Company director pinned partner against wall and threw Christmas decorations in 'protracted' assault

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterKumail Nanjiani and Emily V.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBassett Vance Productions, the production company formed by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, has hired Lynnette Ramirez as head of development, Variety has learned exclusively.Ramirez is tasked with finding and developing diverse stories with a strong emphasis on BIPOC voices in front of and behind the camera for multiple platforms.

Mobile gaming company Wildlife Studios has launched its second independent studio, SuperWOW! Games. The studio will be led byLu Gigliotti, known for developing franchises such as Need for Speed No Limits and Devil May Cry.

New event cinema company Iconic Events — led by an impressive roster of exhibiton industry veterans — has named Steve Bunnell to serve as its CEO. The Los Angeles-based venture also said it has enlisted theatrical circuits representing over 1,000 locations to the expanding network of theaters playing its programming.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Dawn Porter’s Trilogy Films has inked an exclusive overall deal with Industrial Media. Trilogy, the production company behind the critically acclaimed documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” is the sixth company to partner with the independent production group.

HYBE, the South Korean entertainment company behind K-pop megastars BTS, has been included on TIME Magazine‘s ‘100 Most Influential Companies of 2021’ list.Formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment, HYBE is one of only two South Korean companies to make it onto the TIME Magazine list, the other being Samsung.

Reese Witherspoon is being celebrated by Time — not for her acting, but for her business acumen.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpotify, the world’s top paid music-streaming service; Hybe, the company formerly known as Big Hit that spawned BTS; and Clubhouse, the actual-human-conversation-based social-media platform launched just last spring, have made Time magazine’s annual “100 Most Influential Companies” list.According to the announcement, “To assemble it, Time solicited nominations across sectors including health care, entertainment, transportation, technology and more, from our global

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge on Monday ruled that Michael Jackson’s companies had no legal obligation to protect boys from sexual abuse, and dismissed a long-running lawsuit against them.Wade Robson, one of the subjects of the 2019 HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland,” first filed the lawsuit in 2013.

The company behind 99% Invisible, the podcast created by Roman Mars, has been bought by SiriusXM.

Katharine McPhee and her husband, David Foster, are already showering their new baby with all of the love--and they toys--in the world.The new mom logged onto Instagram on Wednesday, April 21 to share a number of sweet photos showing off their baby boy’s nursery.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorEven in a TV landscape strewn with new streaming services, media is still all about the bundle. The rise of mighty new platforms bolstered with high-wattage content has been heralded as evidence of the great un-bundling in the pay-TV sector, a trend that does not bode well for Hollywood’s balance sheets.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorJaQuel Knight has made history as the first choreographer to copyright his iconic dance moves. In a giant stride to take creative control, Knight has launched Knight Choreography and Music Publishing Inc.Knight shot to fame after crafting the moves in Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” video, since then, he has become her go-to, choreograph the artist’s tours and her epic Coachella performances.