Month: January 2021

In today’s TV news roundup, HBO released the premiere date of its film “Black Art: In the Absence of Light” and Netflix unveiled the trailer for its live-action adaptation of “Winx Club,” “Fate: The Winx Saga.”  DATES  Tiffany Haddish’s “They Ready” will return for Season 2 on Feb. 2, Netflix announced. The Emmy-nominated stand-up comedy
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Business manager Josh Klein (pictured at left), whose clients include The Chainsmokers, Big Sean, Logic and Winnie Harlow, among others, has launched TKG Business Management. The company will be based in Beverly Hills and offer such services as business management, tax work, and personal CFO services to high net worth individuals. Klein has been recognized
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Peter J. Nygard and Louis Bacon were two of the world’s richest men, who also happened to be neighbors in a posh corner of the Bahamas. A bitter feud between the billionaire hedge fund operator and the Canadian fashion mogul, one that initally stemmed from a noise complaint, dominated headlines, and eventually led to Nygard’s
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Even amid a global pandemic, with streaming competitors emerging from all corners, Netflix managed to draw in 37 million net paid subscriber additions in 2020, and touted in its fourth-quarter earnings report Tuesday that its programming tops Google’s annual TV trends list. The streamer also teased news for “Bridgerton” fans, noting that the Shondaland series
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Debra L. Lee, the former chairman and CEO of BET Networks, and Rabia de Landes, a noted executive coach and management consultant, have launched The Monarchs Collective, a new consulting firm focused on elevating Black executives and women. “The Monarchs Collective, answers the calls for – and clear business value of – diverse leadership, and
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Exile Content Studio, the Los Angeles and Miami-based production house founded by former Univision chief content officer Isaac Lee, has appointed the highly regarded Berlinale programmer Paz Lázaro as content director and head of Spain. At Exile, which Lázaro joined at the beginning of January, Lázaro is overseeing development processes,  relationships with talent and buyers,
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“Pass the Mic,” meet “Pass the Presidency.” DJ Cassidy has the distinction of being the only musical participant in Wednesday’s inaugural festivities to be featured as part of two separate events, for which he’s produced a pair of segments of his popular “Pass the Mic” series in honor of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris getting
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Under normal circumstances, asking the question, “How are you?” would likely render a habitual response. “Fine.” But as 2020—and the first few weeks of 2021—proved, there’s nothing normal about the current state of the world. Posing the same question to the famed fashion editor and author of The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir, André Leon Talley
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The San Francisco International Film Festival has announced that Jessie Fairbanks will join the organization, leading the festival, year-round offerings and off-screen programming. Fairbanks, who has worked with DOC NYC and Tribeca Film Festival, joins SFFILM on Jan. 25. The 2021 festival is scheduled for April 9-18. The longest-running film festival in the Americas, it
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TBS has ordered a pair of comedy pilots from writers Chris Romano and Hilary Winston, Variety has learned exclusively. Romano’s pilot is titled “Kill the Orange-Faced Bear.” It is described as a comedy about one man’s revenge journey after a bear eats his girlfriend. Romano will write and executive produce the pilot, with Trevor Engelson and
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Check out newly announced release dates, which movies are coming to home video this week, and recommendations from your host Khail Anonymous and ‘The Kid Detective’ star Adam Brody, in this new episode of ‘Weekly Ticket’! ► Buy or Rent on FandangoNOW: https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/the-kid-detective-2020/MMV10F4E11AF62684F91073A5C1D550C9366?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc See our Decade Recap here: https://www.fandango.com/movie-news/fandango-decade-recap-box-office-results-for-each-year-753998?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Tune-in to Weekly Ticket every Tuesday
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