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13.04.2023 - 18:51 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Joey Soloway, the Emmy winner best known for creating, producing, directing and writing the groundbreaking Amazon series Transparent, has signed with Range Media Partners for management.
Inspired by the 2011 coming out of Soloway’s parent, Transparent charts the lives and personal journeys of the members of a Los Angeles family after they learn that their parent is a trans woman. The show was one of the first powerhouse originals to emerge out of Amazon, premiering to universal acclaim and going on to run for five seasons between 2014 and 2019. It in 2015 became Amazon Studios‘ first series to win major awards, as well as the first show produced by a streaming service to win a Golden Globe for Best Series, also over the course of time claiming eight Emmys from 24 nominations, another Globe, three Critics’ Choice Awards, a Peabody, four GLAAD Media Awards and numerous other accolades. Soloway personally collected two Emmys for directing, as well as a DGA Award, a PGA Award, two WGA Award noms, and more.
Soloway has more recently used Transparent as the basis for A Transparent Musical, which takes the story deeper into family history and the history of transness during the Weimar era in Berlin. Soloway co-wrote the book with MJ Kaufman, enlisting their sister, Faith Soloway, who wrote for all seasons of the show and composed songs for its finale, to pen the music and lyrics. The show is set to open at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in May.
Soloway made their feature directorial debut with the 2013 dramedy Afternoon Delight, starring Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor and Jane Lynch, which won them Sundance’s Directing Award, also co-creating the Prime Video series I Love Dick, starring Hahn and Kevin
Amazon Freevee is going in search of the greatest reality star of all time.
EXCLUSIVE: New Metric Media has signed with CAA for representation.
David Harbour is in good company with Pedro Pascal!«We occupy a certain realm of the daddy-verse,» the 48-year-old actor told ET at the 2023 CinemaCon in Las Vegas. «I know him very well actually.»Both men were blessed with the internet's term of endearment as a result of their respective roles on and.
Granger Smith didn’t take his big life change lightly.
Granger Smith was thinking about retiring from music for months before his recent announcement.
co-stars and real-life couple Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton are still going strong and stepping out together on the red carpet! The duo posed for photographers at the Brooklyn Museum's Artist Ball presented by Dior on Tuesday, complimenting each other's looks in all-black ensembles. Dyer, 28, and Heaton, 29, were also snapped together inside the event, cozied up on a bench. It was a rare red carpet outing for the couple, who last posed for photographers along with their castmates at a season 4 screening of their hit Netflix series last May.
McKinley Franklin editor Moviefone today announced at CinemaCon the addition of several theater circuits to its affiliate content, media and ticketing network, Variety has exclusively learned. CMX Cinemas, Santikos Entertainment, IPIC Theaters, National Amusements’ Showcase Cinemas and Cinema Labs will be added to ensure a seamless transition from the Moviefone Media platform to showtimes and ticketing at theaters across the U.S. “The addition of these terrific, geographically diverse circuits enhances the ability of our multi-media network to refer our viewer, browser, fan or follower to purchase on the exhibitors’ platform,” said Cleveland O’Neal III, CEO of Moviefone Media. “Exhibitors are tremendous marketers for their brand, location, loyalty programs and more. We drive traffic to them and help in the acquisition of customers. We do not do the ticketing, they do. This completely simplifies the process and exemplifies the evolution of our legacy brand to a new win-win partnership with exhibitors.”
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has shared details about its forthcoming 57th edition, which runs from June 30 – July 8.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Oscar-winning documentarian Bryan Fogel has signed for representation with Range Media Partners. Fogel is best known for his 2018 film “Icarus,” which exposed Russia’s state-sponsored doping program and the whistleblower at its center. The Netflix title won the Academy Award for best documentary, the first such prize for the streamer. Prior to its crowning moment on the Dolby stage, the film sold for $5 million out of the Sundance Film Festival. Additional laurels for “Icarus” included the special jury prize at that year’s Sundance, the Edward R. Murrow Award for Journalism, and nominations from BAFTA, the television academy and the Directors Guild of America.
