UTA in Talks to Join Writers Guild Code of Conduct

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Peter White Television EditorIman Benson, who stars as Drea Barris in Netflix comedy #BlackAF, has signed to UTA.The actor has signed with the agency in all areas.Benson’s character Drea is the moral center and narrator of Kenya Barris’ series; her university application documentary is the framing device for the show, which centers around a Black family living in Los Angeles and is loosely based on Barris’ own life.

The Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson is nominated for Outstanding Newspaper Article and the Los Angeles Blade’s Karen Ocamb will receive special recognition at the GLAAD Media Awards next week. (Photo courtesy Ocamb)

Joey King poses for some photos at home in Los Angeles while taping a virtual appearance on The Today Show on Wednesday morning (July 22).

Jonah Hill wraps his arms around fiancee Gianna Santos while hanging out with a few friends on Tuesday afternoon (July 21) in Los Angeles.

Also Read: Inside UTA's Writers Guild Deal: No Packaging Fees - But With a CatchStone started his career at UTA before moving to William Morris in 2007 where he has built a roster of some of the top TV showrunners in Hollywood.

Dave McNary Film ReporterKJ Apa and Sofia Carson will star in pandemic thriller “Songbird,” joining previously announced cast Demi Moore, Bradley Whitford, Craig Robinson, Jenna Ortega, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare.“Songbird” producers announced July 8 that they had launched principal photography in Los Angeles — the first film to shoot in the city since the start of coronavirus-induced lockdown.

LOS ANGELES -- Kelly Preston, who played dramatic and comic foil to actors ranging from Tom Cruise in “Jerry Maguire” to Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Twins,” died Sunday, husband John Travolta said. She was 57.

A.D. Amorosi When Elle King and Variety last met, the Los Angeles-born-and-bred singing, songwriting, banjo-playing shouter had just commenced a 2018 tour for the (then) recently released “Shake the Spirit” album.While King’s rough, poppy debut album, 2015’s “Love Stuff” and its top 10 single “Ex’s & Oh’s,” earned her two Grammy nominations, her ragged voice and raging spirit, by 2018, was much like that of Janis Joplin — explosive, outspoken, life-sponging.

Get Out star Bradley Whitford and Jane the Virgin actress Jenna Ortega have joined the pandemic thriller Songbird.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe hit British import and international game show phenomenon Weakest Link is making a comeback with Jane Lynch as host and executive producer.

There’s a reason why he’s called The Muscles from Brussels. Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme is 59 years old, but he’s still in fighting form. The actor, known for his badass roles in films like Street Fighter and Kickboxer, was spotted heading into a gym in Los Angeles on July 8, and his famous guns were on display. Wearing just a tight tank top, it’s clear that Jean-Claude never took a break from pumping iron during quarantine.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Get Out star Bradley Whitford and Jane the Virgin‘s Jenna Ortega have boarded the pandemic thriller Songbird, which begins principal photography today.The movie from former Paramount production chief Adam Goodman and former Disney exec Andrew Sugerman’s Invisible Narratives, with Catchlight Films and Michael Bay also producing, is the first feature film to shoot in Los Angeles since the COVID-19

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine has opened up about his children's future in a very rare interview with Los Angeles Times. The Gavin and Stacey star, who hosts the Late, Late Show in the US, admitted that he expects his three children, Carey, Charlotte and Max, will want to enter showbiz, and how he is reluctant to let them be child stars. He explained: "I do feel like there is a strong chance that certainly one of our children will want to seek a life in performing arts.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCast is rounding out on counterfeiting comedy Queenpins ahead of a planned shoot in Los Angeles later this year, with Vince Vaughn and Paul Walter Hauser joining Leslie Jones and Kristen Bell in the pic.Emmy-nominated husband and wife team Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly (Beneath The Harvest Sky) are writing and directing the movie, which is inspired by the true story of the largest coupon counterfeit in the history of the U.S..