Lesli Klainberg Stepping Down as President of Film at Lincoln Center

EXCLUSIVE: As it preps for the release of notable titles like Nickel Boys, production company Louverture Films has added a handful of key execs and collaborators, including two principal partners and a chief financial officer.

The Biden vs Trump debate took place in the small hours of the morning in many parts of the world but one only needed to watch a few clips and glance at headlines within minutes of waking up to get a feel for what had happened.

Paramount‘s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is heading to a franchise record preview night between $5M-$6M, several sources inform us. Showtimes began at 3 PM.

Andrew Lincoln, famed for his role in The Walking Dead, is set to star in the new ITV thriller Cold Water.

Alison Herman TV Critic SPOILER ALERT: The following piece evaluates Season 3 of “The Bear.” While major plot developments — including guest stars — have been withheld to preserve the viewing experience, the network has requested spoiler warnings on all reviews. The second, much-improved season of “The Bear” was defined by a sense of momentum. Its 10 episodes were transitional in a literal sense, taking the FX half-hour from the closure of a family-owned Italian beef shop in Chicago’s River North to the opening of a fine dining concept in the same space.

Britney Spears is no longer being represented by lawyer Mathew Rosengart, who helped her escape a court-ordered conservatorship.

What’s going on with Academy Award-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s “Star Wars” movie centering on Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley)? Rumored to be called, “Star War: A New Jedi Order” and then more recently, “Star Wars: Episode X – A New Beginning” (who knows if any of that’s true), for months, all Daisy Ridley has said is she’s been waiting to read a script from Academy Award-nominated writer Steven Knight, the creator of “Peaky Blinders,” and writer of “Eastern Promises,” “Spencer” and more.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Christa D’Alimonte, Paramount Global‘s EVP, general counsel and secretary, is exiting at the end of the month after 12 years at the company and its predecessor Viacom. D’Alimonte on Tuesday informed her team that she will be leaving the company on June 28 (read the memo below).

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Angelina Jolie may get the award for most enthusiastic audience member. The A-list star was seated in the front row at the Tony Awards on Sunday and jumped to her feet at every win for “The Outsiders,” a gritty adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age novel that she produced and got to see crowned as the season’s best musical.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Broadway’s biggest night is live! The 77th annual Tony Awards have debuted at New York City’s David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. The pre-show, or “Act One” as it’s being called on Pluto, has already given out a bevy of awards before the official CBS broadcast.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Broadway’s biggest night is here. The 77th annual Tony Awards will take place Sunday, June 16 at New York City’s David H.

Countryfile star Adam Henson has opened up about becoming unexpectedly emotional during a holistic therapy session amidst his wife Charlie's pancreatic cancer diagnosis. 58 year old Adam, who as appeared on the popular BBC show since 2001, revealed how a visit to a reiki massage therapist on the BBC show left him in tears while filming in the spiritual hub of Glastonbury - an experience that the farmer and presenter didn't see coming, reports the Mirror.

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Rosario Dawson, Hayden Christensen, and Lucasfilm Creative Chief Dave Filoni were on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to discuss the “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka” this week (read our review). And while all eyes are on season two of “Ahsoka,” which Filoni says he’s writing, so it’s presumably on the way at some point, many fans are wondering what’s going on with the feature-length film.

Dozens of people marched in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday to demand justice for former General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor, who was shot and killed May 25 at Pico Boulevard and Hope Street in Los Angeles.

Leslie Uggams made her debut at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater in 1952, she instantly won over the notoriously tough crowd as the “extra added attraction” on a bill with jazz great Louis Armstrong as headliner.“It was terrific … They loved me,” Uggams, now 81, told The Post about her 20-minute act, which included singing, tap-dancing and impressions. “I remember one of the songs was ‘When You’re Smiling.’ And another song was ‘Exactly Like You.’ And also ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street.’ ”The Harlem native — who earned her coveted spot on the Apollo stage by repeatedly winning a radio contest — wasn’t even nervous about not getting the local love when she was known as “Little Leslie Uggams.”“I was a ham,” she said with a laugh.

Downtown Music has appointed Molly Neuman as president of its “direct-to-creator” division, CD Baby. Neuman will work to expand CD Baby’s services, succeeding CD Baby’s previous president, Scott Williams, who will remain a consultant to Downtown and CD Baby. In a post shared to LinkedIn, Neuman said, “My ambitions for CD Baby are consistent with things I’ve spoken with many of you about before.

UPDATE: Skylar Astin, who made his Broadway debut in 2006’s Spring Awakening, will host the American Express Broadway Fanfare simulcast event this Sunday in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Floyd Collins, the 1994 musical that has built an enduring popularity due to an Off Broadway cast recording, will finally receive a Broadway staging: The Adam Guettel-Tina Landau musical will be part of the just-announced 2024-2025 40th Anniversary Lincoln Center Theater season.

Jamie Lang Framestore Company 3 Group (FC3) has appointed Lincoln Wallen as its new group chief technology officer. FC3 is best known for color grading and has done high-profile work on upcoming animated and live-action titles, including “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Wicked,” “Transformers: One” and “Despicable Me.” The latter two are getting special presentations at this week’s Annecy Animation Festival.