Late-night TV hosts were among those paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after she died at age 96 on Thursday.
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EXCLUSIVE: Dana Honor, a respected TV producer and development executive, has signed an exclusive overall deal with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Under the pact, Honor will develop and produce projects across various platforms under her newly launched Defining Eve Productions banner.
Honor spent five years as a key executive producer at Aaron Kaplan’s indie studio Kapital Entertainment. Throughout her tenure, she executive produced over 300 episodes of television and produced 24 pilots, with 14 of those going to series. Her extensive series executive producing credits while at Kapital include ABC’s A Million Little Things and Women of the Movement, CBS’ The Neighborhood, Starz’s Shining Vale and NBC’s American Auto. Honor left Kapital at the end of last year to, as she said at the time, “take a much needed break to spend time with my family before I decide what is next for me.”
Prior to her work at Kaplan, Honor served as SVP, Comedy Development at 20th Century Fox Television, where she developed such comedy series as Modern Family, Fresh Off the Boat, the Kapital-produced Life in Pieces and Last Man on Earth.
“Dana is an extraordinary producer with a tremendous track record of success,” said Erin Underhill, President, Universal Television. “She’s the whole package—she has great taste, amazing writer relationships and she gets shows on the air!”
Said Honor, “I’m so excited for this next chapter and so grateful for the opportunity to team up with Pearlena, Erin, Vivian, Jim and the rest of the incredible UTV family. I can’t wait to dive in and help to turn amazing stories into unforgettable television.”
Honor is repped by Logan Clare at Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
Late-night TV hosts were among those paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after she died at age 96 on Thursday.
Although Robert Downey Jr. is currently one of the most famous actors on the planet, he reminds the audience early in the new documentary “Sr.”— about his late father Robert Downey Sr.— that for many years, he was simply just known as “Bob Downey’s kid.” Which is ostensibly the impetus of “Sr.,” directed by celebrated documentarian Chris Smith (“American Movie”), yet, essentially hosted and presented by RDJ, to put his father in proper cinematic and historical context.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Just how polished does a career-spanning documentary about the anarchic underground filmmaker behind “Greaser’s Palace” and “Putney Swope” need to be? If you’ve seen any of Robert Downey’s films, the answer is obviously: not very. You might even say, the scrappier the better. So goes the thinking behind “Sr.,” a loose seemingly seat-of-your-pants portrait of the antiestablishment director (perhaps best known for siring “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr.) that sneaks up on ya, emotionally speaking, seeing as how it doubles as a kind of farewell exercise between the two generations (plus grandson Exton) in the months before Downey succumbed to Parkinson’s Disease.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Hillary Clinton and Universal’s Donna Langley praised U.S. director, producer and social justice activist Ava DuVernay for being “a pathbreaker, a change-maker, a historical filmmaker,” as Clinton put it, during the 13th DVF Awards. The gala was held Thursday on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival by fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg to honor extraordinary women. The former U.S. secretary of state noted that DuVernay – who is among this year’s DVF honorees – “became the first African American woman ever nominated for an Academy Award as director [for “Selma”]. “Yes, her visionary works about Black histories and experiences are more relevant today than ever,” Clinton added. But Clinton went on to further praise DuVernay for “opening doors not just for herself, but for so many others.”
Matt Damon is enjoying his family vacation. The actor has been photographed throughout Buenos Aires, enjoying the city’s sights and cuisine accompanied by his daughters and his wife, Luciana Barroso, who was born in Argentina.Ben Affleck spotted leaving with Matt Damon after wedding with Jennifer LopezMatt Damon and his family enjoy their vacation in ArgentinaThis week, he was photographed in the restaurant Don Julio, ranked as one of the year’s 15 best restaurants in the word.
EXCLUSIVE: Delhi Crime Season 2 showrunner and director Tanuj Chopra has signed with WME.
