Film Industry Veteran Pamela Abdy Named MGM Motion Picture Group President

Veteran TV executive Cathy Payne, former CEO of Endemol Shine International, has been confirmed as CEO of Banijay Rights, the global sales arm of the French production group behind such hit formats as Survivor, Wife Swap and Temptation Island. At Endemol Shine, Payne oversaw the global rollout of drama series including Peaky Blinders and Grantchester and international formats, including MasterChef and Big Brother.

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Baldassare "Barney" Ales, the charismatic sales chief who helped turn Motown Records into a music industry powerhouse as Berry Gordy's right-hand man, died of natural causes Friday in Malibu, Calif. He was 85.Born in Detroit on May 13, 1934, Ales attended the city's Cooley High, where he met his future wife, Eileen "Mitzi" Cauley.

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James Fisher, whose extensive music industry career included senior international posts at Motown Records and ASCAP as well as a key role at the Music Managers Forum, died April 3 in London after complications of the novel coronavirus. He was 89.

This daytime soap is perfect for the young and the restless — and the quarantined.

James Fisher, whose extensive music industry career included senior international posts at Motown Records and ASCAP as well as a key role at the Music Managers Forum, died on April 3 in London after complications with coronavirus. He was 89.

This is just what we needed. On Wednesday, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig teamed up for a hilarious virtual soap opera skit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

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Jimmy Fallon welcomed a very special guest to Thursday’s edition of his “At Home” edition of “The Tonight Show” — his dog, Gary.

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Ever since the coronavirus breakout, Jimmy Fallon has been doing The Tonight Show “from home” and interviewing his guests via Facetime. His Apr. 1 guest was Lady Gaga and she did the most awkward show interview. She was distracted and talking to her assistants, sometimes not even realizing they were on TV. Then her interview ended when she told him “I just can’t talk right now,” as phones could be heard going off on her end of the line.

South Korea's government has unveiled a series of measures designed to boost the country's influential but coronavirus-battered film industry. Central to the policy plan is a decision to exempt major cinema chains from paying into South Korea's movie development fund.