CAA Signs Emmy-Winning Director Randy Wilkins (EXCLUSIVE)

Prolific television director David Von Ancken, who also helmed the feature Seraphim Falls, passed away July 26 at his home in Agoura Hills, CA after a two-year battle with aggressive stomach cancer. He was 56.

Willie Nelson will be the subject of a new docuseries that is described as the definitive look at the country musician's life and career. The series has the blessing and participation of Nelson himself.

K.J. Yossman Longtime Marvel collaborators The Third Floor, a London-based visualization studio, have tapped Marcus Alexander as their executive director.Alexander, who has a background in visual effects supervision and post-production management, will work alongside U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: A24 has won the rights to Octavia E. Butler’s science-fiction odyssey Parable of the Sower, the first in a two-book series and set Garrett Bradley to direct. Originally published in 1993, the book has recently been rediscovered by fans old and new and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time in September of 2020, fulfilling a lifelong dream of Butler’s.

KISS, Bon Jovi, Rush and Mötley Crüe – has died at age 74.According to Billboard, Kahan died in Lakewood, New Jersey on Sunday (July 18) following a battle with cancer.The publication shared a brief statement from Kahan’s longtime friend Arthur Levy that read: “In his final years in Lakewood, Kahan never stopped theorising about country music’s gradual downsizing of its promo video output, and how he could work his way back into the fold.”A New York native born in 1947, Kahan cut his teeth

EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie March has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for management in all areas.

NEW YORK -- Scholastic Inc. has appointed a successor to longtime president and CEO Richard Robinson, who died last month.

according to an interview with The New Yorker. Neville pored over hundreds of hours of footage of Bourdain to stitch together voice-overs for the film, which hits theaters Friday, he told the outlet.When he couldn’t find an existing narration to match an email he wanted read in the film, he made it up, according to the report.“There were three quotes there I wanted his voice for that there were no recordings of,” Neville reportedly said.

created lingerie for the bodies of Kim Kardashian and Gwyneth Paltrow, fashion mogul Julia Haart was a late bloomer.“The first orgasm I had was at age 35 — with a vibrator, after 16 years of marriage,” the 50-year-old told The Post. “I never heard of an orgasm, let alone a vibrator.”Haart’s cluelessness was no fault of her own.

By Lisa RichwineLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Framing Britney Spears," a documentary that sparked new interest in the pop star's conservatorship, and Oprah Winfrey's explosive interview with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan both scored nominations on Tuesday for television's highest honors. The New York Times and Walt Disney Co's FX network released "Framing Britney Spears" in February.

the Emmys nominations right.Well, mostly — and, let’s face it, that doesn’t happen very often.The Tuesday morning nominations were announced, virtually, by father-daughter Emmy winners Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (#Freerayshawn), with Ron in New York and Jasmine in LA. They started with the usual scripted banter, punctuated by awkward seconds-long delays, and Jasmine stumbled over the name of “Ted Lasso” nominee Jason Sudeikis.

Chris Willman Music WriterEmmy voters had a song in their heart, or the recent memory of a favorite singer on screen, when they went to vote in the 2021 documentary categories.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentAs Britney Spears’ legal battle ravages on, the buzzy television documentary surrounding the pop star’s conservatorship and the #FreeBritney movement has been nominated for two Emmys.“Framing Britney Spears,” which was produced by the New York Times for FX and Hulu, has been nominated for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special and picture editing for a nonfiction program.The Emmy nominations for “Framing Britney Spears” come just one day before

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the Daily Beast reported on Friday his departure followed a clash with the media company’s top leadership.Rich did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.Rich, who oversaw the company’s portfolio of digital outlets like Deadspin, Jezebel and Gizmodo, told The Daily Beast that his departure was not related to recent blowback from a Deadspin story he co-authored last year about ESPN host Rachel Nichols.The former editor at HuffPost and New York Daily News editor-in-chief

Related: Ahed’s Knee review – patchily brilliant account of Israeli trauma The film-maker had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s for more than five years and died in his sleep at home in New York. His son, actor Robert Downey Jr, paid tribute to him on Instagram.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterRobert Downey Sr., director of the countercultural satire “Putney Swope” and the father of actor Robert Downey Jr., died Wednesday in New York. He was 85.Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Sr., the director of the anti-establishment satirical classic Putney Swope and the father of actor Robert Downey Jr., died today in his sleep at home in New York City. He was 85.