Def Jam Names Egomeli Hormeku Senior VP and Creative Director

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVOn August 23, 1989, teenage Yusuf Hawkins took the train into Bensonhurst, Brooklyn with a few of his friends to look at a car for sale. What they didn’t know, being young Black boys from East New York, was that tension was running high in that other pocket of town.

NEW YORK -- Five high school juniors, residing everywhere from Lake Worth, Florida, to Saratoga, California, have been named National Student Poets. A partnership between the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the student poet program was launched in 2011, with winners contributing to community programs and and poetry events and performing their work everywhere from Lincoln Center to the White House.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWarner Music Group (WMG) has named Dr. Maurice Stinnett head of global equity, diversity and inclusion.

In a move expanding the news outlet's presence in Hollywood, The New York Times has named Caitlin Roper executive producer for scripted projects. Roper, who has been a senior editor at The New York Times Magazine since 2016, will develop Times stories for film and TV, "developing and producing alongside Hollywood producers using our stories as the launching point for fictional projects," Times assistant managing editor Sam Dolnick wrote in a memo to staff Monday morning.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorGame Show Network’s popular trivia-based game show Common Knowledge has been picked up by Fox Television Stations for a four-week test run next month.

note to staff.Also Read: Hearst Magazines President Troy Young Resigns Following Accusations of Lewd, Sexist RemarksOn Thursday, former Hearst Magazines President Troy Young resigned from his position in light of a report from the New York Times that included accusations from staff that Young created a “toxic” work environment, made lewd and sexist remarks to staff and emailed pornography to a “high-level editor.” (Young said “specific allegations raised by [his] detractors are either untrue,

Jim Carrey dedicated his debut novel and New York Times best-seller Memoirs and Misinformation to his brother John Carrey, who passed away in 2019. On Wednesday’s episode of the Daily Show, the actor, writer and comedian told host Trevor Noah why he decided to devote his book of real and fictional Hollywood encounters to his sibling, who died of aplastic anemia.

said on Wednesday.Levien, who is currently the news organization’s chief operating officer, will succeed Mark Thompson on Sept. 8 and serve on the company’s board after it unanimously voted on Tuesday to elevate her to the role.“It’s the honor of a lifetime to lead The New York Times.

Swiss bank UBS has struck an exclusive 20-year naming rights deal with Oak View Group, the New York Islanders, and Sterling Project Development for the $1.5 billion arena being built at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY -- just outside of Queens.

The movie adaptation of bestselling murder mystery novel Where the Crawdads Sing has found its director. Olivia Newman, who wrote and directed Netflix feature First Match, will helm Sony Pictures' feature adaptation of the Delia Owen's debut novel that has dominated the New York Times bestsellers list since it was published 2019.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorOlivia Newman will direct 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of Delia Owens’ New York Times crime thriller bestseller Where the Crawdads Sing which is setup at Sony, we can confirm.  As Deadline previously first told you, Oscar nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild scribe Lucy Alibar is adapting.Newman’s feature directorial debut, First Match, premiered at the 2018 SXSW, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSiriusXM has named Nicole Hughey vice president of diversity & inclusion, joining the company on Thursday (July 16).

drive-ins have opened in the US, but they are all showing old, pre-coronavirus films. No brand-new releases will be screened until the major markets, New York and California, get the go-ahead from local governments to allow large indoor gatherings at entertainment venues.Just one month ago, beleaguered theater chains were readying for a highly anticipated July return.

Beyond Cinema has announced it’ll bring its Floating Cinema production to a swath of cities in the US and Australia. The experience will be in New York for one week, from Sept.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorSirius XM Holdings has named Jonelle Procope, CEO of New York’s nonprofit Apollo Theater Foundation, as a new independent member of its Board of Directors.The foundation operates the iconic Apollo Theater and offers educational summer internship programs and school seminars.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners has hired casting directing vet Jen Rudin as a talent agent specializing in animation and voice-over work for the agency’s clients. She starts at ICM Partners today and will be based in New York.During her 15-year career in casting, Rudin worked as a casting executive at The Walt Disney Company, casting such titles as The Incredibles, The Princess and the Frog and Chicken Little.

Who is signing where? The Hollywood Reporter's Rep Sheet is a snapshot of notable recent agency and management signings: Filmmaker Blitz Bazawule has signed with CAA. The New York-based visual artist was formerly with Paradigm.