Новости за 11.01.2021

Three WME agents, Simon Faber, Solco Schuit and Tanya Cohen are leaving the agency. Motion picture lit agents Schuit and Faber are believed to be partnering together, possibly to produce. Fellow lit agent Cohen is said to be transitioning to management. There is no likely destination yet, with a number of companies, including Range and […]

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that Covid-19 testing at two of the city’s largest sites will end today. In conjunction with the county, vaccine distribution will begin by the end of the week. A statement from the mayor’s office said local leaders decided to shift away from testing at Dodger Stadium and the Veterans Affairs Lot […]

Nationwide Covid surges and a disappointingly slow vaccine rollout notwithstanding, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci reiterated over the weekend his belief that live theater venues could reopen during fall 2021. Participating in a virtual conference held Saturday by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Fauci said that, depending on the vaccine rollout, the reopening of live […]

Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton is heading to Gotham to take over showrunning duties on HBO Max’s upcoming The Batman TV series. The British writer has joined the series as showrunner and exec producer following the departure of Terence Winter in November. It was understood that the Boardwalk Empire creator left the series, which is a companion […]

Deadline on Monday launched streaming sites for its first two Contenders awards-season events that took place over the weekend: Contenders International and Contenders Documentary. Click here for Contenders International videos. Click here for Contenders Documentary videos. On Saturday, Contenders International featured 22 movies from 15 studios, streamers and distributors, with creative talent joining for panel […]

WME said Monday that music agent Aaron Tannenbaum has joined the agency as a partner based in its Nashville office. Tannenbaum, who had been at CAA since 2010, specializes in country artists and has repped singers including Luke Combs, Brantley Gilbert, Michael Ray and Walker Hays among others. No word yet on which clients will […]

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime has set the cast of the upcoming Dexter revival. Julia Jones (The Mandalorian), Alano Miller (Sylvie’s Love), Johnny Sequoyah (Believe) and Jack Alcott (The Good Lord Bird) have joined Michael C. Hall and Clancy Brown in the 10-episode limited series, which begins production next month in Massachusetts. The descriptions of the new characters […]

Parler has filed a federal lawsuit against Amazon for yanking support of its website. The social network is known for embracing many of the people banned by Twitter, YouTube and other tech platforms. That open-door policy has embroiled the upstart company in a fierce backlash over riots at the U.S. Capitol and its willingness to […]

Though she has starred in some of the most indelible movies in cinema history—Taxi Driver, The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused—and won two Oscars for doing so, Jodie Foster’s output has slowed in recent years. And it is not a paucity of roles, she says, but rather a decision to become more selective about […]

EXCLUSIVE: More than 15 years after the launch of premiere celebrity talent booking agency JB Talent, the Beverly Hills-based company is rebranding as The Talent. In making the announcement, CEO and Founder Jen Kasle said the change was a natural progression. “Over the past 15 years, the growth and success of the company has been […]