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Naman Ramachandran Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment have joined forces to create Sony Entertainment Talent Ventures India (SETVI), an entertainment company that will offer actors, musicians, sportspersons, gamers and content creators in India opportunities for co-ventures, metaverse solutions, brand partnerships and management.This is the first official cross-corporation joint venture for Sony Group in India. India is on track to become the third largest consumer market by 2030 and sustains one of the largest local-language content creation ecosystems in the world.

J. Kim Murphy Howard Hesseman, a prolific character actor who became a beloved TV mainstay through his roles on sitcoms “WKRP in Cincinnati” and “Head of the Class,” died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles of complications from colon surgery he had undergone last summer.

Carol Speed, who lit up the screen in the cult blaxploitation film The Mack died on Jan. 14 in Muskogee, Okla. She was 76 her family announced her death in a statement published online, but did not specify the cause.

LOS ANGELES -- When Demond Wilson heard that Redd Foxx was going to star in a TV sitcom, the actor brushed it off as a joke.Foxx was a killer stand-up comic, with a trademark raunchiness that Wilson figured to be a nonstarter for the timid broadcast networks that were television in 1972. It was the eve of cable, and the rise of streaming was decades away.“It would be like bringing a dog to a cat party,” is how Wilson described the notion of Foxx invading TV in a recent Associated Press interview.But the comedian cleaned up his act for the small screen, and “Sanford and Son," with Wilson co-starring as Foxx's beleaguered adult son, debuted 50 years this month on NBC.

Carol Speed was an actress known for roles in films of the blaxploitation era, including “Abby” and “The Mack.”Speed had early TV success with guest roles on “Julia” and “Sanford and Son,” as well as a recurring role on “Days of Our Lives,” before making her way into movies. She had small roles in “The New Centurions” and “The Big Bird Cage,” then landed a prominent part in 1973’s “The Mack,” starring opposite Max Julien (1933–2022). The following year, Speed starred in “Abby,” playing a woman possessed by a demon.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment has signed an overall deal with the writing and producing team of Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman under their new production arm, RaqMar Entertainment.

In the wake of Ghostbusters: Afterlife reinvigorating the Sony franchise, as well as the family business at the pandemic box office with $115.8M WW, the Culver City lot has signed the sequel’s director/co-writer Jason Reitman and EP/co-writer Gil Kenan to an overall producing deal.

Piper Perabo spoke about a possible “Coyote Ugly” reboot during an appearance on “The Talk” Wednesday.

Sylvie Rabineau and Jill Holwager Gillett sold their boutique Rabineau Wachter Sanford & Gillett Literary Agency to WME five years ago.

Television pioneer Norman Lear will be honored with the Legend Award by the African American Film Critics Association as part of its Special Achievement Honoree class during its annual TV Honors celebration.

Prime Video and IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, have closed a licensing deal with Sony Pictures Television for a suite of classic television series from legendary producer Norman Lear.

EXCLUSIVE: International production veterans Shebnem Askin and Michael Rifkin have been appointed Co-Heads of Sony Pictures International Productions. Reporting to Sanford Panitch, President, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, the pair takes over from Laine Kline who stepped down earlier this year.

Jordaan Sanford Women know the feeling of “crunch time,” whatever field they’re in. Two champion athletes who have faced that pressure have some advice for women: To succeed, look to your supporters, not your doubters.Olympic gold medalist, WNBA champion, and current Duke University women’s head basketball coach Kara Lawson has broken more than one glass ceiling.

EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Marks has joined Sony Pictures as VP of Casting, covering all of the studio’s labels including Columbia Pictures, 3000 Pictures, TriStar, Screen Gems, Affirm Films and Sony Pictures Animation.

Born in 1936, Golonka spent her childhood in Chicago, where she began studying singing and acting. She moved to New York at age 19, beginning a career in Broadway plays and in films made in New York City; she studied under Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen.The late actress' first major production was which started in Connecticut before moving to Broadway.

WPLG that she has been repeatedly attacked and bullied because of her LGBTQ identity.Last month, video emerged showing Sanford being attacked while at school.

