Thruline Entertainment Ups Manager Christina Diamantas To Partner

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Samar Akrouk has been appointed managing director of Saudi production powerhouse MBC Studios, replacing U.S. producer Christina Wayne, who recently quietly exited the top post at the production arm of top Middle East broadcaster MBC Group. Akrouk, who has been with MBC for almost 30 years, is currently the group’s director of production.

 EXCLUSIVE: Peabody Award-winning manager and producer Jennie Church-Cooper has joined the team at Levity Talent.

EXCLUSIVE: Showrunner and screenwriter Trey Callaway (The Messengers) has taken on new reps at Independent Artist Group and Echo Lake Entertainment.

multiple sclerosis battle.The 52-year-old “Dead to Me” actress revealed on her “MeSsy” podcast that the pain of the disease has made it difficult to tolerate bathing herself, so she’s slacking on her personal hygiene. “I’m gonna be honest with you, I need to buy stock in Cottonelle because I haven’t taken a shower in three weeks,” Applegate told her co-host,Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

Just when you thought Tom Sandoval couldn’t make fans cringe anymore…

Tom Sandoval is feeling “Dirrty” and inspired by pop icon Christina Aguilera.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade is realigning the company’s content and business operations into three groups, the Fox Television Network, Fox Entertainment Studios and sales arm Fox Entertainment Global.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Fox Entertainment is restructuring its operations into three divisions: network, studios and sales. As part of this re-org, Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade has promoted Michael Thorn to president of Fox Television Network and upped Fernando Szew to head of Fox Entertainment Studios.

“Dead to Me” star revealed on the “Armchair Expert” podcast with co-hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman that she is in constant pain thanks to the autoimmune disorder. “I have 30 lesions on my brain,” Applegate claimed on Monday’s episode. “My biggest one is behind my right eye, so my right eye hurts a lot.”The “Married … With Children” alum also shared that sometimes “my hand starts to go weird and then I’ll get a seizure-y feeling sometimes in my brain.”“It sucks,” the mother of one added.

YG Entertainment has refuted reports that it spent US$30million on BLACKPINK‘s contract renewals.According to a business report released by the company on March 22, YG Entertainment had stated a KRW41.2billion (about US$30million) sum for intangible assets last year.Per Korea JoongAng Daily, this is an accounting practice commonly used by music labels in South Korea when funds are needed for contract renewals. Of note, last year YG Entertainment had secured the contract renewal of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK for group activities, following a months-long negotiation process.However, YG Entertainment has since denied that all the funds were used for that purpose, in a statement to Korea JoongAng Daily. “There were various other contract renewals as well as new contracts formed over various intellectual property,” a YG Entertainment spokesperson said.The label added that it “cannot disclose the contract details”, but noted that “the amount in question cannot be considered exclusive to BLACKPINK’s contract extension”.In the same report, Korea JoongAng Daily also noted that YG Entertainment said that it is “planning” for group activities from BLACKPINK.

CLC singer Seunghee has left long-time label CUBE Entertainment after nine years with the company.CLC’s Seunghee has been represented by CUBE Entertainment since 2015 both as a musician and actress. The company announced earlier today (March 20) that her contract with the label has since expired and has since left the company after nearly a decade with the K-pop agency.“We at CUBE Entertainment inform you that our exclusive contract with actor Oh Seung-hee, who has been with us for 9 years since March 2015, has ended,” reads the statement, which was released on the official X (formerly Twitter) account for the company’s subdivision for actors.“We express our deepest gratitude to Oh Seung-hee, who has displayed endless passion and talent as an artist under CUBE,” the label added.

Christina Aguilera is looking fiercer than ever for her latest appearance!

EXCLUSIVE: Vault Entertainment has added industry veteran Craig Baumgarten as a manager/producer.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor AGC Studios chief creative officer Lourdes Diaz has signed a new multi-year employment agreement and has been elevated to partner with a seat on the board of the independent film and television studio. The promotion comes on the back of founders Stuart Ford, chairman and CEO, and Miguel Palos, chief operating office, themselves signing new multi-year agreements late last year.

Three years after Christina Applegate revealed her MS diagnosis, she’s opening up about how it’s affected her parenting.

her battle with multiple sclerosis. The actress, who has hinted at retiring amid her health struggles, was diagnosed in 2021.The “Married… With Children” alum, 52, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, 42, who also has MS, sat down with People where they spoke about the highs and lows of the disease. Applegate explained that she lost 30 pounds recently after initially gaining 45 as her illness progressed.When she made her surprise Emmys appearance in January, she joked that her “body [was] not by Ozempic.”The “Hall Pass” actress told the outlet she was questioned if she lost weight by using the diabetes drug.

appearance on “Good Morning America,” Christina Applegate, 52, and her friend “Sopranos” alum Jamie-Lynn Sigler, 42, sat down with Robin Roberts.“My symptoms had started in the early part of 2021, and it was, like, literally just tingling on my toes,” Applegate said.“And by the time we started shooting in the summer of that same year, I was being brought to set in a wheelchair. Like, I couldn’t walk that far,” she added, referring to her Netflix show “Dead To Me,” which ran for three seasons on Netflix, from 2019 to 2022. Applegate revealed that she had been diagnosed with MS in 2021 while filming that series.

in a teaser clip for an upcoming interview on “Good Morning America.” “I live kind of in hell. I’m not out a lot, so this is a little difficult, just for my system,” Applegate, 52, told “GMA” host Robin Roberts, 63, regarding her continued battle.“But of course, the support is wonderful and I’m really grateful.”The “Married … With Children” star, who was joined in the interview by Jamie-Lynn Sigler, also poked fun at her appearance on the January awards show.

Christina Applegate, appearing upbeat, with her trademark humor in tact, nonetheless was candid in her self-assessment in an appearance on today’s Good Morning America.

Sharon Osbourne has shared that she sold her famous house to Christina Aguilera, but forgot to tell her a big secret about the place.