Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs Eye Rollup of Content Firms Including Scooter Braun’s SB Projects

Scott Brown in the Celtic team would be a heavy burden for any player.But for a 22-year-old Ivorian who is living alone in a new country and can barely speak the language?It’s a monumental task.That’s what Ismaila Soro is faced with, having been one of the few bright spots in a bleak season for the club.When ex-gaffer Neil Lennon brought him in from the cold to displace the skipper as Celtic’s midfield anchor, fans weren’t sure what to expect.But Soro’s performances gave punters hope that

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSteve Greenberg, founder of S-Curve Records, is leaving the company, which he founded two decades ago and sold to BMG in 2015, he confirmed to Variety.

If Disney hires Robert Zemeckis to direct a live-action “Pinocchio” remake, you better believe Tom Hanks is on board to star, right? And that’s exactly what’s happening. But Tom Hanks can’t possibly play all the characters, so now we know who the filmmaker is bringing out to join the Oscar-winning actor in Disney’s latest attempt to remake a classic animated feature.

Former Disney streaming chief and TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer is taking on another role in the streaming world. Mayer has been named chairman of the board of directors at DAZN Group, the global streaming sports platform.

Kevin Mayer, whose long tenure at Disney culminated in the successful launch of Disney+, is joining sports streaming outfit DAZN as chairman.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorKevin Mayer, previously one of Disney’s top executives and ex-CEO of TikTok, was named chairman of DAZN, a global sports-streaming service, the company announced.Mayer, who worked at the Walt Disney Co. for more than two decades and led the launch of Disney Plus, will replace John Skipper, the former ESPN chief who had joined DAZN in 2018.

Bolton, said at the time it was inoperable but he was undergoing treatment. Appearing on Tuesday's Loose Women, Kelsey updated fans on Tom's progress.

Leila Cobo Apart from its nearly unprecedented success, the most remarkable thing about Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s 2017 global smash hit “Despacito” may be how quickly it came together. Today (Tuesday, March 2), Penguin Random House publishes “Decoding Despacito’: An Oral History of Latin Music,” the latest book by Billboard vice president Leila Cobo, who may be the top Latin music journalist in the U.S.

“It’s every American’s God-given right to live wherever you want to live,” says Alaskan Bush People patriarch Billy Brown in a new tribute video. That ethos has been at the center of the Discovery Channel series as it has chronicled the Brown family’s life in the wilderness over the course of the past 12 seasons.

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When news broke that Marvel Studios had begun the development of “Deadpool 3” with Ryan Reynolds, fans were elated. And then came Kevin Feige himself confirming that the film would indeed be rated R, a first for a Marvel Studios-produced feature.

Roy Trakin Entertainment and tech entrepreneur Scooter Braun is entering the cannabis business.Braun’s Ceres Acquisition Corp. and Atlanta-based Parallel, one of the world’s largest privately held multi-state cannabis companies, have entered into a “business combination” to launch a publicly traded U.S.

SEC filing Thursday night. Mayer and Staggs will serve as co-CEOs of this SPAC, with O’Neal as a special advisor.For the SPAC formed last year (Forest Road Acquisition Corp.) Mayer serves as a strategic adviser and Staggs as director and chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committee.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Vice Distribution announces its spring slate; Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson doc gets theatrical launch dates ahead of its Amazon Prime Video premiere; Channel 4 commissions COVID lockdown-inspired docu-series “Sex Odyssey” with Alice Levine; South African streamer Showmax commissions a local version of “Temptation Island” and Fremantle promotes several execs in EMEA.Following its launch in summer 2020, Vice Distribution has announced its first

Former Disney and TikTok executive Kevin Mayer is exploring a deal to roll up several independent media and entertainment companies,including Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings and Ben Silverman’s Propagate Content,sources with knowledge of the talks tell The Hollywood Reporter. Blackstone is financing the venture and is expected to invest a minimum of $2 billion as part of an expansion of its media and entertainment holdings, says a knowledgeable source.

Began hearing this last week, but the drums are beating louder that Scooter Braun is in early discussions to sell his business, Ithaca, to former Disney and Tiktok honcho Kevin Mayer, who has backing through Blackstone. This is one of three offers being mulled.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Danny Ray spent years as the emcee for James Brown, and part of his job during performances was draping capes on the Godfather of Soul.Ray was 85 when he died Feb.

Regé-Jean Page, 31, broke the hearts of many ladies last week when he was seen showing off PDA with his girlfriend Emily Brown on the sidewalks of North London. The Bridgerton star and his lady love were bundled up on a snowy sidewalk as he wore a black coat and teal scarf and she wore a navy blue coat and dark green knit hat. They were embracing in a tight hug before they let go and he eventually went inside a chauffeur-driven car. Check out the pics HERE!