EXCLUSIVE: Longtime independent public relations professional Hilda Somarriba has joined 42West as VP in the company’s Los Angeles Entertainment Marketing Division.
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Pixar Vet Alan Barillaro Moves To Passion Pictures
Searching For Sugar Man producer Passion Pictures has signed Oscar-winning Pixar veteran Alan Barillaro as Creative Director for its Animation division. Barillaro will spearhead Passion’s push into animated features and TV series, having already been behind the likes of Netflix’s Love, Death and Robots. He is the second Pixar veteran to join Passion in the past year, following David Park’s move to be Head of Production and Exec Producer. Barillaro joined Pixar in 1997 and worked on the likes of A Bug’s Life, Lightyear, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles, along with winning an Oscar for animated short Piper. He recently secured a global three-book deal with Candlewick Press and the Walker Books Group. Passion Founder Andrew Ruhemann called him a “true pioneer in the animation world and an inspiration to many.” Barillaro hailed Passion as a “creative hub for some of the most talent and celebrated artists in the industry.”
‘First Dates’ Creator Joins Banijay Label RDF
First Dates creator Meredith Chambers has joined Banijay label RDF as Managing Director. Chambers joins after eight years as MD of Million Pound Menu producer Electric Ray, which was recently subsumed by Sony. He will be responsible for managing RDF’s London hub, while Jo Scarratt-Jones continues to oversee Bristol and Wales and Kitty Walshe manages both along with Banijay stablemate Remarkable Factual. Chambers created Channel 4 hit format First Dates during a stint as Creative Director of Twenty Twenty. Walshe said the indie is “on a mission to produce the next generation of big, purposeful fact-ent shows that RDF is so well known for.”
Virgin Media & AMC Drama ‘The Vanishing Triangle’ Re-emerges With
EXCLUSIVE: Longtime independent public relations professional Hilda Somarriba has joined 42West as VP in the company’s Los Angeles Entertainment Marketing Division.
Less than one month after calling it quits with Kathryne Padgett, Alex Rodriguez has moved on with Jaclyn Cordeiro.
The mother of missing Georgia toddler Quinton Simon, who was last seen one week ago, was photographed leaving her family’s home Wednesday for the first time since the boy disappeared. Leilani Simon, 22, was spotted leaving her family’s Savannah house on Wednesday afternoon before returning shortly thereafter. Photographs captured by Fox News Digital show the brunette covering her face with her hand as she drives away from the residence in a white pickup truck. Simon has not responded to Fox News Digital’s request seeking comment regarding the disappearance of her son. Quinton was last seen in the early morning hours of Oct. 5, inside his family’s house on Buckhalter Road in Savannah.The residence is a large, yellow-colored, two-story home with a fenced in yard and includes a pool.The child reportedly lives there with his brother; his maternal grandparents; his mother and her boyfriend.
EXCLUSIVE: Ema Horvath (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) has been tapped to star alongside Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez and Gabriel Basso in Lionsgate’s remake of the 2008 horror The Strangers, which is currently in production in Slovakia.
Expanding their family! Joy-Anna Duggar confirmed she is pregnant with her and husband Austin Forsyth’s third child.
Thania Garcia Influence Media Partners has acquired Blake Shelton’s catalog of master recordings, which comprises all of his commercial releases from 2001 to 2019. In the announcement, the company described the joint venture as a “groundbreaking deal” put in place “to amplify his works and entitling Blake to participate in a share of the profit generated.” Warner Music Group will continue to oversee distribution for the country singer’s catalog; further terms were not disclosed. Shelton said, “I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since my first album and single. Sometimes I still feel like the kid from Oklahoma I was back then! While a lot has changed during that time, my passion for music hasn’t. I’m excited to be working with Lylette, Rene and the team at Influence Media on so much of my catalog and to introduce my songs to the next generation of country fans.”
Caila Quinn is going to be a mom! The alum took to Instagram on Friday to announce that she and her husband, Nick Burrello, are expecting their first child. Caila shared the happy news alongside photos of herself holding up a sonogram, as Nick sweetly rests his hand on his wife's growing bump.«It doesn't feel real to type this out, but Nick and I are excited to announce… that we are having a baby!» she captioned the post.
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, with around 42,900 people diagnosed with the condition each year.
EXCLUSIVE: Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar and two-time Emmy nominee, has been tapped as a lead opposite Justin Hartley in CBS drama pilot The Never Game, an adaptation of Jeffery Deaver’s novel, from director Ken Olin and 20th Television.
American audiences know Lee Jung-jae as the Emmy Award-winning actor on Netflix‘s “Squid Game.” However, in his home country of South Korea, he’s arguably better known for his directing. And what a resume Jung-jae has, full of actioners, period pieces, and thrillers.
Stray Kids have unveiled a new batch of dates for their ‘Maniac’ world tour in Asia, Australia and the USA – find the full list below.Today (September 29) the K-pop boyband revealed that they will play two stadium shows in Jakarta, Indonesia this November. In February, they will head to arenas in Bangkok, Thailand, Singapore and then Melbourne and Sydney in Australia.Stray Kids had to reschedule shows in Atlanta, Georgia and Forth Worth, Texas while touring the US in July as three of their eight members tested positive for COVID-19.