Florida-based global esports and entertainment company Misfits Gaming Group has signed Twitch streamers Ranboo and Tubbo, expanding its roster of Minecraft content creators.
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Susanne Daniels has resigned as YouTube’s global head of original content after six years, according to multiple media reports.There, Daniels developed “Cobra Kai,” which was a YouTube original before moving to Netflix after two seasons. She also developed “On Becoming a God in Central Florida,” which moved to Showtime.
The “Karate Kid” sequel series has been hugely successful since moving over to Netflix, where it is in development on a fifth season and earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. Reps for YouTube did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment on Daniels’ reported resignation.Daniels joined YouTube in 2015 as the Google-owned platform was launching a subscription tier — then known as YouTube Red — that would be filled with high-end scripted programming.
Along with “Cobra Kai” and “On Becoming a God in Central Florida,” Daniels shepherded “Step-Up” (which is now on Starz) and Doug Liman’s “Impulse.” YouTube scrapped its scripted originals plan and its subscription business after only three years and instead focused unscripted series for its existing free, ad-supported service.Daniels became the second female head of a broadcast network when she was named president of The WB earlier in her career. She was also the president of Lifetime Television Networks, as well as the president of MTV Networks.
Florida-based global esports and entertainment company Misfits Gaming Group has signed Twitch streamers Ranboo and Tubbo, expanding its roster of Minecraft content creators.
Sasha Urban editorA’Ziah “Zola” King, who wrote the infamous 2015 Twitter thread that inspired A24’s 2020 film “Zola,” is now speaking out against the production company over being excluded from the film’s awards nominations.On Sunday, King retweeted a post by Film Independent, the organization behind the Independent Spirit film awards, writing, “I think it’s hilarious ‘Zola’ is up for 7 awards and no one thought to invite me nor include me IN the writers award category. As if there would’ve been a film or a script to write if I didn’t um… write it?”She continued: “I think its HILARIOUS everyone else is on my Television promoting & speaking on my experience as if it’s their moment and not a moment I created for us all.
Tiger King star Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, has been resentenced to spend 21 years in prison.The former zookeeper, who ran the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma for 20 years until 2018, has been campaigning for his jail sentence to be reduced ever since the smash hit documentary Tiger King was released on Netflix in 2020. Joe Exotic, 58, was originally imprisoned for 22 years after he was convicted for attempting to hire two different men to kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin.
Nicola Peltz. David and Victoria’s eldest son will say “I do” to the 27-year-old actress on 9 April at the £72million Florida estate of Nicola’s billionaire parents, Nelson and Claudia.
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Brooklyn Beckham is set to marry his fiancée Nicola Peltz at her parents’ lavish Florida estate, according to reports in The Sun. Owned by Nicola’s billionaire father Nelson Peltz and former model mother Claudia Heffner Peltz, the £76million property sits along the Florida coast in Palm Beach. Spanning 44,000-square-feet, the home boasts seafront views and sprawling grounds including an outdoor pool, pristine gardens and a courtyard.The home is one of the most expensive properties in the area of Florida.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSony Pictures Television has promoted Jennifer Turner to head of its TriStar Television, effective immediately.As the new executive vice president of the banner, Turner aims to expand the creative universe for TriStar Television, canvassing both coasts for fresh perspectives and projects that align with the label’s mission to champion diverse, authentic characters and underrepresented voices, per Sony. She will report to Jason Clodfelter, co-president of Sony Pictures Television Studios, and work closely with TriStar Television senior vice president Christina Jokanovich and director Alex Villalta.Turner, who is filling the position left vacant by Kathryn Busby following her move to Starz, will be based in New York while also traveling regularly to Los Angeles.
EXCLUSIVE: The devil got into Hollywood this weekend as seven bidders waged a head-spinning auction battle for a star-studded exorcism movie package that was won late last night by Netflix.
EXCLUSIVE: The devil got into Hollywood this weekend, with seven bidders waging a head-spinning auction battle for a star-studded exorcism movie package was won late last night by Netflix. Lee Daniels will direct, reuniting with his Oscar-nominated The United States Vs Billie Holiday star Aundra Day, who’ll star with Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, Rob Morgan, Caleb McLaughlin and Aunjanue Ellis. Day will play the mother of an Indiana family whose children purportedly became demonically possessed in a thriller inspired by an actual case. Sources tell Deadline that the package closed upwards of $65 million, covering the film’s budget and buyouts. Daniels and Tucker Tooley are producing. It is fast tracked to begin production by the middle of this year.
Brooklyn Beckham and his fiance Nicola Peltz are preparing to tie the knot later this year. Brooklyn, 22, and Nicola, 27, have been busy planning their lavish nuptials ever since they announced their engagement back in July 2020, and have now reportedly set a date. David and Victoria Beckham's eldest son is set to marry his long-term girlfriend 9 April, at Nicola's billionaire father Nelson Peltz's estate in Florida.
Canal+ Group, the French film and TV major owned by Vivendi, has named Olivier Bibas as Head of Canal+ Creation Originale.
Bob Saget's wife Kelly Rizzo opened up about what the comedian was like in private during her first interview since his death. "Who was the Bob Saget like at dinner when there was no audience? When there was no one around, no one to make laugh, what was that guy like?" Hoda Kotb asked Rizzo in an interview set to air on the "Today" show Thursday. "It was still the same. He was there to just enjoy life.
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are set to tie the knot in a lavish wedding and the exact date of their nuptials has been revealed.The 22 year old and Transformers: Age of Extinction actress Nicola, 27, are believed to be set to wed on April 9 2022 and the stunning bride will reportedly wear two Valentino gowns despite claims that Victoria Beckham had been drawing up designs for her future daughter-in-law. It comes after Brooklyn's parents David, 46, and Victoria, 47, tied the knot in 1999 with their big day exclusively covered by OK! and famously described as the 'wedding of the decade' as the couple said 'I do' at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterHulu’s “How I Met Your Mother” spinoff series “How I Met Your Father” debuted with its first two episodes Tuesday, paying tribute to the late Bob Saget, who narrated the original CBS sitcom that birthed the new Hilary Duff comedy.At the end of the sitcom’s first installment, a title card reads “In Loving Memory of Bob Saget,” in honor of the comedian who voiced the older version of Josh Radnor’s Ted Mosby on all nine seasons of “How I Met Your Mother,” from 2005 to 2014.Saget died on Jan. 9 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Orlando, Fla.