Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Addams Family,” the big-screen adaptation of Charles Addams’ comic stories of an aristocratic family with a taste for the macabre, became a box office sensation when it opened in theaters in 1991.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBruce Berman is stepping down as chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures, the company behind such hits as “The Matrix,” “Joker,” and “Edge of Tomorrow.” He leaves after a 24-year run.“I am incredibly grateful to have been involved in the inception of VRP and the impact our films and franchises have had not only on popular culture but also on the craft of filmmaking,” said Berman.
“I have been fortunate to work with some of the most talented
.Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Addams Family,” the big-screen adaptation of Charles Addams’ comic stories of an aristocratic family with a taste for the macabre, became a box office sensation when it opened in theaters in 1991.
Brian Austin Green and Sharna Burgess, who are dating, were eliminated from Dancing with the Stars this week.
Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green were quick to leave the ballroom during the double elimination on Dancing With the Stars, but the real-life couple doesn’t want fans reading into their departure — or lack of post-show interviews.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMichael Shannon will portray U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, a venal politician so evil he spawned his own -ism, in the aptly named film “McCarthy.”The two-time Oscar nominee, known for off-beat performances in the likes of “Nocturnal Animals” and “Revolutionary Road,” will try to find the dark heart of the demagogue who used show-trials and red-baiting to rise to power on a wave of anti-communist hysteria.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSaban Films has acquired U.S., Canadian and Spanish rights to the survival thriller “Borrego” from writer and director Jesse Harris. The film stars Lucy Hale (“Truth or Dare,” “Pretty Little Liars”), Nicholas Gonzalez (“The Good Doctor,” “Narcos”), Olivia Trujillo (“Vivo,” “For All Mankind”) and Leynar Gómez (“Narcos,” “Towards the Battle”).
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRamin Karimloo, Jane Lynch and Jared Grimes will join the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl.” The show is already set to star “Booksmart’s” Beanie Feldstein in the role of Fanny Brice. She’ll be supported by Karimloo as her love interest, Nick Arnstein, Lynch as her mother, Mrs.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMagnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired North American rights to “You Are Not My Mother” following its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The movie, an Irish folk horror-thriller, screened in the festival’s Midnight Madness section.It’s the feature debut of Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan.
Alison Hammond has recalled the "mortifying" moment that prompted her to get a gastric band.The much-loved television presenter revealed that back in 2007 she was given the opportunity to interview Hollywood legend Matt Damon for his new flick Bourne Ultimatum, but her excitement was short-lived.The 46 year old, who rose to fame after Big Brother in 2002, explained that while she was chatting away to the actor, the chair beneath her broke. "He was incredible.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaInvestor and philanthropist Todd Boehly has been appointed interim chief executive officer of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The heat on Ozy Media has been turned up a notch after its chairman, Marc Lasry, decided to step down from the digital company.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIn 1985, a plucky underdog from the “City of Brotherly Love” helped ease Cold War tensions with his gutsy triumph over a Soviet slugger and his passionate reminder that “everybody can change.” That ringside speech, of course, was the dramatic culmination of “Rocky IV,” one of the biggest hits of that year and critical component of the Sylvester Stallone canon.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll is stepping down after 34 years with the company.Carroll will stay through year’s end.
Village Roadshow Pictures chairman and CEO Bruce Berman is exiting after 24 years at the production finance studio.
Village Roadshow Pictures’ longtime Chairman and CEO Bruce Berman will depart after two decades at the company.
They do! Lena Dunham and musician Luis Felber are married less than one year after she made their romance public, Us Weekly confirms.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCAA has signed Jon “Boogz” Smith, a movement artist, choreographer and director whose work often blends modern technology with dance.
The internet will leave no stone unturned in the case of Gabby Petito.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Hold Your Fire,” Stefan Forbes’ gripping new documentary, details a tense standoff between police and four young African American men at a sporting goods store in Brooklyn, N.Y. Though set in 1973, the issues that Forbes’ film probes, ones of racism, police brutality and gun violence, remain fiercely urgent.
A package deal! Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green got candid about taking their relationship to the ballroom after the season 30 premiere of Dancing With the Stars, telling Us Weekly that there was “never” a discussion he would have a different partner.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaChris Petrikin has stepped down from his role as executive vice president of global communications and corporate branding at Paramount Pictures. His exit comes on the heels of the announcement this week that ViacomCBS is replacing studio chief Jim Gianopulos with Nickelodeon head Brian Robbins.