Spilling the tea! Jamie Chung remembered an uncomfortable gym incident with Bradley Cooper and his then-girlfriend, Renée Zellweger, while filming The Hangover Part II.
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Jen Namoff, whose 15-year career has included casting, artist representation, talent management and production in both New York and Los Angeles, is launching Namoff & Company, a bi-coastal, full-service talent management and production company representing clients across television, film, music, and theater with a client roster that includes Tituss Burgess, Tammy Blanchard, Katrina Lenk and others.
Joining Namoff in the new venture, which was announced today, are John Bautista as Director of Operations/Talent Manager and Doug Middlebrook as Creative Director/Producer.
In a statement describing the new company’s mission statement, the three principals sid, “We are inspired by artists who push boundaries, guiding them to reach their creative potential in every arena. We are committed to telling stories that are relevant, inclusive, and forward-thinking.”
In addition to Burgess, Blanchard and Lenk, Namoff & Company’s current roster of clients includes Gabrielle Carrubba, Julia Mattison, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Solea Pfeiffer, Ben Ahlers, Alison Luff, Lorna Courtney, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Caroline Bowman, Bobby Conte, Sarah Hunt, Maddie Baillio, Ava Yaghmaie, Hudson Oz, Peter Dager, Lisa Howard, Kelly McCreary, Jessica Phillips, Darius Fraser, Carl Lundstedt, David Patterson, Sasha Allen, Will Adams, Kuhoo Verma, and Lea DiMarchi.
Namoff’s production credits include Broadway’s How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (starring at various points Daniel Radcliffe, Darren Criss, and Nick Jonas) and Fiddler On the Roof (starring Danny Burstein), as well as other stage productions such as Carrie at Manhattan Class Company and Into The Woods at the Public Theatre starring Amy Adams and Jessie Mueller. Other credits include the web
Spilling the tea! Jamie Chung remembered an uncomfortable gym incident with Bradley Cooper and his then-girlfriend, Renée Zellweger, while filming The Hangover Part II.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterHalle Berry’s new production company has hired WME motion picture department partner Holly Jeter to serve as president, Variety has learned.Jeter currently serves as Berry’s agent. She will stay onboard at WME for the time being as next steps are determined.
EXCLUSIVE: Holly Jeter, a partner at WME in the Motion Picture Department, has departed the agency to serve as President of client, Halle Berry’s, new production entity. The new, yet to be named entity, will produce a wide array of projects from hard-hitting dramas to light-hearted comedies, action, horror, and more with a focus on elevating complex, strong, women and women of color in leading roles both in front of and behind the camera. Jeter is partnering with Berry as she enters a new two-picture, three-year first look producing deal with Netflix.
Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor300 Entertainment — the label home of Megan Thee Stallion and Young Thug, which was acquired by Warner Music earlier this month for $400 million —has launched a content and film division, 300 Studios. Its debut project, “RACE: Bubba Wallace,” is a docuseries that will be released on Netflix next month.300 Studios is headed by Kevin Liles, who is chairman/ CEO of both 300 Entertainment and Elektra Music Group, with former Viacom executives Kelly Griffin as head of creative strategy and Nolan Baynes as GM. According to the announcement, the studio “is primed to develop multi-format, feature, and episodic content through a cultural point of view.”According to the announcement, 300 Studios has over 20 projects in production, including film, music-lifestyle series, episodic content, and podcast initiatives.
Congratulations are in order for Jen Saviano and her boyfriend Landon Ricker! The 32-year-old former Bachelor star took to her Instagram on Tuesday (January 25) to announce she and Landon were pregnant with their first baby! “Surpriseee!” Jen captioned the Instagram video album she shared with her 220k followers. “We can’t wait to meet you, little B.”
