UTA is expanding to Atlanta, billing its full-service presence in the burgeoning entertainment and sports market as a first for any major Hollywood agency.
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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVComedian, author and actor Patricia Williams aka Ms. Pat has booked her first hourlong stand-up comedy special at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively.The special, which is still to be titled, will be shot at the Atlanta Comedy Theater on Sept.
25. While this is Ms.
Pat’s first hourlong special, she previously appeared in the second season of the streamer’s “The Degenerates” stand-up series, delivering a half-hour set.Ms. Pat’s unique voice comes
.UTA is expanding to Atlanta, billing its full-service presence in the burgeoning entertainment and sports market as a first for any major Hollywood agency.
Angelique Jackson HBO Max is “rooting for everybody Black.”Or so reads the bio of its latest social-first audience initiative called Scene in Black, which launches Monday and focuses on connecting HBO and HBO Max’s Black talent, creatives and fans.The team borrowed the line from one of HBO’s biggest stars, “Insecure” creator, writer, producer and actor Issa Rae, who went viral with that quip during an interview with Variety at the 2017 Emmys.
announcing last year that the Broadway show would be filmed for Netflix, has debuted its first trailer, giving audiences the first look at the upcoming stage production. From director Christopher Ashley and writers Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, tells the story about a young royal thrust onto the world stage.
Jaina Lee Ortiz at the center of the action, also includes recently promoted series regular Carlos Miranda and Stefania Spampinato, the latter of whom transitioned to the firefighter series after starring on for four seasons.Check out ET's exclusive poster for season 5 below.Miranda, who joined last season as Lieutenant Theo Ruiz, spoke with ET about what lies ahead for the squad in season 5.«It starts off a little tense with how things left off at the wedding last season between Andy and
Kenya Moore is playing coy about her return to for season 14… sort of. When asked by ET if she'll be back on Bravo when the hit series returns, she offers up a sly, «We'll see,» before confessing she expects to start filming again in October. "[There will] definitely cast shake up," she tells ET's Lauren Zima.
Kenya Moore is reflecting on the late Gregg Leakes after joining her fellow castmates, past and present, at his memorial over the weekend. Moore opened up to ET about the touching service and why despite in-fighting among the cast, it was a «no-brainer» for her to attend.«I was there to support.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNetflix thinks Addison Rae is all that.So much so that the streamer has signed the TikTok star to a multi-picture deal.Rae recently made her acting debut with a starring role in Netflix’s “He’s All That,” a gender-swapped remake of the 1999 high school rom-com “She’s All That.”“Getting the opportunity to work with Netflix was such a pinch me moment and now to be able to continue the relationship is beyond my wildest dreams,” Rae said.
Eva Marcille found out she got her dream job while shopping for underwear. Twice.«I was in Victoria's Secret shopping, and I get a phone call, and it's like, 'Hey, it's Tyler Perry...' I'm like, 'Oh!' So I put the G-string down, because I felt like the phone call and the unmentionables...» the actress recalls to ET over video chat, explaining how her involvement with Perry's new BET+ series, , came to be.
EXCLUSIVE: The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis, a new biopic tracking the life of The Chronicles Of Narnia author, has been set for an event cinema release in theaters this November. Scroll down to watch the trailer.
Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines.
Ramin Setoodeh Executive EditorSome critics were giving Venice bad reviews on the second day of this year’s film festival — but it had nothing to do with the quality of the movies.Long security lines operated by Italian police officers to get into the press screenings of two movies, Netflix’s “The Hand of God” and Focus Features’ “The Card Counter,” meant that some journalists weren’t able to make it inside their seats before the opening credits rolled.At the 8:30 a.m.
has been renewed for season 5 ahead of its season 4 premiere. After earning four Emmy nominations for its action and nostalgia-packed third season, will be back with season 4 in December and production for the season 5 will start in Atlanta this fall.In addition to confirming its return, earlier this month Netflix shared a brief teaser of what’s to come for Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny (William Zabka) as they battle for the soul of the Valley. According to the streaming platform, “Season 4
Netflix has renewed Cobra Kai for season 5 ahead of its fourth season premiere in Dec. Production on the new season is set to begin in Atlanta this fall.
Angelique Jackson “Stranger Things” breakout Priah Ferguson is sticking to the spooky (and spunky) theme, signing on to star opposite Marlon Wayans in his upcoming Halloween adventure-comedy movie for Netflix.Ferguson stars in the yet-to-be-titled movie as a teenage girl who accidentally unleashes an ancient and mischievous spirit on Halloween, causing decorations to come alive and wreak havoc.
On Tuesday, Netflix offered a first look at Attack Of The Hollywood Clichés!, a one-off comedy special hosted by Rob Lowe, announcing that it will debut globally on September 28.
“Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker and his collaborator Annabel Jones have set their next Netflix project: a comedy special about Hollywood cliches, hosted by Rob Lowe.Launching on the streaming service Sept.
EA has announced that it will be allowing free access to some of its accessibility-related patents and technologies.EA’s new patent pledge will allow developers to use five patented technologies without fear of legal ramifications. These include some of EA’s accessibility technologies which the company hopes will encourage others to make their games more inclusive to all.The Apex Legends ping system is among the patents, which is patented as a contextually aware communication system.
20 years after making audiences laugh with his Scary Movie franchise, Marlon Wayans is making a return to his everyone’s favorite frightening holiday as sources say he is set to star and produce and untitled Halloween pic for Netflix. The adventure-comedy will be directed by Jeff Wadlow with Rob Rugan, Todd Berger, John R. Morey penning the script.