Lebanese Newcomer Nour Ardakani Joins Global Pop Group Now United

Ellise Shafer editorBoth “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19” are dedicating their upcoming seasons to the essential workers who have worked so hard to keep Americans safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.In a new crossover promo, the ABC shows splice their own footage together with photos of the real-life heroes working in hospitals across the country.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Mark Itkin, former WME partner and a doyen of the international formats and unscripted world, has joined the board of Plimsoll Productions.Itkin, who is based in LA and New York, will work closely with CEO Grant Mansfield and VP, Production and Development Saul Goldberg as the Hostile Planet and Yellowstone Live producer focuses on the U.S.

Chris Willman Music WriterKalie Shorr, a country-pop singer-songwriter whose self-released debut album was one of the critical breakouts of 2019, has signed to Tmwrk Records, which will issue an expanded edition of that album, to be called “Open Book: Unabridged,” this fall.“Tmwrk fell in love with my album as-is. That meant so much to me,” Shorr tells Variety.

Rick Moranis was the victim of a random attack on Thursday morning in New York City.

Actor Rick Moranis was attacked while walking in New York City on Thursday, Fox News can confirm. The "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" star, 67, was sucker-punched by an unknown assailant while walking on a sidewalk near New York's Central Park, a rep for the star confirmed to Fox News on Friday.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorZachary Quinto has never seen William Friedkin’s 1970 big-screen adaptation of “The Boys in the Band,” based on Mart Crowley’s play about a group of gay men who gather in a New York apartment for their friend Harold’s birthday.You’d think he would have by now.

NEW YORK -- Four years after they debuted as the next buzzed-about girl group on the K-pop music scene, BLACKPINK's lofty dreams in music have come into fruition.Perform at Coachella. Check.Record a song with Lady Gaga.

NEW YORK -- Broadway and the world of drag will combine later this month for a streaming variety show to promote voter participation that promises plenty of show tunes and a lot of fierce lipstick.“Divas For Democracy: United We Slay” will feature Broadway stars such as Chita Rivera and Stephanie J.

the upcoming Disney+ series based on the comics character, and appropriately calledMs. Marvel, according to Deadline.In her first Hollywood production, Vellani will play Ms.

The actress set to play Ms. Marvel for Disney+ and Marvel‘s new show has finally been found after a “long and hard search.”

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After a long and hard search, Marvel has found its Ms. Marvel.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorAn innovative YouTube ad campaign from New York’s Tribeca Studios and agencies in eight cities around the world are helping push traffic and new viewers to globalgoals.org, the website for the U.N.’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.Tribeca CEO Jane Rosenthal, Google, YouTube and advertising execs presented the findings at a prerecorded session to stream Wednesday at Advertising Week 2020.

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios sells Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe”; ZDF commissions natural history series “Africa From Above”; “Married at First Sight” gets live wedding; ITV orders game-show format “Game of Talents”; travel format “Heads and Tails” goes to Spain; Jellyfish promotes Natalie Llewellyn; German Film Office opens in New York; and Monte-Carlo TV Festival sets 2021 dates.BBC Studios has secured several global pre-sales for Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen‘

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterICM Partners and its London-based agency Primary Talent International have hired music agent Pete Nash, it was announced today by Rob Prinz, head of worldwide concerts at ICM Partners and Matt Bates, head of international at PTI/ICM.  Nash will be based in ICM’s New York office and brings with him a client roster that includes Kings of Leon, Pet Shop Boys, Regina Spektor, Steve Winwood, The Struts and Travis (outside of the U.S.).ICM Partners International

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A teenage singer from Lebanon this week became the latest to join a global pop band formed by Simon Fuller, the man behind the Spice Girls and “American Idol,” which aims to transform young unknowns into internet superstars.That may seem a grandiose ambition during a global pandemic.

Bad Bunny surprised the city of New York with a livestreaming concert from the flatbed of a truck. The concert was also done to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month as well as the anniversary of Hurricane Maria.

Dino-Ray Ramos editorEXCLUSIVE: WME has announced that Noel Tedla Mesfin has joined the agency as an Agent in Production.