ICM’s Brittany Perlmuter Joins Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment As Manager

Don Draper is heading to UBA.

The domestic box office is about to go into a funk for two-and-half months due to the lack of tentpole product, but shares of AMC Entertainment keep on trucking.

Veteran academic, author, activist and television host Marc Lamont Hill will join AMG’s Black news/entertainment media platform theGrio. Hill will bring his perspectives on culture, politics, race, sports, and education to all of theGrio media platforms, including its television network, free streaming app, theGrio news/entertainment website, and the new theGrio Black Podcast Network.

AMC Entertainment saw revenue surge and net losses continue to narrow last quarter on a string of blockbusters led by Top Gun: Maverick. Comparisons with 2021 aren’t hard but exhibitors are seeing ticket sales moving closer to 2019 levels.

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder joined The Strokes on stage in Seattle this week.The band were opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers when Vedder joined them for a rendition of ‘Juicebox’.Vedder has long been a fan of the song, which appeared on The Strokes’ 2005 album, ‘First Impressions Of Earth’. The grunge frontman previously joined the New York band on stage back in 2019, when they performed ‘Juicebox’ and Pearl Jam’s ‘Hard To Imagine’.He’d called it one of his “favourite” songs and has previously recalled telling The Strokes’ frontman Julian Casablancas how much he liked the song.Casablancas admitted later that it was inspired by Pearl Jam’s ‘Not for You.’“I would have had no idea, I still don’t really hear it… I think it’s totally original,” Vedder said.

Wilson Chapman editorBart Walker, former talent agent and partner for ICM Partners, has joined the Gersh Agency as a senior partner, Variety has confirmed. He will be based in the company’s New York office.Walker’s move comes shortly after fellow Hollywood talent agency CAA’s acquisition of ICM this June.

Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio has joined the New York Yankees.Harrison Bader, a baseball player who broke into the Major Leagues in 2017, was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals just minutes before the deadline yesterday (August 2).He was traded for Yankees left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery.

Jonathan Cohen The War On Drugs has signed with John Silva’s Silva Artist Management, Variety has learned. Until this spring, the Philadelphia-reared rock act had been represented for more than a decade by Fort William Artist Management co-founder Ami Spishock.After two EPs and three studio albums on Secretly Canadian, including the 2014 breakthrough “Lost in the Dream,” the Drugs jumped to Steve Ralbovsky’s Canvasback/Atlantic, which released 2017’s Grammy-winning “A Deeper Understanding” and last year’s “I Don’t Live Here Anymore.” Those albums spawned two No. 1 hits on Billboard’s adult alternative airplay radio chart (“Pain” and “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” featuring Lucius) and another that reached No.

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Kolben has joined APA as an agent in the Alternative and Factual Programming department. She will be based in APA’s New York office and will report to Kyle Loftus, Head of Content Development and Hayden Meyer head of Alternative and Factual Programming.

Death in Paradise spin-off - and there are some serious stars! Derry Girls actor Dylan Llewellyn, The Bay actress Zahra Ahmadi, and Vanity Fair star Felicity Montagu are all set to join the east alongside Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton, with filming beginning in early August.  MORE: See the stars of Death in Paradise and their familiesIn the show, Zahra will play DS Esther Williams while Dylan will take on the role of PC Kelly Hartford, and Felicity will be an office support civilian, Margo Martins.  David Beckhams daughter Harper scores at goal at Wembley StadiumDeath in Paradises Ralf Little stuns fans with very revealing videoShetlands season seven trailer reveals Douglas Henshalls final case as DI Jimmy PerezNon-Traditional Wedding DressesStrictly Come Dancing pro dancers kick off rehearsals ahead of new seriesNeil Patrick Harris stars in Netflixs Uncoupled10 of the Most Stunning Celebrity KitchensSavannah Guthries Family LifeSophie Wessex handles Marilyn Monore moment in New York with style and graceThe Lionesses win Euro 2022Amanda Holden is Bond girl stunning in tiny bikiniWatch the official trailer for MonarchInside Amy Dowden and Ben Jones spectacular Welsh weddingAmber Heards lawyer makes TV debut on CBS MorningsLove Island 2022: Ekin-Su and Davide are crowned this years championsAnton Du Beke shows off incredible living roomWATCH: Death in Paradise's Ralf Little stuns fans with very revealing videoSo what can we expect from the show? The synopsis reads: "Seeking a quieter life away from the stress of the city, Humphrey has taken a job as a Detective Inspector in fiancée Martha’s hometown.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNeil Patrick Harris is showing a side of himself that we’ve never seen before.In Darren Star and Jeffrey Richman’s new Netflix series “Uncoupled,” Harris stars as Michael, a gay New York real estate agent whose partner of 17 years Colin (Tuc Watkins) leaves him.As Michael navigates dating again, stories of love, heartbreak, middle-age and unexpected sexual encounters unfold.Harris is seen in various states of undress. In fact, the actor has his first on-camera gay sex scene on “Uncoupled,” with “Sex and the City” movie alum Gilles Marini.“We did make out in that first scene and then between takes he goes, ‘Oh it is true? It is true what they say?’” Harris recalls.

