Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel Earned $14 Million In 2020; As IPO Approaches, Company Could Use Proceeds For Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has tapped Cristina Garza as its SVP, Development and Production. In the executive appointment, which is effective immediately, Garza will focus on Latino audience-facing English-language content in the United States, and Spanish-language content as part of Endeavor Content’s global slate.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWith the debut of the teaser trailer for “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” on Monday, Marvel Studios has finally pulled back the curtain on the first major superhero movie backed by an American studio to star a predominantly Asian cast.

Speaking to CBS News’ Face The Nation on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron said travel restrictions for vaccinated Americans wanting to come to France will be “progressively” lifted from the beginning of May. This should come as good news for industry professionals hoping to attend the Cannes Film Festival which is currently scheduled to run July 6-17.

Imax CEO Rich Gelfond earned $6.9 million last year, down slightly from $7.1 million in 2019 as the pandemic shuttered theaters and Imax screens around the world.

Dundee United. The midfielder has been offered a pre-contract by the Saints and is also considering an extension at United.

Bob Chapek, the Walt Disney Company's head honcho since February 2020, has significantly upgraded his Westlake Village residential circumstances with the $12.5 million purchase of a sprawling contemporary estate atop an impressive promontory. The transaction represents the area's biggest real estate deal since July 2019, when NuVet owner Blake Kirschbaum shelled out $35 million for a different Westlake Village compound, though that one was a far larger and more lavish property.

Eros STX has taken United States, UK and India rights to AGC Studios and CAA Media Finance’s Universe’s Most Wanted. The picture puts Eros STX back in business with their My Spy star Dave Bautista, a title which was sold to Amazon Prime during the pandemic and did such notable business, that a sequel is already in the works on that pic as we first reported.

Hulu and American High's has rounded out the cast for its next high school comedy, Sex Appeal. Margaret Cho,Fortune Feimster and Paris Jackson have joined the feature, which is currently filming in Syracuse, along withSkai Jackson and Russian Doll actress Rebecca Henderson.

Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (30 Rock, Law & Order SVU), Fortune Feimster (Yes Day, The Netflix Afterparty), Skai Jackson (Jessie), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), and Paris Jackson (Gringo, Lee Daniels’ Star) have rounded out the cast of Sex Appeal, the latest collaboration between Hulu and American High.

Godzilla vs Kong seems to have put theatres back in business and has become that film which is successfully boosting the confidence for theatre owners and studios who have been plagued with worries owing to the pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis put a hold on the theatre business and the Adam Wingard film seems to have come as a saviour.

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish’ total pay package last year came in at $38.97 million, the company said Friday.

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On Thursday, CAA kicked off the month of April with the CAA Amplify Town Hall to address the surge of violence against Asians and Asian Americans. These acts of violence and harassment have been on the forefront in the past week with the Atlanta shootings and the most most recent attack in New York City where a man brutally attacked 65-year-old Vilma Kari while saying racist remarks.

former First Lady has grasped the fact the former US President "is not good for her," according to a relationship expert. John Kenny said this realisation only led Melania to struggle to "not show her emotions" publicly.

CAA has assembled a packed lineup of Asian American influencers and leaders to discuss the wave of anti-Asian violence and hate that continues to sweep the country. The 90-minute CAA Amplify Town Hall will take place online April 1 at 10 a.m.

In March of 2020, at the top of the pandemic, when former reality show host Donald Trump referred to the coronavirus as the “China Virus” and “Kung Flu”, violence and harassment against Asians and Asian Americans started to surge.

Lorenzo De Maio is leaving Endeavor Content to set up his own venture, backed by Fremantle.