Cartel Entertainment Hires Veteran Agent & Producer John Tomko

Parasite on Sunday was named best picture at the 2020 Oscars, picking up its fourthwin of the night. It is the first best picture win for indie distributor Neon, which was founded in 2017 by Tom Quinn.The film also received honors Sunday night for best director, best foreign film, and best screenplay.The category was introduced by Jane Fonda, who said, "Here are the films that made the greatest impact this year" as she presented the nominated films.

Here she comes! Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi shared her excitement ahead of her Homecoming Tour back to SA, at the opening day of New York Fashion Week at Spring Studios in Lower Manhattan. It will be her first visit back to Mzansi, since winning Miss Universe on 8 December 2019.

Wasn't it sick when Eminem turned Dido's "Thank You" into a dark and twisted horror story? "Stan" has gone on to be a cultural phenomenon of its own, but Felix Jaehn and fellow German dance duo Vize think "Thank You" still has more to give, so they turned it into a dark club banger.

Jane Milmore, who co-created the Don Rickles-Richard Lewis sitcomDaddy Dearestand wrote and produced for such shows asMartin,The Wayans Bros.andThe Hughleys, has died.

John Cena is the latest entrant in the Fast family as the actor-wrestler will be seen playing the main antagonist, who just happens to be Dom's (Vin Diesel) younger, sharper brother Jakob Torretor, Jakob has been recruited by Cipher (Charlize Theron) to kill his own own brother. Judging by the thrilling trailer, which is heavily focused on the rivalry between Cena and Diesel's character, we can expect nothing less than major fireworks when the movie hits theatres in May.

Fox Entertainment has named Allison Wallach to the newly created position of executive vice president of Fox Alternative Entertainment, Fox Entertainment’s recently formed in-house unscripted studio.

In today’s film news roundup, DreamWorks Animation hires a Sony vet, indie comedy “Kombucha Cure” gets cast, “Siempre, Luis” gets sold and Women In Film names new board members.

By Matthew Carey

Grammys 2020 had several memorable moments that music lovers will cherish for a while, to say the least. From Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato's powerful performances to Camila Cabello's moving performance on First Man that she dedicated to her father and Billie Eilish's clean sweep of the big awards, there were some moments that have left social media talking.

The last time moviegoers saw Brenda Chapman was a bittersweet moment onstage at the Oscars in 2013, when the animation director appeared, ever so briefly, to thank her daughter for inspiring the movie Brave.

Netflix has released the new trailer for Dee Rees’ new film The Last Thing He Wanted. Rees’ last film was the superb Mudbound from a couple of years back. That movie also debuted on the streaming platform.

By Patrick Hipes

APA partners and co-heads of worldwide music Steve Martin and Bruce Solar have jointly announced the hire of veteran music agents Chyna Chuan-Farrell and Akiko Rogers. Both Chuan-Farrell and Rogers have been named senior vps in APA’s concert division.

By Amanda N'Duka

ITV Studios’ non-scripted outfit The Garden has appointed Nicola Brown as director of programs, the company announced on Friday. Brown will join chief executive Magnus Temple, chief creative officer John Hay and managing director Nicola Hill to help grow and deliver the company’s expanding slate of programming.

Universal Music Japan announced today that Ichiro Tamaki has been named as Corporate Executive responsible for Digital Strategy, data analytics and platform partnerships, effective February 15.

Former agent George Monkland and producer Rowena Wallace have united to launch Peach House, a London-based talent management and production outfit that has the backing of fledgling management collective Tricycle Talent.

One of Nashville’s top producers, Dave Cobb has collaborated with Jason Isbell, Bruce Springsteen, Sturgill Simpson, Zac Brown Band, Elle King, Shooter Jennings, John Prine, Jamey Johnson, and many others.