A cryptic tweet by Elon Musk and late-night purge of top executives closed Twitter’s takeover saga as chaotically as it began, with no formal announcement just a four-word post by the self-declared Chief Twit — “the bird is freed.”
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Morgan Hertzan and Cory Haik have been promoted at Vice Media as Jesse Angelo has re-upped his contract.
The company, which is behind series such as Dark Side of the Ring and Showtime’s Vice, has promoted Hertzan to President of Global TV with new oversight of the company’s international TV distribution business. He was previously EVP and GM of Vice TV.
The distribution division was previously run by Kate Ward, who headed up Vice Studios, and recently departed to join the BBC. Additionally, Bea Hegedus has been upped from SVP of Global Distribution to Executive Managing Director, Distribution, reporting to Hertzan.
Haik has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer, News and Entertainment. She was previously Chief Digital Officer.
Hertzan and Haik report to Angelo, who has extended his contract as President, Global News and Entertainment. It comes on the back of a slew of award wins at the News and Documentary Emmys.
The company, run by Nancy Dubuc, is currently a potential sale target with sources suggesting that a deal could happen before the end of the year.
Angelo, the former CEO and Publisher of the New York Post, joined Vice in 2019, and leads its global news, digital and TV businesses including news division, digital channels and television arm.
Vice Media Group CEO Nancy Dubuc said, “I’m incredibly proud of Jesse, Cory and Morgan for all they’ve done to make Vice the leading youth culture brand around the world, leveraging new platforms to accelerate the growth of our business and breaking through with innovative and groundbreaking content that appeals to young consumers everywhere. They’re proven leaders with a profound understanding of Vice’s unique brand and audience, and I expect all three of them to have
A cryptic tweet by Elon Musk and late-night purge of top executives closed Twitter’s takeover saga as chaotically as it began, with no formal announcement just a four-word post by the self-declared Chief Twit — “the bird is freed.”
Matthew Perry says ‘Friends’ fans can tell what drugs he was on by his changing appearance on the show. The 53-year-old actor, who was nearly killed by his drink and drug abuse, shared a jokey guide in his upcoming autobiography ‘Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing’ about how his addictions could be charted from his varying weight and beard while he played Chandler Bing on the 10-season run of the sitcom from 1994 to 2004. In an extract obtained by Page Six, he said: “You can track the trajectory for my addiction if you gauge my weight from season to season.
“Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?” Matthew Perry reportedly writes in his forthcoming memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, which comes out Nov. 1. In the book, which is excerpted today in the New York Post, the Friends actor repeatedly expresses such sentiments about Reeves, who counted Phoenix among his closest friends.
Matthew Perry‘s journey to sobriety wasn’t easy, and it has cost him a pretty penny.
A necessary expense. Matthew Perry opened up about the cost of battling drug and alcohol addiction for more than half of his life.
Welcome back to the Windy City! Jesse Lee Soffer may have made his final on-camera Chicago P.D. appearance — but he’s returning to the NBC series in the director’s chair.
EXCLUSIVE: George Gallo (The Comeback Trail) is teaming with Green Book Oscar winner Nick Vallelonga to produce The Accidental Gangster, a new thriller based on reformed gangster Orlando ‘Ori’ Spado’s bestselling autobiography of the same name. The former will also direct from a script by the author’s son Anthony Spado and David Steenhoek.
said. “I’m excited to continue working with this team, which has been clicking together for over three years, to forge a holistic content strategy across all our consumer brands and distribution channels to drive continued audience and revenue growth.” Hertzan, a multiple Emmy and DuPont Award-winning producer, joined VICE in 2019 as an executive vice president and general manager of television at VICE TV.
Angela Lansbury is getting the last word.
Holly Willoughby has shared her own moving tribute to Dame Angela Lansbury - and credits her for starting her very own 'love affair'. The This Morning host took to Instagram on Wednesday morning (October 12) after the news of Dame Angela's death on Tuesday evening.
died Tuesday at age 96. The denizens of Shubert Alley were overcome with grief and shock when they learned of the actress’ passing in the early evening. Lansbury, a mainstay since 1944, had an eternal quality that suggested she’d never go away.
th century and a decent chunk of the 21st, Angela Lansbury did it all — drama, comedy, musical, stage, screen, warm, terrifying — and she did it brilliantly.Born in London in 1925, she fled the Blitz in 1940 and came to New York to study acting. By 1942, she’d signed with MGM in Los Angeles and immediately appeared in three films that remain classics to this day: “Gaslight” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (both of which earned her Oscar nominations) as well as “National Velvet.” She was anything but sweetness and light during her years at the studio, playing the yin to Judy Garland’s sweet yang in “The Harvey Girls” as well as the unfaithful Queen Anne in “The Three Musketeers” (1948), but she ultimately felt disappointed in the roles offered her and dissolved her contract in 1952.The rest of the decade involved having children, doing some stage and TV work, as well as roles in a smattering of films, the most memorable being “The Court Jester,” “The Long Hot Summer” and “The Reluctant Debutante.” But Lansbury’s screen career burned hot anew in the 1960s, since her level of poise and intensity made her a favorite for filmmakers who cast her as characters older than she was.
Three-time Oscar nominee Dame Angela Lansbury has died aged 96.
Deadline Nikki Finke has died at age 68.According to her family, Finke died in Boca Raton, Fla. on Sunday morning after a prolonged illness, as confirmed by Deadline.Finke grew up in Sands Point on Long Island before graduating from Wellesley College.