Los Angeles Blade International News Editor Michael K. Lavers on Wednesday interviewed Tarek Zeidan, the executive director of Helem, an LGBTQ rights group in Lebanon.
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Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerEdwin T. Vane, a former ABC television executive and president of Group W Productions, died of natural causes on June 26 in Los Angeles.
He was 93.A Fordham University graduate, Vane started his career as a page at NBC. After working his way up to become a daytime television executive, he was pitched a game show idea by Merv Griffin in 1963 that was intriguing, but lacked form.
Los Angeles Blade International News Editor Michael K. Lavers on Wednesday interviewed Tarek Zeidan, the executive director of Helem, an LGBTQ rights group in Lebanon.
Dave McNary Film ReporterMichael Franklin, who used to serve as the top executive at the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America West, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 96.Franklin served at executive director for the WGA West for two decades before becoming the first national executive director of the DGA in 1978.
David Robb Labor EditorMichael Franklin, who served as the top executive officer of both the DGA and the WGA West, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 96.An attorney, Franklin served as executive director of the WGA West — where he spent two decades — before being was hired by the DGA as its national executive director in 1978.
Brielle Biermann is enjoying some time in Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic and recently picked up a trendy new eating regimen.The Don’t Be Tardy star, 23, stopped by Beverly Hills eatery Il Pastaio with pal Tyson French on Monday, July 20, and treated herself to a classic Italian meal.
Natalie Portman and a group of predominantly female founders were awarded the rights to bring a National Women’s Soccer League team to Los Angeles in 2022, Variety’s sister site Sportico reports.Portman and tech venture capitalist Kara Nortman, media and gaming entrepreneur Julie Uhrman and venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian, who led the investment with his fund, Initialized Capital, are sidelining the traditional ownership model.
Amber Heard's former aide, Kate James, told a London court that the actress stole her story of sexual abuse and made it her own to receive mass sympathy.James gave her testimony remotely from Los Angeles, in support of Johnny Depp in his trial against The Sun's publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor Dan Wootton.
Amber Heard‘s former personal assistant has accused the actress of having “stolen” her story of being “violently raped” in evidence given in Johnny Depp‘s libel claim against The Sun.Kate James accused Heard, 34, of “twisting” her own account of the machete-point rape in Brazil almost three decades ago ”for her own use”.Appearing via videolink from Los Angeles on Wednesday, Ms James said she discovered the Aquaman actress had “stolen my sexual violence conversation with her and twisted it into
Ashley Benson and G-Eazy are getting food together.
Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSony Music Group, which includes of Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, announced it has named non-profit leader Towalame Austin executive vice president, philanthropy and social impact.
Erik Pedersen Managing EditorAlan Donnes, who worked as a stand-up comic before producing films, acting, doing radio, writing about sports and running National Lampoon, died July 8 of bacterial meningitis in Los Angeles. He was 57 and had been hospitalized for three weeks.
Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorVENN (Video Game Entertainment and News Network) has unveiled a slate of original live shows as it prepares to launch in beta August 5 with pop culture and gaming talent broadcasting from its new Los Angeles studios.The network is aimed at “the streaming generation, raised at the intersection of gaming and entertainment” and will “speak directly to Gen Z and Millennial audiences,” VENN said.Programming will be delivered live from its state-of-the-art 50,000
Edwin T. Vane, a longtime television executive at NBC, ABC and Group W Productions, died June 26 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his family announced.
Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorA judge ruled on Thursday that former Bachelorette contestant Chad Johnson had proven multiple causes of action against a movie producer and studio he sued for sexual harassment. Johnson sued Sunset Studios Entertainment LLC and Cristina Cimino, an executive for the company, in Los Angeles Superior Court in July 2018.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Narcos producer Gaumont has appointed Michelle Sullivan, a former Amazon Studios kids development executive, as its vice president of animation and family content.Sullivan will join Gaumont’s Los Angeles office in August after leaving Amazon Studios in July last year.