The billionaire business mogul Mike Ashley will step down from his role as director of Frasers Group, the company that owns Sports Direct.
31.08.2022 - 17:45 / variety.com
Manori Ravindran International Editor Georgia Brown, head of Amazon Studios in Europe, is stepping down after five years in the role, Variety can reveal. The executive’s last day at the business is Wednesday (Aug. 31), though her departure is understood to have been in the works for some time. Brown is believed to be moving on to another opportunity, though it’s not yet clear what or where her new role will be. Brown has been a strong and prominent ambassador for Amazon Studios in Europe, and was the first executive hired to lead originals for the continent. In the 2016 to 2018 period, when a number of the global streaming services were first setting up shop internationally and kept their executives largely out of view, Brown was always front and center for Amazon, keen to discuss her local-first strategy.
News of her departure may come as a surprise to some in the U.K. who saw Brown take part in an Amazon Studios session at the Edinburgh TV Festival just last week, flanked by senior members of her U.K. team. European originals gathered pace throughout Brown’s tenure, especially out of the U.K., which has enjoyed hit shows such as “The Grand Tour,” “Clarkson’s Farm” and the drama “Good Omens.” Forthcoming British originals include “Fifteen-Love” and the highly anticipated “The Power” and “Jungle.” Elsewhere in Europe, Brown’s team commissioned French documentary “The Pogmentary” and Melanie Laurent’s feature film “Le Bal des folles,” Italy’s “Bang Bang Baby” and Germany’s “We Children from Bahnhof Zoo.” Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke and head of international James Farrell shared the news with staff on Wednesday in an internal memo, seen by Variety. “Since joining Amazon in 2017 Georgia has grown the team from a
The billionaire business mogul Mike Ashley will step down from his role as director of Frasers Group, the company that owns Sports Direct.
EJ Panaligan editor Disney, Amazon Studios, Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery and other major Hollywood players are pledging support for the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet, a major educational outreach initiative championed last year by George Clooney and others. Paramount and NBCUniversal/Telemundo Enterprises are also signing on to become founding partners of the Los Angeles Unified School District magnet facility. These companies join previously announced founding partners History Channel/A+E Networks, Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The group has committed to providing more than $4 million in funding for the school, which opened in August with 150 students at the Edward G. Roybal Learning Complex in downtown Los Angeles.
Kelela has returned with ‘Washed Away’, her first original single since she released her debut album, 2017’s ‘Take Me Apart’.‘Washed Away’ is an airy, slow-moving cut that foregrounds her impassioned vocal delivery with woozy, gliding synths. “I love a banger, but for the first point of contact out of my hiatus, it felt more honest to lead with an ambient heart-check,” she explained in an accompanying statement.The song arrives alongside a video directed by Yasser Abubeker, which sees Kelela in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.
Richard Weitz and Christian Muirhead have been upped to co-chairmen of Endeavor’s WME talent agency, succeeding Lloyd Braun who will step down as chairman at the end of 2022 when his contract is up. Both are agency veterans, having come from the two companies that formed WME, Endeavor (Weitz) and WMA (Muirhead), and also come from different backgrounds, agenting and corporate communications, respectively. Ari Greenburg remains WME president and will now report to Weitz an Muirhead.
Spending time with girlfriend Gemma Owen's famous footballing father Michael Owen must have rubbed off on Love Island's Luca Bish. The 23 year old former fishmonger has just signed to non-league football and will play for Sussex outfit Hailsham Town, marking his return to the sport.The football team posted a picture of Luca to their Twitter, saying that they were "delighted" at their new arrival.The post read: “Delighted to announce a new arrival at The Beaconsfield.
It doesn't sound like a usual compliment but Gorka Marquez has told his fiancee Gemma Atkinson that she has her 'pregnant' face back. The former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress has been keeping her followers updated after she had to undergo an emergency procedure last week.
The managing director of under-fire train operator Avanti West Coast has stepped down from his role, it was confirmed tonight. Phil Whittingham will leave his position on September 15 to 'pursue other executive leadership opportunities'.
Dalbeattie Star boss Jordan Williamson insists spirits are still high after back-to-back defeats to the Old Firm’s colts sides.
Whilst Love Island can often be the springboard to huge modelling contracts and life as a multimillionaire, this year's Billy Brown has proved he's still down to earth, as he's returned to his former job as a builder – weeks after leaving the villa. The 23 year old roofing director from Surrey took to Instagram to show off his manual skills as he hammered a brick wall, dressed in a black T-shirt and hardwearing trousers. Billy certainly ruffled a few feathers whilst he was in the Love Island villa, after he entered alongside five other guys during the Casa Amor section of the show and took a shine to Michael Owen's daughter Gemma, 19.
Amazon Studios Europe’s content chief Georgia Brown is leaving the streamer after five years in the role.
Leonardo DiCaprio has reportedly split from his model girlfriend Camila Morrone after five years together. It's been said that over the summer, the actor, 47, and model, 25, grew apart - but fans have speculated that their break up comes after the model turned 25. Leonaro has famously never dated anyone publicly over the age of 25.
Sexual and violent crime in Scotland has risen over the last five years, according to the latest official statistics released by the Scottish Government.
According to its website, its menu received awards and critical acclaim over the years from the likes of Gourmet Magazine, Wine Spectator, L.A. Magazine, Bon Appetit and others. Open Table also honored it with the website and app’s Most Vibrant Bar Scene award.It will have an estate sale “of art, momentos and objects” dating to the restaurant’s 1996 opening on a date to be determined after the closure. The last day of business will be Monday, Sept.
LCD Soundsystem are returning with their first new music in five years for an upcoming film.First reported in Variety and later confirmed to Pitchfork, the band have made a song called ‘New Body Rhumba’ for Noah Baumbach’s new film, White Noise.It’s their first new music since their 2017 comeback album ‘American Dream’ and the single will get an official release later in 2022. A date for the release has not yet been confirmed.Netflix shared the first teaser for White Noise earlier this week.The film is based on Don DeLillo’s 1985 dystopian novel of the same name, and stars Adam Driver as a professor who, alongside his wife Barbette — played by Greta Gerwig — must save his family from an apocalyptic event threatening his university town.Lifting a quote from the source material, which earned DeLillo the U.S.
The actor who played "Finn" in Disney's "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, John Boyega, says he's ready to move on from the franchise. Currently, Boyega is set to star in the upcoming films "The Woman King" and "Breaking." "At this point I’m cool off it. I’m good off it," Boyega said on the SiriusXM show "Tell Me Everything With John Fugelsang." "I think Finn is at a good confirmation point where you can just enjoy him in other things, the games, the animation. But I feel like ‘[Episode] VII’ to ‘[Episode] IX’ was good for me," he added.
Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin are separating after 25 years of marriage. And it’s far from a Hollywood “conscious uncoupling.”