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Swordplay at WME: An Agent’s Assistant Goes to the Olympics
Touché! A WME Assistant Jabs His Way to Paris What’s the difference between a Hollywood agent and an Olympic fencer? The fencer salutes his opponents after stabbing them in the back. Other than that, the skills required — steely nerves, killer instincts, ruthless ambition — are remarkably similar. No one knows that better than Pascual Di Tella, a 28-year-old WME assistant currently in Paris preparing to parry as a member of the Argentinian Olympic fencing team. “You have to be super self-driven in fencing,” he tells Rambling Reporter. “Because if you don’t train or work out, the only person negatively...
Laura Dern Is Selling Her Pre-Loved Designer Closet Castoffs to Support Planned Parenthood
Laura Dern is the latest A-lister to let go of her luxe closet castoffs for charity. Oura Ring Is 15% Off Post-Prime Day, Discounting Celeb-Approved Smart Rings for First Time Ever The Oscar-winning actress has teamed with Vestiaire Collective for a closet sale to benefit Planned Parenthood, and shoppers can snap up her pre-loved pieces from Gucci, Sacai, Oscar de la Renta and other designers. Prices range from $63 for a Stella McCartney jersey tee to $918 for a sparkling ruffled gold maxi dress from Vampire’s Wife. Other items from the 10-piece range include dresses from Derek Lam, a colorful Missoni...
Warner Bros. Acquires ‘MultiVersus’ Developer Player First Games
Warner Bros. Games has acquired Player First Games, the developer of the recently launched MultiVersus free-to-play platform fighter videogame.Layoffs Hit Warner Bros. Discovery Again Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Player First Games, based in Los Angeles, will join Warner Bros. Games and continue to be led by co-founders Tony Huynh, CEO and Chris White, chief technology officer. Huynh and White will report to Carlos Barbosa, vp and studio head of Warner Bros. Games San Diego, the development studio that has provided production support for MultiVersus. The first game from Player First Games was launched in 2022 in an initial beta phase,...
Jill Schary Robinson, Author and Mother of UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer, Dies at 88
Jill Schary Robinson, the memoirist, journalist and novelist whose father, Dore Schary, headed MGM in the 1950s and son, Jeremy Zimmer, is the founder and CEO of the United Talent Agency, has died. She was 88.Esta TerBlanche, 'All My Children' Star, Dies at 51 Schary Robinson died Saturday at her home in Beverly Hills, her family announced. She wrote her first memoir, 1963’s With a Cast of Thousands, which chronicled her experiences growing up in Hollywood during the Golden Age, then followed with 1972’s Thanks for the Rubies, Now Please Pass the Moon and 1974’s Bed/Time/Story. Bed/Time/Story won a grant from the National...
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Reboot to Star Camila Mendes, Madelyn Cline (Exclusive)
I Know What You Did Last Summer is hooking its cast ahead of a planned release next summer.'Emily in Paris' Season 4 Trailer Sees Lily Collins Trying to Move on After Bombshell Finale Madelyn Cline, star of Neflix’s Outer Banks, and Camila Mendes, who played Veronica on CW’s long-running Riverdale, are in talks to lead the ensemble of Sony Pictures’ reboot of the 1997 horror hit. Also in negotiations are Tony Award nominee Sarah Pidgeon, Atlanta’s Tyriq Withers and Jonah Hauer-King, who played Prince Eric in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. THR previously reported that Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie...
‘Amélie’ Getting French Rerelease Ahead of Paris Olympics
Amélie, the 2001 fairy-tale romance from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, has arguably done more than any film before or since in promoting the Parisian tourism board version of the City of Lights. The quirky, irresistibly charming story of a shy Parisian do-gooder — Audrey Tautou in her breakout role — determined to bring joy to the lonely citizens of the French capital was an instant classic.Venice Critics' Week Unveils 2024 Lineup, Including Doc About Far-Right Donald Trump Activists The movie, co-starring Mathieu Kassovitz, Jamel Debbouze, Isabelle Nanty and Dominique Pinon, was an awards season darling, receiving 13 nominations and four wins, including...
