Lionsgate Television Group Ups Suzy Feldman To EVP Worldwide TV Marketing

Harry Potter fans will never forget where they were when they read Albus Dumbledore’s heartbreaking death scene – but Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton almost missed out on the experience entirely. The star, who captured hearts as the mean-spirited (or simply misunderstood) Slytherin, admitted he ‘painstakingly’ read the books – to the point that his friends finished them before him.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor“The Tourist,” starring Jamie Dornan, won best series Tuesday at the Golden Nymphs Awards, handed out at the conclusion of the 61st Monte-Carlo Television Festival.The show, created and written by Harry and Jack Williams, is a British thriller with comedy moments centering on the theme of identity. It was also given the best creation prize and the BetaSeries public prize.Germany’s “Martha Liebermann,” a drama about a German-Jewish woman in Nazi-era Berlin standing up for her values while risking her life, won best TV film, and Thekla Carola Wied, who plays the titular character, won best actress.Ulrich Thomsen, the lead from Nordic crime drama “Trom” won best actor.

Former 20th Century Fox and HBO marketing chief Pamela Levine is joining Disney General Entertainment as head of marketing for Disney Branded Television and National Geographic Content. She replaces Jayanta Jenkins, who exited the post earlier this month after a year and a half.

Looks like Barbie’s got some competition!

Carson Burton The creative team behind “Gordita Chronicles” are ready to bring change to the small screen.Premiering on June 23 on HBO Max, the semi-autobiographical series from creator and executive producer Claudia Forestieri tells the story of a Dominican family that leaves Santo Domingo for Miami in pursuit of the American Dream. Joining Forestieri in a keynote conversation at Variety‘s Changemakers Summit with editor-at-large Kate Aurthur were executive producers Zoe Saldaña, Eva Longoria and Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz, who also serves as showrunner.

Backstage photos from the 2022 Tony Awards have been released and there are some shots of the Spring Awakening cast.

Eva Longoria and Zoe Saldana are hitting the red carpet together!

Lea Michele spoke to ET's Lauren Zima at the Tony Awards Sunday night about what it took to bring the gang back together for the documentary, .«And this all started — we were on a group text together, and we've been on it for many years,» Michele began. «And one of our cast members, Lauren [Pritchard], said, 'We should all reunite and get back together,' and now here we are, at the Tony's.»She continued, «It's just wild, being here, all of us, all together. We managed to get the entire original cast together.

The stars of Spring Awakening are reuniting again!

Eva Longoria called out mainstream media and Hollywood on Saturday for continuing to perpetuate harmful stereotypes about people of color. “The villainization of Black and brown people comes from the media. I mean news.

Producers Eva Longoria and Charles D. King shared their frustrations today at the Produced By conference, relating that studios tell them they looked for diverse crew members, but couldn’t find any. MACRO CEO King and UnbeliEVAble Entertainment founder Longoria said they are creating a database of diverse talent they can present to studios when faced with that question.

Eva Marcille had simple goals that proved lofty to achieve while filming  season 2: nap and relax.«I mean, let's just hang out and chill,» she says to ET of her mission ahead of arriving at Dorinda Medley's Massachusetts estate, Blue Stone Manor, for seven days of bonding time with her fellow (ex) 'Wives (filmed last fall). «However, when a Housewife gets with another Housewife, drama will soon ensue...»Joining Eva and Dorinda in the Berkshires for the week-long getaway (a follow-up to season 1's island adventure) were 's Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge, ' Taylor Armstrong and Brandi Glanville, plus The Real Housewives of New York City OG Jill Zarin and Eva's fellow former peach-holder, 's Phaedra Parks."Andy [Cohen, executive producer of the  franchise] actually calls me when I was on vacation and I had a couple cocktails, so I wasn't sure if he was telling me what I was hearing or if it was the alcohol talking, but he told me that I would be hosted by Dorinda and I would love her," Eva recalls.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Ashley Calhoun has been promoted to president of PULSE Music Group, adding to her role of head of creative.PULSE Music Group currently has credits on the top three songs in the U.S. — Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (via Tyler Johnson), Jack Harlow’s “First Class” (via Angel Lopez) and Future’s “Wait For U Ft.

Carson Burton Sony Pictures Television has brought on unscripted executive and producer Michael Weinberg as senior vice president of development in its newly-formed game show production unit, Variety has learned exclusively.In the new role, Weinberg will develop game shows across all platforms and will identify new growth opportunities for the game shows division, which is focused on expanding the company’s footprint in the category. Sony Pictures Television is behind mega-powerhouses “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!”An Emmy-winning producer, Weinberg’s extensive list of game show credits includes “Press Your Luck,” “1 Versus 100,” “To Tell the Truth” and “Don’t Forget the Lyrics.”Earlier this year, Sony made a major push into unscripted content expansion with the $350 million acquisition of Industrial Media.

EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has hired veteran finance exec Chris Malone as EVP, Head of Corporate Development. Based at AMG’s Los Angeles headquarters, he will work with the company’s senior management in M&A efforts and other corporate strategic initiatives involving capital markets, private equity and credit.

New research shows almost a third of Netflix’s European content now hails from the continent, as the effects of quota regulations and its push into local original content kick in. An Ampere Analysis study suggests the streamer is at or above the 30% European content in “almost all” European markets, though the figure is slightly below this mark in the UK, Ireland and France.