ICM Partners Acquires Stellar Group, Launches Sports Division

Mrs Hinch and her BFF Stacey Solomon reconnected for a socially distanced day out after new government guidelines were brought in for the now tier two country of Essex.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJapanese broadcaster and content investor Nippon TV has created a dedicated animation division for the first time. Launched as part of the company’s international business division, the anime department will be headed by Kuwahara Kako, as executive VP of business development.The division will launch with 12-part fantasy series “Tsukumichi – Moonlit Fantasy” adapted from an award-winning novel and manga with the same title, and written by Kei Azumi.

ICM Partners has named Julia Johnson as its new general counsel and executive vp, head of business and legal affairs to get to gender parity overall among the Hollywood agency's leadership ranks. Johnson comes to ICM from APA, where she was a partner, executive vp, head of global business and legal affairs and general counsel.

Grandview has promoted Merideth Bajana, Zac Frognowski and Josh Glick to partner at the management company. The trio join co-founders Matt Rosen and Jeff Silver as well as Jeremy Platt and Benjamin Rowe, working with writers, filmmakers, showrunners and actors across a range of backgrounds.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterRange Media Partners has made two new hires in motion picture literature and a promotion in business affairs and TV lit.Payne Cowley joins Range as a manager in the literary department under co-founder Rich Cook, and Caroline Marques has been named executive and producer in motion picture lit at the firm.

Jordan Moreau Mike “Doc” Emrick, a veteran broadcaster for the National Hockey League and eight-time Sports Emmy award winner, has announced his retirement after 47 years.NBC Sports made the announcement on Monday morning, with Emrick reminiscing on the early days of his career.“It was 50 years ago this fall, with pen and pad in hand at old Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, I got my first chance to cover the National Hockey League.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: World of Wonder (WOW), the company behind the Emmy-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race, has launched its own documentary division, WOW Docs with unscripted executive Jim Fraenkel leading the charge. The news was announced after  DOC NYC unveiled their lineup.Fraenkel has been with WOW since 2018.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterCBS was in the zone Tuesday as it dominated the night with an NFL matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans. The game scored a 2.7 in the adults 18-49 demographic in fast nationals while 9.94 million viewers watched the Titans annihilate the Bills 42-16.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: U.S. producer Joanne Rubino (Hatfields & McCoys), former President of Production at Think Factory Media, is launching LA-based Be Brave Media, with a slate of projects including a biopic of ‘chocolate king’ Milton Hershey.Be Brave will develop, package and produce between three to six projects a year.

Nellie Andreeva, Patrick Hipes ICM Partners is expanding into athlete representation in sports. In its latest move in the European marketplace, ICM has acquired London-based powerhouse soccer and sports agency Stellar Group.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorICM Partners is diving into the sports representation business with the acquisition of London-based sports agency Stellar Group.Stellar Group represents more than 800 athletes, most of them soccer players in addition to NFL players. The agency has about 130 employees spread among offices in the U.K.

favorites and winners Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson have welcomed their second child together. The couple announced the birth of their baby girl, Carter York Nickson, on Tuesday.Jessica and Cody — who fell in love in 2017 when they competed on season 19 of CBS', then went on to win season 30 of — shared a photo of Carter all swaddled up in a blanket and wearing a green beanie.

Big Brother alums Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson have welcomed their second child: a daughter named Carter York Nickson!

Jessica Graf gave birth to her second child with husband Cody Nickson on Monday, October 5.“Carter York Nickson,” Graf, 29, captioned their baby boy’s Instagram debut on Tuesday, October 6.The Big Brother alums announced in May that they had another little one on the way after welcoming their daughter, Maverick, in March 2019.

Peter White Television EditorGlass Entertainment Group, the non-fiction production company, has signed with ICM Partners. The company, which is run by former Inside Edition weekend anchor Nancy Glass, was previously with WME.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: George Freeman, who saw a 20-year run at WME end in June and continued to represent most of his clients independently as manager, has landed at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Caleb Flowers launching a creative curation inspired by HBO’s new series We Are Who We Are, to Emily Ratajkowski taking her dog for a walk in NYC, to Rori Sassoon releasing a new episode of her “Let’s Get Raw With Rori” podcast with David Charvet. Read on to find out more of what the stars have been up to!— Designer Caleb Flowers launched WE ARE WHO WE ARE X BIGDATA(TM), a creative curation inspired by the themes of the new HBO series We Are Who We Are, starring Chloë Sevigny and Kid Cudi.

Most international film industry events have been put on hold — or put online — during the coronavirus pandemic but the 2020 edition of European Work in Progress is going ahead in person in Cologne, Germany next week. Some 28 in-development film projects from 34 European countries will pitch to potential partners at the three-day showcase, which runs Oct.