Salma Hayek puts Angelina Jolie on the list of her top directors. The Oscar-nominated actress worked with Jolie in the upcoming drama Without Blood.
19.07.2022 - 23:17 / variety.com
Carson Burton Some of the top names on America’s sports landscape are ready to share their insights at the Variety Sports and Entertainment Breakfast presented by City National Bank, set for July 21 at the Maybourne in Beverly Hills. From groundbreaking athletes to top industry heads, the morning looks to paint a vivid picture of today’s sports and entertainment scene.Opening remarks from Variety chief marketing officer Dea Lawrence and Richard A. Raffetto, president of City National Bank, will kick off the morning of conversations.
Following the remarks, Variety co-editor-in-chief Cynthia Littleton will lead the first keynote conversation in a discussion with Jimmy Pitaro, chairman of ESPN and sports content at Walt Disney Co. ESPN, a household name throughout the world, is at the forefront of the sports business. Through its extensive programming, ESPN has set the standard for sports entertainment for decades.
For Pitaro, ESPN’s power lies with the fans.“Our mission says it all, our job is to serve sports fans, anytime, anywhere, and that is our north star,” he says. “ESPN does that in a variety of ways. We are focused on learning about and expanding our audience by making data-driven decisions.
We also stay close with all of our league partners, who value our direct connection with sports fans. We share a common goal of serving fans with creativity and excellence so we take a ‘we’re all in this together’ approach in innovating and giving fans what they want, now and in the future.”Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety senior correspondent, will then host a keynote conversation with Chloe Kim, Olympic champion snowboarder, and her agent, Lowell Taub. Kim, who is only 22 years old, is setting records left and right, already
.Salma Hayek puts Angelina Jolie on the list of her top directors. The Oscar-nominated actress worked with Jolie in the upcoming drama Without Blood.
Snoop Dogg is set to star in The Underdoggs, a comedy film based on an original concept he pitched with his producing partner, Constance Schwartz-Morini.According to Deadline, the film has since been picked up by the production company Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Black-ish creator Kenya Barris has signed-on to co-produce the film alongside the rapper, while Drumline‘s Charles Stone will direct it, based off a screenplay by Danny Segal and Isaac Schamis.Snoop based The Underdoggs‘ synopsis on his own experience as a youth football coach, centring the film around a former NFL player who agrees to manage a children’s football team to avoid time in prison.
John Steiner, a British actor who appeared in Caligula and several other films in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 81 and passed Sunday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs after a two-vehicle automobile accident in La Quinta, the Riverside County Sheriff’s department told the Desert Sun newspaper.
Manchester United's 1999 Treble winners have been voted as the greatest team of the Premier League era.
A divorced dad who ditched his house for a motorhome says it's the "best thing" he has ever done. Ian Reeves bought a motorhome after going through a midlife crisis but moved into it five months ago to keep costs down.
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London Fashion Week’s spring/summer 2023 collections. And, the British Fashion Council has announced a schedule packed with the biggest names seen since it was shaken by the pandemic. On 16 - 20 September, there will be hot new additions to the line-up in an attempt to attract an A-list international crowd.
LOS ANGELES – Ashlee Simpson recently updated fans on her life, including what it’s like for her kids to get older, and how supportive she is of her husband’s new endeavor into the restaurant world. The couple recently got together on the red carpet to celebrate the opening of The Hideaway, a new Mexican restaurant in Beverly Hills that Evans invested in and is a partner in.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAllyson Felix, the most decorated female track and field athlete in Olympic in history with seven gold medal wins from 2012 to 2021, retired from her sport earlier this year but promptly shifted her focus to a new competitive landscape: the business world.Felix has launched a women’s lifestyle brand, Saysh, that is designed to cater to the needs of female athletes and active women. Speaking about her career transition at Variety‘s Sports and Entertainment Breakfast on July 21, Felix expressed her excitement for the growing number of opportunities that await star female athletes as media personalities, investors and entrepreneurs when they decide to come off the field.Snowboarding star Chloe Kim, who has two gold medals to date, also appeared at the event, presented by City National Bank at the Maybourne in Beverly Hills, to discuss her burgeoning career as a content producer and the experience of growing up in the public eye as a young female athlete in an unconventional sport.
Zack Sharf Ryan Gosling said on “The Tonight Show” that Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s “Barbie” screenplay is “the best script I’ve ever read,” but that’s not what made him finally agree to Gerwig’s offer to star in the movie as Ken. It turns out the universe gave Gosling a bit of a push, as the actor discovered one of his daughter’s Ken dolls face down in the dirt almost immediately after being offered the “Barbie” movie.“Best script I’ve ever read. I walk out in the backyard [after getting the offer] and, do you know where I found Ken?” Gosling said.
Vanessa Hudgens gave the internet all of the nostalgic feels when she returned to the school which served as the backdrop for the “High School Musical” franchise fourteen years ago. Now, a month later, the triple threat is explaining how the surprise visit came to be.
Thousands of people flocked to Kirkcudbright over the weekend for the town’s popular country fair.