Heather Kadin Joins Range Media Partners As President of Scripted Television

 is heading to Netflix! A rep for the streamer confirmed to ET that Brandy has signed on to star in the upcoming holiday film from director Mary Lambert. The singer-actress will star alongside 's Matt Cedeño, Heather Graham and Jason Biggs. Written by director and writer Charles Shyer and Todd Calgi Gallicano, author of the  book series, the film follows Brandy's Jackie, who every Christmas, without fail, sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend, Charlotte (Graham), feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte, her husband, Rob (Biggs), and their family on Jackie's and her husband, Valentino's (Cedeño), snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, Charlotte seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's «perfect» life can’t possibly be that perfect. But in her overzealous attempt to expose Jackie, Charlotte nearly ruins Christmas for both families and must team up with her old friend to put the pieces back together.A post shared by Strong Black Lead (@strongblacklead)Brandy recently wrapped the first season of her musical-drama series on ABC, which follows four women looking to recapture the fame they achieved as the '90s hip-hop group, Nasty B*tches.

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Graham (Half Magic), Brandy Norwood (Queens), Jason Biggs (Outmatched) and Matt Cedeño (Power) have signed on to star in the Netflix holiday film Best. Christmas. Ever. from director Mary Lambert (A Castle for Christmas, Pet Sematary).

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSam Schles, a longtime creative executive under the ViacomCBS content umbrella, has joined Madica Productions.Schles has been named vice president of scripted development at the label — a spinoff of the prominent Hollywood PR agency Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis — whose credits include the Netflix’s “Ginny and Georgia” and the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced digital series “Stay Wild.”Schles will report to Madica’s managing director Jeff Tahler. She began her career at Comedy Central, where she would eventually serve as director of talent and development.

Eman Redwan, most recently a Digital Talent Agent at UTA focusing on the beauty and lifestyle space, has joined Range Media Partners and will become a partner. In the new role, she will manage digital clients and working across Range’s full roster of clients on brand partnerships.

Heather Rae Young is opening up about undergoing vocal cord surgery she could no longer avoid.The star took to Instagram on Wednesday and revealed that, in less than 24 hours, she went from soaking up the sun in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with friends and her husband Tarek El Moussa to laying on a bed recovering from vocal cord surgery.«It was a long time coming for me as I've been battling vocal stress for years,» the luxury real estate agent captioned her post in part. «After resting for 3 months I was never going to be 100% so surgery was my only route.» She had previously opened up about being on bed rest and vocal rest for three months due to inflammation and calluses on her vocal cords.Young, who also thanked her doctors and El Moussa for the care and support, said many fans of the popular Netflix series «noticed the [sic] my voice issues when watching #Sellingsunset and #flipping101 but on the road to recovery.»A post shared by Heather Rae El Moussa (@heatherraeyoung)The surgery comes two months after Young updated fans on her fertility journey as she and El Moussa attempt to expand their family.

Entertainment PR biggie Sunshine Sachs said Wednesday that it is elevating current partners Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Heather Lylis to co-presidents. As part of the move, the agency will now be known as Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorSunshine Sachs announced on Wednesday that current company partners Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Heather Lylis have been elevated to co-presidents. The agency will now be known as Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis is led by founder Ken Sunshine and CEO Shawn Sachs.

Sunshine Sachs is undergoing a name change as it promotes two partners at the agency to co-presidents.On Wednesday, the organization announced it will now be called Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis. Morgan comes from Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Lylis is from Heather Lylis.

Bill Hader and Alec Berg have struck television gold with “Barry.” Since the pair’s co-created the series for HBO, it’s nabbed thirty Emmy nominations over its first two seasons and six wins, including an Outstanding Lead Actor victory for Hader. No wonder HBO renewed the show for two more seasons shortly after season 2 began in April 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s Filipino American pilot Josep, starring Jo Koy, has added Kaden Alejandro to the cast. He also joins Mia Katigbak and Rory O’Malley.

Michael Keaton made sure to give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a shout-out during the 2022 Critics Choice Awards. The "Dopesick" star, who won for best actor in a limited series or movie made for TV on Sunday night, had the ongoing conflict impacting Ukraine on his mind as he accepted his award. "The only thing I’ll say about things in the world, which I’ve mentioned before, I’m going to say thank you to fellow actor President Zelenskyy, and keep up the fight," said the 70-year-old.

EXCLUSIVE: Roswell, New Mexico star and Hallmark Channel alumna Heather Hemmens has signed a deal to star in multiple original films exclusively for Hallmark’s parent company, Crown Media Family Networks.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorProducer Heather Kadin has joined Range Media Partners as president of scripted television.Kadin, most recently teamed with Alex Kurtzman in overseeing the “Star Trek” TV universe for Paramount, will oversee all of Range’s scripted development and production. She’ll serve as an executive producer on Range projects, help create new series and build brands through scripted content.“I am beyond thrilled,” Kadin said. “After many years of producing mostly genre television, I had a strong desire to be more entrepreneurial and work with a wider array of talent.

EXCLUSIVE: Phoebe Zimmer has been named Head of Television for Temple Hill, the production company behind the Twilight franchise, which was co-founded in 2006 by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.

A+E Networks has taken a minority stake in management and production firm Range Media Partners. No financial details are being disclosed but the stake is believed to be in the high teens percent and the deal in the $50 million ballpark, with Range’s valuation at around $300 million. That is a hefty valuation, especially for a company that is just a year and a half old. It is close to what one of Hollywood biggest, most established management-production companies, 3 Arts, sold for in 2018 after 27 years in the business.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorA+E Networks has set a broad content production and business development venture with Range Media Partners, the talent management startup that launched 16 months ago by CAA and Entertainment One alum Peter Micelli.As part of the deal, A+E Networks has taken a minority stake in Range, which has grown quickly with a roster of talent managers and executives, from across film, TV, music, talent representation, production, activism, branded content and venture strategy. A+E Networks is home to cable stalwarts A&E Network, History and Lifetime, the A+E Studios banner and a growing collection of FAST streaming channels.The deal calls for A+E Studios to serve as Range’s production partner on scripted project.