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Chris Legentil, a veteran of streaming service DAZN as well as Showtime and the NBA, has been named SVP and head of global communications for WWE Corp.
In steering communications strategy, he will report directly to Nick Khan, the former co-head of television at CAA who is now president and chief revenue officer at WWE. Khan will now oversee the company’s communications division.
Legentil will be based at the company’s headquarters in Stamford, CT.
Khan shifted from CAA to WWE last August as
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With Sinead Kennedy on maternity leave, RTE is enlisting the help of a number of famous faces to co-host Today with Dáithí O’Sé.
Well-known TV personality, comedian and drag newbie Siv Ngesi has joined up with the Radisson RED Hotel at the V&A Waterfront and MVT Productions to bring a Drag Brunch to Cape Town.
Nick Cave has given a fan advice on how to tackle suffering in a new ‘Red Hand Files’ letter.Replying to a letter Cave received asking what the value of suffering is, the Bad Seeds frontman replied: “What do we do with suffering? As far as I can see, we have two choices – we either transform our suffering into something else, or we hold on to it, and eventually pass it on.”He continued: “In order to transform our pain, we must acknowledge that all people suffer.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTikTok announced a new CEO and COO, in what its Chinese parent company ByteDance said was “a strategic reorganization” to optimize the popular short-form video app’s global teams and support its continued growth.Shouzi Chew, ByteDance’s CFO, will now also become CEO of TikTok.
Fox Corp. is looking to turbocharge its digital business.
Nick Cave has penned an emotional tribute to his former partner and bandmate in The Birthday Party, Anita Lane, who died this week.Lane was a pivotal member of The Birthday Party, co-writing their tracks ‘A Dead Song’, ‘Dead Joe’ and ‘Kiss Me Black’.Following the band’s split in the early 1980s, she went on to co-write iconic Bad Seeds songs ‘From Her To Eternity’ and ‘Stranger Than Kindness’ with her then-boyfriend Cave.Taking to his Red Hand Files website, Cave responded to questions from fans
photographer Bleddyn Butcher, who extensively documented Cave’s early years, later said: “Anita’s influence on Nick’s early thinking and creative confidence was catalytic. ”Lane and Cave continued to work together on songs on the second Birthday Party album, and she joined his next group, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
NBCUniversal has named Jim Denney Executive VP and Chief Product Officer, Direct-to-Consumer overseeing Peacock’s global product strategy.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNBCUniversal hired Jim Denney, a TiVo veteran who most recently was at Hulu, as executive VP and chief product officer of direct-to-consumer, overseeing Peacock’s global product strategy.Denney will start at NBCU next month. He will be based in New York and report to Gidon Katz, NBCU’s president of direct-to-consumer.
resurfaced Monday by Matt Neglia of Next Best Picture, breaks down all of the excruciating work that went into the production of that year’s Oscars, including the entirety of Gooding’s win and acceptance speech. And you can watch it above now.I’m not going to lie, just the preparation before the broadcast looks exhausting but I was almost falling apart with anxiety watching director Louis J.
EXCLUSIVE: LA-based producer MiLu Entertainment and Ian Reichbach, one of the lead writers on The Newsroom, are developing a TV series based on the Bacardi family’s experiences in 1950s Cuba.
Madonna’s 24-year-old daughter Lourdes Leons is creating her own legacy. The model is the eldest daughter of Madonna and “fitness guru” Carlos Leon and is the self-proclaimed “Latin from Manhattan.” The model that her friends call “Lola” is featured on billboards across the country, is a new face for Marc Jacobs and at the center of a viral Stella McCartney campaign.
Bachelor Nation star Colton Underwood recently came out as gay in an interview and since then has received immense support from not only his fellow contestants from the show but also from other popular television personalities. In his coming out interview, Underwood also apologized to his ex Cassie Randolph.
The BFI has announced Mia Bays as the new Director of BFI Film Fund for an initial three-year term.
Dozens of people march through the streets of Cape Town to Parliament to demand justice for Andile ‘Lulu’ Ntuthela, a gay man who was murdered in the Eastern Cape in what is believed to have been a hate crime. (Pic: Asharf Hendricks)
Jessica Neal, Netflix's chief talent officer, is leaving the company. She's departing the streamer after a cumulative 12 years there, first as the vice president of talent and most recently as the chief talent officer.
Also Read: 'Bridgerton' Renewed for Seasons 3 and 4 at NetflixNeal added in her own statement: “Leading the talent organization at Netflix, and seeing the business and so many careers thrive, has been an incredible experience. I want to thank Reed, Ted, and all my stunning colleagues who have made every day memorable and gratifying.”Neal previously held positions in human resources at Coursera and Scopely, serving as chief people officer at the mobile gaming company.
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix Chief Talent Officer Jessica Neal, who has headed HR for nearly four years, is exiting the company.