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Digital content creator and actor Nolan Hansen has signed with CAA for representation. Hansen secured viral fame as the quirky underdog character on MrBeast’s YouTube challenge channels, or the heavily-subscribed online channels run by Jimmy Donaldson as part of his MrBeast empire. That led to Hansen becoming a series regular on Amazon’s competition reality series…
CNN is expanding its live news hours, bringing on Elex Michaelson to anchor a new program from Los Angeles from 12-2 a.m. ET. Michaelson joins CNN from KTTV, Fox’s L.A. station, where he garnered widespread acclaim for his coverage of this year’s devastating wildfires. He had been with KTTV since 2017. While at KTTV, Michaelson…
Ricky Gervais is going to play a “fat, lazy, rude, opinionated creature with fangs, who’s not as smart or brave as he thinks he is” in upcoming Netflix adult animated comedy series Alley Cats. “Quite a stretch,” the comedian called his newest role. Good one — so Alley Cats will be that kind of humour….
The Westwood offices of filmmaker and manager Steven Paul are crowded with mementos of an idiosyncratic journey in the business. On one wall, there is a framed 1971 New Yorker “Talk of the Town” piece that profiles Paul as a 12-year-old actor in a Kurt Vonnegut play and an adolescent playwright himself. On another is…
The newspaper’s headline was brutal: “Where Have You Gone, Mark Hamill?” asked The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette in 1999. The story’s answer practically jeered: “Luke Skywalker doing a voice on The Woody Woodpecker Show? A supporting voice? Yep.” Yet the biggest blow was yet to come: Hamill, star of the world’s biggest sci-fi franchise, would continue to…
In a small West Village theater, Spike Lee’s laughter rang out as he snuck in the back to catch some of the humorous moments in his 2002 drama, 25th Hour. “This film still holds up,” Lee said, later on the stage, sitting across from the film’s star, Edward Norton. Lee then asked how many people…
Sydney Sweeney experiences highs and lows as boxer Christy Martin in the trailer for the forthcoming sports biopic movie Christy. Black Bear Pictures releases writer-director David Michôd’s feature in theaters Nov. 7 following its premiere last week at the Toronto International Film Festival. The cast includes Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O’Brian, Ethan Embry, Jess…
Bridget Jones’s Diary star Sally Phillips is set to lead a new BBC crime drama, The Hairdresser Mysteries. Created and written by Jim Cartwright (The Rise & Fall of Little Voice, The Afternoon Play), the six-episode show is described as “a nostalgic nod to the ’70s” where high-end hairdresser Lily Petal (Phillips) opts out of…
The Hollywood Reporter‘s celebration of Los Angeles’ top real estate agents is back. This year’s L.A. Power Broker Awards, presented by luxury real estate PR firmThe Society Group, will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Residences Beverly Hills on Sept. 17. The fifth annual honors — toasting the powerhouse sellers onTHR‘s Top L.A. Brokers list,…
For a guy who has spent pretty much his entire career in television, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav doesn’t seem to be a fan. Zaslav says TV is “a terrible consumer experience” these days. Just, you know, not his stuff. At the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, Zaslav said the “biggest accelerant” to…
