Livestream Expert Genvid Raises Fresh Cash For Entertainment Arm, Taps Former Netflix Vet Cindy Holland As Advisor

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has added Beth Lacke (Chicago Med, Hope Springs Eternal), Stephen Louis Grush (Chicago P.D., The Alienist), and Cass Buggé (Better Things, Yes Day) to its upcoming sci-fi drama series Lightyears in recurring roles.

Angelique Jackson Charles Randolph-Wright, Debra Martin Chase and Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano have teamed to produce the Netflix family movie “Take the Ice,” set in the world of synchronized ice skating.Written by Deborah Swisher, “Take the Ice” follows a rebellious 15-year-old named Tisha Moore, who has dreamed of becoming an ice skater her entire life.

Chicago Fire's Alberto Rosende has shared a sweet moment between him and pal Daniel Kyri as they enjoyed a break from filming season 10.The two hit a bowling alley in Chicago, with Alberto sharing video of Daniel failing to get a strike as he rolled the bowling ball, captioning it with an inside joke: "My guy Doug!"Alberto stars as firefighter Blake Gallo, joining the show in season eight.

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that the movie The Re-Education of Molly Singer is currently in production with Britt Robertson playing the title character who is a struggling young lawyer, yearning for her carefree days and raucous university nights from a decade ago.

Hulu is expanding its unscripted team.

Lauren Ash as Diane Dunbrowski. Diane has always been and always will be the life of the party, even when the party has long since been over.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has ordered the adult animated series “Chicago Party Aunt,” inspired by Chris Witaske’s Twitter account of the same name.Netflix has ordered 16 episodes of the half-hour series, with the first eight slated to drop on Sept. 17.

Netflix continues to expand its animation slate with a 16-episode series order to Chicago Party Aunt, a half-hour adult animated comedy from Chris Witaske (What Men Want), Jon Barinholtz (Superstore), and Katie Rich, who also star, Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment and Titmouse (Big Mouth, Human Resources).

Despite their recent high-profile divorce, it would appear that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are still on good terms: According to TMZ, Kardashian was in attendance at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium during West's Donda album listening party, along with the ex-couple's four kids: North, Chicago, Psalm, and Saint. In February, Kardashian filed for divorce from West after a tumultuous seven years of marriage.

UPDATE: A Cook County, Illinois judge has dismissed former Windy CIty Rehab cohost Donovan Eckhardt’s defamation claim against the program’s showrunners.

‘Pig ‘to open EdinburghThis year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will open with the European premiere of Pig, starring Nicola Cage. The screening will take place on August 18. In the film, Cage plays a truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness and must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. The pic will be released in the UK by Altitude on August 20. EIFF runs August 18-25 this year.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSports-journalism upstart The Athletic, which has reportedly been considering potential mergers, is raising the cost of an annual subscription, the first time it has sought a price increase of any sort since launching in Chicago in 2016.Starting Friday, July 16,  The Athletic will charge for new and existing subscribers $71.99 per year. Previously, a yearly subscription cost $59.99.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorGenvid wants to bootstrap a new category of large-scale interactive games that unfold in real-time — based on well-known movie, comic book or gaming franchises.It’s banked a big $113 million round to form Genvid Entertainment, a new game publishing unit dedicated to producing what the company calls “massive interactive live events,” or MILEs.To lend Genvid Entertainment a hand in navigating Hollywood, the company has recruited Cindy Holland, an 18-year Netflix

Christie Brinkley's ex-husband Peter Cook, 62, and fiancée Alba Jancou, 21, celebrated July 4 at a party in the Hamptons.  Cook and Jancou were photographed together at a party hosted by skin-care CEO Peter Thomas Roth.The couple wore matching black and white outfits.  Cook and Jancou got engaged two years ago in Greece. "We are very happy," Cook previously told People magazine.

Zendaya and Tom Holland. In photos published by Page Six, the “Spider-Man” costars were passionately kissing in Holland’s $125,000 Audi car during a sunset drive in Los Angeles on Thursday. They made use of their time during a red light to lock lips and when they weren’t kissing they were smiling and laughing at each other.They were photographed while cruising through Silver Lake where it‘s believed Zendaya’s mother lives.