Miramax TV Names Amanda Klein Senior VP, Isha Mehta as VP of International Business Affairs (EXCLUSIVE)

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJean Chi is joining Spotify in the newly created role of global head of podcast business affairs, as the audio and music streaming continues to bulk up on podcasts.At Spotify, Chi will oversee the dealmaking process for the company’s Spotify Studios, Gimlet, Parcast, and Ringer operations, assuming the leadership of the growing worldwide business affairs team.

Pau Gasol is honoring his late friend Kobe Bryant.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorUniversal Television chief Pearlena Igbokwe has been elevated to head of TV content for NBCUniversal as part of the broader shakeup of NBCU’s senior executive ranks. Bonnie Hammer, the NBCU veteran who had been overseeing all TV production, segues into the NBCU vice chairman role that was hastily vacated last month by Ron Meyer.The shuffle in NBCUniversal’s content group comes at the same time the company is poised to bring in longtime Warner Bros.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWarner Music Group announced that Kareem Chin has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations, effective immediately. Chin comes to WMG from iHeartMedia, Inc., where he held the same title.

Twilight's Kellan Lutz and his wife Brittany Gonzales are expecting a baby.

AMC Networks has hired NBCUniversal executive Rafael Gomez to head its business affairs department. The cable group has also Scott Stein to oversee business aspects ofThe Walking Dead universe.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterAfter launching their careers together on Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie are reuniting on the spy thriller Five Eyes. Statham will star and Ritchie will direct and produce from a screenplay written by The Gentlemen scribes Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies with revisions by Ritchie.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterRafael Gomez is joining AMC Networks as head of business affairs for the company’s entertainment group, overseeing the development and execution of programming agreements across AMC, BBC America, SundanceTV, IFC and AMC Studios.He comes to AMC from NBCUniversal, where he was most recently senior vice president of business affairs for streaming service Peacock, and will report to AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHallwood Media, former Geffen Records president Neil Jacobson’s new writer-producer management company, has hired Cristina Chavez as SVP of A&R / Management. According to the announcement, Chavez will focus on expanding Hallwood Media deeper into the R&B and hip-hop space.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentShowrun by Lucía Puenzo and produced by Fremantle and Fabula, “Señorita México” (“Miss Mexico”) has added two writers, María Renée Prudencio and Tatiana Merenuk, as it advances towards production, which is scheduled for the first half of 2021.The new series will be produced for Starzplay and Pantaya in Latin America and Spain, in a deal brokered by Fremantle’s international distribution arm, Fremantle and Fabula confirmed Tuesday, as they also

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAs the 72nd Emmys goes virtual, so will the media that covers it.

Welcome to the world, Daisy Dove Bloom! We are honoured to introduce Goodwill Ambassadors @KatyPerry and @OrlandoBloom’s new bundle of joy.⠀ ⠀ “We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter,” Katy and Orlando told us.⠀ ⠀ “But we know we’re the lucky ones and not everyone can have a birthing experience as peaceful as ours was.

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Jamie Lynn Spears has been named trustee of sister Britney‘s SJB Revocable Trust. The pop star’s younger sister will be responsible for ensuring her fortune is transferred into a trust benefitting Britney’s children in the event of her death, according to court documents obtained by ET on Tuesday.

Jamie Lynn Spears has been named trustee of sister Britney's SJB Revocable Trust. The pop star's younger sister will be responsible for ensuring her fortune is transferred into a trust benefitting Britney's children in the event of her death, according to court documents obtained by ET on Tuesday.The documents state that Jamie Lynn was appointed trustee of Britney's trust in 2018, with her appointment signed off by their father, Jamie, and Britney's former co-conservator Andrew Wallet.

Jamie Lynn Spears is set to inherit her sister, Britney Spears’ fortune in the event that the “Toxic” singer passes away.Jamie Lynn, 29, has been named the trustee of Britney’s SJB Revocable Trust, according to court documents obtained by The Blast on Tuesday, August 25.According to the outlet, the docs claim that the trust was amended in 2018 to have the Zoey 101 alum listed as “trustee” for her sister’s fortune.

Hello!: 'Summer's name is a reference to having sunshine after going through darker times.'It has been a journey of finally reaching this optimistic season of everything coming into bloom. 'I cried tears of joy.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorVeteran industry executive and producer Alana Mayo has joined MGM as the President of the newly relaunched Orion Pictures.The division will concentrate exclusively on underrepresented voices and authentic storytelling in film with a focus on developing, producing and acquiring feature films that amplify underserved voices, both in front of and behind the camera.

MGM’s Orion Pictures is relaunching its brand as a studio label for underrepresented voices and has named veteran industry executive and producer Alana Mayo as the new Orion Pictures president, Michael De Luca, MGM’s film group chairman and Pam Abdy, MGM’s film group president.In an internal memo from De Luca and Abdy shared with TheWrap, John Hegeman will be stepping down from his role at Orion in early October after three years with the label, as will his team, following the opening of the

French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis will head up the jury of this year's socially-distanced Deauville American Film Festival. The event, which runs in the French seaside town Sept.