Variety Promotes Rebecca Rubin to Film & Media Reporter

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterRange Media Partners, Pete Micelli’s upstart management firm, has made two new hires in motion picture literature and a promotion in business affairs and TV lit.The motion picture hires come from the London office of WME. Payne Cowley, who served at the latter as a coordinator in motion pictures, joins Range as a manager under her old boss Rich Cook.

If you have Netflix, you’re well aware that Aaron Sorkin’s latest feature, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” is now available to stream globally on the platform. The new drama tells the true story of a group of people in the late-‘60s that were accused of conspiracy after protesting the Democratic National Convention.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThere are some promotions and additions taking place at Kevin Hart’s comedy brand Laugh Out Loud (LOL) as it expands across its core divisions of LOL Network, LOL Studios, LOL Audio, LOL X!. Hart will move from his position as CEO to Chairman while continuing to take an active role in the company’s overall comedic vision, content, and talent development.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: U.S. producer Joanne Rubino (Hatfields & McCoys), former President of Production at Think Factory Media, is launching LA-based Be Brave Media, with a slate of projects including a biopic of ‘chocolate king’ Milton Hershey.Be Brave will develop, package and produce between three to six projects a year.

Scatting is the perfect way to get through the pandemic.

Nikki Bella has hit back after her Instagram post, in which she promoted a book about Dwayne Johnson, was bombarded with hateful comments.

Chris Pratt has come under fire for promoting his new film with an “insensitive” joke about the importance of voting.The Guardians of the Galaxy star made the joke in an Instagram caption asking his fans to vote for his Pixar movie Onward at this year’s People’s Choice Awards.But fans believed the caption also took aim at celebrities who have urged their social media followers to vote in the forthcoming US presidential election.“With all that’s going on in the world it is more important than

Millie Bobby Brown paid a virtual visit to “The Tonight Show” on Friday.

Night 4 of “BTS Week” went off in style.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineAuthor V.E. Schwab’s upcoming novel “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” is getting adapted into a feature film.