Zennen Clifton Boards Apple TV Plus as Creative Executive

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Marie Tran has come aboard as an executive producer on Summertime, reuniting her with her Raya and the Last Dragon director Carlos López Estrada on his spoken-word poetry feature film that world premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Good Deed Entertainment has distribution rights to the pic, which will now get a July 9 release date in select Los Angeles and New York movie theaters before expanding a week later.

Movie executive Jessie Henderson has joined Apple Studios in its features division. Henderson, who was previously at HBO Max where she held the title of exec VP, original feature films, will report to Apple Original Films’ head of features Matt Dentler and will be based in Los Angeles.

Film and television development executive Jessie Henderson is joining Apple Studios as a feature executive, reporting to Apple Original Films’ Matt Dentler, head of features. Henderson, who joins the company next week, will be part of the growing Apple Original Films team based in Los Angeles, which includes feature executive Lejo Pet, who recently joined Apple from Paramount Pictures.

Film and television development executive Jessie Henderson is joining Apple Studios as a feature executive, the company announced on Friday.Henderson will report to Apple Original Films’ Matt Dentler, head of features.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has confirmed that speed was the primary cause of the crash that injured Tiger Woods in Rancho Palos Verdes. Villanueva says the vehicle Woods was driving was traveling at 84- 87 mph when it initially crashed into a median, then 75 mph when it struck a tree alongside Hawthorne Boulevard. According to the Los Angeles Times, that stretch of road is a 45 mph zone.

Sofia Richie‘s mystery man has been revealed to be Elliot Grainge and there’s new photos of them together!

Manori Ravindran International EditorNicely Entertainment has hired NENT Studios U.K. executive Scott Kirkpatrick as executive VP of distribution and co-productions.Kirkpatrick joins the Los Angeles-based Nicely following his departure from the Scandinavian NENT Group-backed distributor and producer, which was previously known as DRG.

Apple TV+ is bolstering its nonfiction executive team. Erika Clarke and Colleen Grogan have joined the tech giant's streaming service as unscripted creative executives, reporting to head of documentaries and unscripted Molly Thompson.

Owen Simon, a former marketing executive with Group W Productions and The Mike Douglas Show, died Friday in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 93.

Owen Simon, a public relations executive for Westinghouse and Group W Productions, passed away in Los Angeles on April 2nd. He was 93.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorOwen Simon, a longtime PR executive for Westinghouse and Group W Productions, died April 2 in Los Angeles. He was 93.Simon was known for his savvy promotional campaigns on behalf of such series as “The Mike Douglas Show” and “The Merv Griffin Show” and other productions from Westinghouse’s Group W Prods.

Apple TV+ is adding to its executive team. Zennen Clifton is joining the streaming service as a creative executive.

Apple TV+ is expanding Matt Cherniss’s development team with the hire of Zennen Clifton.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "No Zoom" policy for this year's Oscars ceremony is proving a headache for multiple nominees who live outside the United States and who are still under pandemic restrictions, according to Hollywood publications.

The good news is the Oscars are charging forward with plans for the big show on Sunday, April 25. The bad news is more than a few nominees may not be there.

contenders to win an Oscar and have been invited out to Los Angeles for a “safe and enjoyable evening” for nominees, guests, presenters and “millions of film fans around the world”. In a break from other recent award ceremonies, which have largely been held virtually, the show’s producers are attempting to inject some glamour back into the event, with “casual” attire banned and speeches encouraged to be short and personal.

Lilly Singh launched the second season of her late-night show A Little Late in January – having been off the air for nearly eight months due to the pandemic.

Oscars have reportedly been told appearing at the ceremony via Zoom is not an option. The 93rd Academy Awards are set to take place next month, with an in-person event at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.