Neon Names Jason Wald as Vice President of Production, Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: Mrs. Fletcher star Jackson White has been tapped as the male lead opposite Grace Van Patten in Tell Me Lies, Hulu’s straight-to-series drama based on Carola Lovering’s novel, which is executive produced by Emma Roberts.

Urooj Sharif, who had a previous run at Showtime early in her industry career, is returning to the premium cabler as Vice President, Scripted Programming. In her new role, Sharif will be responsible for the development and production oversight of premium scripted series, including drama, comedy and limited series. She will creatively oversee all steps of development and production, as well as serving as the network liaison for projects through delivery and release.

Kamala Harris will become the first woman to ever hold presidential power on Friday when Joe Biden is placed under anaesthesia for a routine health exam.MORE: VP Kamala Harris surprises childhood friend with unexpected phone callThe medical examination is his first as President and will see the transfer of power to Kamala; she will be in control of the US military and nuclear weapons.WATCH: Joe Biden surprises VP Kamala Harris for her birthday"The vice-president will work from her office in the

The National Book Awards on Wednesday gave its fiction prize to author Jason Mott, whose novel Hell of a Book chronicled a black author’s book tour interspersed with a young Black boy in the rural South, to highlight the 2021 winners list.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Raina Falcon, who has been with WarnerMedia for nearly four and a half years, has been promoted to SVP of HBO Max publicity.She will continue to report to Karen Jones, EVP of communications at HBO and HBO Max. In her elevated position, she will build on her experience spearheading all publicity efforts for Max Originals, acquisitions and library content.“Raina is an incredibly talented and dexterous communications executive,” said Jones in an announcement today.

Neal Street founder and Call the Midwife exec Pippa Harris has replaced former BBC Director General Greg Dyke as BAFTA’s Vice President for Television.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterBron Media Corp. has named executive Josh Miller to a top new role in the non-scripted space.Miller will serve as a senior vice president at Bron Life, a vertical at the award-winning company dedicated to unscripted film and television.

Katie Song The indie drama “Allswell” wrapped principal photography this month in New York, N.Y. The film stars Elizabeth Rodriguez (“Orange is the New Black,” “Fear the Walking Dead”), Liza Colón-Zayas (“In Treatment,” “David Makes Man”) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (from “In the Heights”) along with a cast that includes Felix Solis, Max Casella, Michael Rispoli, Shirley Rodriguez, MacKenzie Lansing and J.

Over the past few months, a snippet of an unreleased Polo G song began spreading like wildfire across TikTok. The preview interpolated Michael Jackson's 1988 hit "Smooth Criminal," and a song at that level is about as out of reach as sample clearances get for most artists.

Eileen Quast been named as Senior Vice President, Publicity at Epix.

Jackson Hastings insists he is ready for the challenge of the NRL after making the move back from the Super League.

Billie Eilish, Joaquin Phoenix, and more stars are petitioning to let the pardoned Thanksgiving turkey live in “peace.”

Angelique Jackson In “Passing,” Tessa Thompson stars as Irene Redfield, a Black woman living in Harlem amid the Renaissance, whose life with her doctor husband Brian (André Holland) and their two sons is turned upside down when she reconnects with Clare Kendry (Ruth Negga), a childhood acquaintance who’s since begun passing for white and is married to a wealthy (and racist) businessman named John (Alexander Skarsgård).

Aaron Carter is paying tribute to Michael Jackson in a big way.

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Studios is bolstering its leadership team, hiring former Amazon Studios exec Lucia Gervino as Head of Production. Additionally, finance executive Valerie Spiller has been promoted to SVP, Head of Production Finance; veteran film and television production and distribution executive TPaul Miller joins as SVP, Strategy & Operations, and producer Tom Lerner joins as VP Creative Affairs. All are based in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Hello Sunshine has elevated six industry executives to new roles at the company. Ashley Strumwasser has been upped to senior VP of Film and TV as well as Emily Ferenbach to same position, Bree Frank to SVP of Production, Cynthia Rupeka has been promoted to SVP of Reese’s Book Club and Direct-to-Consumer Development, Amanda Farrand has been upped to SVP of Fair Play and Nick Williamson to SVP, Business Affairs.

Jason Wald has joined Neon as VP Acquisitions and Production, reporting to Jeff Deutchman, EVP of Acquisitions and Production.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShowtime has promoted Jessie Dicovitsky to the role of senior vice president of original programming.“Jessie Dicovitsky has been a tremendous asset to our dynamic original programming team,” said Amy Israel, Showtime’s executive vice president of scripted programming, to whom Dicovitsky reports.

The Jacksons are kicking off Halloween weekend!