UTA Signs 'The Lion King' Actor JD McCrary

George Bird “Into the Storm,” directed by Adam Brown, won the Grand Prize at the 2020 Kendal Mountain Film Festival on Sunday.

Disney on Monday announced that its Hong Kong park would close a third time due to restrictions put in place because of an uptick in novel coronavirus cases. The park closed initially on Jan.

Hong Kong Disneyland is shutting its doors for a third time because of the coronavirus pandemic, after the Hong Kong government instituted new restrictions region-wide amid a wave of new infections.

Lady A is taking a sweet and sentimental look back at Christmases past in their latest music video.

village called 'F**king' has been forced to change its name after randy tourists kept having sex by its sign. Disgruntled locals of the small traditional community, in Austria, are often disturbed to find naked couples romping in front of signposts.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHong Kong has picked youth drama “Better Days” as the territory’s contender for the Academy Awards’ best international feature film race. The announcement was made on Friday by the Hong Kong Film Producers Association.Directed by Derek Tsang, and adapted from the novel “Young and Beautiful,” the China-Hong Kong co-production tells the story of a girl who is harassed at school and becomes embroiled in a murder.

Naman Ramachandran Indian arthouse filmmaker Pushpendra Singh’s latest effort, feminist fable “The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs” (Laila Aur Satt Geet) is bowing at the Singapore International Film Festival after plaudits at Berlin, Hong Kong and Jeonju.The film, based on renowned Rajasthani writer Vidaydan Detha’s story of a woman discarding all identities society wants to impose on her, and making her own choices, uses the narrative device of seven local folk songs to describe the

In a live online webinar broadcast from Hong Kong on Nov. 12, organizers of the 11th quadrennial Gay Games celebrated the start of a two-year countdown for the Nov. 12, 2022 opening ceremony at the Hong Kong Stadium for the world’s largest LGBTQ sports competition and arts andcultural event.

Janet W. Lee The attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old gunman accused of killing two protestors in August in Kenosha, Wis., said actor Ricky Schroder was among those who helped the teen post $2 million bail for his release on Friday.Attorney Lin Wood took to Twitter on Friday to announce Rittenhouse’s release, giving a shoutout to Schroder for his donation.“God bless all who donated to help #FightBack raise required $2M cash bail,” wrote Wood.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterUTA has signed Grammy-winning recording artist and creator of the “New Jack Swing” music style Teddy Riley for worldwide representation in all areas.Since the early ’80s, Riley’s influential New Jack Swing style have been infused in multiple music genres including contemporary R&B, hip-hop, gospel, soul and pop music.

90 Day Fiancé star Larissa Dos Santos Lima confirmed that she and Eric Nichols officially called it quits after their reconciliation.“Since I started my presence on social media, I feel we have created a relationship of trust. Because of that I feel responsible to communicate to you when something important happens in my life,” the reality star, 34, wrote in a note to her Instagram followers on Thursday, November 19.

the New York Times reported. Her husband, John Simpers, said she reportedly got infected recently at a large theater gathering in Branson, Missouri, at which most attendees were maskless.“She had a non-life-threatening Leukemia, so that was the big problem when she got COVID,” Simpers told KTVI Fox 2 in St.

Ellise Shafer editorLynn Kellogg, an actress and singer who originated the role of Sheila in the first Broadway production of “Hair,” died on Nov. 12, according to the New York Times.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerLynn Kellogg-Simpers, who played the original Sheila in the 1968 Broadway production of Hair, has died at 77. She had non-terminal leukemia complicated by COVID-19, according to her husband, John Simpers.He said she had recently attended a gathering in a theater in Branson, Missouri.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: French actress Camille Cottin, widely known for her role in the Netflix comedy series Call My Agent!, has joined UTA for representation.The series, which takes place at a Parisian talent agency where agents scramble to keep the business afloat after the sudden death of their founder, just released the final season in France this month and will hit Netflix next year.Cottin is poised to star opposite Matt Damon in the Tom McCarthy-directed drama

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Owen Smith, showrunner of Tracy Morgan comedy The Last O.G., has signed with talent agency UTA.The writer, producer and stand-up comedian will work with the agency across all areas.The move comes as Smith gears up for the fourth season of the TBS comedy, which he has just taken over showrunning duties on.Last year, he sold half-hour comedy Cupcake Men to ABC, a series inspired by the real life story of former Tennessee Titans Brian Orakpo and Michael

“Little” fell flat despite a cute plot.