WME Signs ‘Hunting Ghislane’ Podcast Producer Chalk & Blade, Jason Phipps Joins as Head of Content (EXCLUSIVE)

was part of a $275 million investment round in Skydance Media, which also included RedBird Capital Partners. The company’s entertainment arm has been making major in-roads in Hollywood in recent years.

Made In Chelsea's Verity Bowditch has had quite the journey since joining the E4 show in 2019.The blonde beauty has had romances with MIC's stars Tristan Phipps, Charlie Frederick, and most recently Julius Cowdrey, but newly single Verity, 25, says Chelsea boys are no longer her type of man.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Annette” producer Charles Gillibert is set to produce “Rodeo,” Lola Quivoron’s daring feature debut about a young woman who infiltrates an underground dirt bike community in France.Quivoron previously directed the short film “Au Loin Baltimore” which played at Locarno in 2016 and co-directed (with Antonia Buresi) “Headshot,” a documentary about today’s youth that aired on Franco-German network Arte.“Rodeo” shot entirely on the outskirts of Bordeaux,

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Jane Campion is not a fan of superhero movies. “I hate them,” the Oscar winner told me at the AFI Fest screening of her new drama, “The Power of the Dog.” “I actually hate them.”Campion offered her thoughts when I asked if she would be interested in directing a superhero movie.

Liv Bentley is set to clash with close friend Ollie Locke during this evening's (Monday 15 November) episode of Made In Chelsea as she decides to meet up with ex-boyfriend Tristan Phipps in London.The reality stars' romance blossomed on the show, but they hit a rocky patch during the last season and have spent the current run at odds with one another. However, it looks like things could be going well for the former couple.

Over the past few months, a snippet of an unreleased Polo G song began spreading like wildfire across TikTok. The preview interpolated Michael Jackson's 1988 hit "Smooth Criminal," and a song at that level is about as out of reach as sample clearances get for most artists.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNot long after Missy Elliott’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Monday, the hip-hop icon was feted with a starry afternoon after-party at the Ardor at The West Hollywood Edition hotel.The intimate get-together of about 50 people included LL Cool J, Janelle Monáe, Lizzo, Ciara, MC Lyte, CeCe Peniston, Cheryl “Salt” James, JoJo and more.After Missy entered the party to cheers and applause, Mona Scott-Young played a video

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterUbiquitous dating app Tinder has hired its first ever content executive, Variety can report exclusively.After getting its feet wet with the successful “Swipe Night,” an interactive series where users choose plot outcomes, Tinder has recruited former NBCUniversal exec Jaime Freedman as vice president of content.Freedman will be responsible for building out a strategy that will feed current and future “shared experiences” across the company, leadership said on

Bill Clinton, 75, and Hillary Clinton, 74, were all smiles when they cheered on their daughter Chelsea Clinton, 41, at the 2021 New York City Marathon on Sunday.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Lionel Richie has signed an exclusive, global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group, the company has announced. The deal includes songs written throughout Richie’s solo career, including smashes like “Hello,” “Lady,” “Dancing on the Ceiling,” “All Night Long,” “Say You, Say Me” and many others; he also co-wrote the charity single “We Are the World” with Michael Jackson in 1985.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterBrian Kelly, the man behind the travel website The Points Guy, has signed with WME for representation.Considered the leading voice loyalty programs, points, miles, credit cards and travel, Kelly has been a quiet but formidable voice in the sector since founding his website in 2010.

PGA Create Lab.How it works: The grants will be used to produce new short films that “will incorporate Google Assistant branding,” the entities said in a statement. The 10 producers and teams from the recently completed PGA Create scripted cycle (Oct.

The Jacksons are kicking off Halloween weekend!

Anna Marie de la Fuente Mexico City-based Endemol Shine Boomdog has tapped former Argos Media Group chief creative officer Jerry Rodriguez as their new head of scripted content and senior VP.Rodriguez, an Emmy-winning TV producer and director of comedy and drama programming, had been with Argos since 1999 where he held various positions of responsibility through the years.His appointment signals Endemol Shine Boomdog’s steadfast commitment to produce more fiction content in the years to come.

Angelique Jackson After winning more than a few fans’ hearts — and a supporting actor Emmy nomination — as Chidi on “The Good Place,” William Jackson Harper takes center stage in HBO Max’s romantic anthology series “Love Life,” playing Marcus Watkins, a newly single 30-something trying to find his way.“Marcus, first of all, is a much better dresser than I am,” Harper quips, admitting his uniform is jeans and T-shirt versus his character’s suit and tie.