Penske Media Promotes Brooke Jaffe To Vice President, Public Affairs & Strategy

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Blues Foundation has named Judith Black its new president and CEO, effective January 1, 2022. Black is co-founder and previously served as President of the Tarik Black Foundation, which has a mission to “provide young people access to practical information and exposure through real world experiences.” She also held senior posts at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, St.

a splashy New York Times exclusive this week. On Thursday, Variety reported that Siegel had decided to take an offer at Rolling Stone instead of joining The Ankler.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Independent Lens” is unveiling its winter lineup, which highlights a collection of award-winning documentary films that tackle everything from economic inequality and immigration to gun violence and gentrification.The PBS documentary anthology series is presented by ITVS, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, and the films being showcased will make their broadcast debut beginning Jan. 17.

EXCLUSIVE: David Goodman has joined Assembly as Senior Vice President of Film & Episodic, Deadline has learned.

Ana de Armas and tech exec Paul Boukadakis got close and cozy over the weekend while spending time in Los Angeles.The star was spotted hanging out with Boukadakis, the vice president of Tinder, on Dec.

"Saturday Night Live" addressed the trial and subsequent verdict in the Jussie Smollett trial during its "Weekend Update" segment this week.  Co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che reconvened after taking last week off to discuss the top headlines of the day, which meant that the high-profile case in Chicago was simply impossible to ignore.The former "Empire" actor was found guilty on five of six counts that he lied to police and staged a hoax hate crime against himself in January of 2019.  "On

Trisha Yearwood honored her husband Garth Brooks in a social media post on the couple's 16th wedding anniversary. Yearwood, 57, of the two sharing a kiss on stage.

EXCLUSIVE: The Muslim Public Affairs Council today opened submissions for the newly-launched Hollywood Bureau Filmmaker Grant, supporting Black Muslim filmmakers.

The CW’s adaptation of British panel show Would I Lie To You? has found its lineup.

Selome Hailu editorScout Productions announced the appointment of documentarian Amy Goodman Kass as the company’s new senior vice president of documentary. In the role, Goodman Kass will oversee Scout’s current slate of documentary projects, including the upcoming Peacock series about Barney the Dinosaur.

Matt Damon, Mahershala Ali, and Oscar Isaac hit the red carpet for Deadline’s Contenders Event on Saturday morning (December 4) in New York City.

Symone Sanders, who has been senior adviser and chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, will depart her role at the end of the month.

EXCLUSIVE: The Black List, in partnership with the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) Hollywood Bureau and Pillars Fund, announced the opening of submissions for the second annual Muslim List. 

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has promoted Fathima Beckmann to Vice President of Global Inclusion.

Digital marketing and production company Home Brew, a subsidiary of Terry Hines & Associates, has promoted Sam Gibney to president, CEO Grant Nemirow said Tuesday.Now in his ninth year with the company, Gibney previously served as Home Brew’s head of motion design and later executive creative director, a role in which he produced and developed numerous digital, social and new tech strategies for the company’s diverse set of entertainment clients across television, film and streaming platforms.In

Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, who has been CBS News Washington bureau chief since July, 2020, will now have oversight over all network newsgathering worldwide.

Terry Hines & Associates CEO, Grant Nemirow announced that former head of Motion Design and Executive creative director at Home Brew, Sam Gibney, has been promoted to President of digital marketing and production.  

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorInterscope Geffen A&M has announced the promotion of Matt Morris to the position of senior vice president of A&R at the label. He will continue to sign and develop artists for the label as well as oversee the company’s A&R Research department.According to the announcement, Morris is credited with signing 2021’s breakout star Olivia Rodrigo to Geffen Records, along with his A&R colleagues Sam Riback and Emerson Redd.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterLongtime Warner Bros. Pictures PR executive Stephanie Phillips is headed to Focus Features.Phillips has been named executive vice president of publicity at the Universal-owned speciality label.