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Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterRange Media Partners has made two new hires in motion picture literature and a promotion in business affairs and TV lit.Payne Cowley joins Range as a manager in the literary department under co-founder Rich Cook, and Caroline Marques has been named executive and producer in motion picture lit at the firm.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterRange Media Partners, Pete Micelli’s upstart management firm, has made two new hires in motion picture literature and a promotion in business affairs and TV lit.The motion picture hires come from the London office of WME. Payne Cowley, who served at the latter as a coordinator in motion pictures, joins Range as a manager under her old boss Rich Cook.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterRange Media Partners has signed multi-hyphenate star Gabrielle Union, Variety has learned.The actress, producer, bestselling author and activist is the latest to join upstart management company, which launched in September under Peter Micelli and a group of high-profile agents from CAA, UTA and WME.The move is unsurprising as Union, recently named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential of the year, has followed her longtime CAA agent Dave Bugliari to the new

'80s Night was so much fun. Gleb and I danced a Cha Cha to «You Got It (The Right Stuff)» by New Kids on the Block. Although the scores weren't what we were hoping for (we received a 19/30 for the performance), absolutely could beat the feeling of getting a personalized shout-out from New Kids.The fact that they took the time to do that is so unbelievable and only enforces that they truly are the best group of all time.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThere are some promotions and additions taking place at Kevin Hart’s comedy brand Laugh Out Loud (LOL) as it expands across its core divisions of LOL Network, LOL Studios, LOL Audio, LOL X!. Hart will move from his position as CEO to Chairman while continuing to take an active role in the company’s overall comedic vision, content, and talent development.

Naman Ramachandran “Man Enough,” the New Zealand version of Australian documentary format “Man Up,” which tackles male mental health issues, is due to land on TVNZ 1 this month.Fronted by “Celebrity Treasure Island” host Matt Chisholm, the series (2 x 44′) is backed by men’s health charity Movember and was produced by Wellington-based production outfit Gibson Group during the COVID-19 pandemic.In the series, Chisolm sets out on a personal journey into the world of masculinity, on a mission to

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSnap, parent company of Snapchat, has hired Alexa Levine as U.S. head of entertainment.Levine comes to Snap from Facebook, where she worked for three years oversaw the company’s film, TV, streaming and live event ad clients as industry manager for entertainment.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: René Santaella, who was most recently SVP, head of ad sales and operations, at Sony Pictures Television Digital Networks, has joined Spanish-language broadcaster Estrella Media to ramp up its move into digital.Santaella, who previously worked on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee digital platform Crackle, has joined as EVP, digital & streaming media.In the new role, he will be responsible for Estrella’s digital growth, building operations and generating new

A Meath man has revealed how he blagged his way within five feet of Matt Damon on the movie set of The Last Duel last week - by pretending to check on the cows.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed Vince Vaughn, the latest big name to join the upstart management company, which has been ramping up since its September launch.Vaughn did not have a manager and remains repped by WME on the agency side.The move comes as Vaughn is next up starring alongside Kathryn Newton in Freaky, the Blumhouse body-swap thriller that hits theaters via Universal on November 13.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentDavid Bowie origin story “Stardust,” starring Johnny Flynn as the musician, has secured distribution in Italy with a deal inked with I Wonder Pictures ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Rome Film Festival this month.Flynn and director Gabriel Range will be in Rome for the red carpet event on Oct.

season 25 Bachelor contestants! Tyler Cameron revealed what his bestie Matt James is looking for in a future wife during an exclusive interview with Us Weekly.“Somebody that is ready for an adventure, ready to get up and go. You got to be super active to be with Matt,” the Bachelorette season 15 runner-up, 27, told Us while promoting Optimum Nutrition’s Better Than Before programming.

Clayton Davis The first official trailer and new poster for the documentary feature film “Collective,” which debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year, has been shared exclusively with Variety.Directed by Alexander Nanau (“Toto and His Sisters”), the film follows a team of investigative journalists at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud.

Clayton Davis With awards season offering different twists and turns, some independent distributors are using this time of influx to get their films ahead of the fray. Variety has learned exclusively that Vertical Entertainment has submitted “Miss Juneteenth” — from writer and director Channing Godfrey Peoples — for Academy Awards consideration, and put it on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences streaming platform.

features a number of strong performances by the likes of Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto, but the true standout is Robin de Jesús.

Vilailuck Teigen mourned her daughter Chrissy Teigen’s pregnancy loss on Thursday, October 1.“My heart aches,” the Pepper Thai Cookbook author, 58, captioned an emotional Instagram slideshow. “Love you so much baby Jack.”In the social media upload, Vilailuck held the little one in her arms at the hospital.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorSinclair Broadcast Group has set the anchor team for the company’s national morning news program set to air across dozens of CW and My Network affiliate stations starting early next year.Former Washington, D.C.