TV Academy Elects Officers & Governors For 2022-23; Frank Scherma Stays As Chairman & CEO

Maggie Gyllenhaal makes a speech on stage while being honored at the 2021 SFFILM Awards Night at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Monday night (December 6) in San Francisco, Calif.

The glitterati was out in full force in Jeddah on Monday night as the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival kicked off with the Middle Eastern premiere of Joe Wright’s musical romance Cyrano.

reviewed by The Washington Post.In a company-wide email, Agrawal announced a major reorganization of the San Francisco-based company following the Monday departure of former CEO Jack Dorsey.

UPDATED: Dr. Anthony Fauci confirmed today that the first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 had been identified in the U.S. The presidential advisor said the case was identified in California and the patient had recently arrived via airplane from South Africa. Fauci said that the person had been vaccinated and their symptoms were mild. It was unclear whether the person had taken a booster shot or not.

In a benchmark that was to be expected, Warner Bros./Legendary’s feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune has clocked past $100 million at the domestic box office. This brings the global running total to north of $370M; the ultimate exclamation point here for the Denis Villeneuve directed movie being $400M WW. Dune made $400K on Thanksgiving yesterday sending its domestic total to $100.1M.

EXCLUSIVE: By this weekend, Warner Bros/Legendary’s Dune will cross $100M, making it the second movie from the studio this year to clear the century mark stateside off their controversial day-and-date theatrical HBO Max pandemic strategy.

Boygenius played at a San Francisco charity event on Friday (November 19), marking the first time they’ve performed together since 2018.The indie-rock supergroup – comprising Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus – took part in the one-off benefit gig at Saint Joseph’s Arts Society, with all proceeds from the event going to the Bay Area nonprofit Bread & Roses.According to their website, the organisation “produce[s] free, live music and entertainment for Bay Area children, teens, adults,

Justin Hartley, 44, and his wife Sofia Pernas, 32, are a stunning couple! The pair cozied up at the red carpet arrivals for luxury watch store Omega’s San Francisco opening on Thursday, Nov. 18. Sofia looked gorgeous in ’70s inspired mustard yellow dress that featured spaghetti straps and a midi length cut, showing off her platform black sandals.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeTelevision Academy chairman/CEO Frank Scherma, whose first two-year term turned into three due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been re-elected to lead the organization for two more years. Scherma is part of the roster of newly elected officers and members on the Academy’s Board of Governors who were tapped on Thursday to serve starting Jan.

Nick Jonas leaves a business meeting at the San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood, Calif. on Wednesday (November 17).

EXCLUSIVE: Mario Bava’s cult crime movie Rabid Dogs is getting an English-Language remake from in-demand Hollywood scribes Samuel Franco and Evan Kilgore.

Metallica have announced a takeover of San Francisco to coincide with their upcoming 40th anniversary shows in the city.The legendary metal band, who formed back in 1981, are scheduled to perform two celebratory headline concerts at San Fran’s Chase Center arena next month (December 17/19).Yesterday (November 17) James Hetfield and co. outlined plans to “take over the city of San Francisco” between December 16-19 with a series of special events.

Universal Parks & Resorts announced today that Vice Chairman Mark Woodbury, who is also currently President of Universal Creative, will become the division’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer upon the retirement of current Chairman and CEO Tom Williams.

UK indie pioneer David Frank, who was CEO of Zodiak Media and founded RDF Media, has died aged 63, his brother and long-time business partner Matthew Frank confirmed today. Frank died suddenly at home over the weekend and arrangements for his funeral are yet to be made.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBritish TV industry veteran David Frank, the trailblazing former CEO of Zodiak Media, has died. He was 63.His death was confirmed by the executive’s brother and long-time business partner, Matthew Frank, who said David died at home suddenly over the weekend.

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Amyl And The Sniffers have announced they’ll be heading to North America next year for a run of headlining tour dates.The shows come in support of their latest album, ‘Comfort To Me’, which arrived in September.