Entertainment Executives Discuss the Post-Pandemic Future of the Industry

After growing up as the daughter of Lionel Richie and little sister to Nicole Richie, it’s safe to say Sofia is used to a life in the spotlight. So, it should probably come as no surprise that this star-studded life has included some celebrity romances along the way.

EXCLUSIVE: Oliver Hudson, the actor who has starred in series including Rules of Engagement, Nashville and Scream Queens, is set to front and produce non-scripted format World’s Best Dad (w/t) after his new production company Bronco Productions struck a first-look deal with Jupiter Entertainment.

In today’s Global Bulletin, “Minari” star Han Yeri signs with Echo Lake Entertainment in the U.S.; Beijing and Cairo announce hopeful in-person festival details; AMC Plus snags Berlin-set Cold War drama “Spy City”; Cineflix Rights will distribute Israeli cop drama “Manayek”; Deepika Padukone steps down as head of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image; Australia’s Screenwest unveils Rikki Lea Bestall as its new CEO; “The Last Five Years” gets a West End run; Harry Collet to star in mental health

Naman Ramachandran Paper Entertainment, co-producer of the second season of Apple TV Plus hit series “Tehran,” has hired Caroline Amer as development executive.London-based Paper Entertainment was founded by industry executive Julien Leroux in January to develop, finance and produce global television content.

Model Sofia Richie is reportedly off the market again after embarking on a romance with music executive Elliot Grainge. Sofia split from Scott Disick, who has three children with his ex Kourtney Kardashian, last summer after a three-year relationship.

Gallery: Bible! 10 people who we forgot dated a Kardashian-Jenner (BANG Showbiz)The new relationship comes after Sofia had a brief romance with Matthew Morton following her split from 37-year-old Scott Disick last year after almost three years together.

ITV America, the production company behind CBS’ Love Island, Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen and ABC’s The Chase, is banking on a non-scripted boom.

Apple TV+ will prepare Mythic Quest fans for the comedy’s sophomore season by dropping a bonus episode ahead of the season two premiere.

The non-scripted television business is made up of a wily group of people who deftly navigated their way through the Covid-19 pandemic to get a large volume of shows on air.

Leena Tailor “We made it!” Crowded House frontman Neil Finn jubilantly told 12,000 fans at the sold-out Auckland, New Zealand stop of the group’s “To the Island” tour.

On Saturday, San Diego Comic-Con announced dates for its first in-person convention since 2019.

Also Read: San Diego Comic-Con to Go Virtual Again for 2021Details about specific events, badge cost and attendance capacity are all still in the planning stages and will be announced down the line. You can visit their website, comic-con.org, for updated information as it becomes available.Due to concern for public health and safety, the annual convention had to cancel in-person events in San Diego 2020, as well as its spring 2021 show, WonderCon in Anaheim.

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Diane Garrett At the height of the civil rights movement, “Star Trek” won an inaugural Image Award from the NAACP for its positive depiction of race relations in the future. Decades later, entertainment programs are challenging our perception of the past by casting actors of color in roles once considered lily white.

Sister, the Elisabeth Murdoch-backed producer behind Chernobyl, is launching an office in the north of England and has recruited The Split executive producer Lucy Dyke to lead the outpost.

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Bob Iger, who will end his 47-year run with Disney and ABC in December, addressed his future and reflected on the company’s streaming-led resilience during Covid-19.

If you’ve never heard the work of Toronto-based OBUXUM before, the Somali-Canadian producer herself would describe it as a narrative journey that requires active listening. Part industrial synths and part smoothed-out electro R&B, her genre-defying music is as diverse as it is richly political.