IATSE Endorses Kamala Harris for President
IATSE is endorsing Kamala Harris for president of the United States.Donations Flood in for Kamala Harris as ActBlue Says It Raised Nearly $50M in Record Time The union, which represents more than 170,000 technicians, artisans and craftspersons in Hollywood and across the entertainment industry, said it voted unanimously to endorse Harris, following President Biden’s decision not to seek reelection and his subsequent endorsement of the current vice president. IATSE is the first Hollywood entertainment union to endorse Harris, and the decision comes after the union ratified its new contract with the studios last week. IATSE says it’s backing Harris as the Biden-Harris...
Pineapple Street Studios Union Ratifies First Contract
Writers Guild of America East members at Pineapple Street Studios ratified its first collective bargaining agreement, gaining a three-year contract with protections against artificial intelligence and increased salary minimums. Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer's 'Office Ladies' Podcast Moves to Audacy The 22 members of the bargaining unit at the Pineapple Street Studios includes producers, editors, engineers and other staff who work on such podcasts as Classy, Wondery’s Ghost Story, Paper Kite’s Million Dollar Advice and HBO’s Succession Podcast. The details of the new contract include a minimum starting salary of $72,000, effective upon ratification, and annual minimum salary increases of 3 percent in...
‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Finally Gets Streaming Home at Peacock
One of the more critically acclaimed dramas of the past 30 years has at last found a streaming home.Peacock-Netflix Streaming Bundle Launched by Verizon Ahead of Paris Olympics Starting Aug. 19, Peacock will feature Homicide: Life on the Street. All seven seasons and 122 episodes of the former NBC show, as well as the series-wrapping Homicide: The Movie from 2000, will be available, remastered for HD and 4K viewing. Homicide was based on David Simon’s book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and created by Paul Attanasio; Tom Fontana was the showrunner and executive produced with Barry Levinson, Henry Bromell and...
Marvel Studios Founder Bringing His New Universe to Comic-Con
When you walk into David Maisel’s Los Angeles office, the first thing you see is a statue of Iron Man, one of the most recognizable superheroes in the world. Hanging on the wall above him is an illustration of a furry faced character named Grell, a hero far fewer people recognize, but who is getting the spotlight this week at San Diego Comic-Con.Marvel Studios Founding Chairman David Maisel Is Plotting a New Universe Iron Man represents Maisel’s past as the founding chairman of Marvel Studios, where he had the idea for characters such as Iron Man, Captain America and Thor to...
Geoff Isenman Named CEO of Campside Media
Podcast and media executive Geoff Isenman has been named the new CEO of Campside Media, home to the popular podcast franchises, Suspect and Chameleon.Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer's 'Office Ladies' Podcast Moves to Audacy With the appointment, Campside co-founder Adam Hoff, who had been serving in the CEO role, will move to a full-time role overseeing the company’s film and television slate. Hoff, a screenwriter and producer, founded Campside with veteran journalists Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis and Matthew Shaer. The company specializes in reported narrative non-fiction podcasts, including the newest, White Devil, and has produced more than 40 limited series podcasts,...
‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4 Trailer Sees Lily Collins Trying to Move on After Bombshell Finale
Emily is back, and Netflix promises she’s ready to chic things up.Swordplay at WME: An Agent's Assistant Goes to the Olympics Emily in Paris‘ long-awaited fourth season finally has a trailer (below). The season will put one stiletto in front of the other to walk the path set out by some of the streamer’s other biggest hits (Stranger Things, Cobra Kai and Bridgerton, to name a few) and will get a split-season release. Part one releases five episodes on Aug. 15, followed by part two’s five episodes hitting Sept. 12. Season three left the hit series starring Lily Collins as Emily Cooper...
Angelina Jolie’s ‘Without Blood,’ Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’ Added to Toronto Film Fest Lineup
The Toronto Film Festival has turned up the star power for its 49th edition, having added the latest movies from Alicia Vikander, Lupita Nyong’o, Steve Coogan, Ralph Fiennes, Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek, Lily James and Riz Ahmed.Ben Stiller's 'Nutcrackers' to Open Toronto Film Festival For the Gala section at Roy Thomson Hall, there’s world bows for two music specials: the Andrea Bocelli biopic Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe, a doc about the Italian tenor by director Cosima Spender; and Thom Zimny’s Bruce Springsteen doc for Disney+ and Hulu, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. Zimny was in Toronto...
