WarnerMedia Launches House Of Max Brand Studio, Expanding Ad Offerings

Vanessa Bryant took a big step today: dropping her eldest daughter, 18-year-old Natalia Bryant, off at college.On Wednesday, August 18, the proud mama posted a sweet family photo to Instagram showing herself dropping the model off at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles.

Starting school! Vanessa Bryant took daughter Natalia to the University of Southern California on Wednesday, August 17, for the teenager’s freshman year.

Vanessa Bryant brought her oldest child, Natalia Bryant, 18, to college on Aug. 18.

Vanessa Bryant on Wednesday as the 39-year-old mother and wife of the late Kobe Bryant dropped her oldest daughter, Natalia Bryant, off at college. The proud mom posted a selfie with Natalia, 18, and her youngest daughters, Bianka, 4, and Capri, 2, as they said their goodbyes at the University of Southern California. «Today was rough. This was before the tears came down,» Vanessa captioned the post.

Jennifer Yuma editorSlamdance, the nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering filmmakers, announced a new film festival: Slamdance Miami, starting Oct. 23-30.The festival will recognize emerging filmmakers from Central and South America, Florida and the Caribbean via an open-air, COVID-sensitve festival at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami, as well as on Slamdance’s virtual platform.Slamdance Miami is a collaboration between Slamdance, its alumni and Miami’s arts leaders.

Brandi Carlile teamed up with the surviving members of Soundgarden to perform some of the band’s tracks during her gig last weekend.For Carlile’s show at the Gorge Amphitheater last Saturday (August 14), she was joined by Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron and bassist Ben Shepherd to deliver renditions of ‘Black Hole Sun’ and ‘Searching With My Good Eye Closed’.As Rolling Stone notes, the gig also marked the Soundgarden members’ first performance together in Washington state

 Maluma might be the next celebrity to launch his own brand of alcohol.According to reports from the Los Angeles Times, the Colombian singer visited Mexico this past week in preparation for launching his own brand of mezcal. Over the course of the past few days, Maluma has been posting pictures to Instagram while dropping some clues about the trip he was taking, suggesting that he was in Mexico.

A 17-year-old rapper died on Sunday evening after being shot in Hartford, Connecticut.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorCelebrity chef Matthew Kenney is expanding his plant-based culinary empire to meal delivery. XFood is a collaboration between Kenney and e-commerce company PlantX, of which he is culinary chief officer.“Our goal is to always reach as many people with plant-based options as possible,” says Kenney, who launched the first of his many vegan restaurants almost 30 years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn-based sports startup Overtime, whose investors include Jeff Bezos, Drake, Alexis Ohanian and more than 25 current and former NBA stars including Trae Young, Devin Booker, Klay Thompson and Pau Gasol, has launched a college athlete creator studio.

On the outside looking in. Below Deck’s Kate Chastain is giving Us Weekly her exclusive thoughts on chief stew Katie Flood’s confrontation with stewardess Lexi Wilson.

Vanessa Bryant has settled the lawsuit she was embroiled in with her mother Sofia Laine. Back in December, Laine, 68, filed a complaint in California alleging Bryant owes Laine for past unpaid work as a "longtime personal assistant and nanny" for the Bryant family, court documents revealed at the time.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen Carrie Bradshaw appeared on HBO, she didn’t have much to do with commercials. When she appears on HBO Max, the character may find a staff eager to find ways to set her up with new kinds of advertising.WarnerMedia’s ad sales division is launching a new studio, House of Max, that aims to develop commercials for advertisers that utilize characters and concepts from its various shows.

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