TPG’s Majority Stake In CAA Acquired By Francois-Henri Pinault’s Artémis; Bryan Lourd To Be Named CEO

An online rumor recently made the rounds saying filmmaker Matthew Vaughn was next in line to take over the James Bond franchise, and it’s fitting but almost laughable. Because Vaughn, who actively sought the James Bond gig early in his directing life, has basically made an entire career of doing his own spy franchises, almost snubbing his nose at Bond in the process.

Nathan isn’t in the best place in the new sneak peek for tonight’s all-new When Calls The Heart.

Coldplay were joined by Bryan Adams during their show in Vancouver for a rendition of his classic hit ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’.Frontman Chris Martin invited the Canadian music legend onstage at BC Place on Friday night (September 22) to perform the 1991 Number One hit alongside support act H.E.R..Adams kicked off the performance singing the first verse on acoustic guitar while Martin played the piano.The frontman also joined in the vocal duties before H.E.R. came onstage to perform the song’s famous guitar solo.

“It’s the Alex Mahon show,” was how one seasoned British TV executive characterized the industry’s biennial gathering in Cambridge, chaired by the Channel 4 CEO. 

CAA co-chair Brian Lourd has said that the film and TV industry could be “destroyed” if there is not a proper healing process after the Hollywood strikes have been resolved.

EXCLUSIVE: Wrigley Media Group, which is looking to bolster production opportunities in Kentucky, has named Joe Livecchi as CEO.

EXCLUSIVE: “The UK’s role in the media multiverse” will take up plenty of airtime at the RTS Cambridge Convention, according to Theresa Wise, as the great-and-the-good of the TV industry prepare to gather for the biannual get-together.

Salma Hayek Pinault is taking over TIFF!

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In 2008, the writer-director Azazel Jacobs made a small but vivid splash with “Momma’s Man,” a Sundance comedy about a troubled dweeb hiding out in the cocoon of his parents’ downtown Manhattan apartment. The parents were played by Jacobs’ own (the avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and his wife Flo), and the movie turned their overstuffed bohemian pack-rat museum of a loft into a tiny city of its own. “Momma’s Man” showed extraordinary promise, and in the 15 years since I’ve been waiting for Azazel Jacobs to make good on it.

for posting a heartfelt Instagram message Saturday, two days after his arrest for interfering with a traffic stop on his security guard, who was speeding in an SUV.“You are not your highs you are not your lows,” Bryan wrote. “Just floating around in the middle.”The post, which features images from Bryan’s personal and performance life, has sarcastic commenters poking fun at the “I Remember Everything” singer. “You can call yourself outlaw country now since you spent 3 hours in jail,” snarked one user, referring to the 27-year-old’s Thursday encounter with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.“Lol he seems to have hit a low this week,” giggled a second user.

A major Scots road was closed after a car burst into flames this morning. Emergency services rushed to Edinburgh City Bypass around 9.26am on Sunday to reports of a car on fire.

Zach Bryan is being applauded by the National Police Association after he apologized for the behaviour that wound up with the country singer being arrested after a traffic stop in Oklahoma.

recent arrest in Oklahoma was caught on dashcam video, which shows the country star stewing that the “f—king cops are out of hand.” In a video obtained by TMZ, the “Heading South” singer embarks on his journey to jail by pulling his vehicle alongside his security guard’s white SUV, just after the hired muscle was stopped by the police for speeding. The CMA New Artist of the Year 2023 nominee then jumps out of his truck.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer A studio head once told me that CAA’s top three leaders – Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett – had claws beneath their velvet gloves. It was a backhanded compliment, as the CEO was praising the trio’s devotion to their incredibly famous clients while also bemoaning their hard-driving negotiating style.

Country star Zach Bryan, with a No. 1 album and single on the charts, was handcuffed by Oklahoma police twice this week and arrested once. “I was an idiot today,” the musician concedes in a social media video today explaining the traffic incidents that escalated when the singer got “too lippy” (his words) with officers.

majority stake in Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency, the parties involved said Thursday.Financial details of the deal, in which Artemis will buy the financial stake belonging to private equity firm TPG, were not provided.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault has completed his acquisition of a majority stake in Creative Artists Agency. Through his family investment company Artemis, Pinault replaces private equity player TPG as the primary holder of one of Hollywood’s superpower talent agencies.

Reese Witherspoon has made another big change in her professional life.

The new no. 1 song in America marks a couple of firsts.

Almost six months after Jonathan Majors was arrested in New York City on domestic violence charges, the start of the Creed III actor’s trial on the matter was today pushed yet again.