EXCLUSIVE: CBS is developing East/West, a medical drama from writer-producer Yalun Tu (NCIS: Hawai’i), M. Raven Metzner (Iron Fist) and CBS Studios. Jet Wilkinson (The Chi) is attached to direct the pilot and executive produce.
15.11.2022 - 02:23 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Keene and Josh Roemer-Ingles have each been promoted to manager at Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment.
Keene and Roemer-Ingles have moved up the ranks after working on the desks of the company founders, Marc Provissiero and Naomi Odenkirk, and serving as the talent and lit coordinators, respectively.
As a talent manager, Keene will focus on discovering unique and underrepresented performers. She got her start at Avalon Entertainment before coming to OPE as Naomi Odenkirk’s assistant.
As a literary manager, Roemer-Ingles will represent strong creative voices across genres in television and film. He began his career in finance before transitioning to entertainment. He joined OPE as Marc Provissiero’s assistant.
“We have immense confidence in Bridget and Josh.” said Naomi and Marc in a joint statement. “These were easy decisions.”
“I am so excited to step into my new role on this incredibly collaborative team; the caliber of talent here and projects produced by OPE make this an ideal place for us to excel.” says Keene. Roemer-Ingles added, “The level of thoughtfulness that goes into servicing clients at OPE has had a major impact on us both. I’m thrilled to help discover the next generation of unique voices.”
Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment’s current productions include the Sony R-rated comedy No Hard Feelings starring Jennifer Lawrence, and the new Bob Odenkirk-led series for AMC.
EXCLUSIVE: CBS is developing East/West, a medical drama from writer-producer Yalun Tu (NCIS: Hawai’i), M. Raven Metzner (Iron Fist) and CBS Studios. Jet Wilkinson (The Chi) is attached to direct the pilot and executive produce.
She said she was happily single after splitting from Pete Davidson in August, but it seems that Kim Kardashian has secretly been lining up a new man – and it’s none other than her ex-husband’s nemesis, Drake.We’re told the couple are both up for some no-strings-attached fun. “Drake finds Kim hot and likes the idea of hooking up and seeing where it takes them. But the idea of an all-out war with Kanye put him off at first,” an insider tells heat.“There’s already a ton of bad blood as Drake and Kim have flirted with each other in the past.
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Yard Act have teamed up with Mad Professor to create a dub version of their debut album ‘The Overload’ – fittingly titled ‘The Overdub’.“Back when I first moved to Leeds and discovered [record shop] Jumbo Records, I used to treat myself to a record with my student loan once every two or three weeks (bloody students, scrounging bastards)”, writes Yard Act frontman James Smith. “Jumbo always had (and still does have) an excellent dub/reggae selection – and actually released reggae records on its own ‘Jumbo label’ imprint back in the 70s (how ace is that?!)”.“I had a grounding in reggae from my dad who’d turned me onto the likes of Burning Spear and Linton Kwesi Johnson, but didn’t really know much about dub music beyond a Bob Marley record produced by Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry he’d given me called ‘African Herbsman’”, he goes on.“I started dabbling in dub off the back of that.
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EXCLUSIVE: Former This Is Us star Mandy Moore is eyeing a return to the screen with Twin Flames, a series inspired by the hit Wondery podcast, which is in development at Hulu. The project, on which Moore is teaming with former This Is Us co-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger and Guilty Party creator Rebecca Addelman, hails from This Is Us studio 20th Television where Moore has signed a new pod deal for her Roll With The Punches Productions.
Burying the hatchet. Laguna Beach: The Real O.C. alums Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari had one of the most famous feuds of the early 2000s — but it may have all been made for TV.
We’ll be seeing more of Dr. Danny Perez on ABC’s The Good Doctor. Brandon Larracuente, who has recurred in the role this season, has been promoted to series regular in the popular medical drama from executive producer and showrunner David Shore, Sony Pictures Television and ABC Signature.