Joe Otterson TV ReporterOmar Sy has signed a first-look television deal with HBO Max.Under the deal, the French actor and producer will develop series for the streamer for multiple markets around the globe.“I am very happy to be partnering with HBO Max who share my dreams of developing globally appealing content for audiences around the world, including French speaking Africa, France and the United States,” Sy said.Sy broke out with his starring role in the French film “The Intouchables,” for which he earned a César for best actor. He was the first Black actor to win the award.
‘Ghosts’ Star Danielle Pinnock Signs With ICM Partners
23.05.2022 - 18:39 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Danielle Pinnock, the breakout star of CBS hit comedy Ghosts, has signed with ICM Partners for representation.
On Ghosts, Pinnock plays Alberta, a Prohibition-era lounge singer turned ghost who is trapped in a modern-day country estate recently inherited by two unexpecting new tenants. The hit comedy series recently wrapped its first season and has been renewed for a second season on CBS.
Pinnock also co-created with Punam Patel (I Love That For You), the adult animated series Unmentionables, which is being developed for television by Emmy-winning producer Anthony Hemingway and Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson. The project revolves around a rag-tag group of undergarments and the occupational hazards and triumphs they go through with their millennial owner.
Pinnock most recently hosted the Casting Society’s 37th Annual Artios Awards, which recognize execellence in casting from the year in entertainment. She also is developing a pilot of her viral sketch series, Hashtag Booked. Co-created with LaNisa Renee Frederick (A Black Lady Sketch Show), the series has received over 20 million views and a Webby Award for its painfully-funny depiction of the challenges and misadventures black actors face in the entertainment industry.
Pinnock is well known for her four-season recurring role on CBS’ Young Sheldon as Ms. Ingram, Sheldon’s algebra teacher, as well as her work on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, Epix’s Get Shorty, and guest spots on ABC’s Scandal and NBC’s This Is Us.
Her voice work has been heard on Netflix’s Boss Baby: Back in Business, Cartoon Network’s Thundercats Roar, Apple+’s Doug Unplugs, and Peacock’s Where’s Waldo?.
Pinnock, a classically-trained stage actress, is known for her solo show, Body/Courage, an
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24.05.2022 / 02:11
‘My Brilliant Friend’s Margherita Mazzucco Signs With ICM Partners
EXCLUSIVE: Italian actress Margherita Mazzucco, best known for her starring role as Elena in HBO and Rai’s My Brilliant Friend, has signed with ICM Partners for representation.
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20.05.2022 / 01:37
‘Delilah’s Maahra Hill To Star In NBC Pilot ‘The Irrational’ As OWN Series Has Ended
EXCLUSIVE: Maahra Hill, who played the title role in the OWN series Delilah, has been tapped as the female lead opposite Jesse L. Martin in NBC’s drama pilot The Irrational.
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16.05.2022 / 21:31
‘Sex Education’ Star Emma Mackey Signs With CAA
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Mackey, who stars alongside Asa Butterfield in Netflix’s dramatic comedy Sex Education, has signed with CAA for representation.
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14.05.2022 / 01:03
The Games' Phoenix Brown and Rebecca Sarker accuse teammates of 'cheating' in heated row
Phoenix Gulzar-Brown and Rebecca Sarker accused teammates of "cheating" during heated row on new ITV game show, The Games. Phoenix is the 23 year old daughter of former Spice Girls band member Melanie ‘Mel B’ Brown, and Rebecca, 47, is the actress best known for playing Nita Desai in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1999 to 2000. Phoenix and Rebecca got into a heated exchange with Paddy McGuinness' wife Christine after the cycle race, in which Christine said to Phoenix: "I was coming off.
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12.05.2022 / 20:41
‘First Cow’ Star John Magaro Signs With UTA
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actorJohn Magaro, who landed a Gotham Award nomination for his starring turn in Kelly Reichardt’s 2019 Western First Cow, for representation in all areas.
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12.05.2022 / 00:59
ITV's The Games viewers left unimpressed by Chelcee and Phoenix 'cheating' row
The Games viewers have been left distinctly unimpressed after contestants Chelcee Grimes and Phoenix Brown got into an argument. A couple of close-fought contests between the pair resulted in tensions boiling over.
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11.05.2022 / 00:11
David Duchovny Signs With ICM Partners
EXCLUSIVE: David Duchovny, known for his starring roles as FBI Agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files and Hank Moody in Californication, has returned to his former agency, ICM Partners, for representation. Duchovny had been repped largely by ICM and WME over the past decade; he previously moved from ICM to WME in 2011 before returning and then again in 2019.
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10.05.2022 / 19:40
‘Bel-Air’ Star Jabari Banks Signs With WME
EXCLUSIVE: breakout star Jabari Banks has signed with WME.
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10.05.2022 / 19:39
‘Pose’ Star Indya Moore Signs With UTA And Management 360
EXCLUSIVE: Indya Moore (Pose, Aquaman and the Last Kingdom) has signed with UTA and Management 360 for representation across all mediums.
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10.05.2022 / 17:11
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink, SZA, Kacey Musgraves, Lil Nas X to Headline 2022 Austin City Limits Festival
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRed Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, the Chicks, Kacey Musgraves, SZA, Flume, Paramore, and Lil Nas X are the headliners for the 2022 Austin City Limits Music Festival, along with performances from Phoenix (weekend two only), PinkPanthress, Wet Leg (weekend two only), Diplo, Zhu, Lil Durk (weekend one only), Billy Strings, James Blake (weekend one only), Jazmine Sullivan, the War on Drugs, Spoon, Sabrina Claudio and many more. The nine-stage, two-weekend event will take place October 7-9 and October 14-16, 2022, at Zilker Park in Austin.
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10.05.2022 / 16:39
‘Ghosts’: Paramount+ Scares Up Exclusive SVOD Deal For CBS Comedy
Ghosts will continue to haunt Paramount+.
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10.05.2022 / 08:11
The Games star Chelcee Grimes' famous Love Island ex and incredible football career
training for the sports. Also starring on the series is Love Island star Olivia Attwood, The Wanted's Max George and Corrie star Colson Smith.
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09.05.2022 / 23:07
ITV The Games: Phoenix Brown's famous mum, dancer dad and charity work
ITV is back with a new show that will push celebrities to their sporting limits. The Games, which begins at 9pm on Monday 9 May, will see six male and six female stars battle it out during four challenging events.
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09.05.2022 / 20:59
‘Black Panther 2,’ ‘Ironheart’ Star Dominique Thorne Signs With M88 (EXCLUSIVE)
Angelique Jackson Marvel star Dominique Thorne has signed with M88 for representation.Thorne will soon make her MCU debut as the comic book character Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, a brilliant inventor who built her own version of the Iron Man suit in an MIT dorm, in the highly-anticipated movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Thorne will then go on to headline her own Disney+ series, “Ironheart.”The young actor made her feature film debut in Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ critically acclaimed 2018 movie “If Beale Street Could Talk.” She played Sheila Hunt, the younger sister of Fonny Hunt (Stephan James), one half of the movie’s central love story. Thorne next starred opposite Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in Warner Bros.’ Academy Award-nominated film “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Directed by Shaka King and executive produced by Ryan Coogler and Charles D.