Remi Yamamoto Named VP Media Relations For Disney Entertainment Television

Olivia Rodrigo has cancelled her publicity tour in Australia days before it kicks off due to “unforeseen circumstances”.The pop star was due to host a Q&A with fans on September 22. She was also booked for a number of media interviews in promotion of her new album ‘Guts‘.A spokesperson from Universal Music Australia said [via MusicNews]: “Olivia is devastated that she won’t be able to make it, however she’s so excited to see her Australian Livies [fans] in 2024.”Rodrigo recently announced her ‘Guts World Tour’ for next year, which opens in Palm Springs, California on February 23, 2024.The singer-songwriter was set on a promo tour of Australia following her record-breaking success in the country.

Katy Perry just made a massive music deal.

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has announced its acquisition of all North American rights to Helen’s Dead, a mystery comedy starring Dylan Gelula (Dream Scenario), Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild), Tyrese Gibson (Fast X), Annabelle Dexter-Jones (Succession), and Oliver Cooper (Red Oaks). Set to hit theaters in at least the top 10 markets, the film will open day-and-date on November 3.

Josh Duhamel is excited about expecting his second child, and his first with wife Audra Mari.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney has become the latest entertainment company to suspend additional overall and first-look deals four and a half months into the WGA strike.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Southern California Public Radio president/CEO Herb Scannell has announced his plans to retire after four years at the organization, which operates KPCC-FM (“LAist 89.3”), LAist.com and LAist Studios. Scannell, the Nickelodeon vet who later ran BBC Worldwide North America and Mitú, will remain in the role until a new successor is named. The SCPR board has started a search for Scannell’s replacement.

With the ink still drying on a closely tracked carriage renewal with Charter, Disney execs Dana Walden and Jimmy Pitaro told Deadline in an interview that the agreement’s details suit the current streaming/linear hybrid environment.

Callum McLennan Toronto’s Platform is set to be enriched by Jaione Camborda’s poignant second feature “The Rye Horn.” The film, set against the backdrop of 1970s Galicia, unravels the tale of María, a midwife thrust into a life on the run following a devastating incident. Her path to freedom takes her from Galicia to Portugal, retracing ancient smugglers’ trails.

Data and analytics executive Chunguang Yu has joined Disney Entertainment Television, Networks & TV Business Operations as SVP, Data, Measurement and Advanced Analytics.

EXCLUSIVE: We’re getting an exclusive first look at Paramount+’s Finestkind from Oscar winner Brian Helgeland, starring Jenna Ortega, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster and Toby Wallace, ahead of its premiere Friday at the Toronto Film Festival. The film is set for a November premiere exclusively on Paramount+.

Brad Anderson (The Machinist) has signed on to direct Twilight of the Dead, the final film prepped by the late horror auteur George A. Romero, with Roundtable Entertainment set to produce and finance. 

Craig Mazin is loving his career at this moment. Sure, there’s a WGA strike going on, which is hindering what exactly he can work on, but the writer-producer-showrunner of “The Last of Us” is at the top of his game, with studios desperate to work with him.

Similar to how Disney changed up the feature release schedule due to the strikes, it’s doing the same with Marvel series. However, it’s a little more than that as the Kevin Feige-run studio is looking to make the best product possible after fans thumbed their noses at various projects including Secret Invasion, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Eternals to name a few. In addition, Disney+ is making less product, so the studio is spacing out its event programming.

Love Island stars Mitchel Taylor and Ella Barnes have been accused by some fans of faking their relationship for fame, following their split. Both Mitch and Ella confirmed their split in separate statements posted on their Instagram stories on Thursday, 31 August. Mitch, 27, claimed that the reason they have decided to call it a day is because they live on opposite ends of the country.

EXCLUSIVE: Roundtable Entertainment has set the action thriller MOM, with filmmaker Mark Pellington (Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies) signed on to direct.

Mitchel Musso has been arrested in Texas, according to a report from TMZ.

It has been an anxious summer in Burbank, Bristol and the rest of the Disney-ESPN empire thanks to ongoing cutbacks, movie box office disappointments and strategic uncertainties. Disney stock recently sank to a nine-year low.

Alyson Stoner is looking back on their Disney Channel days. More specifically, the actor recalled a time that they had to kiss both Dylan and Cole Sprouse.

Ellise Shafer Disney+ U.K. has shared a flurry of unscripted announcements out of Edinburgh TV Festival, including a Dua Lipa-produced docuseries about the London neighborhood of Camden and a first look at Keanu Reeves’ Formula One show. Lipa will produce and appear in the upcoming documentary series “Camden,” directed by “Amy” helmer Asif Kapadia, which explores how some of music’s biggest stars were forever changed by the London borough.

Reading & Leeds festivals return this week, and speculation surrounding potential secret sets has begun.The 2023 edition of the twin-site event is due to take place at Richfield Avenue in Reading, and Bramham Park in Leeds between August 25-27. You can buy any remaining tickets here.Headlining this year’s R&L will be Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, The 1975, The Killers, Foals and Imagine Dragons.