A+E Networks Names Matthew Glotzer EVP Of Strategy And Business Development

Omer Weinberger, Avanton CEO, said: “Celebrity and influencer social media driven property marketing is very sophisticated in locations such as Los Angeles, Miami, Monaco and New York.

NEW YORK -- An Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times, an Afghan journalist and a driver in Afghanistan, federal authorities announced Wednesday.The charges against Haji Najibullah, 42, were in a six-count indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.He was to make an initial court appearance.

It's summer in New York, and for 20-something Ben, bisexual and newly out, the city, it seems, is his oyster. And his snail — to quote Hollywood's most famous coded exchange about sexual preference.

NEW YORK -- It started in her bedroom with just a guitar, but Paris Jackson has turned coping with the heartache after a recent break up into her debut solo album.Jackson, 22, has been a devoted music fan all her life and dabbled in making her own, but has been hesitant to call herself a singer-songwriter until now.“It’s one of the greatest feelings I’ve ever experienced,” Jackson told the Associated Press in an exclusive interview this week.She describes her ethereal acoustic sound as

Rose Leslie addressed her pregnancy for the first time since debuting her baby bump last month.“I am thrilled to be expecting, and I can’t wait to meet the new member of our family!” the actress, 33, told The New York Post on Wednesday, October 21.The Game of Thrones alum gave a glimpse of her budding belly in September while posing for U.K.’s Make Magazine.

Naman Ramachandran Television production and talent management company Avalon (“Spitting Image,” “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”) has acquired a majority stake in British agency The Agency to form a global talent representation business with offices in New York, Los Angeles and London.The Agency will continue to operate under the leadership and management of its partners.

ViacomCBS said on Monday that it has promoted Wincie Knight to the role of vp, global inclusion strategy at its ViacomCBS Networks International unit. Based in London, Knight will report to Marva Smalls, the New York-based executive vp of global inclusion at ViacomCBS and executive vp, public affairs, kids & family entertainment brands at ViacomCBS Media Networks, as well as Maria Kyriacou, president of ViacomCBS Networks U.K., Australia and Israel.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe entertainment industry has turned its focus on Albany, N.Y., over the last week, as it escalates the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow movie theaters to reopen.Inside the Capitol, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy has also been rallying support for the industry.

NEW YORK -- Broadway theaters may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with some starry self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone, Laura Linney and David Alan Grier.Producer Jeffrey Richards on Wednesday unveiled a weekly play run of livestreamed works to benefit The Actors Fund. They will stream on Broadway’s Best Shows and ticket buyers can access the events through TodayTix starting at $5.

Jeff Vasishta Almost exactly a decade after they purchased their West Village co-operative apartment from R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and her artist partner Susan Mikula have put it back up for sale at $2.35 million, as was first reported by the New York Post.

Andrew Cuomo to allow cinemas to welcome back customers.“48 states have reopened theatres safely. Why not New York, Gov.

Alex Godfrey, EmpireSoul might be Pixar’s most exquisitely lit film – cinematographers Matt Aspbury and Ian Megibben fill both worlds with textures to die for. This New York is just a notch away from reality, and so authentically, lovingly executed, you can feel it.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Amaiya Davis to vice president of media/cultural impact & engagement, it was announced today by the company’s executive vice president of media & artist relations, Joseph Carozza. She is based at the label’s New York headquarters.Davis will continue to spearhead publicity campaigns for a diverse roster of artists, including City Morgue, Duckwrth, Kash Doll, Kiana Ledé, Lil Tecca and more, according to the announcenemt.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn the final day of New York Comic Con, The Good Doctor creator David Shore his cast to tease the show’s Season 4 return and its two-part premiere, “Frontline,” centered on the COVID-19 pandemic.In conversation with actors Freddie Highmore, Antonia Thomas, Christina Chang, Hill Harper, Will Yun Lee, Fiona Gubelmann and Paige Spara, and executive producer Daniel Dae Kim, Shore explained, in depth, the thinking behind his choice to tackle COVID-19 head on.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineToday at New York Comic Con, the stars of DC’s Stargirl joined creator/executive producer Geoff Johns to recap Season 1 and tease what’s to come in Season 2.During the virtual panel with actors Brec Bassinger, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Cameron Gellman and Meg DeLacy, Johns said that we can expect “a lot of bad guys, and a lot of bad things happening” in the series’ second run.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerJames Murdoch has spoken out regarding his step away from the family business at News Corp. after 21st Century Fox was sold to the Walt Disney Co.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAnna Winger’s “Unorthodox,” based on Deborah Feldman’s 2012 memoir about a young woman leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in New York to start life anew in Berlin, was not intrinsically designed to be an international darling.The mandate of Netflix’s German television group, says co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos, is simply to “make great TV” for the subscription streaming service’s German audience.