The Sound of Movie Money, a Crisis PR Maven on the Rise and Why Paramount+ Is Beating Hulu

The "Barbie" soundtrack is topping the charts, but is it a model or an exception? [barbie-soundtrack-billie-eilish-dua-lipa-nicki-minaj]( [‘Barbie’ Proves Movie Soundtracks Are Back – and Why They’re Important]( By Andi Ortiz As expected, “Barbie” has simply dominated the box office, becoming only the second movie this year to hit the $1 billion mark. But it’s also crushing music charts too. The soundtrack shattered UK records, and Ryan Gosling’s banger of a power ballad, “I’m Just Ken,” cracked Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. The album as a whole — complete with tracks from Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Nicki Minaj that each have more than 100 million streams on Spotify to date, which, for scale, beats out every track on Taylor Swift’s re-release of “Speak Now” — debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Chart on Friday, in what Billboard itself regarded as “the closest race for No. 1” this year. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Risa Heller and some of her recent clients.]( [Is Crisis PR Whiz Risa Heller Ready to Take On Hollywood?]( By Diane Haithman A flattering profile of tech grifter Elizabeth Holmes in the New York Times. The messy exit of Jeff Shell from NBCUniversal. And a standoff with Variety over a story about a supposedly globetrotting Jeff Zucker purportedly hell-bent on buying CNN. Hollywood and media was buzzing about all those stories and the person they all have in common is crisis public relations expert Risa Heller, who represented the principal in all of them. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback star in "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" (Paramount Pictures)]( [Paramount+ Is Beating Hulu With Originals and Movies | Charts]( By Daniel Quinaud Don’t sleep on Paramount+. Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish touted the streamer’s growth in the company’s second-quarter earnings call. And while Wall Street may not love the money Bakish and his peers are still spending on achieving victory in the streaming wars, Paramount’s investment may be paying off with audiences. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [SAG-AFTRA members joined WGA members on the writers' picket lines outside Netflix headquarters in May, and are now set to join in an actors strike of their own]( [SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements Now Exclude WGA-Covered Projects]( [Adam Aron AMC Entertainment]( [AMC Entertainment Stock Tumbles 34% as CEO Announces End of APE]( [Wendy McMahon Widens Her Role at CBS]( [An empty asphalt road, with power lines and grass alongside]( [Kansas Newspaper Raid Condemned]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wrap Pro logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](