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Kim Kardashian has revealed her bulging address book of A-list celebrities including athletes who would pick up because they thought she "wanted to hook up with them".The Kardashians star, who's currently dating SNL's Pete Davidson, made a couple of shocking confessions during the most recent episode of The Kardashians. In one scene, Kim, 41, sat with film producer Scott Budnick as they discussed his Anti-Recidivism Coalition for social justice.The reality star, who has decided to fight for the rights of the wrongly incarcerated, worked with The Hangover creator on the Julius Jones case. Jones is an American prisoner and former death row inmate from Oklahoma who was convicted of the July 1999 murder of Paul Howell.

Joe Scaravella who launched Staten Island’s Enoteca Maria. “Siren” scribe Liz Maccie wrote the script and co-developed with Madison Wells and Boat Rocker’s Matador Content.Fifth Season, the film and TV studio behind “Severance,” “80 for Brady” and “Normal People,” is the lead co-financer.

Rebecca Gayheart‘s daughter Billie is all grown up!

Kim Kardashian got candid about her four kids, as the reality television star opened up about multitasking as a mom.  At the second annual A Day of Unreasonable Conversation event, the 41-year-old beauty entrepreneur participated in a panel called "How to Get Sh*t Done in a Divided America," according to People.  A topic of conversation included how Kardashian’s work day can include last-minute Zoom calls.The SKIMS mogul said her kids like to make a special cameo and sometimes interrupt her calls.  "So embarrassing," the mom of four told the panel. Kim Kardashian got candid about her four kids, as the reality television star opened up about multitasking as a mom.  (Getty Images) Kardashian and film producer Scott Budnick, who also spoke at the panel, noted that "no matter how many doors she locks, she cannot keep the kids out of the room." She added that "they figure out a way in," according to the media outlet.

Apple TV+ has landed the rights to a feature documentary film about seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, the streamer announced Wednesday. The untitled documentary on Hamilton will be directed by Matt Kay and focus on the racer’s life and career. It will feature access to Hamilton and his team on and off the track, as well as a series of guest interviews.

EXCLUSIVE: One Community, the film and TV co-financing company founded and led by Scott Budnick, today unveiled “In Session Talks,” an initiative inspired by the legacy of iconic performer and activist Aretha Franklin, which will launch alongside the streaming release of MGM and United Artists’ Franklin biopic, Respect.

Angelique Jackson Scott Budnick’s One Community has tapped Ameet Shukla to serve as head of content.In his new role, Shukla will oversee the company’s slate of film and television projects and will report directly to Budnick.“Ameet’s vision and passion for making content that can change the world bowled us over,” One Community CEO Scott Budnick said, announcing Shukla’s hiring.

EXCLUSIVE: One Community has closed a deal for The Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini to adapt his 2007 novel A Thousand Splendid Suns into a limited series. The book has sold 17 million copies in 130 countries in 56 languages. Run by Scott Budnick, One Community is a social impact producer/financier whose first movie was the Michael B. Jordan-starrer Just Mercy, with Respect: The Aretha Franklin Story coming behind it this fall.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Scott Budnick’s impact and advocacy-focused company One Community has inked a deal to co-finance the forthcoming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect directed by Liesl Tommy and starring Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. MGM will team with BRON Creative and One Community to release Respect domestically via UA Releasing on August 13, 2021.

Rapper/actor Common has helped to lift the spirits of 130,000 California prisoners by taking part in a group video call to keep them updated about the coronavirus pandemic.

Of all the A-list Zoom parties that have taken place since the COVID-19 pandemic began, producer Scott Budnick organized one of the most unorthodox — a group call with Common and 130,000 California prisoners in their cells. The hour and 45-minute Zoom call, which took place April 13 and is now being shared in prisons in five other states, was intended to serve as a combination information session and pep talk for the prisoners and prison staff.