Laika Hires Animation Veteran Ian Sheppard As Head Of Development

Magnolia Pictures has acquired the Sundance Film Festival entry “Cryptozoo,” multiple Individuals familiar with the sale told Variety.The animated fantasy was written and directed by Dash Shaw (“My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea”) and boasts a voice cast featuring Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Angeliki Papoulia and Zoe Kazan.

Outside episodic television, adult animation is seldom procured at studios in the U.S. Still, the medium has found stateside keepers of mature content among independent creators.

Ian Murray, the Shadow Scottish Secretary, said that without a Labour alternative the constitutional debate was being “paralysed by the question of do you like Nicola or do you hate Boris.” With polls showing that as many as 71 per cent of Scots under 34 back independence, the Edinburgh South MP said he was surprised the figures were not higher because of the polarised nature of the debate.

Ricki Lake is looking back on her decision to shave her head following a 20-year hair loss battle. 

Ricki Lake opened up about her decades-long hair loss battle after shaving her head last year.  The actress and former talk show host, 52, revealed on Instagram in July 2020 that she made the difficult decision to shave her head after battling hair loss for more than 30 years.   "Here goes....I have been struggling with hair loss for most of my adult life," Lake shared at the time.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has gone all in with Lisa Cortés, and vice versa.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Kirsten Chuba sat down with star and producer Annalaura di Luggo and creative consultant Stanley Isaacs to discuss their documentaryNapoli Edenin aTHR PresentsQ&A powered by Vision Media. During the half-hour chat, di Luggo and Isaacs described how they made the unconventional film— which at times feels more like a scripted feature than a traditional documentary— and its impact on starting conversations about sustainability in pre-pandemic Italy.

Wanderers grabbed a goal back through Antoni Sarcevic and Delaney was shown a second yellow card after a foul on Vaughan shortly after.

The Visual Effects Society (VES) named its 2021 Board of Directors officers with Lisa Cooke being elected as Board Chair. She is the first woman to hold this role in VES’s history.

Fallout: New Vegas has finally released after 3 years after its announcement, allowing players to explore the wasteland around Portland, Oregon.The mod was so popular that it briefly crashed the Nexus Mods page which hosted the mod, Eurogamer reported.Fallout New: Vegas: The Frontier is described as a “new game sized modification” that has been created by a “passionate group of dozens of community members over a seven year period” according to the explanation on the Nexus Mods page.The sizeable

Covid-19 vaccination drive will see more than 5,000 NHS staff get their virus jab today. Health and social care staff are booked to be vaccinated at NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Well hello Lisa Kardashian! The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna is celebrating her new lipstick line, and released several glam photos of her wearing one of the products on her pillowy pout. In one snapshot she shared via Instagram on Jan.

Asking for help. Carly Waddell hired a nanny for her and Evan Bass’ two kids two weeks after announcing their split.

Creative Artists Agency has promoted CFO James Burtson to president of the Hollywood talent agency. Carol Sawdye, a former COO of the global PwC network of firms, will also join CAA as its new chief financial officer.