EXCLUSIVE: Summer of Soul producer RadicalMedia has hired New York attorney and business strategist Candice Cook Simmons as Chief Strategy Officer.

Bruce Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau has released a statement following criticism about the musician’s recent ticket prices.Last week, when tickets for Springsteen’s 2023 world tour dates went on sale, fans were asked to pay up to $5000 (£4152) for some tickets.The site’s “dynamic pricing” model allows Ticketmaster to charge more for tickets when they first go on sale. The system responds to demand and so increases or decreases prices in line with what “scalpers” – a person who re-sells a ticket for profit – would sell them for, keeping the money in-house for the seller and artist.The system also sees increase with demand for certain “platinum tickets”, which are placed throughout each venue.Now, Springsteen’s manager has responded to the backlash to the prices.

Self-described manager and advisor to R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Brooklyn federal court to interstate stalking a victim in Kelly's racketeering case.  Donnell Russell, a 47-year-old Chicago resident, was accused of using "mail, phones and the internet" to "harass and intimidate" Kelly's victim along with her mother between November 2018 and February 2020, according to a statement released by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. He could face up to five years in prison following his Nov.

R Kelly’s former manager Donnell Russell has pleaded guilty to charges of stalking, related to the harassment and intimidation of one of Kelly’s accusers.Russell was accused of threatening to publish sexually explicit images of the unnamed woman, via messages sent to both her and her mother, if she did not drop claims she had made about Kelly.The musician, of course, was convicted in a New York court last year of establishing and running a criminal enterprise in order to sexually and physically abuse women and teenagers. He has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.The campaign of harassment began in November 2018, when Russell sent a letter to the woman’s lawyer, purporting to be written by Kelly himself, featuring two cropped nude images of her and warning that he would be “publishing soon”.In January 2019, he began sending text messages to the woman and her mother, warning them to “pull the plug or you will be exposed”.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticBruce Springsteen fans have been asking to hear from the artist or his camp directly in the wake of a firestorm over extremely variable ticket costs for a 2023 U.S. tour that has gone on sale last week and this week.

EXCLUSIVE: Winter State Entertainment has wrapped production on Kitty to Cooperstown—a new feature doc on MLB great Jim “Kitty” Kaat, who just this past Sunday was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame.

In the wake of recent spate of shootings that have disrupted TV productions in Chicago and New York, Hollywood’s unions and the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee are discussing how best to increase safety for casts and crews filming on location.

David Ortiz was officially inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on July 24, 2022, in a beautiful ceremony that included heartwarming speeches and many familiar faces. In addition to the retired Boston Red Sox slugger, the museum committee honored seven other players, including Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, Tony Oliva, and Buck O’Neil.After retiring in 2016, Ortiz immediately appeared on the ballot to be inducted for his outstanding performance and legacy in the game.

Travis Scott has officially made his return to the festival circuit. On Saturday night, the 31-year-old surprised the crowd at Rolling Loud Miami when he made an appearance during Future's set.The appearance was his first music festival appearance since last year's Astroworld tragedy, which resulted in the deaths of 10 concertgoers.Scott joined the 38-year-old rapper near the end of his set and they performed their collab, «Hold That Heat,» before launching into a medley of Scott's songs, «Goosebumps» and «No Bystanders.»Scott followed up that appearance with a performance at Miami nightclub E11EVEN on Sunday, where he previously made his return to the stage in May.