Sugar23 Raises $30 Million, Expands Executive Hires, Adds Departments

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Television Academy Foundation has unveiled its Diversity and Inclusion Unscripted Internship Program, a new $1 million initiative targeted toward Los Angeles-area college students.The goal is to provide paid internships that might give young people from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds in Southern California an entry into the unscripted TV industry.The program was launched via personal donations from reality TV execs Cris Abrego, Chairman of

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTwo of CBS’s two top local-TV executives were placed on administrative leave Monday night after the Los Angeles Times raised issues about their conduct over the weekend in a two-part report that examined their treatment of people of color at specific TV stations, among other allegations.Peter Dunn, president of the CBS Television Stations, and David Friend, senior vice president of news for the stations were placed on the leave “pending the results of a

Adele has reached a divorce settlement with her estranged husband Simon Konecki almost two years after they separated. The chart-topping singer, 32, is believed to have used mediators to carve up her impressive £140 million fortune which includes a £347 million property portfolio, according to Us Weekly.Adele filed for divorce in September 2019 in Los Angeles, and court records show she filed a judgment packet earlier this month.

Matt Damon has put his Los Angeles mansion on the market!

Moving on — literally. Erika Jayne has moved out of the $15 million mansion she shared with Tom Girardi … and downsized to a $2.4 million home in Los Angeles.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel welcomed their second son, Phineas in July of 2020, while they are also parents to five-year-old Silas Randall. The couple own homes in New York and Los Angeles, but they are believed to have spent much of the past year at their house in Montana.

reprise Captain America in a new movie thrilled fans this week — until Evans tweeted it was “news to him.” Evans, 39, doubled down on his former statements that he would end his 11-movie arc as Captain America to build a new life, and one day, a family. So, instead of fighting alongside Robert Downey Jr., Evans is in Boston with his dog Dodger and his brother Scott — abandoning not only his Marvel career but his $3.52 million Los Angeles mansion at 7840 Torreyson Drive, which he purchased in

Also Read: Oscars International Race Breaks Record With 93 EntriesIn the past, the executive committee meeting has taken place in Los Angeles, with representatives from PricewaterhouseCoopers unveiling the general committee choices behind closed doors and the committee members immediately debating and choosing their selections, which have become known as “saves.” With the COVID-19 pandemic making in-person committee meetings impossible, and with concerns about the security of any meeting that

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorBob Iger and Willow Bay will be donating $5 million to small businesses throughout Los Angeles that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday.

Kevin Costner is suing his fellow Dances with Wolves and The Bodyguard producer in a dispute over a company the Oscar winner set up nearly three decades ago and was looking to end.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAnn Le Cam, a former Disney Animation executive, has joined Weta Digital as senior VP of global talent and animation production.She will be based in Weta Digital’s Los Angeles offices and will report to CEO Prem Akkaraju.“Weta is a company where quality, risk-taking and innovation are key and it is such an exciting time in its evolution,” Le Cam said in a statement.

Bill Kobin, a pioneering public television executive who ran Los Angeles pubcaster for 13 years and helped launch the careers of Bill Moyers, Huell Howser and many others, died Friday at his home in Brentwood, CA. He was 91. No cause of death was given.

SAG-AFTRA has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the executive poaching battle between Netflix and Disney-owned Fox. The union isn’t taking sides but says “the case raises important questions about the right of workers to pursue employment opportunities, and the strong protections in California law against employers holding their workers off the market, especially when they are not being compensated for that time.”

Amber Heard is addressing the allegations that ex-Johnny Depp’s legal team has made.

 Dr. Dre  being rushed to the ICU to hope for the best and send well wishes, others tried to capitalize off of the situation by heading to his house and hoping for a pay day.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSugar23 has raised $30 million in financing and unveiled a bench of top executives that it hopes will help it expand more aggressively into everything from talent management to podcasting.The company, founded in 2017 by Academy Award-winning producer, manager and entrepreneur Michael Sugar, is hoping to be something of a catch-all service provider for top talent.

EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Lunceford and Mia Hansen’s Portrait PR is expanding to the Southeast with the launch this month of a new branch in Nashville, TN.