Range Media Partners Taps Matt Graham to Lead Music Division

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Gregory Johnson has joined Range Media Partners, the management and brand development firm, as a partner. He will have a focus on entrepreneurs and activists across the multimedia landscape.

Geoff Mayfield Loud Records, the hip-hop label that launched Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep and Big Pun, is about to make noise again, as founder Steve Rifkind revives the brand to launch a nimble indie. The new venture kicks off today — Monday, Sept.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has locked 17 more clients for the new management/production company. This comes as its lineup of ground floor partners has changed as Lucinda Moorhead, who left UTA to join Range, has decided she will instead stay with the agency and not join the upstart venture.On the heels of its launch earlier this month, the new Range clients range from talent to filmmakers and TV writer/producers.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe San Sebastian Film Festival has withdrawn the accreditation of U.S.-born French filmmaker Eugène Green for refusing to wear a mask.According to the Spanish festival, Green refused five requests for him to don a mask at last night’s premiere of his film Atarrabi Et Mikelats and he was ultimately asked to leave the auditorium.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We hear that The Wrestler Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke has boarded the independent feature The Commando which will shoot in New Mexico next month.The pic, directed by Asif Akbar, follows a DEA agent with PTSD who returns home after a botched mission and must now protect his family from a newly released prison criminal, played by Rourke, and his henchmen who’ve come after a stash of millions inside the agent’s house.Subscribe to

Tom Grater International Film ReporterMatt Dillon is at Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival this week for the world premiere of The Great Fellove, his second feature as a director after a 17-year gap since his debut City Of Ghosts.

ten boroughs in the region are now at red alert level. Most of the boroughs in the region are under tighter lockdown rules than the rest of the UK.To find out what the rules are in your area, search here:Fines were issued in Blackley after officers shut down a party.There was loud music and a 'number of different households mixing at an address', police said in a Facebook post.Shorlty afterwards, police posted about a 'large event' in Platt Bridge, Wigan.When officers attended, they asked the

beauty after being inspired by time spent living on the Italian island of Sardinia, where donkeys graze on lush pastures herded by shepherds. Donkey's milk is certainly not to be sniffed at, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra is said to have bathed in gallons of the stuff to achieve glowing skin.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Following the news of its launch and the announcement of its new name, Range Media Partners looks to have made a major splash with its first round of signings to its roster.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe New York Mets said Monday that hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen has reached a deal to purchase the team.“The Sterling Partners have signed an agreement with Steve Cohen pursuant to which Mr. Cohen would purchase the New York Mets,” the team’s official Twitter posted.

Paul Rudd wants to make sure that everyone wears a mask and he just made the best PSA yet!

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterShani Gonzales has been promoted to managing director of Warner Chappell Music UK. She will hold the position in addition to her current role as head of international A&R, beginning October 1.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterRange Media Partners, the splashy new management venture led by a host of former agents from the big four Hollywood talent shops, has set up a music division.The group has tapped Matt Graham, the founder and president of L.A.-based BRND MGMT, to run the unit with his partner Jack Minihan.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music“Dynamite,” the first single recorded entirely in English by South Korean pop sensation BTS, is a bonafide hit in the U.S. following a successful launch at Top 40 radio coupled with key television appearances, like the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug.

Range Media, the newly launched management and brand development firm, has launched a music division, tapping Matt Graham of music representation firm BRND MGMT to lead it. Graham, who becomes a co-founding partner and takes on the position of head of music, will be joined by BRND partner and general manager, Jack Minihan, who will serve as Range’s exec vp of music.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmRange Media Partners has set as a co-founding partner Matt Graham. The founder/president of LA-based music management company BRND MGMT, becomes Head of Music and will launch Range’s music touring business.

Fans have been campaigning for John David Washington to fill the shoes of Green Lantern. The actor, who is currently ruling the theatres with Tenet, has been transformed into the DC superhero via numerous fan arts.