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EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Vergara’s Latin World Entertainment has upped Tatiana Castro to VP of Content & Partnerships, Deadline has learned.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Writer and director He Shuming has signed with Sugar23, the multimedia and management company founded by Oscar-winning producer, manager and entrepreneur Michael Sugar. The signing comes following He’s breakout debut feature “Ajoomma,” about a widow obsessed with Korean soap operas who travels abroad for the first time to Seoul, finding more than she had bargained for in the process. That movie collected several nominations and prizes on the film festival circuit. It premiered at the 2022 Busan International Film Festival in the New Currents section; was nominated at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Film; received four nominations at the Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, including Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actor; and won the Film AIUla Audience Award for Best Film at the Red Sea International Film Festival.

A defiant Lord Sugar has assured fans that he’s not going anywhere ahead of this year’s The Apprentice finale, that airs on March 23 at 9pm.The successful businessman, who was recently rocked by a star quitting the show, said that “a lot of people underestimate me” and that he could easily go on doing 20 or 25 years on the hit reality show. So far, he’s fronted all 17 series of the programme.The 75 year old also explained that he was “very fit” for his age and that finding someone to replace him on The Apprentice could end up meaning the show would “kill itself off.” Alan Sugar did concede, however, that if they went on a ten year hiatus before bringing it back with “new characters” the show could wind up with a successful revival.The star has certainly never shied away from his business success, and is thought to be worth a staggering £1.2 billion, ranking him as the 138th-richest person in the UK.

MSNBC Films has boarded Trevor Noah’s documentary series The Tipping Point and will air on it on its linear news channel and Peacock this fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Manager and Oscar-winning producer Michael Sugar’s Sugar 23 has inked Sex and the City bestselling author Candace Bushnell.

EXCLUSIVE: Sugar23 has optioned the rights to author Jean Meltzer’s first novel, The Matzah Ball, with plans to develop as a feature film. Sugar23 will produce along with Lance Bass Productions, Brett Gursky and Ben Savage. Michael Sugar, Sugar 23’s Ashley Zalta and Bass will serve as producers. Meltzer, Gursky, Lance Bass Productions’ Drew Pokorny, Savage and Sugar23’s Jillian Kay will serve as executive producers.

Time Studios has partnered with Sugar23, the management and creative platform from Oscar winner Michael Sugar, to launch a joint scripted division focused on developing and producing scripted projects for film and TV.

Haley Bosselman editorWorking to expand and have a forward-thinking edge in media, Sugar23 has appointed Douglas Rushkoff as its Futurist in Residence.“We are thrilled to bring Doug in to the Sugar23 community and assist us and our clients to think through our approach to media and technology – both as story elements in their work, and platforms through which they deliver it,” Sugar23 founder Michael Sugar said.

Sugar23, founded by Oscar-winning producer, manager and entrepreneur Michael Sugar, has tapped author and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff as Futurist in Residence.

Ethan Shanfeld Sugar23, founded by Oscar-winning producer, manager and entrepreneur Michael Sugar, has hired new managers Sukee Chew, Anna Weinstein and Alex Creasia, who have varied areas of expertise.Chew, an industry veteran with two decades of experience as a producer and an arsenal of talented screenwriters and filmmakers on her roster, joins Sugar23 after previously orchestrating three projects with the company.

EXCLUSIVE: My Entertainment’s recently launched One Foot Forward division, formed to develop and produce premium, non-scripted content targeting the leading streaming services, has unveiled an impressive list of initial content deals and IP.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterMindshow, a CG animation production company, has raised an additional $10 million in funding to expand its content pipeline.With the new funding, led by SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, MindShow has raised more than $25 million in total.

Filmmaker Oge Egbuonu, who directed the buzz-generating documentary (In)Visible Portraits, has signed with Sugar23, the company founded by Oscar-winning producer and manager Michael Sugar, for representation. Egbuonu was previously an executive at Raindog Films, the shingle run by Ged Doherty and Colin Firth, and served as an associate producer on Loving, the 2016 drama starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton.

Sugar23, the company founded by Oscar-winning producer and manager Michael Sugar, is expanding its representation division with the hiring of three managers. Katrina Escudero, Jake Fleischman and David Jimenez-Katsman have joined Meredith Wechter, the former WME agent who recently Sugar23 as a partner to spearhead the management side.

Haley Bosselman editorSugar23 has hired Katrina Escudero, Jake Fleischman and David Jimenez Katsman as managers.“Our goal as a management company has been to find the most talented people to represent the most talented people,” CEO Michael Sugar said. “We are excited for Katrina, David and Jake to join our team.

Sugar23, the company founded by Oscar-winning producer and manager Michael Sugar, is expanding in a bid to become a global media enterprise. The production company has made several key hires, including a chief financial officer and general counsel, and is launching a book division and a podcast division.

Sugar23,  a Los Angeles media company founded by Academy Award-winning producer Michael Sugar (“Spotlight”), has raised $30 million and added key executives to oversee new areas of management, content creation, production and branding, the company said Wednesday.The funding, led by SWaN & Legend Venture Partners and MRC, goes toward company development beyond Sugar23’s multiyear movie production deal with Netflix and aids in company expansion into podcasting and book publishing.Sugar23 also

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSugar23 has raised $30 million in financing and unveiled a bench of top executives that it hopes will help it expand more aggressively into everything from talent management to podcasting.The company, founded in 2017 by Academy Award-winning producer, manager and entrepreneur Michael Sugar, is hoping to be something of a catch-all service provider for top talent.

Meredith Wechter, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, and Bryce Dallas Howard's agent, is leaving WME. It is unclear to where she is segueing but sources say she is heading into management.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMichael Sugar, best known for producing “Spotlight” and “13 Reasons Why,” is launching an office in Washington D.C., for his production company Sugar23.The move, announced on Wednesday, makes Sugar23 one of the first major L.A. production companies to anchor itself in the country’s capital and political center.“We believe that D.C.

SWaN & Legend Venture Partners and Sugar23 have taken a minority stake in animation company Mindshow. Mindshow is a 3D animation studio that is banking on proprietary, cutting-edge technology to produce animation at the speed of live action.

Esports organization FaZe Clan has taken another step into broadening its media operations by partnering with Oscar-winning producer Michael Sugar and his Sugar23 production company to form a new entertainment studio, FaZe Studios. The new studio will focus on creating feature films and scripted television series that fit the tone of FaZe's "aspirational gaming lifestyle" brand.