Bachelor Nation is getting a little bigger! Former star Jen Saviano announced that she and her boyfriend, Landon Ricker, are expecting their first child.«Surpriseee! we can’t wait to meet you, little B.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner and other MPs will join striking bus drivers this week as passengers are warned all buses from First’s Oldham depot will again be cancelled on days of action.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorDigital entrepreneur Jon Steinberg is exiting the streaming business news service that he founded in 2016 and sold to cable operator Altice USA three years later.On Tuesday, Altice promoted Keith Bowen to president of Altice News and Advertising. He’ll succeed Steinberg in leading the cable operator’s in-house News 12 hyper-local news operation serving parts of Long Island, as well as Cheddar News, the i24News international news service that Altice launched in 2017 and Altice’s A4 advanced advertising data operation.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterLulu Wang and Dani Melia have signed a first-look television deal with Amazon via their newly formed production company, Local Time.Wang and Melia first worked together on the critically-acclaimed 2019 feature “The Farewell.” Under the deal, Local Time will develop shows from emerging storytellers for Amazon. Wang is currently directing and executive producing the Amazon drama series “Expats,” based on the Janice Y.K.
Lulu Wang, director of Awkwafina comedy drama The Farewell, and producer Dani Melia have launched their own production company and struck a first-look TV deal with Amazon.
Prince Andrew toured red-light sex clubs with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and spent time with pimp Ghislaine Maxwell in Thailand, it's been reported.
Mad Men actor Jon Hamm was spotted enjoying some Sunday brunch in one of Glasgow 's favourite eateries.
A man from the UK who was killed in a barbaric knife attack in Thailand has been named as father-of-two Marcus Evans.
St Mirren boss Jim Goodwin has told St Johnstone they will have to cough up if they want Cammy MacPherson back this season.
TheWrap-Up,” host Sharon Waxman and special guest co-host and TheWrap contributing editor Ben Svetkey talk the 2022 award season, which is currently taking shape with the Oscars set to have a host again and award show nominations being announced left and right.After a discussion of some recent Hollywood headlines, Sharon and Ben mull who might make a good Oscars host, before turning to the spectacular showing by the stars of “Succession” in the Screen Actor’s Guild Award nominations.Our “Wax On/Wax Off” segment returns, as Sharon shares news of TheWrap’s 14 LA Press Club nominations this week.For this week’s feature interview, Sharon is joined by two women whose powerful documentary films are among the 15 that made the documentaries shortlist for the 2022 Oscars — Nanfu Wang, director of “In the Same Breath,” and Megan Mylan, director of “Simple as Water.” Wang’s film looks at the the people on the ground in the U.S. and in China in the earliest days of the coronavirus outbreak.
Wilson Chapman editorHBO’s “Perry Mason” is adding some new suspects to the case.The period drama, based on the popular 1930s detective fiction character created by Eric Stanley Garner, has added four new recurring cast members to its upcoming second season. Joining the cast are Sean Astin (“The Lord of the Rings,” “Stranger Things”), Tommy Dewey (“Casual”), Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”) and Jen Tullock (“Before You Know It”). In addition, Shea Wingham (“Boardwalk Empire”), formerly a main cast member in the show’s first season, will return in a recurring capacity.
Kaz Crossley has so far helped build a school, house, and gym for a group of children during her incredible trip to Thailand. The Love Island star, 27, jetted off to Isaan, Thailand, shortly before the new year to help the community who she found through a Muay Thai boxing club, called Wor Watthana. Speaking about her involvement in the incredible project, Kaz, who shot to fame on the ITV dating show back in 2017, recently told OK!: "I was in Thailand doing the two week quarantine because that was the rules to enter at the time and I had a really nice massive villa I was staying in.
EXCLUSIVE: The creator, executive producer and showrunner of the acclaimed HBO Max series Station Eleven, Patrick Somerville, and the series’ associate producer and editor David Eisenberg, have opened the doors to feature film and television production company Tractor Beam.
EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Entertainment (Stowaway, Separation) have formed international film sales and distribution company, Great Escape.