Imax Names Skydance & DreamWorks Animation Vet Anne Globe As Chief Marketing Officer

What happens when life doesn’t go according to plan? A young actor finds out after becoming stranded far from his dreams. ”Accidental Texan” follows Erwin, played by Rudy Pankow, as he traverses the unfamiliar Texas landscape.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix has picked up worldwide rights to “The Imaginary,” a currently-on-release Japanese animation film from producer Studio Ponoc. “Studio Ponoc is thrilled to bring our storytelling and innovative hand-drawn, hand-painted animated films to all audiences, and in particular to children and their families to enjoy together, around the world on Netflix,” said Nishimura Yoshiaki, Ponoc founder and former Studio Ghibli producer. The film is directed by Momose Yoshiyuki, who has credits on Ponoc’s 2017 title “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” and others on Ghibli’s “Spirited Away,” “Princess Mononoke” and “Porco Rosso.” Adapted from a novel by A.F. Harold, with a screenplay by Nishimura, the film “portrays the depths of humanity and creativity through the eyes of young Amanda and her imaginary companion, Rudger.

EXCLUSIVE: Leading PR firm The Lede Company on Thursday announced its appointment of Jackie Murphy to the role of Chief Impact Officer.

Latitude Festival has announced a swathe of new names for its 2024 line-up, including The Darkness, Future Islands, Lankum and The Vaccines.The festival will return on the weekend of July 25-28 in Henham Park, Suffolk, and last month revealed its 2024 headliners as Duran Duran, Kasabian, Keane and London Grammar.Also on today’s line-up announcement are Jockstrap, CMAT, Waxahatchee, Baby Queen and Marika Hackman.The festival’s comedy line-up for 2024 has also been revealed, with headliners Jo Brand, Judi Love and Joanne McNally joining the previously announced Sara Pascoe.See the full Latitude 2024 line-up so far.

Anne Hathaway is standing in solidarity with Condé Nast union members!

Anne Hathaway is standing with the union workers at Condé Nast.

Kim Kardashian is making major moves… except in this case it’s a U-turn! Because it’s with a fashion brand she previously ditched!

Princess Anne’s unique fashion look at her brother King Charles’ coronation last year certainly made headlines.Many believed the Princess Royal, 73, deliberately wore her large feather hat in an effort to block her nephew Prince Harry’s view of the event at the time. But according to Robert Hardman’s new book, “The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy,” this was not the case.Anne allegedly was concerned over the big cap and wanted to change it for something else — but ultimately didn’t have a choice in the matter.“This is nonsense.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tubi CEO Anjali Sud, the former chief exec of Vimeo who started at the Fox Corp.-owned free TV streaming service last year, has tapped her former lieutenant at Vimeo, Courtney Sanchez. Sanchez, who has more than 20 years of experience in media and tech, joins Tubi as chief strategy officer and EVP of operations. She worked at Vimeo, the video-hosting platform, from 2014-22 and most recently served as COO, where she helped the company go public.

EXCLUSIVE: Build-A-Bear‘s stuffed animal characters have inspired development of animated series Kabu.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Imax has appointed Anne Globe as chief marketing officer. Globe, who previously served as CMO of Skydance Media and DreamWorks Animation, will be responsible for overseeing all brand, film marketing, creative and social media for the global entertainment technology platform.

died in September 2022.According to an excerpt from royal biographer Robert Hardman’s new book, “The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy,” published in the Daily Mail, Anne, 73, was waiting at Balmoral Castle in Scotland for King Charles after Elizabeth’s passing,As she silently stood by for her older brother, 75, to arrive at the Firm’s summer estate, a senior staffer asked to hug her.“There then followed a wry smile. ‘That is the last time that’s going to happen,’ the princess said firmly, Hardman penned in his book released today.He also included a memo of the sovereign’s final moments that were recorded by her private secretary, Sir Edward Young.“Very peaceful.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Tan France has partnered with Madison Wells to incubate and grow his newly-founded production company, French Tuck Media, Variety has learned exclusively. Madison Wells, the production company founded by Gigi Pritzker, will work with France and French Tuck to develop a content slate that will be co-produced by both companies.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock just took to social media to share a series of photos from her recent trip to Disneyland.The former Little Mix star was joined by her young family: her footballer husband Andre Gray - who she married in a lavish ceremony in Jamaica last year - and their two year old twin daughters.The 32 year old accompanied the wholesome family shots with a sweet caption, and especially gushed over how much her children enjoyed the experience. She typed: "Disney Dump, we had the cutest little family trip.

Anne Hathaway and Anna Wintour are back together and they’re making Devil Wears Prada jokes!

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a script commitment to Elfquest, a one-hour animated drama series based on the epic fantasy adventure comic series created by Wendy and Richard Pini. The project hails from Bento Box Entertainment and Modern Magic. Susan Hurwitz Arneson (The Last Amazon) will pen the series adaptation and serve as showrunner and executive producer.

News Corp today announced that veteran communications executive Arthur Bochner is set to become chief communications officer and EVP at News Corp. when Jim Kennedy retires later this year.

A prison officer wept today as she told a court how she'd broken prison rules to take bandanas into a young offenders' institution for a young female Glasgow university student who was losing her hair - and who went on to kill herself just three months after being jailed for 16 months for dangerous driving.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences is tightening its internal overlook and control of the Oscars and all awards-related events in an expansion of its Oscars Strategy division which started in 2022.

Thania Garcia Tom Sansone has been named SoundCloud‘s new chief financial officer/chief operating officer, it was announced Tuesday by CEO Eliah Seton. “Tom is a proven global executive with a highly differentiated and relevant skill set that includes accelerating business transformation, establishing operational and financial discipline and executing strategic alternatives,” said Seton in a statement.