Jonathan Majors Signs With WME

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorRedBird Capital Partners has taken a majority stake in Talent Systems, the casting software and audition network run by entrepreneurs Rafi Gordon and Alex Amin.Talent Spotlight operates a collection of casting-related software and audition network services, including Casting Networks, Spotlight, Cast It Systems, Casting Frontier, eTribez Casting Platform and Staff Me Up. RedBird is a private equity firm run by former Goldman Sachs partner Gerry Cardinale that focuses on media, sports, consumer and financial services sectors.“RedBird’s extensive track record of building long-term, successful businesses coupled with its deep expertise in the entertainment industry makes them the ideal partner to scale Talent Systems,” said Gordon and Amin, who are co-CEOs of Talent Systems.

Gallery: 'He pulled away and whispered, 'Make out with my nose. . . ' You'll never believe these stars' worst first dates (BANG Showbiz)Jonathan paid tribute to the people around him who have helped him overcome various issues throughout his life.

Lens right-back Jonathan Clauss could become Erik ten Hag's fourth signing as Manchester United manager after the club reportedly entered advanced talks over a deal.

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Bennett, who recently signed an exclusive, multi-picture overall deal with Crown Media Family Networks, will headline and executive a new movie for Hallmark called Wedding of a Lifetime. 

Sony has decided to push Devotion to Wednesday, Nov. 23, as a wide release.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBrett Goldstein has signed with WME for representation, Variety has learned. He continues to be repped by Mosaic and Hansen Jacobson in the US, as well as B-Side Management and LARK in the UK.Goldstein is best known to American audiences for his breakout role as veteran footballer turned coach Roy Kent in the Apple sports comedy series “Ted Lasso.” He won the Emmy Award for best supporting actor in a comedy for his work on the show’s first season, with Season 2 also expected to pick up nominations when they are announced next week.Goldstein is also a writer on the show and won two WGA Awards along with the rest of the writing team on the series.

K.J. Yossman Netflix has greenlit Swedish comedy film “One More Time” with Hedda Stiernstedt (“Beforeigners”) in the leading role.Jonatan Etzler will make his directorial feature debut with the film, which is set to hit Netflix in 2023.In “One More Time,” Stiernstedt plays 40-year-old Amelia who is hit by a bus on her birthday.

Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott hit it off when they met on  in 2019 but, to her surprise, the famous contractor went radio silent soon after, leading the star wondering if he was ghosting her!The star's boyfriend opened up about their relationship in an interview with, telling the women's magazine how a trip to the Rocky Mountains left Deschanel wondering if the HGTV personality was no longer interested in her.Soon after meeting, Scott went on a horseback riding trip to the Rocky Mountains, where he had no cell service, unbeknownst to Deschanel, whose text to him had gone unanswered for four days. Scott said Deschanel figured he was ghosting her.

Lost Ollie won’t be much longer: The limited series featuring voiceovers by Mary J Blige, Jonathan Groff and Tim Blake Nelson — plus Gina Rodriguez and Jake Johnson in starring roles as momma and daddy — can be found Aug. 24 on Netflix.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Cake Boss” star Buddy Valastro, a longtime staple in the Warner Bros. Discovery lifestyle brands family, is making A+E Networks his new TV home.The cable giant has signed custom cake whiz Valastro, who rose to fame through his TLC reality series “Cake Boss,” which is centered on his long-standing family business Carlo’s Bakery, to a multi-platform creative partnership.The pact encompasses more than 60 hours of original programming, including development of multiple new series and holiday specials produced by A+E’s Six West Media, in association with Valastro’s Cakehouse Media.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah (Luce) for representation.

EXCLUSIVE:  Writer-director Bryan Bertino has inked with WME.

Kevin Williamson, the writer behind the original “Scream” movie and the creator of shows like “Dawson’s Creek” and “The Vampire Diaries,” has signed with CAA, TheWrap has learned exclusively. Kevin Williamson is a filmmaker, writer, creator, producer and director, who first broke out with the script for the 1996 slasher horror film “Scream.

previous one with WBTV, signed back in 2020.Thede’s current projects include the acclaimed “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” which was renewed for a fourth season earlier this month. Starring, created, showrun, executive produced and written by Thede, the historic sketch series is made entirely by and for Black women, whose skits touch on topics like sex, relationships, religion and social norms.

The Morning Show executive producer and director Mimi Leder is sticking around Apple TV+. The Emmy-winning filmmaker (On The Basis of Sex, ER) has signed a multi-year, overall deal with the streamer.

EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Quaid (Midway), Isabelle Fuhrman (The Novice), David Thewlis (Fargo), Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games franchise) and Kiera Allen (The Good Doctor) will star in the sci-fi mystery Littlemouth, which has entered production in the Cayman Islands. Jonathan Sobol (The Padre) wrote the script and is directing for Productivity Media and and Darius Films.

Jonathan Bailey and Rege-Jean Page have reunited!

Zooey Deschanel is celebrating the “awesome guys” in her life.

Zooey Deschanel is honoring the two most important men in her kids’ lives.