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Back when Adam Silver was a young executive at the NBA, the future commissioner would occasionally venture over to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol held court. “He famously had a sign behind his desk that said ‘storytelling.’ It was just a reminder to people. I think that storytelling is just as…
Former U.S. Air Force officer-turned-popular YouTuber Sam Eckholm has signed with CAA for representation in all areas. The Air Force Academy graduate has become a notable media influencer producing and hosting online videos about the mission of the American aerospace sector and U.S. military service members. Eckholm’s social media videos have generated over 5 million…
The start of the college football season in late August gave a bit of life to broadcast networks after a summer of declining viewing. The pros packed a much bigger punch in September. The first few weeks of the NFL season brought a big resurgence in broadcasters’ share of all TV use in the United…
In a move that shows how the Berlusconi family is continuing its expansion across the European television market, German commercial TV group ProSiebenSat.1 Media appointed Marco Giordani its new CEO, succeeding Bert Habets. Giordani joins from MFE-MediaForEurope, where he has served as chief financial officer since 2000. His appointment comes amid ongoing efforts by MFE,…
Georgian writer-director Alexandre Koberidze (What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?) shot his latest feature film, Dry Leaf, on an old Sony Ericsson phone, with his father, David, as the star, and music and sound courtesy of Alexandre’s brother Giorgi. The movie follows Irakli, “a father searching for his daughter Lisa, a…
It’s been an exciting and busy time for J-pop group JO1. Group members Sho Yonashiro and Keigo Sato are sitting in a conference room at The Hollywood Reporter’s L.A. office. The pair, dressed casually before they depart for a flight to Las Vegas for a stop at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, are the only two…
Jerry Tokofsky, the onetime William Morris agent and Columbia Pictures executive who didn’t think much of a young actor named Harrison Ford but went on to produce the acclaimed films Where’s Poppa? and Glengarry Glen Ross, has died. He was 91. Tokofsky died Oct. 5 of natural causes at his home in New York City,…
Apple hosted an exclusive screening of F1—an Apple TV+ original film—at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The film follows Sonny Hayes, a retired Formula 1 driver who returns to racing 30 years later to help a friend’s struggling team. Fans lined up to watch the film and join the live Q&A, which featured interviews…
Don’t expect Eddie Munson to be rising from the dead in Stranger Things season five. During a recent interview with Empire, the Duffer brothers confirmed that, despite rumors, Joseph Quinn won’t be returning for the hit Netflix show’s final season. In season four, his character Eddie, a metalhead and high school outsider, (spoiler alert!) is…
Netflix will delve into the origins of the longest-running political family dynasty in the United States, the Kennedys. The streamer has greenlit a series, titled Kennedy, that will star Michael Fassbender as patriarch Joseph Kennedy Sr. The show comes from Chernin Entertainment and showrunner Sam Shaw (Castle Rock, Manhattan). Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round) is attached…