NY Film Festival Sets RaMell Ross’ ‘Nickel Boys’ as Opening Night Selection
The 2024 New York Film Festival will open with RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, it was announced today.Andra Day Fights for Her Life, Faith in 'The Deliverance' Trailer The movie, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Nickel Boys, which Ross directed from a script he wrote with Joslyn Barnes based on Whitehead’s book, will screen Sept. 27. The Nickel Boys follows two Black teenagers (Herisse and Wilson) unjustly sentenced to a brutal reform school, the Nickel Academy, in Jim Crow-era Florida. “What an absolute honor for Nickel Boys...
Venice Critics’ Week Unveils 2024 Lineup, Including Doc About Far-Right Donald Trump Activists
Venice Critics’ Week, the Venice Film Festival sidebar dedicated to first-time filmmakers, unveiled the selection of seven competition features and two out-of-competition titles for its 39th edition, which runs Aug. 28-Sept. 7.'Twisters' Director on His Choice Between Kiss and No-Kiss Ending for Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell: "I Like It Better" Among the more timely entries is Homegrown from U.S. director Michael Premo. The documentary follows three far-right activists as they campaign for Donald Trump during the tumultuous 2020 election. U.S-French filmmaker Alexandra Simpson makes her Venice debut with No Sleep Till, a drama set against the backdrop of a Florida...
‘Twisters’ Director Explains His Ending Choice for Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell
[This story contains spoilers to Twisters.]Swordplay at WME: An Agent's Assistant Goes to the Olympics Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung has explained why he didn’t opt for the ending where Glen Powell‘s Tyler and Daisy Edgar-Jones‘ Kate share a passionate kiss (to the audience’s dismay). The natural disaster blockbuster had an estimated domestic opening of $80.5 million at the North American box office, making it the third-biggest start of the year behind Inside Out 2 and Dune: Part Two. Fans have lauded the chemistry between male star Powell and Edgar-Jones in the tornado tale, whose characters bond over their love — and...
Amazon Buys ‘The Rings of Power’ Studio Bray Near London as U.K. “Creative Home”
Amazon Prime Video is acquiring Bray Film Studios, the U.K. studio complex where The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power shot its second season. Kevin Spacey, Russell Brand Docs Among 2024 British Documentary Awards Shortlist The vast production site is located in Water Oakley, Berkshire, 26 miles from central London, and is set to become the U.K. “creative home” for Amazon MGM Studios. Other productions that have been shot at Bray include the likes of Rocketman, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Angel Has Fallen, The King’s Man, Amazon series Citadel, BBC show Dracula, and BBC series Bodyguard. “The acquisition includes approximately 53,600...
Esta TerBlanche, ‘All My Children’ Star, Dies at 51
Esta TerBlanche, the soap opera star best known for playing Gillian Andrassy on All My Children, has died. She was 51. Whitney Rydbeck, 'Friday the 13th' Actor and Crash Test Dummy in Seat Belt Ads, Dies at 79 TerBlanche died Thursday of natural causes, her friend and agent Lisa Rodrigo wrote on Facebook. An autopsy report is pending. “I am still processing and in shock,” Rodrigo wrote. “Esta was a beautiful soul in and out. I was proud to know her and work with her.” Born in Rustenberg, South Africa in 1973, TerBlanche came to prominence in her home country when...
Kevin Spacey, Russell Brand Docs Among 2024 British Documentary Awards Shortlist
The Grierson Trust has announced the shortlist for the 2024 British Documentary Awards, with the BBC coming top at 28 entries.South by Southwest 2025 Sets London Fest Dates and Confirms New Hires Channel 4 follows closely behind with 23, Netflix with 17, Sky Documentaries with eight and National Geographic with four. The shortlist spans 15 program and presenter categories to reflect the best documentary singles and series launched across broadcasters, streamers and online, as well as theatrical releases. This year’s awards includes a new category titled best popular culture documentary, open to single documentaries or an episode from a strand or series...
Vivendi Eyes Canal+ Stock Market Listing in London as Part of Split Into Four Companies
Vivendi will pursue a stock market listing for its Canal+ Group pay-TV unit in London, the French telecom and media giant said on Monday in an update about its study to split into four companies.South by Southwest 2025 Sets London Fest Dates and Confirms New Hires “Canal+ would be listed on the London Stock Exchange to reflect the company’s internationaldimension, particularly as part of the ongoing combination with [South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice],” the company said. “With close to two-thirds of its subscribers outside of France, a film and TV series distribution network present on all continents, and growth drivers resulting...
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