Neon16’s Lex Borrero, Tommy Mottola & Range Media Partners Form Ntertain; Media Company To Lean In On Latin Content

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorRising British actor Isis Hainsworth has been cast in one of the major roles in Lena Dunham’s feature film “Catherine, Called Birdy” for Amazon.Hainsworth has just finished shooting one of the lead roles in “Metal Lords,” the first film for Netflix from “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina is set to host the winter Olympics in February, but the extent of American involvement is on shaky ground. There’s plenty of precedent for Olympic-scale strife — in 1980 and 1984, the U.S.

Five years after announcing their hiatus, three of the original One Direction band members are dads! Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, who rose to fame as teenagers, have all welcomed little ones over the past few years. Louis, who was the first to enter fatherhood, welcomed a mini-me back in 2016, while his former BFF Zayn became a dad in late 2020.

Question for anyone who bet against Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” segment leading with anything other than GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz — what were you thinking?

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Players prevailed in an auction for Quinceanerx, an original pitch for a musical that Kevin Lima (A Goofy Movie, Tarzan and Enchanted) will direct with script by Alvaro Garcia Lecuona, who is writing What If for Billy Porter to direct at Orion.

EXCLUSIVE: Josha Stradowski, who is set to star opposite Rosamund Pike in the upcoming series The Wheel Of Time at Amazon, has signed with Range Media Partners.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRange Media Partners and Legendary Television have teamed to develop and co-finance a series adaptation of the Ken Follett novel “The Evening and the Morning.”The book is a prequel to Follett’s 1989 novel “The Pillars of the Earth.” It is set in 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east.

International best-selling author Ken Follett has yet another book adaptation in the works as Legendary TV and Range Media Partners optioned The Evening and the Morning, the latest work in his Kingsbridge saga, for series development. Range and Legendary will co-finance the project.

 Thalia  and Tommy Mottola  introduced their newest family member to the world. It was puppy love at first sight for the powerhouse pair as they officially welcomed a three-month-old doberman with adorable social media posts over the weekend.

John Legend donned a traditional Easter Bunny costume to surprise his little girl, Luna, and the pair shared a cute daddy-daughter dance.In an video Legend posted to Instagram on Saturday, the EGOT-winner is decked out in a head-to-toe bunny outfit, and is spinning around with his 4-year-old girl in a back-patio deck.As the pair dance to Estelle's «American Boy» (which, fun fact, Legend helped create, write and produce), Luna steps up with both feet onto Legend's legs and he twirls her around

Ellise Shafer administratorIn a full-page ad in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press, the leaders of Black-owned media companies — including Byron Allen and Ice Cube — accused General Motors CEO Mary Barra of racism for refusing to meet with them to discuss advertising opportunities.According to the Detroit Free Press, the ad, which was signed by the heads of seven Black-owned media companies, alleges that Barra refused to meet with them “consistently, over time and after multiple requests.” They also

Allyance Media Group and Madica Productions are uniting for a new creative partnership that will see AMG’s Diga Studios, helmed by former MTV president Tony DiSanto, and Madica collaborate on the development and production of TV, film, digital and podcasting projects. Additionally, each company will be taking an equity stake in the other to solidify the strategic relationship.

from injuries incurred during a skiing accident when her sons were still in their teens. Knowing all this adds a certain frisson to the climactic scene where father and son have it out about the different ways they handled the late woman’s death.

Legendary music mogul Tommy Mottola, NEON 16 co-founder Lex Borrero and representation firm Range Media Partners are teaming to launch a media company called NTERTAIN. The new venture will offer full-servicecontent production and includethe creation, development, and production of premier content across all mediums.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterVeteran music executives Tommy Mottola and Lex Borrero have teamed up with Range Media Partners to form Ntertain — a new cross-platform content company focused on Latino talent and storytelling.Ntertain has been quietly operational for the past six months, and is imminently preparing a slate of scripted and unscripted series and features, a well as podcasts, from top global-facing creators.

the global pop-culture,” Mottola added.

Three country queens are coming together.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThey’re on the 10-yard line.Five media giants are close to finalizing new TV deals with the NFL that will solidify the rights holders and the platforms that will showcase professional gridiron action for the coming decade.

Rob LeDonne When Jeff Lima, an actor of Puerto Rican descent (“Chicago Fire”), began auditioning for television and film work, he noticed something dejecting. “Early on, I can’t tell you how many of the same characters I was going out for,” says Lima, 30, of the stereotypical hardened-Latino roles he was presented with.

Tencent Games, the video game division of China's media conglomerate Tencent, has partnered with Its Just Us Productions to expand cross-promotional opportunities inPlayerUnknown's Battleground Mobile. The Los Angeles-based Its Just Us, an independent production and finance company, will identify opportunities for PUBG Mobile'sin-game and offline platforms.