CNN Veteran Anchor Isha Sesay Named CEO of OkayMedia

David Miller, a veteran Canadian film publicist, producer and distributor who led an Oscar-winning animated short film campaign for the National Film Board of Canada in 2004, has died. He was 47.

Kickstarter campaign.So Rae, now an aspiring entertainment mogul with a reported new $40 million WarnerMedia deal, wants to lighten the load for others hoping to climb the entertainment ladder.She's teaming up with LIFEWTR, PepsiCo’s bottled water product line, and its “Life Unseen” campaign.

NEW YORK -- The big-screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's “In the Heights” will kick off the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9, two days before the film opens in theaters and begins streaming.Set in New York's Washington Heights, Jon M.

NEW YORK -- CBS says it is combining its network news division and troubled group of 28 owned stations across the country into one unit, hiring two outside executives to run the expanded operation.Neeraj Khemlani, a former journalist who has worked at Hearst Newspapers for 12 years, and Wendy McMahon, who was head of ABC-owned stations, will be co-presidents, the network said on Thursday.“This is an opportunity to create a news and information structure that positions CBS for the future,” said

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Minari” is filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical tale of a Korean American family starting a new life in 1980s Arkansas.

Issa Rae has learned how to navigate social media.

Issa Rae is saying there's a chance! 's upcoming fifth season will be its last — but that doesn't mean we'll never see our favorite characters again. In an interview with ET's Nischelle Turner to discuss her latest partnership with LIFEWTR, Rae teased the «chance» of an spinoff. «There's a chance for everything,» she said. There's certainly more story to tell after that bombshell season 4 finale.

While Hannah Marks might be best known for her acting roles, appearing in projects such as “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency,” “Daniel Isn’t Real,” and “I Used to Go Here,” the actress has become a strong up-and-coming filmmaking talent, writing the hilarious comedy, “Banana Split” and directing the recent drama, “After Everything.” And it appears she’s continuing her filmmaking evolution with an exciting new dramedy, “Don’t Make Me Go.” READ MORE: ‘Banana Split’ Is A Sweet, Hilarious

EXCLUSIVE: Newcomer Mia Isaac has landed the lead role opposite John Cho in Don’t Make Me Go, the father-daughter adventure dramedy from Amazon Studios. Hannah Marks is directing the film, which follows a single father who takes his teenage daughter on a road trip to find her estranged mother, as he tries to teach her everything she might need to know for the rest of her life along the way.

“At the start of the season it was practically a whole new team and it took a bit of time to gel, but now the boys are comfortable with each other.“It is a big week for us against Inverness and then Raith and it’s five cup finals coming up and we have to concentrate first on getting the three points on Saturday against Inverness.”

EXCLUSIVE: It Chapter Two and Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments star Isaiah Mustafa, Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment) and three-time Golden Globe nominee Thomas Jane (Hung) are to lead western thriller Murder At Emigrant Gulch, we have learned.

Lovia Gyarkye is joining The Hollywood Reporter as arts and culture critic. In the newly created role, Gyarkye will review film, TV and streaming content and write about current cultural topics and trends for both online and print editions.

Thankfully, it seems that, for the second year in a row, the number of April Fools jokes has decreased. Obviously, with a year-plus pandemic still causing issues with people’s day-to-day lives, we really don’t need silly fake news to pop up everywhere.

Former CNN International anchor Isha Sesay has become the first woman to lead the global Black media company OkayMedia. The organization, which includes editorial brands OkayAfrica and Okayplayer (the latter founded by Questlove in 1999), is notable in that it showcases culture across the Black diaspora, making the British-born Sesay, who is of Sierra Leonean descent, an apt choice as CEO.

Former CNN International anchor Isha Sashay has been tapped as the first female CEO of OkayMedia.

Holy glam! Issa Rae didn’t just win Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the Saturday, March 27 NAACP Image Awards 2021. The 36-year-old actress is also getting our best of beauty award for the evening’s event!

Angelique Jackson “Minari” star Alan S. Kim has already captured audiences and critics’ hearts, and now the young star has landed new agents.The eight-year-old has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.Kim earned rave reviews for his breakout performance as David Yi in Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” which has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture.