Comedian Kyle Gordon Signs With CAA

EXCLUSIVE: Following the April release of his 10th comedy special, Tommy Tiernan: Tomfoolery, and a sold-out U.S. theatre tour in 2023, Irish comic Tommy Tiernan has announced North American theater tour dates for his new show, Tommy Tiernan: tommedian, which will see him visit 13 cities from coast to coast in October and November.

Katcy Stephan UTA has signed award-winning author and screenwriter Dolly Alderton. She will continue to be represented by the Curtis Brown Group in the U.K. for screenwriting and media rights and C&W for U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Anonymous Content has signed Anthony Caronna, the filmmaker behind HBO’s acclaimed docuseries Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York, for representation. The company will look to support Caronna as they transition into narrative filmmaking.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed comedic multi-hyphenate Cedric the Entertainer and his production company A Bird And A Bear Entertainment for representation in all areas.

Steven Littles (The Prisoner’s Daughter) has signed with Bailey Rae Harrison at Exclusive Artists Agency.

Comedian Matt Rife postponed a pair of Indiana shows on Wednesday night, citing “a last minute medical emergency.”

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Fourteen seasons in, Gordon Ramsay‘s Fox cooking competition “MasterChef” has found a way to reinvent itself once more: pitting generation against generation in a battle that will prove whether baby boomers, Gen X, millennials or Gen Z cooks have culinary supremacy. Debuting Wednesday at 8 p.m., “MasterChef” Season 14 will begin with the audition rounds for the contestants that qualify as millennials (a group that usually encompasses those born between 1980-1994), followed by episodes devoted to whittling down the boomers (1946-1964), Gen X (1965-1979) and Gen Z (1995-2009) competitors.

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) announced the dates for the Moebius Film Festival, an annual two-day screening series showcasing graduate student filmmakers. The festival will take place May 30-31, 2024.   

American actor and comedian Eric André has been spotted at a café in Manchester city centre this afternoon following a sold-out gig.

EXCLUSIVE: Chuti Tiu, who has acted in CSI: Vegas, Expats and Yellowstone, has signed with The Luedtke Agency in New York.

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Mo Welch announced on Tuesday that her stand-up special/documentary hybrid Dad Jokes will premiere on YouTube via 800 Pound Gorilla on June 14th.

Ivan F. Boesky, the disgraced 1980s financier who inspired the cutthroat corporate raider Gordon Gekko character of Oliver Stone’s 1987 film Wall Street, died in his sleep today at his home in San Diego. He was 87.

Ireland’s screen industry is having a moment. With the Cannes Film Festival well underway, there’s a notable strong Irish presence in this year’s line-up including Element Pictures’ three entrants – Competition title Kinds of Kindness from Yorgos Lanthimos, Rungano Nyoni’s sophomore feature On Becoming A Guinea Fowl and Ariane Labed’s directorial debut September Says (both in Un Certain Regard). There’s also Competition title The Apprentice, which is co-produced with Irish outfit Tailored Films and Lorcan Finnegan’s Nicolas Cage starrer The Surfer premiering in the Midnight Screenings strand. Even Andrea Arnold’s Competition title Bird is rich with Irish talent with star Barry Keoghan and Oscar-nominated cinematographer Robbie Ryan both having worked on the film. 

Girls Aloud are kicking off their UK and Ireland tour on Friday, 17 May, but it will be bittersweet as Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts will perform without their late bandmate, Sarah Harding. Sarah sadly passed away from breast cancer in September 2021, aged 39, after valiantly battling the disease.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Glen Powell remained the king of grassroots publicity at an Austin, Texas, screening of his new Netflix movie, Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man.” The leading man hit the red carpet at the event accompanied by his family, but his mother and father decided to troll their son with signs directed at the press line that read: “Stop trying to make Glen Powell happen” and “It’s never gonna happen.” It appears Powell’s parents have been paying attention to all the press attention their son has been getting over the last few years. Every time Powell appears in a movie, be it Netflix’s “Set It Up” or Tom Cruise’s blockbuster “Top: Gun Maverick” or Sony’s rom-com “Anyone But You” with Sydney Sweeney, the press can’t help but say he’s got bona fide star power and is the next big thing.

Dean McDermott has officially moved on from Tori Spelling!

Marilyn Manson appears to have signed a new record deal with independent metal record label Nuclear Blast.It comes after Manson shared a snippet of a new music video which shows the singer holding an apple and what appears to be a perfume bottle.Towards the end of the heavy track, he can be heard whispering: “Keep sleeping, I’ll make you dream of me.” It is his first music since his 2020 album ‘We Are Chaos’.According to Rolling Stone, a deal has been confirmed but it is unclear whether its for a new single or album.A post shared by Marilyn Manson (@marilynmanson)It comes after a raft of sexual abuse allegations were levelled against him in February 2021, including by his ex-fiancee Evan Rachel Wood, who made allegations of rape, torture, and threats. Separate claims of abuse from more than 12 women have also been made.Numerous lawsuits have ensued since, with Manson consistently denying the allegations.Other accusers include Game of Thrones actress and former girlfriend Esme Bianco and ex-girlfriend Ashley Morgan Smithline.

It’s day two of the Upfronts and Amazon is making its primetime debut.

Strictly Come Dancing star Kai Widdrington found himself being flooded with messages as he enjoyed a very special trip with his mum. The dancer is known for starring as one of the professional dancers in the BBC One dance contest after joining back in 2021.

Rudy Moreno, a veteran of the Los Angeles comedy circuit and an actor who appeared in numerous TV shows, has died at 66.