Ladbible Production Arm Ladstudios Hires Former Barcroft Chief Creative Officer Alex Morris As Director To Drive Growth

here.In February 2022, Gooding will stand trial in New York City in a groping case. Gooding is charged with violating three different women at three different Manhattan night spots in 2018 and 2019.One of the woman accused Gooding of pinching her buttocks, according to ABC News.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today announced the hiring of Neil Phillips as its first Chief Diversity Officer, in keeping with a promise made last spring, surrounding the introduction of a new, permanent leadership position at the embattled Golden Globes organization.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has named speaker and entrepreneur Neil Phillips as its first chief diversity officer, as part of the Golden Globes group’s ongoing reforms.The HFPA had previously promised to appoint a chief diversity officer as a permanent leadership position.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargePublic speaker, educator and entrepreneur Neil Phillips has been tapped by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to serve as its first-ever chief diversity officer.

Neon has hired Jason Wald, formerly of Searchlight Pictures, as its vice president of acquisitions and production, it was announced Monday.Wald will report to Jeff Deutchman, EVP of acquisitions and production, and will help the team curate its slate as the company continues to ramp up production.Wald previously served as the director of acquisitions at Searchlight Pictures, identifying and acquiring films for the label’s theatrical slate and Hulu Originals.

EXCLUSIVE: The Lamorne Morris and Jackie Earle Haley movie Death of a Telemarketer has landed at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.

Naman Ramachandran Clare Priestley, former director of commercial production at Vice Media, has joined LADstudios as head of production, reporting into recently appointed director Alex Morris. LADstudios is the factual entertainment division of youth-focused content creator LADbible Group, whose video content published across major platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, receives some three billion views per month.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNancy Utley, the veteran movie executive who ran Searchlight Pictures, has launched a new content label and secured a first-look arrangement with Chernin Entertainment.Utley’s Lake Ellyn Entertainment will produce film and television for Chernin, whose own first-look pact with Netflix will now include work from Utley.

EXCLUSIVE: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has named In Kim, a 30-plus year veteran of the franchise industry, its chief operating officer as the chain expands rapidly post-bankruptcy and audiences return to theaters.

EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Perry has brought on former BET Networks and Paramount Pictures executive Robert A. Boyd, II as Chief Operating Officer of his Tyler Perry Studios. In the newly created role, Boyd will work closely with Perry to oversee both studio operations and production for TPS.

EXCLUSIVE: Grandview has hired former Gotham Group and Anonymous Content manager Tara Timinsky.

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Cuba Gooding Jr. will go on trial in February in his New York City groping case, a judge said Monday, with prosecutors planning to portray the actor as a serial offender and the defense contending the case is an example of #MeToo run amok.

coronavirus cases surged in New York and the state shut down most court matters.Gooding was arrested in June 2019 after a 29-year-old woman told police he squeezed her breast without her consent at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge near Times Square.A few months later, Gooding was charged in two additional incidents as more women came forward to accuse him of abuse.He was accused of pinching a server’s buttocks after making a sexually suggestive remark to her at TAO Downtown and forcibly touching

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUniversal and Blumhouse’s “Halloween Kills” topped the weekend box office with a $50.4 million debut. That’s a bloody good showing considering that the film is being release simultaneously in theaters and on-demand via Peacock, NBCUniversal’s in-house Netflix challenger.

Diane Weyermann, the longtime Chief Content Officer at Participant who also produced or exec produced dozens of films including Oscar winners An Inconvenient Truth and Citizenfour, died today of cancer in New York, the company said. She was 66.

IMG has hired former Sky Sports MD Barney Francis to “lead its production business into a new era.”