will feature three actresses who starred in Jane the Virgin. Bridget Regan will join the previously announced Gina Rodriguez and Justina Machado. The trio will reunite with Matlock and Jane the Virgin executive producer/showrunner, Jennie Snyder Urman, who brought them all […]