Ed Meza @edmezavar Warner Bros. Intl. Television Prod. (WBITVP) has appointed former Fremantle exec Harry Gamsu as new VP, creative, for format, development and sales. He will report to Andrew Zein, SVP creative, for format development and sales and oversee relations between WBITVP’s international division and the WB’s U.S. TV production units Warner Horizon, Telepictures and Shed. Gamsu will also evaluate formats in WB’s catalogue for international exploitation and format sales to Canada. He succeeds Adam Steinman, who ankled WBITVP earlier this year. In his previous role as VP of non-scripted content acquisitions at Fremantle, Gamsu managed the U.S. content acquisition team and working on factual and entertainment series.
Heidi Range has said her eldest daughter Aurelia was a "blessing", who helped her through her miscarriage agony before welcoming her second child Athena. Heidi, 39, and her husband Alex, 41, sadly miscarried twice after becoming parents for the first time to their five year old Aurelia. And the star admitted it was a very “lonely” time, telling OK!: "I think no matter how far along you are, as soon as you get that positive reading on the [pregnancy] test, your whole world changes.
Heidi Range may be best known for being in one of the biggest ever girl bands in the UK, but when we call her for a chat over Zoom, the former Sugababes singer admits her music career “feels like a past life”. Heidi, 39, hung up her mic when she became pregnant with her first daughter. She has spent the past few years being a full-time mum to Aurelia, five, and 19-month-old Athena, who she shares with her husband, Alex Partakis.
EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners on Monday announced its signing of award-winning actor, producer, writer and director Ben Foster for management.
Joey Essex has reportedly been left in an "emotional wreck" after a break-in at his Essex mansion.The 32 year old TOWIE star, who is now dating professional skater Vanessa Bauer, 26, is said to be looking for a new property to buy in Dubai as a result. Joey was reportedly left "horrified and shaken" when he discovered that thieves had broken in to his home in the countryside in January.The thieves then ransacked his personal belongings and the property was in a state of complete disarray. According to reports, the reality TV star has said he is looking forward to feeling "safe" elsewhere, and is hopeful moving abroad will help him regain his privacy.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country star Tim McGraw announced Thursday that he is entering into a partnership with Shareability, a social content studio that specializes in “viral moments,” to start Down Home, a new Nashville-based media, entertainment and marketing company. According to the announcement, Down Home will be “dedicated to connecting McGraw’s country music audience with Hollywood and brands by producing film, TV and digital media that focuses on relatable stories that capture the essence and spirit of everyday Americans.” No titles or specific projects were announced as part of the unveiling, but the new company is said to have two scripted series in development with Skydance Media, with the intention of following up with feature film and animation projects. In a statement, Joel Bergvall, Down Home’s head of film and television, said, “People want stories that move them, and that starts with characters they can relate to. We’re focused on underdogs, unlikely heroes, and people striving for their sense of family, community, and belonging.”
A new calling. Granger Smith announced that his upcoming Like a River tour will be his last before he transitions to ministry.
Granger Smith is going down a new road.On Tuesday, the country music superstar — whose 3-year-old son, River, died in a drowning accident in 2019 — announced that he is leaving the music business to pursue ministry. «This message is so difficult to post. The words for this caption are so hard to find. Not because I don’t believe in the truth of them, but because this marks the end of the longest era in my life! Touring…24 years of it,» he wrote on Instagram. «This summer will be my last tour.
Granger Smith has found a new calling.
has grown up before our eyes. And while viewers love to watch the on-screen romances play out, the breakout stars from the Netflix series have their own love lives to contend with.Though the nail-biting fate of Eleven, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin, Max, and the rest of the Hawkins gang is now on pause until the much anticipated fifth and final season, the offscreen lives of the show's ensemble of actors often seem just as fun (if a little less deadly). Lead Millie Bobby Brown took to Instagram to seemingly announce her engagement to boyfriend Jake Bongiovi in mid-April, but she's not the only one with love on the brain. Here's a look at the stars' real-life romances. The 19-year-old British actress, who plays Eleven in the sci-fi series, seemingly announced her engagement to Jon Bon Jovi's 20-year-old son, Jake Bongiovi, in an Instagram post on April 11.Flashing a giant diamond sparkler and captioning the post with Taylor Swift lyrics, Brown looked smitten in her beach photo shoot.
Stranger Things, arguably the biggest TV series of Netflix's streaming era, is due to end this year with the upcoming fifth season set to be the last for the sci-fi drama. This won't be the last action from The Upside Down, however, with Netflix confirming on Monday that an animated series based on the show has been ordered.