As the date to Spider-Man: No Way Home inches closer, there are new revelations about the film every now and then! We recently learned that while Spider-Man is currently part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe thanks to an agreement between MCU and Disney, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group President Sanford Panitch says that there is a plan to connect the two universes. In a chat with Variety, Panitch revealed that the studio doesn’t consider their characters to be part of a “Spidey-verse.” “We

As you probably know, Disney doesn’t own the rights to every Marvel character and Sony is the rights-holder for Spider-Man and a slew of other characters.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen director David Leitch and Brad Pitt told Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group President Sanford Panitch that they were keen to cast Aaron Taylor-Johnson for the ensemble thriller “Bullet Train,” Panitch wasn’t super-aware of the British actor.“It was a ‘I had to look him up’ kind of thing,” Panitch tells Variety.

What a character! Funny actress and comic Wanda Sykes opened up to Us Weekly exclusively with 25 things you might now know about her — including her favorite hobbies (besides cracking jokes!), her dream role and the celebrity who left her starstruck. Read on to learn more about the Upshaws star.

Paul Mooney has died of a heart attack, according to the New York Daily News. He was 79, Mooney became a comedy legend with his writing work for Richard Pryor.

Sanford told The Post. “It’s a creative release.”Sanford – who was formerly employed under the leadership of Dr.

EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Columbia Pictures has raised Brittany Morrissey to SVP Production. She will report to Sanford Panitch, president of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaGeorge R.R. Martin is facing something even more menacing than White Walkers: New York theater critics.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorWall Street analyst Laura Martin of Needham Co. went so far as to say “Sell Netflix to buy ViacomCBS” after Wednesday’s marathon presentation of ViacomCBS’ plan for growth in the streaming arena with the March 4 launch of Paramount Plus.But Todd Juenger of Sanford Bernstein Co.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIn his 2014 memoir “Even This I Get to Experience,” TV legend Norman Lear writes about the busiest period of his life as a time of “joyful stress.”The 1970s were the pinnacle of Lear’s success as an uber producer, and at one point he simultaneously had eight shows on the air — including such landmark sitcoms as “All in the Family,” “One Day at a Time,” “Sanford and Son,” “Good Times,” “Maude,” “The Jeffersons” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”“Even doing

direct to your inboxChannel 4 favourite Gogglebox may not be on TV until later this month, but its stars have been keeping us entertained with updates about what they're up to on social media.Yesterday Pete Sanford worried fans of the show when he showed off a painful looking eye injury on his Instagram account.Now friends Jenny and Lee have shared a far more positive update, and people can't get enough of them.The throwback video, which was shared on Jenny and Lee's joint Instagram account,

Marion Ramsey (1947–2021), ‘Police Academy’ starTanya Roberts (1955–2021), actress who starred in ‘That ‘70s Show’Dearon “Deezer D” Thompson (1965–2021), ‘ER’ actor and rapperHarry Beal (1930–2021), first Navy SEALGregory Sierra (1937–2021), co-starred in ‘Barney Miller,’ ‘Sanford and Son’Mira Furlan (1955–2021), actress in ‘Babylon 5,’ ‘Lost’Siegfried Fischbacher (1939–2021), half of Siegfried & Roy magic duoFrank Shankwitz (1943–2021), Make-A-Wish Foundation cofounderGerry Marsden (1942–2021),

Edward James Olmos tweeted that he read news of Sierra’s death and wept. “Gregory Sierra will forever be with us,” Olmos wrote.

Gregory Sierra, who endeared himself to 1970s sitcom fans as the genial Julio Fuentes onSanford and Sonand the impassioned Sgt. Miguel "Chano" Amenguale onBarney Miller, has died.

Actor Gregory Sierra has died at age 83. The star, known for roles on hit 1970s sitcoms "Barney Miller" and "Sanford and Son," died of cancer on Jan.

Haley Bosselman authorGregory Sierra, best known for his roles as Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amanguale on “Barney Miller” and Julio Fuentes on “Sanford and Son,” died on Jan.

Gregory Sierra, who was a key part of two major 1970s sitcoms as Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son and Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amenguale on Barney Miller, has died. He was 83.

Marguerite Ray, the American actress who had a 10-year stint on The Young And The Restless, has died at the age of 89.

Robert Garland, who wrote the features No Way Out, The Electric Horseman and The Big Blue, died Saturday in Baltimore of complications from dementia, his son announced. He was 83.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticRobert Garland, a Hollywood screenwriter who began his writing career with episodes of such popular sitcoms as That Girl and Sanford and Son before going on to write the big-screen hits The Electric Horseman and No Way Out, died Nov. 21 in Baltimore.