Brendan Fraser is being honored at the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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EXCLUSIVE: Talent and Literary focused A3 Artists Agency has promoted four employees.
Adam Loria and Samantha Schmidt rise from agents to senior agents, and Stephanie Nolan and Sydnie Rowland were upped from coordinators to agents within the Alternative Programming, Digital Media, Licensing & Branding division. Their new roles are effective immediately.
All four have are part of a division which has grown from just two people in 2014 and now boasts 50 team members, representing over 300 creators Each will primarily focus on digital creators and the monetization of the talents’ platforms, as well as the expansion of their businesses off-platform and into traditional entertainment.
Adam Loria has been with the agency since 2017, initially serving as an assistant before making the leap to agent in 2020. Loria’s clients include Lance Bass, Rod Thill, Hunter Woodall, Tara Davis-Woodall and others, for whom he manages brand partnership deals and crossover to traditional media. Additionally, as senior agent, Loria will continue to oversee A3’s podcast initiative. He is based in Los Angeles.
Samantha Schmidt began in the Commercial division before transitioning to the Digital team in 2018. Schmidt’s clients, who have a large following in the family, lifestyle and sports sectors, include Brooke & Marco Hall (30 million combined followers), Abbie & Josh Herbert (20 million combined followers) Nick & Sienna (16 million combined followers) among others. She has secured brand deal partnerships for clients with Apple, Fenty, Marc Jacobs, Hugo Boss, Swarovski, Fendi, Amazon, Google, Disney, Target, Lululemon, Starbucks, Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, Alo Yoga and more. She is based in New York.
Stephanie Nolan joined A3 Artists Agency on the
Brendan Fraser is being honored at the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Ricky Gervais has divided fans with his joke about Sam Smith‘s outfit at the BRIT Awards.The ‘Unholy’ singer drew headlines at this year’s ceremony after stepping onto the red carpet in a black rubber suit with overinflated shoulders and legs.Reacting to the costume on Twitter, Gervais pasted his own head on Sam’s body and jokingly suggested the singer was seeking attention.Alongside the fake image of Gervais wearing the rubber costume, he sarcastically tweeted: “The Worst thing about being famous is the lack of privacy. I can’t even walk down the street without people looking and pointing.”The worst thing about being famous is the lack of privacy.
“Argentina 1985’s” director Santiago Mitre spent over two years researching his film on the story of th public prosecutors who took on the country’s brutal dictators. He said his film was able to get the audience thinking about the real-world problems that go on in their own countries. Mitre joined fellow international film directors on a panel that included Jerzy Skolimowski (“EO”), Lukas Dhont (“Close”), Colm Bairéad (“The Quiet Girl”), Edward Berger (“All Quiet on the Western Front”) and Santiago Mitre (“Argentina, 1985”). Roger Durling, the festival’s director moderated the panel.
Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds and Garbage have announced a co-headline tour of North America this summer – find all the details below and purchase tickets here.The tour will kick off in Auburn, Washington on June, 2, 2023 – release day for Gallagher’s new album ‘Council Skies’ – followed by stops in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Dallas, Tampa, New York and many more, before rounding up at in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 15.Metric join the bill as special guests on the tour, which will mark the first time Gallagher and his High Flying Birds will have toured North America since 2019.Tickets for all upcoming shows go on sale this Friday, February 17 at 10am local time.
Facing some harsh time, Alec Baldwin wants a New Mexico judge to toss out charges that could see him end up behind bars for five years for the 2021 fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
Valentine's Day is nearly here, which means love is in the air.
Megan Lawrence, most recently Head of Unscripted Development for Bungalow Entertainment, has joined A3 Artists Agency as Unscripted Agent in the Alternative Programming, Digital Media, License & Branding Division. She will be based in New York.
EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired all North American distribution rights to Four Quartets, the film version of the Ralph Fiennes-starring stage adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s seminal poem.
Ladies and gentlemen, Sam Smith! The hitmaker commanded attention at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in an all-red look.
EXCLUSIVE: Shaquita Smith (Wicked City) will front a Valentine’s Day movie for Paramount Global’s BET+ opposite Travis Cure (The Oval) and Jeff Logan (Double Cross).
Former Amazon Studios Canada originals boss Christina Wayne will be the new Managing Director of Saudi Arabia-based MBC Studios.
” into YouTube, pressed play, and waited, with bated breath. First there was Smith, in a luscious pink dress and gloves, about to exit a golden helicopter. Then there they were again, in a towering ostrich feather hat, performing on a mansion staircase. Then there they were again, in a sparkling 1930s corset and nipple tassels.
EXCLUSIVE: Laura San Giacomo, recently seen in NCIS & Barry, has signed with Stewart Talent for representation.
Even on a specialty level, horror just works post-pandemic with the latest pop from a strong showing by a trio of films, Fear and Infinity Pool, released this weekend, and Skinamarink in week three.
Carl Goodman is making his exit from Museum of the Moving Image — the New York cultural institution where he’s spent 34 years, most recently as Executive Director.
Worldwide Production Agency Hires Literary Agent Liz OrrWorldwide Production Agency (WPA) has hired literary agent Liz Orr. Orr will expand WPA’s physical presence, establishing a new office in New York City. She joins from WPA after four years as a TV Literary and Packaging Agent at Buchwald where she worked with TV and film writers, directors, and producers. Her clients include Patrick Coker & Adam Wiesen (East New York), Gary Hardwick (The Perfect Match), and Markuann Smith (Godfather of Harlem). Speaking of Orr’s new role, WPA Managing Partners Steve Jacob and Frank Balkin said: “We’re extremely fortunate Liz has chosen to join our team – her passion for her clients and ‘artist-first’ philosophy makes her an outstanding fit with both our staff and our culture. She is a key component of our overall growth strategy to help our clients succeed.”
brutal. The only thing that was more brutal than the fight itself was filming it.“It was by far the hardest fight to shoot, and only because it was minus 25 to 30 Celsius every day,” director Tommy Wirkola told TheWrap. “We shot outside at night in Winnipeg.
Following New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies’ charging Alec Baldwin with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of DP Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, the Oscar nominated actor has spoken out.
Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will face criminal charges for the October 21, 2021 fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the Santa Fe District Attorney said this morning.
Over a year after Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin on the indie Western’s New Mexico set, the Santa Fe District Attorney’s office will reveal tomorrow if they will be filing charges against the actor, crew members, or the production.