Like Minded Ventures Taps Chris Monteleone As Chief Commercial Officer

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog, The Expanse) is the latest addition to the cast of Renfield, the monster movie that Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War, The LEGO Batman Movie) is directing for Universal Pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: Ziffren Brittenham partner Eric Sherman has left to become Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel of Thunder Road Films and game1. Sherman will oversee business and legal affairs for both Thunder Road Films and game1, as well as Asbury Park Pictures.

Always prepared! Meredith Marks invited Us into her Los Angeles hotel room to show Us how she gets her Beauty Sleep. Even though the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star was traveling, her beauty routine spared no detail and even included a portable mini fridge where she stores some of her must-have products. Watch the exclusive video above to see the Bravo personality’s nighttime skincare and wellness routine.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“The Battle at Lake Changjin II” lived up to its blockbuster billing with a more than $75 million box office haul by lunchtime on Tuesday, its opening day in mainland Chinese theaters.The film, aka “Watergate Bridge” had grossed RMB487 million ($76.5 million) by 1.30 pm, according to online ticketing agency Maoyan and Alibaba’s Beacon data service. At this pace a $100 million opening day is possible.State media has forecast that the film may propel the Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival) week to over $1 billion and that the 149-minute film could eventually become the highest-grossing film of all time in China.To do that, it would have to surpass “The Battle at Lake Changjin” which was released on Oct.

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has brought on Sydnie Karras in the newly-created position of Chief Accounting Officer.

Kate Aurthur editorAfter the firestorm earlier this month caused by caused by racist (and deleted) Facebook posts by “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” cast member Jennie Nguyen, Bravo announced Tuesday that Nguyen has been fired from the show. It had recently begun filming its third season in Utah with Nguyen, Heather Gay, Whitney Rose, Jen Shah, Meredith Marks and Lisa Barlow returning.

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. In a few months’ time, in fact, the reality star goes to trial over her fraud and money laundering charges. But it seems her co-stars aren't immune from controversy, either.

Megan Fox and her fiancée Machine Gun Kelly have been enjoying a romantic getaway after recently announcing their engagement. Rapper Machine Gun Kelly, 31, recently got down on knee and presented Megan, 35, with a gorgeous ring containing both an emerald and a diamond, estimated to be worth around £200,000. The loved-up pair announced the happy news on Instagram, with Megan sharing footage of the romantic moment her beau popped the question.

Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland has promoted longtime development executive Alison Eakle.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeShondaland has rounded out its new executive leadership team, promoting longtime development executive Alison Eakle to chief content officer, TV & film, while Chris DiIorio has been upped to chief marketing officer. Both of these are newly created roles at the company.“Both Alison and Chris have been integral to the growth and success of Shondaland and I am thrilled that they will be taking on new, expanded positions within the organization,” said CEO Shonda Rhimes.The promotions come following the appointment of Megha Tolia as Shondaland’s new president.

Mary Cosby is opening up.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPodimo, the European podcast subscription-service startup, named digital media exec Sachin Doshi, whose career has included gigs at Spotify, Twitter and Universal Music Group, to the position of chief content officer.Doshi, based in New York, will lead Podimo’s global content team and report to CEO Morten Strunge. Most recently, he was director of product at Twitter, having joined the social network last year after the acquisition of Scroll, the company he co-founded that had launched a subscription service for ad-free access to articles on participating sites.Prior to co-founding Scroll in 2016, Doshi was VP of content at Spotify, where he worked for five years.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorLen Amato, a 13-year veteran of HBO, joined MasterClass as chief content officer at the company that sells subscriptions to celebrity-led online courses.In the new role, Amato will head up MasterClass’ content organization and help lead content innovation, strategy and development of class launches. He reports to David Rogier, founder and CEO of MasterClass.Amato formerly served as president of HBO Films, Miniseries and Cinemax before he departed in late 2020.