Solstice Studios Lays Off Top Executives, Including CEO Mark Gill

A few weeks before Banijay announced its $2.2 billion takeover of Endemol Shine last year, Endemol Shine International’s esteemed distribution chief Cathy Payne stepped down from her role.

Marcus Rashford’s goal against Atalanta on Wednesday night was the 300 th under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Morocco has announced a ban on flights to and from the UK due to rising coronavirus infection rate.

Morocco has moved to ban all incoming flights from the UK due to soaring British Covid cases.

Josh O’Connor poses with Ruth Wilson inside of the BVLGARI High Jewellery Gala held at Kensington Palace earlier this week in London.

Steve Harvey, 64, doesn’t just have a massive career — he’s got a big family, too! The talk-show host is a proud father to seven children, who have all grown into beautiful and successful adults. Of the seven kids, four are Steve’s biological children from his past marriages to Marcia Harvey and Mary Shackelford. Steve then married current wife Marjorie Harvey, and he adopted her three children. And from that moment on, Steve was officially a dad of 7!

Marc Anthony, real name Marco Muñiz, 53, is an award-winning singer-songwriter known for hit songs like “Vivir Mi Vida” and “Flor Pálida.” While he is a recipient of three Grammys and six Latin Grammys, among other accolades, to his children, the artist is simply dad.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSky Studios and leading Nordic producer Sagafilm have renewed their multi-year development and distribution deal following the recent success of the Icelandic drama series “Sisterhood.”Sagafilm entered a partnership with Sky Studios, the European production and commissioning arm for Sky Original, back in 2019.

Naman Ramachandran Former Disney Plus and Netflix executive Matt Brodlie and ex-Sierra/Affinity president Jonathan Kier have teamed to launch Los Angeles-based Upgrade Productions. The duo will serve as co-presidents.With backing from German powerhouse Constantin Film and a strategic partnership with Bron, Upgrade will develop and produce premium local language productions for a global audience.

It is truly the end of another era at Walt Disney Studios. In a move that many were expecting, Alan Horn, 78, is retiring as Chief Creative Officer of Disney Studios Content, effective Dec. 31 after a nine-year run at the Burbank, CA lot in an executive TV and motion picture industry career that has spanned closed to 50 years.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios’ longtime Chief Operating Officer Albert Cheng, who also has served as Co-Head of Television for the last three and a half years, will focus solely on his duties as COO going forward, with Co-Head of Television Vernon Sanders becoming Head of US/Global Television at Amazon Studios. The announcement was made this morning by Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios, in a companywide memo obtained by Deadline.

"Saturday Night Live" pulled no punches in mocking Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg in its latest "Weekend Update" installment.  After an eventful week for the social media giant that saw a whistleblower share shocking revelations about the company’s potentially negative impact on national security as well as an outage that took down its sites for an entire day, hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che were ready to pounce with some sharp jokes at the company's expense.

child poverty. The 23-year-old England and Manchester United footballer became the university’s youngest-ever recipient of an honorary doctorate when Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell presented him with the prestigious award yesterday.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAGC Studios has hired Solstice Studios executive Crystal Bourbeau as its new president of worldwide sales and distribution.Bourbeau will oversee the domestic and international sales and distribution activity of the “Moonfall” sales firm’s film and television slate, including sales to domestic studios, international distributors, broadcasters and global and regional streaming platforms.

Stuart Ford’s indie AGC Studios has hired Crystal Bourbeau as President of Worldwide Sales and Distribution.

Juli Reding, an actress known for turns in films including Tormented and Mission in Morocco, along with numerous guest-starring TV appearances, has died. She was 85.

Bron Studios, the financier behind “Bombshell,” “Greyhound” and other movie and TV fare, was sued on Wednesday for allegedly misusing loan proceeds as well as failing to repay $14 million to an investor.The investor, Hudson Private LP, alleges that the company has failed to meet its obligations in the case of four Bron titles: “Bombshell,” “Capone,” “The Survivor” and Greyhound.” Hudson Private filed the suit in federal court in New York.

Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan's relationship is one of the strongest in showbiz, and the couple is currently working hard to renovate their dream home in Essex. However, their relationship hasn't always been smooth sailing after various work commitments meant years of living apart.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterUpstart production and distribution company Solstice Studios has pink-slipped the majority of its executive leadership and looks on the verge of closure as it completes a new film starring Ben Affleck, insiders tell Variety.On Monday morning, major players including CEO Mark Gill, production head Lisa Ellzey and production co-head Guy Botham, marketing head Vincent Bruzzese, and distribution chief Shari Hardison were all dismissed.