Former NBCUniversal Exec Jacob Selzer Joins Digital Brand Almost Friday Media As Head Of Sports

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAfter nearly 12 years at Meta and Facebook, Nick Grudin is leaving the social-media giant. Grudin next month will join NFT digital-collectibles company Dapper Labs as chief business officer.Most recently, Grudin was VP of content and community partnerships at Meta, where he oversaw global partnerships and content across the company’s creator ecosystem, media, entertainment, sports and community initiatives.

Strictly Come Dancing, Matt Goss has revealed the lightbulb moment that prompted his return to the UK after years in America – and it was during a game of frisbee in Hyde Park. The Bros star, who has been based in the US for more than a decade, made the snap decision to sell off all his possessions and return to London.  It comes after the 53-year-old sent fans wild when he was announced as the eighth contestant of the flagship BBC dancing series on Monday.

Marvel’s workplace superhero comedy “She-Hulk: Attorney At Law” arrives later this month on Disney+ and the studio is continuing to churn out even more shows as filming has already started on “Ironheart” in Atlanta.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUTA announced today that  Robert Gibbs has joined the agency as a partner and co-head of its Atlanta office.In his new role, Gibbs will join UTA Atlanta co-heads Rich Paul, Arthur Lewis, and Steve Cohen to help grow the agency’s footprint across music, sports, film, fine arts, television, podcasts, and more, according to the announcement.“Robert’s experience in the industry, combined with his enthusiasm to help us build in Atlanta, made him the perfect choice to join UTA and our leadership team there,” said UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer. Last September UTA and its partner company Klutch Sports Group established an office in the city.“Over the past several years the momentum at UTA has been undeniable,” said Gibbs.

Naman Ramachandran Tel Aviv-based Ananey Studios, part of Paramount Global, has signed a deal with Indian content producer Abundantia Entertainment to develop an Indian remake of the hit Israeli live-action teen drama, “The Hood” (“Schuna”).The original series, created by Giora Chamizer (Netflix’s “Greenhouse Academy”), is set in The Hood, a dingy cluster of low-income housing, where blue-collar families live, located in the middle of one of the richest districts. Kids in The Hood regularly prank the rich community’s snobbish teens, while the mayor constantly tries to get rid of the The Hood altogether.

In a Saturday Instagram post, Metallica took in Joseph Quinn for a major rock out session that melted our minds!

Naman Ramachandran A galaxy of stars paid fulsome tribute to filmmaker John McTiernan (“Die Hard,” “Predator”) and stuntman Vic Armstrong (the Indiana Jones, James Bond and Star Wars franchises) as they were both awarded Moving Target awards on Friday for their outstanding contributions to the action genre at the inaugural London Action Festival.The awards were presented at London’s Royal London Geographical Society and icons from the genre attended, including Corin Hardy (“Gangs of London”), composer David Arnold (“Casino Royale”) Robert Davi (“Die Hard”) and Edgar Wright (“Last Night in Soho”).Prominent film personalities who have worked with McTiernan and Armstrong conveyed their appreciation via video messages. Harrison Ford praised Armstrong, saying: “We’ve been doing this Vic for like 50 years! You’ve had the good sense to turn it into a directing job ‘cos this running, jumping and falling down thing is a game for the young guys.

 is back in action and in Colorado to give a full renovation to the small town of Fort Morgan.This season is set to be bigger and better than before, and to accomplish their ambitious goals,  stars Ben and Erin Napier are teaming up with  stars Dave and Jenny Marrs to bring a new look to the tight-knit community.ET's Lauren Zima was on site, and spoke with the show's hosts and dream makers about the enormous undertaking.«Over the next four months, we are going to help renovate business and homes,» Dave shared excitedly while talking about how they are going to be tackling a whopping 18 renovation projects — up from the 12 they did last season when working on the town of Wetumpka, Alabama.Ben said that their overhauling will bring new life to «community spaces all across this great town.»According to Dave, there will be «hundreds» of people, both hired contractors and townspeople, helping with the massive endeavor.«The town is literally pitching in,» Jenny added. «Everyone is involved, everyone's a part of this.»Fans will get to see the monumental project take place over six episodes, as the town comes together for a transformation of unprecedented proportions.Nestled just over an hour outside of Denver, Fort Morgan struggles to compete with the larger city's entertainment and shopping availability.

Carson Burton “Indiana Jones 5” star Boyd Holbrook admits he’s feeling “a little bit” nervous about fan reaction to director James Mangold’s upcoming installment of the legendary action-adventure movie franchise.“It’s kind of like a childhood dream,” Holbrook told Variety at Monday’s red carpet premiere of “Vengeance” at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. “And you could feel a little bit of that pressure, but I try not to go down those roads. I really just focus on the job at hand.”Details about “Indiana Jones 5” have been kept under wraps.

reported that the show was still generating tourism for the Alabama town. «They did it in the right way,» said Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis.

Cheryl paid tribute to former Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding at an an emotional charity run in Hyde Park. Cheryl - who took part in the Race for Life along with fellow stars Kimberly Walsh, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts - said "it doesn’t feel like she’s gone at all", as they joined fans and supporters for the 5k run celebrating Sarah's life and raising money to help the fight against breast cancer. Sarah Harding died aged 39 last September.

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast, and still has the window stickers to prove it.  It is being offered for sale by Hertfordshire-based collectible car specialists, Hilton & Moss. The character-filled coupe is being sold directly from Mr Oliver's private classic car collection, which reportedly includes a 1950s Land Rover Defender and a classic 1967 Ford Mustang that belongs to his wife, Jools.

Keanu Reeves has played the iconic action hero John Wick for nearly a decade, but the role was originally meant to be written for an older actor such as Clint Eastwood or Harrison Ford.  One of the "John Wick" producers, Basil Iwanyk, revealed in the new book, "They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action," by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, that the legendary assassin was supposed to be played by a 75-year-old man.  Iwanyk said in the book that one of his best friends sent him a script from Derek Kolstad — the creator of the "John Wick" franchise — according to Entertainment Weekly.  "The lead was a 75-year-old man, 25 years after being retired.

Zack Sharf Keanu Reeves has turned John Wick into an iconic action here over the last seven years, but it turns out the role was originally written for an actor more in the vein of Harrison Ford or Clint Eastwood. Franchise producer Basil Iwanyk confirms in the new book “They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action” that the title character was a 75-year-old man in the original script.“One of my best friends is Charlie Ferraro at UTA, who sent me this script from Derek Kolstad called ‘Scorn,'” says Iwanyk in the book (via Entertainment Weekly).

Chris Pratt was scared off from playing Indiana Jones by Harrison Ford. There had been speculation that Chris could replace Harrison as the iconic character in the upcoming 'Indiana Jones 5' but the star shut down the rumours following Ford's suggestion that the hero will die with him. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Chris said: "No, aren't they doing 'Indiana Jones' with Harrison Ford? All I know is once I saw a quote from Harrison Ford and I don't even know him but it was enough to scare me, that was like, 'When I die, Indiana Jones dies'.

Chris Pratt won't be donning Indiana Jones' iconic fedora anytime soon. The actor recently shut the door on any possibility of starring in future reboots.Pratt, 43, recently sat down for a chat on the  podcast and addressed the reports that he was in consideration to play the legendary adventurer in Steven Spielberg and Lucasfilm's rumored planned reboot of the beloved franchise.«I don’t even know who Steven Spielberg is.