Jen Reberger Returns to Disney as Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Disney Entertainment has reshuffled roles and oversight among some comms and PR execs amid the second round of layoffs companywide. In addition to this week’s changes, Variety has confirmed that since February, Shari Rosenblum has led publicity, talent relations and events across 20th Television, 20th Animation and ABC Signature as SVP of publicity for Disney Television Studios. Rosenblum, who has spent 18 years at the studio leading campaign efforts for series including “Modern Family,” “The Dropout” and “Homeland,” reports to Candice Ashton. New reorg moves include:

Kendall Jenner wore DMY by DMY sunglasses while celebrating Easter.Priyanka Chopra Jonas wore a purple outfit with purple knee-high leather boots by GIA BORGHINI for dinner in London with husband Nick Jonas. Charli D’Amelio wore the Nasty Gal Floral Midi Dress in Multi while at Coachella 2023 in Indio, California. Gigi Hadid carried String Ting's Heavenly Sky Wristlet Phone Strap, a colorful and convenient accessory that lets you keep your phone within reach without sacrificing style, while out and about in New York City. Bradley Cooper has just listed his first property ever purchased in Venice, Ca.

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, recently reunited in New York City. But it wasn’t a date- they met with friends Jason Bateman and his wife, Amanda Anka, for dinner.

suing the Florida governor for politically motivated “retaliation” — and Jimmy Fallon has a pretty good guess of which lawyer will be representing Disney in court.In the complaint filed this week, Disney cited a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” from DeSantis, as a result of the company’s response to the governor’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill last year. According to the complaint, the “targeted campaign of government retaliation – orchestrated at every level by Governor DeSantis as punishment for Disney’s protected speech – now threatens Disney’s business operations, jeopardizes its economic future in the region and violates its constitutional rights.”During Wednesday night’s monologue on “The Tonight Show,” host Jimmy Fallon read an additional statement from “the head of Disney’s legal team”: Donald Duck.“We will not give in to this outrageous government overreach,” the duck’s signature angry voice squawked.But just because Donald Duck is apparently the head of Disney’s legal team doesn’t mean he’ll be the one in the courtroom.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Have you ever wondered how the Wishing Star, the one that so many Disney characters wished upon, came to be? Well, the Magic Kingdom attempts to explain that eternal question in its newest animated musical, “Wish.” “West Side Story” Oscar winner Ariana DeBose voices the main character Asha, who, along with her helpful goat named Valentino, finds out one day that their wishes can literally come true. The film is set in the fantastical kingdom of Rosas, which is ruled over by a king voiced by Chris Pine. Disney, once the gold standard of family films thanks to Pixar and Disney Animation, has recently struggled to score at the box office with its animated offerings. “Encanto,” which was released earlier in the pandemic, was a modest hit given the circumstances, but other releases, like “Lightyear” and “Strange World,” massively flopped in theaters and lost money for the studio. So, Disney needs “Wish” to connect with kids and their parents when the film debuts in theaters on Nov. 22.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Nesbitt has been upped to Vice President of on the Studio Film Team at Netflix.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Fremantle has promoted its long-time distribution boss Jens Richter to CEO of Commercial and International. Under his expanded remit, alongside leading Fremantle’s distribution business, Richter will oversee all commercial activity, including Fremantle’s digital and social business and FAST channels. As CEO International — a role he has held since joining Fremantle in 2014 — Richter oversees the global distribution of Fremantle’s finished programs, international content and acquisitions, and co-production strategy models. As CEO Commercial and International, he now also takes responsibility for Fremantle’s digital business.

Jens Richter has added commercial duties to his Fremantle International CEO role.

“Big Mouth” has been renewed by Netflix for an eighth and final season, giving it the most installments in Netflix history outside of kids and family programming.Season 7 of the adult animated series arrives in 2023, and the newly greenlit eighth season will arrive in 2024.“If you would have told adolescent Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg that middle school would take 8 years to finish,” said series star and executive producer Nick Kroll. “They would have been like ‘yeah, that sounds about right.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of Big Mouth‘s Season 7 premiere, Netflix has renewed the Emmy-winning adult animated comedy series for a milestone eighth season, which will be its last.

even with this fan. “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings got into a Twitter tiff with a viewer who claimed a seemingly correct answer from Friday’s episode was incorrect.A fan of the trivia show tweeted to the champ, claiming that the answer for the $200 question under the “Potent Potable Rhyme Time” category did not actually rhyme.The clue provided read: “Rice wine for the guy who rides a racehorse.”One of the contestants, Kari Elsila, rang in immediately with, “What is ‘sake’ and ‘jockey’?” The answer was referring to the Japanese alcoholic beverage, which is pronounced to rhyme with “jockey,” according to Merriam-Webster, though the show reportedly uses the Oxford English Dictionary for reference. That prompted the viewer’s attempt at correction.“Dear @Jeopardy writers ‘Sake’ and ‘Jockey’ are not rhyming words,” wrote the fan before tagging Jennings, 48, in a separate tweet.

After a brief stint at healthcare product maker Medtronic, 15-year Disney veteran Jen Reberger is returning to the entertainment conglom as SVP Human Resources for Disney Entertainment Television. Her hire, effective May 1, was announced in a note to staff by Dana Walden, co-chairman, Disney Entertainment.

Jen Psaki spotlighted Sunday the changing talking points, and even hypocrisies, of several Donald Trump-supporting, MAGA Republicans when it comes to defunding the police. The five-minute “Inside With Jen Psaki” segment breaks down how, despite many elected officials rallying around “backing the blue” and heralding “law and order” in the 2020 aftershocks of George Floyd’s murder, the likes of House representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan — and even Florida Gov.

Jen Shah’s legal troubles continue. The former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star’s fraud case lawyer claims she owes her thousands of dollars in legal fees.

A Shah-mazing idea. Jen Shah is staging a play with her fellow prison inmates at FPC Bryan in Texas — and it has the perfect title.

The Daily Show used to have a white host?

Writing her own story. Jen Bunney revealed why watching The Hills has become a “huge trigger” for her — and why she was “dispensable” to the creators.

a recent Quinnipiac poll, as Pskai pointed out, a whopping 90% of Republicans see the move from DA Alvin Bragg as politically motivated; 70% of independents agree along with 30% of Democrats.“It doesn’t really matter that that is based entirely on the phony claims by leading Republicans,” Psaki said of the poll’s results. “But the thing is, there’s absolutely nothing to gain by adding more fuel to that fire.”Currently, that fire is being fueled by the likes of House speaker Kevin McCarthy, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Trump himself.

was anything to go by, a super-talented actor (we're still upset that she was snubbed at the Oscars).Now, the triple threat is back for a new Netflix movie called The Mother, and it looks epic. The 53-year-old Anaconda star returns to her action-packed roots for the flick, in which she stars as a deadly female assassin who comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she gave up years before against equally dangerous assailants.

Kamala Harris has released a Spotify playlist to document her travels across Africa.The playlist, My Travels: Ghana, Tanzania, & Zambia was released in tandem of Harris’ tour around the continent. She included some of the biggest musical names in the diaspora –  including Ghana’s Amaarae, Tanzania’s Harmonize, and Zambia’s Chef 187.The 25-track-long playlist comes simultaneously with the announcement of Harris pledging to support “African Innovation” in Ghana.She said: “Together, we will address the challenges we face, and the opportunities ahead. America will be guided not by what we can do for our African partners, but what we can do with our African partners.”The playlist is available on Spotify now.