Chris Evans is going to miss that old-school home button.
06.06.2022 - 19:05 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Multi-hyphenate Karena Evans has signed with CAA for representation.
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, the director-actor hit the spotlight in 2018 by starring in the critically acclaimed Firecrackers, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She also directed several of music videos that year for Drake, Coldplay, and SZA.
Since then, Evans helmed the pilot episode of P-Valley, the first two episodes of Gossip Girl, episodes of Snowfall and Y: The Last Man, and, most recently, Dead Ringers.
Evans won Video Director of The Year at the 2019 BET Awards and 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards, where she also took home the Video of The Year Award for her work on Drake’s “God’s Plan.” She won Best Director at the Much Music Video Awards in 2018, and became the first woman ever to be honored with the Prism Prize Lipsett Award for her innovative approach to music videos.
She also won the Grand Prix in the Entertainment Lions category at Cannes, for Tinder’s interactive experience Swipe Night.
Evans continues to be managed by Taj Critchlow at Karoshi Management and Stephanie Moy at Elevate Entertainment.
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Chris Evans is going to miss that old-school home button.
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is gay — come after the flick was banned in 14 countries due to a kiss shared between two female characters, according to the Independent. “The real truth is, those people are idiots.” stated Evans, 41, during an interview with Reuters that was released Tuesday.“Every time there’s been social advancement as we wake up, the American story, the human story is one of constant social awakening and growth and that’s what makes us good,” he added.
said in a statement, per Variety.Representatives for Paramount Global did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.Annecchino will be replaced on an interim basis by a collection of Paramount executives, according to the company’s statement. These leaders include JC Acosta (president, International Studios, Streaming and Networks for Southern Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa); Maria Kyriacou (president, Australia, Canada, Israel, and U.K.); and Mark Specht (executive VIP and managing director, Central and Northern Europe and Asia).
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Squid Game breakout star Jung Hoyeon and Killing Eve actress Sandra Oh recently came together to discuss what it’s like being at the forefront of Korean-American representation.In a new instalment of Variety’s Actors on Actors conversation series, the two the actresses sat down to chat about the growing amount of Korean-American and Asian-American representation in the media during the past few years.“I think that we both feel like being here together, having this conversation and being shot together is very special – and I’m curious about your point of view,” said Oh, who was born to Korean immigrants in Canada. “This is a real change for us as Korean-Americans, and I’ve been always interested in the native Korean perspective.”The South Korean model-turned-actress the shared her view on what it’s like being a native Korean in media, specially following the success of Squid Game.
Karen Bliss Merck Mercuriadis, founder and CEO of Hipgnosis Songs, was the man of the hour — make that the day — Thursday at Canadian Music Week in Toronto, returning to his native country for three separate sessions. While one saw him presenting the Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award (named, of course, after the legendary Chic cofounder and his partner in Hipgnosis) to singer, songwriter and record producer James Fauntleroy and, virtually, to hip hop record producer Dion “No ID” Wilson and another was giving Public Enemy founder Chuck D the organization’s first annual Social Justice Honors Award, most notable was his featured keynote, at which he reinforced his company’s stated mission to change the dynamic of the music industry so that songwriters are on top.
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Manori Ravindran International EditorSwedish screenwriter and director Ylva Forner has signed with CAA for representation.Forner’s feature film debut “The Schoolmaster Games” premiered in April and screened at the Göteborg Film Festival. The queer boarding school drama is based on Kristofer Folkhammar’s acclaimed novel “Magisterlekarna.”The film, which was acquired for sales by LevelK in 2020, has a daring conceit, turning on an all-male school, St.
Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans are throwing down for real in the upcoming Netflix thriller, On Tuesday, the streaming service shared an intense new clip from the upcoming action film, directed by Evans' old Marvel pals, Anthony and Joe Russo, as part of their Geeked Week presentations.The clip shows Gosling -- the «Gray Man» in question, former CIA operative Court Gentry, also known as Sierra Six — fighting his way through a building full of assailants, until he comes face to face with… Lloyd.«What gave it away?» Evans playfully asks, wondering how Gosling picked his former Agency cohort-turned-assassin out of the crowd.«The white pants, the trash 'stache,» Gosling quips back. «It just...it leans 'Lloyd.'»After dropping a grenade at their feet to make his escape, Gosling gets a lucky assist from Ana de Armas' Agent Dani Miranda, who hits Lloyd with a tranquilizer dart before demanding Gentry come with her.
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