‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’: Kelvin Harrison Jr Joins Aaron Sorkin-Helmed Feature
Posted on Monday October 14, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Kelvin Harrison Jr. has been added to the cast of The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin’s long-in-the-making drama that recently was picked up by Paramount Pictures for domestic distribution. The starry cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Frank Langella, Mark Rylance and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The film is based […]

Mark Zuckerberg Responds To Criticism Over Meetings With Conservatives As #DeleteFacebook Trends On Twitter
Posted on Monday October 14, 2019

Facebook is under scrutiny as #DeleteFacebook has become a trending topic once again in the wake of reports of the social media platform’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg having off-the-record dinners with conservatives. According to Politico, the dinners began in July and were an attempt to connect with the right after Donald Trump said that Facebook had […]

Annapurna Exec Ivana Lombardi Joins Netflix As Director of Independent Film
Posted on Monday October 14, 2019

Ivana Lombardi, who formerly served as Annapurna Pictures’ President of Film, is leaving the company to join Netflix as Director of Independent Film. Lombardi joined Annapurna as EVP Development early last year moving from Chernin Entertainment. She was promoted to President in January after the previous head of film production, Chelsea Bernard, exited the company […]

Traveling Event ‘Together Live’ In Works For Television By UCP
Posted on Monday October 14, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: The traveling event Together Live is in the works for the small screen. UCP is adapting the event as a television series, with founders Jennifer Rudolph Walsh and Glennon Doyle set to executive produce. According to the official description, Together Live is a traveling event that brings diverse storytellers together for an epic evening […]

‘Man V. Food’s Adam Richman To Star In Facebook Show As Tech Firm Teams With European Publishers
Posted on Monday October 14, 2019

Facebook has announced it is partnering with a bunch of European publishers to make 23 new Watch shows starring Facebook creators, including a format with Man V. Food star Adam Richman. The collaborations see digital publishers match up with Facebook influencers to create shows for Watch, the social media giant’s video-first destination. Facebook funds the […]