A former friend of the late Princess Diana has revealed that she thinks she would not have been a “great fan” of her son Prince Harry ’s wife, Meghan Markle.The comments were made by the Tina Brown, the Princess’ diarist on the 25th anniversary of her tragic death, and suggested that Diana may not be impressed with Megan for “steering Harry in a direction that was not good” for the Prince.Tina then added: “I don't think Diana would have been the great fan of Meghan that Meghan herself might perhaps imagine.” Speaking to the Daily Beast, she did however remark that she thought Diana would also have been “thrilled” by the Duke meeting his wife, as Meghan’s relationship with Harry has made sure “her son was happy.” The biographer also commented that she thought Diana would have been “delighted, supportive and thrilled someone of mixed race was joining the royal family” because Diana as a person was so “inclusive." This isn’t the first time Tina has weighed in on the relationship between the Sussexes and the wider royal family, with her comments surrounding 'Megxit' suggesting that the couple’s decision to emigrate to the US has left the rest of the family “still reeling” and “baffled”. Princess Diana was killed in a car crash on August 31, 1997 at the age of just 36, leaving behind her two sons Prince William, then aged 15, and Prince Harry, 12.
Prince Harry has revealed the adorable way that his son Archie honours his grandmother, the late Princess Diana - who tragically died in a car crash in 1997. Whilst Harry, 37, and 41 year old Meghan Markle's eldest child Archie is now three years old and attending pre-school in California, where he resides with his parents and younger sister Lilibet, Harry has revealed that one of his first words as a baby was "grandma".
perished in car crash in Paris, changing the trajectory of the royal family forever.Etoile Limousines owner Jean-Francois Musa was the proprietor of the vehicle that the Princess of Wales died in, alongside Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul, on Aug. 31, 1997.Musa, 63, is now claiming that French authorities have not allowed him to take back his missing Mercedes-Benz S280.“It’s legally mine — [but] I have no idea where the car is,” he told the Mirror. “All I know is it is legally mine and obviously I want it back.
HyunA and DAWN have left the Psy-led agency P Nation.On August 29, P Nation released a statement sharing that the two idols would be leaving the agency as their contracts had recently expired.In its statement per News1, as translated by Soompi, the agency praised HyunA and DAWN, as soloists and as a duo, for their “bold music and unrivalled visuals and performances that only they could take on”.“Their passion as artists and their consideration and care for the staff became examples for everyone,” continued the agency. “All the members of P Nation will treasure the enjoyable memories with HyunA and DAWN for a long time, and we will continuously support their future activities going forward.” said P Nation.“We express our gratitude to the many fans who cherished HyunA and DAWN, and we ask that you continue to send warm encouragement and support.”This marks the end of both artists’ nearly four-year partnership with the agency.
Prince William and Prince Harry are reportedly set to mark the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death apart. It comes after the Duke of Cambridge, 40, and the Duke of Sussex, 37, agreed to end public commemoration, but instead have chosen to mark the occasion with their own families instead.
Princess Diana was planning to move to America without her sons weeks before she died, one of her former bodyguards claims. Mail Online says Lee Sansum tells in his memoir, ‘Protecting Diana: A Bodyguard’s Story’, the royal was on the verge of telling paparazzi of her plans in a bid to protect princes William and Harry from the spotlight as they holidayed with her and Dodi Al-Fayed in St Tropez in July 1997. Lee said: “She said to me, ‘There is nothing I can do in the UK.
Prince Harry has paid tribute to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales days ahead of the 25th anniversary of her tragic death. Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in 1997 on 31 August, weeks after her 36th birthday, leaving behind her sons Harry, now 37, and Prince William, now 40, who were just teenagers at the time. The Duke of Sussex spoke in loving memory of his mother as he attended a fundraiser for the charity Sentebale, founded by himself in 2006 in memory of Princess Diana.
They came for the crime but stayed for the characters, is how the cast and crew of Netflix’s hit series Delhi Crime summarize the outsized success of the show’s first season.
EXCLUSIVE: Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance have renewed the overall deal with MTV Entertainment Studios for their Bassett Vance Productions, and have set Heist 88, starring Vance, as the first feature under the new pact.
Prince Harry made the decision to move to the US in March 2020, after he and wife Meghan stepped back as working members of the royal family. And Ken Wharfe - Princess Diana's former bodyguard - exclusively tells OK! that the late princess would have "understood the situation" and Harry's decsion if she had lived. Speaking about whether Harry might not have moved to America if his mother was here to fight his corner, Ken told us: "She might well have said: 'Well, if this is what you want, fine.
Ahead of Prince Harry’s upcoming tell-all book, Princess Diana’s former private voice and presence coach Stewart Pearce has discussed how the 37 year old royal has a “fearless deserve for freedom” – just like his late mother. Harry, who’s married to American actress Meghan Markle, is set to release a book that, as per the Duke of Sussex’s own admission, will touch upon the "experiences, adventures, losses and life lessons that have helped shape him" over the past four decades of his life.