TikTok Breakout Jenna Raine Signs With SB Projects, Warner Records (EXCLUSIVE)

EXCLUSIVE: Gratiela Brancusi, the Romanian actress who recently found her first major role in Taylor Sheridan’s 1883, has signed with Elevate Entertainment for management in all areas.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has paused all future projects and acquisitions from Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, Variety has learned.The streamer had four Russian originals in the pipeline, including a crime thriller series directed by Dasha Zhuk, which was shooting and has been put on hold. The 1990’s set series was Netflix’s first original series filming in Russia.A source close to Netflix said the company was assessing the impact of current events.Elsewhere in the film and TV industry, Russia has been barred from major festivals and award shows.

While TikTok has long been a conduit for comedy, its live platform is getting set to debut its first fully produced sketch comedy series, the Sam Grey-backed Stapleview.

The Juno Award nominations are here.

Chloe Brockett has shared a rare photo of herself without facial fillers as she opened up to fans about her "tweakments".The Only Way Is Essex beauty Chloe, 21, shared a photo of herself posing in the sun as she was by a fan about what treatments she's had done during an Instagram question and answer session. Chloe was asked by one of her 378,000 followers: "What "tweakments" do you have done? Your jaw is stunning". She then replied by sharing a photo showing Chloe with lighter locks as she pouts at the camera while stood in front of a sunset over the sea.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCAA has signed Lee Myoungwoo for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. He continues to be represented by manager Chris S.

For Ruben Fleischer, Uncharted, was two years in the making, however, the feature take of the Sony PlayStation game has been in the works since 2008 with several directors attached, i.e. David O. Russell, Neil Burger, Travis Knight and Shawn Levy to name a few.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterKarrueche Tran has signed with sister companies M88 and UNCMMN for representation, Variety has learned exclusively.The companies will work in tandem to grow Tran’s work across film, TV, fashion, and in the digital space.Tran currently stars in Peacock’s drama series “Bel-Air,” a reinvention of the beloved sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” She is best known for her starring role in the critically-acclaimed TNT drama “Claws,” appearing in the role of Virginia throughout the show’s four season run. “Claws” officially came to an end with the series finale on Feb.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” — the original anime feature from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE: Emerging filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, whose narrative feature debut We’re All Going to the World’s Fair premiered in the NEXT section of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, has signed with CAA for representation.

Larry Birkhead is remembering his time with the late Anna Nicole Smith on the 15th anniversary of her tragic death. On Tuesday, Birkhead shared a photo of the two cuddling and paid tribute to the model.Birkhead is the father of Smith's now 15-year-old daughter, Dannielynn. In his Instagram post, the 49-year-old photographer and Smith have big smiles as they wrap their arms around one another.«Still remembering this one 15 years after her death,» Birkhead wrote.

All Time Low have sued three people who made allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against the band’s members on social media last year. The band don’t currently know the identities of their online accusers, but are seeking to identify them via the litigation.The first set of allegations against the band went viral on TikTok last October.

Warner Records UK has signed Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock to a solo record deal. This follows the group’s announcement that they are “taking a break” in December.Pinnock’s first solo material emerged just before Little Mix announced their hiatus, as part of the film ‘Boxing Day’, in which she played a pop star.

Vivienne Chow Leading Hollywood screenwriters Bruce McKenna and John Fusco have been tapped by U.S-based Inspire Studios to write two Asian-themed war features. One will go into production this year, the other in 2023, Variety has learned.McKenna, who co-wrote and co-produced the Emmy-winning mini-series “The Pacific,” and wrote part of “Band of Brothers,” is attached to the company’s debut release, Filipino-Hollywood feature “Angel Warrior” as scriptwriter.

Congratulations are in order for Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock, who's signed a solo deal with Warner Records.

Sony Music’s announcement last year that it would begin to pay royalties from streaming and other revenue streams to thousands of artists who signed deals with the label before 2000 and were yet to recoup their advances.WMG, the world’s third largest music rights company, issued a statement confirming it would be following suit with the introduction of a “legacy unrecouped advances program”, which is set to be put into effect on July 1.“[We’ve] announced a legacy unrecouped advances program where, for our artists and songwriters who signed to us before 2000 and didn’t receive an advance during or after 2000, we won’t apply their unrecouped advances to royalty statements for any period beginning July 1, 2022 or after,” Warner said in a statement (via Music Business Worldwide).“The program will also benefit other artist royalty participants such as producers, engineers, mixers and remixers.”This means that for any heritage artist whose monthly royalties were being kept by Warner due to them having not recouped their original label advances, they will now begin to receive these payments retroactively from this summer.This move is the latest in a series from WMG with artists and writers in mind. Since 2009, the label has been sharing all advances and minimum guarantees from streaming services with artists – “treating breakage like other digital revenue”.In 2016, Warner became the first major music company to confirm it would be sharing any proceeds from the sale of its equity in Spotify with its artists.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicBrazilian superstar Anitta has signed with UTA for worldwide representation in all areas excluding Brazil. She was previously with WME.At UTA, she will be represented by an all-star team that includes CEO Jeremy Zimmer, global head of music David Zedeck and Jbeau Lewis.Anitta is managed by Brandon Silverstein, founder and CEO of S10 Entertainment, and signed to Warner Records.“We are thrilled to work with Anitta and her team at S10,” said Zimmer. “She is a brilliantly talented and charismatic star with a keen sense of the entertainment business.