NBCUniversal Vet Katherine Nelson Named Disney Branded Television’s VP of Corporate Communications

Katherine Ryan has revealed she would have loved to have the late Sean Lock on her new comedy show, Backstage With Katherine Ryan. The 8 Out Of 10 Cats star died on August 16 last year from cancer, at the age of 58, with his close friend Bill Bailey saying the comedian was diagnosed with ‘advanced’ lung cancer ‘a few years ago.

Katherine Ryan stunned as she posed on the red carpet for Sky's Up Next event on Tuesday.The 38 year old comedian wore a beautiful red, midi length dress which had corset style ruching on the torso, with puffy sleeves that flowed to her elbow. The dress also had a formal collar which was buttoned to the top. To finish off her outfit, Katherine opted for gold rings and a chunky bracelet to match her gold platform heels.

Katherine Ryan has broken her silence following reports of a dispute between her and her neighbours after a balcony was built that overlooked her swimming pool. Katherine, 38, lives in a gorgeous London property with her husband Bobby Koostra, their baby son Fred, and Katherine’s 12 year old daughter Violet from a previous relationship. The comedian expressed her unhappiness of the balcony having been built back in April, and has since issued an update on the ongoing ordeal.

READ MORE: Kate Middleton prohibited from eating potatoes - follows Queen's ruleKatherine has managed to stay in great shape over the years and after having two children. She explained it is thanks to her current exercise routine, which includes yoga, running and weight sessions with her PT, that she has managed to maintain her slim figure.

Veteran communications executive Katherine Nelson has been named VP of Corporate Communications for Disney Branded Television.

Charissa Gilmore, a Disney veteran of more than 30 years, has been promoted to SVP of Corporate Communications for Disney General Entertainment. This is a title bump for Gilmore who has been leading corporate communications for the unit and will continue to report to Peter Rice, chairman of General Entertainment for The Walt Disney Company.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterLongtime Disney communications and marketing staple Charissa Gilmore has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate communications at the company’s TV content arm, Disney General Entertainment.Most recently vice president of global distribution communications for Disney/ABC Television, in her upped role, Gilmore heads up external and internal corporate communications strategies and execution across business operations and content brands, including 20th Television, ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Signature, Disney Branded Television, Freeform, FX, Hulu Originals, National Geographic and Onyx Collective.Her responsibilities include strategy, corporate messaging, executive communications, internal communications, public relations, corporate social responsibility, issues management and the shared functions for events planning, promotions, visual communications, editorial and photo operations. Gilmore reports directly to Peter Rice, chairman of General Entertainment at Disney.“Charissa’s such an important and trusted partner to me and my leadership team, as well as to her colleagues throughout the company,” Rice said in a statement Tuesday.

Legendary soap icon Katherine Kelly Lang is recovering in hospital after she underwent emergency surgery to treat her injuries following a serious fall while horse riding. The 60 year old, best known for her starring role as Brooke Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful revealed the news as she shared a snap from her hospital bed on Mother’s Day.The actress had been enjoying a 40-mile horseback ride across Malibu this past weekend when she dismounted her horse and tripped on a rock.This then lead to her injuring her ankle after it twisted into an obscure angle. Describing the moment of her injury in an Instagram post, Katherine wrote:"At around 16 miles I got off my horse to walk down a steep and very rocky trail to give her a break.

Chris Pratt is gearing up to be a new dad for a third time, and the actor is opening up about his possible hopes for expanding his family even more in the years to come.Pratt and his co-star Bryce Dallas Howard, sat down with ET's Kevin Frazier while promoting their forthcoming dino-packed action adventure, and the stars addressed the exciting news that Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger are expecting their second kid together.When asked how many children Pratt thinks he'd like to eventually have, Howard offered up an answer on his behalf: «Dozens!»«Yup, dozens, dozens,» Pratt jokingly concurred. «We want to have one dozen children.»«I mean, Chris and I were just talking about this, he's always really wanted a big family,» Howard added.

his band’s website on Friday that “due to a positive Covid case in the Willie Nelson Family Band” two upcoming shows scheduled to happen May 6 and May 7 would be postponed and that Nelson’s Sunday performance at Jazz Fest would be cancelled.Nelson was slated to close the Gentilly Stage — the same stage where his son Lukas Nelson is performing earlier in the day with his band the Promise of the Real. No replacement for the elder Nelson has yet been announced.The news comes after Melissa Etheridge announced Thursday that she would not be able to perform Saturday at Jazz Fest due to “COVID hitting my crew.” Mavis Staples will perform during that time period instead.“Oh my heart hurts not to be there.

Shampa Banerjee, a seasoned streaming exec who held senior posts at Eros International and Pluto, has been named chief product and technology officer at Canela Media.

EXCLUSIVE: Fantastic Beasts franchise star Katherine Waterston is boarding the drama thriller Black Flies opposite 2x Oscar winner Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan.