Paradigm Acquires 3 Talent Agencies, Launches Paradigm Media Entertainment

Los Angeles to Frankfurt before being driven in a 4x4 to London.  The trip took 24 hours.  Former Bros singer Goss, 53, right with Reggie, said: ‘It’s a military operation trying to get Reggie back home, everything from shots to his own passport, handlers to get him to Frankfurt, then he’s got to drive from Frankfurt.

Kendrick Sampson has launched BLD PWR Productions, a new production company that extends the impact of his advocacy initiative of the same name. The actor — best known for “Insecure,” “Miss Juneteenth,” “How to Get Away with Murder” and “The Vampire Diaries” — is the co-founder of BLD PWR, which helped to mobilize thousands of protesters during the #BlackLivesMatter movement of summer 2020 and organized industry leaders to sign a letter calling for Hollywood to divest from the police. “The days of begging for a seat are over. This is what building our own table looks like,” Sampson said in a press release announcing the launch. “We will continue to challenge those in power, but we recognize that it’s not Hollywood’s job to reimagine our future… we have always been experts at our own narratives and we are taking that power back.”

Secret Cinema, the London-based immersive entertainment company, has been acquired by TodayTix of the U.S. plans for a national tour Stateside in 2023 and a permanent location in LA.

Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence are officially divorced. According to the court document obtained by ET, the former spouses have reached the end of their divorce proceedings, which began when the 38-year-old pro filed on Valentine's Day. The divorce was finalized on Monday, marking the official end to their three-year marriage. The document reveals that the subject of custody for their dog, Ysabella, remains undecided but the exes are sticking to their premarital agreement.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Steckler is exiting his post as President of Film Production at Imperative Entertainment to focus on producing under his newly launched shingle Enhanced Hammer. In addition to leading his production company, he will act as a consultant to Imperative Entertainment on select projects. Steckler arrived at Imperative in July 2019.

K.J. Yossman Fox Entertainment has launched Los Angeles-based Fox Entertainment Global, tapping Fernando Szew as its new CEO. Fox Entertainment Global will act as a centralized content sales division, Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier revealed today. It will oversee the international distribution of Fox Entertainment content as well as managing content sales on behalf of MarVista Entertainment and looking after global content partnerships. The company will make its debut at Cannes television market Mipcom next month, where it will unveil its slate of content to buyers. Among the shows on offer will be animated series “Krapopolis” (pictured above), created by Dan Harmon, and Jon Hamm’s “Grimsburg” (both produced by Fox Entertainment’s Bento Box Entertainment) and live-action comedy “Animal Control.”

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed acclaimed writer and playwright Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who recently became the first Black woman to pen a feature screenplay for Marvel Studios with the upcoming Blade, starring Mahershala Ali as the titular vampire hunter first brought to life on the big screen in 1998 by Wesley Snipes.

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based arthouse distributor KimStim has acquired all North American rights to Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka’s third feature film, Stonewalling, which recently premiered in the Giornate Degli Autori section of this year’s Venice film festival.

Alice Diop’s “Saint Omer” has scored U.S. distribution with Neon’s boutique label Super after making its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it won two major competition awards.Super will release the film in theaters, following its U.S.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Super, the boutique distribution label from Neon, has acquired U.S. rights to Alice Diop’s “Saint Omer” after it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury prize in Venice along with the Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future award. “Saint Omer” was recently shortlisted for France’s submission to the Academy Awards and will premiere at the New York Film Festival and play the BFI London Festival. Neon plans a theatrical release. “Saint Omer” is Diop’s debut fiction feature, which she co-wrote with Amrita David and Marie NDiaye, and it stars Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville and Aurélia Petit. Toufik Ayadi and Christophe Barral of Srab Films produced alongside Arte France Cinéma and Pictanovo Hauts-de-France.

Josh Duhamel was partying a little too hard at his wedding… actually, before his wedding.The "Transformers" actor was actually in the North Dakota emergency room the morning of his nuptials after injuring his back dancing. In chatting with Vogue Australia, Josh's bride, Audra Mari, said her new husband slipped a disc in his back after "pulling some wild dance moves on the party bus."In recalling the moment, Audra said, "Cue the cortisone shot and let's get married!"Josh and Audra married this month in North Dakota, where they're both from.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Pooja Midha has been named executive vice president and general manager for Effectv, the ad-sales division of Comcast’s large cable operation, putting her in charge of a unit with broadening importance for the unit at a time when advertisers are seeking new technologies to aid in the placement of their pitches to consumers. Midha replaces James Rooke, who was recently named president of Comcast Advertising. Midha will oversee a national team that manages everything from sales to data innovation. She is expected to continue to burnish the company’s efforts to bring more widespread use of data to TV strategies, and to utilize addressable and programmatic ad technologies.

Matthew MacFayden is now a first-time Emmy winner!

Kelly Stafford is the wife of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and you may not know that in 2019, she had a brain tumor removed in a 12-hour surgery.

Matthew Stafford is the starting quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, and he’ll be playing in the opening night of the NFL tonight (September 8)! We’re taking a moment to highlight his lovely wife Kelly, who has been by his side since college!

HBO Documentary Films has acquired U.S. television and streaming rights to Oscar winner Laura Poitras’s film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, fresh from its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and sneak preview at Telluride.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Altice USA is making changes at the top: The cable operator announced that it has recruited Comcast veteran Dennis Mathew as CEO. Matthew takes over effective Oct. 3, assuming the CEO role from Dexter Goei, who has been named executive chairman of the board of directors. All of Goei’s direct reports will report to Mathew. Altice USA founder and current chairman Patrick Drahi will remain a director on the board. The No. 4 U.S. cable operator said it made the move to hire a new CEO “given Mr. Goei’s intention to return to Europe with his family.” Goei has worked for France’s Altice since 2009, leading the telecom company’s entry into the U.S. market through the acquisitions of Cablevision Systems and Suddenlink Communications, which now comprise Altice USA.

Matthew Stafford packed up his entire life in 2021 when he moved from Michigan to California after being traded in the NFL to the Los Angeles Rams. He had been the Detroit Lions' quarterback for years before the trade, and his wife Kelly and their four daughters had made a home in the midwest.MORE: Kelly and Matthew Stafford paying hospital fees as photographer breaks spine after taking a picture of the pairBut Kelly - whom Matthew met when he studied at the University of Georgia where Kelly was a cheerleader - supported her husband and the family of six moved to California for a brand new life, where Matthew helped the Rams win the Super Bowl in his first season with the team.WATCH: LA Rams and Kelly and Matthew Stafford covering hospital bills for photographer who fell off the stage and broke her spineKelly and Matthew met in their late teens at the college, and married in April 2015."I believe God placed us at the University of Georgia.