ViacomCBS Networks International Taps Olivier Jollet to Drive Streaming, Mobile Business Growth

Erika Jayne may be doing her thing on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but her estranged husband, powerhouse lawyer Tom Girardi, sure doesn’t have it so good right now.

Naman Ramachandran Deborah Turness, president of NBC News International, the global arm of U.S. news network NBC News, will join the U.K.’s ITN as CEO from April 19.Turness replaces Anna Mallett who joined as CEO in 2019 from BBC Studios, and will now join Netflix as VP of physical production for the U.K.

Time, the most honored documentary of the past year, has been described as a film about mass incarceration. That’s true enough, but director Garrett Bradley sees another theme at its heart.

EXCLUSIVE: Amblin Partners has set Michelle Dean to pen Stolen Time, its biopic telling the incredible true story of wrongfully convicted death row inmate Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs. Juliet Blake is producing. Blake is Head of Television at TED and previously produced The Hundred-Foot Journey with Amblin. Amblin Partners’ President of Production Holly Bario, will oversee on behalf of the studio.

It looks like Mary-Kate Olsen might have a new man in her life, only one month after finalizing her divorce from Olivier Sarkozy.

EXCLUSIVE: The Nat Geo network is pulling out all the stops for a March 11 world premiere of Genius: Aretha, the latest installment of its anthology series.

Mary-Kate Olsen enjoyed dinner with Brightwire CEO John Cooper on Friday night. 

Guy Lodge Film CriticPhilippe Lacôte’s career in film began at the end, rather than the beginning, of the cinematic life cycle: as a projectionist in a small regional theater in Toulouse, France, where the Ivory Coast-born director had moved to study linguistics.

Garrett Hedlund is enjoying a day at a golf course!

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorViacomCBS is going big in the streaming wars with a broadcast TV-inspired big tent strategy that will be anchored by legacy cable channel and programming brands.On paper, the blueprint unveiled today during the company’s investor presentation for the March 4 Paramount Plus debut doesn’t sound like a path for success in today’s hyperactive media landscape.

ViacomCBS chief Bob Bakish touted the century-old roots of the company across film, TV and now streaming in setting the agenda for the reformulated Paramount+.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBritBox executive Reemah Sakaan has been handed the reins to the SVOD service’s international roll-out.Sakaan will be CEO of BritBox International, overseeing the expansion of the service into 25 countries worldwide.Sakaan will start in April, leading a team of around 100.

2021 Time100 Next, a list of movers and shakers in various industries. TheWrap has exclusively learned that on Friday, a stream dedicated to the list will feature performances and appearances from entertainers like Dua Lipa, Phoebe Bridgers, Luke Combs, Anitta, Doja Cat and Charli D’Amelio.

Olivier Ntcham is a shoe-in for success at Marseille.The Celtic midfielder endured a rough start to his Ligue 1 loan move but has raked in the plaudits over the past week.His arrival at OM was marked by former boss Andre Villas-Boas claiming he'd said no to the transfer.The manager offered to resign but was later sacked, with Ntcham then making his debut in a Coupe de France win over Auxerre.Christopher Jullien sent his support to the 24-year-old last week and now Edouard has joined in,

Olivier Ntcham could make his Marseille league debut against Bordeaux but his manager warns he's not ready to play 90 minutes.The French under-21 international joined the Ligue 1 giants on deadline day but his dream move hasn't worked out as planned so far.First an interview surfaced in which Ntcham professed his support for Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille's arch rivals.Then boss Andre Villas-Boas was sacked, having offered his resignation while claiming he knew nothing about the Celtic man's