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Here is the complete list of 2021-2023 DGA Officers and National Board Members:PresidentLesli Linka GlatterNational Vice-PresidentMary Rae ThewlisSecretary-TreasurerParis BarclayAssistant Secretary-Treasurer Joyce ThomasFirst Vice-PresidentBetty ThomasSecond Vice-PresidentRon HowardThird Vice-PresidentBarry JenkinsFourth Vice-PresidentSeith MannFifth Vice-PresidentAva DuVernaySixth Vice-PresidentLily OlszewskiBoard MembersJon AvnetNorberto BarbaKaren GaviolaJulie GelfandDuncan HendersonTodd

Lesli Linka Glatter, a veteran TV director of shows such as “Homeland” and “Mad Men,” was elected president of the Directors Guild of America on Saturday night.Glatter will succeed Thomas Schlamme, the “West Wing” veteran who stepped down after two terms.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorChris Spadaccini, a former longtime marketing exec at HBO and WarnerMedia, has joined family-oriented retail and experiential startup CAMP as chief marketing officer.In the new role, Spadaccini will lead CAMP’s brand, advertising, creative, media and growth marketing strategies as the company prepares for expansion. He reports to founder and CEO Ben Kaufman.

Westbrook Studios, the Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith company behind Telluride favorite King Richard and series Red Table Talk and Cobra Kai, has held exploratory talks with a number of potential buyers including the new venture led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs and backed by the Blackstone Group.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWill Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc. could become the latest celebrity-backed media company to secure a splashy deal.

Jennifer Hudson reckons the tale of how she went full circle from singing Aretha Franklin’s Share Your Love With Me in her first American Idol audition to being handpicked by the Queen of Soul herself to star in a Franklin biopic is “a story only God could write.

As ABC’s The View continues its first (and significantly quieter) week post-Meghan McCain, the show’s former conservative co-host has announced her latest gig: As a columnist for British tabloid DailyMail.com.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAs the world exits the COVID pandemic and enters the streaming era, nobody can doubt that the entertainment industry is undergoing permanent changes. Few companies, however, are preparing for it in the fashion of Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures.It is going to be less American and more youth-driven, Silverman, a former president of creative development and physical production at Warner Bros., said Thursday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorEven though she is on the cusp of turning 80, Lesley Stahl is still climbing mountains.Thirty years ago, the “60 Minutes” correspondent “huffed and puffed for two months to get myself in training” for what she has said was “one of the best days of my life,” a visit with the famous  Rwanda mountain primates that were the basis of the 1988 film “Gorillas in the Mist.” Her stamina work at that time didn’t do much for her, she recalls in an interview.

Motown Records and rapper/songwriter YoungBoy Never Broke Again have announced a global joint venture with his Never Broken Again, LLC record label.

More than what businesses have done or are doing, it’s important to consider how the business affects or even changes customers' lives for the better. Kartik Anand, is proud of how his company has added values to people’s lives through his various investments.

GTA Online update has players hit the Union Depository in a new contract and changes up the prizes and reward bonuses available across the game.Released today (September 2), the biggest part of this week’s GTA Online update is the chance for players to take an all-new Los Santos Tuners contract out to steal gold from the Union Depository.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBright, a startup that has recruited several hundred celebrities, artists and influencers to host ticketed live Zoom events, announced $15 million in funding from investors including several Hollywood celebs.Bright was founded by former YouTube exec Michael Powers and investor and music manager Guy Oseary, whose clients include Madonna and U2.The funding round was led by Sound Ventures — Oseary’s investment firm co-founded with Ashton Kutcher — RIT Capital and

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired rights to Lanie Zipoy’s film The Subject, starring Jason Biggs, Aunjanue Ellis, Anabelle Acosta and more, with plans to release it in select theaters across the U.S., as well as on TVOD and digital platforms across North America, on October 22.

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Annika Pham High-profile Norwegian movie, theatre and TV helmer Per-Olav Sørensen (“Nobel”, “The Saboteurs”) has turned into one of Netflix’s hottest Nordic collaborators and show-runners since 2019. After the hit Swedish thriller series “Quicksand,” Norwegian dramedy “Home for Christmas” 1 & 2, Sørensen is currently filming Yellow Bird U.K.’s untitled “Spotify” series for the U.S.