Versant Hires Former WBD Talent Exec Liz Melcher

Versant Hires Former WBD Talent Exec Liz Melcher

Versant, the Comcast-backed cable spin-off, has a new entertainment talent chief. The company has hired Liz Melcher as Vice President, Talent Strategy for Entertainment. Melcher joins from Warner Bros. Discovery, where she most recently served as the Group Vice President of Talent Management and Strategy for its U.S. Networks. Melcher will oversee all talent management,…

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Boggle and Pictionary TV games coming to Netflix

Boggle and Pictionary TV games coming to Netflix

Netflix on Wednesday night unveiled its first games for the TV, as the Los Gatos streamer aims to gain a bigger share of the video game market. The five games — which include versions of Boggle and Pictionary — are meant to be played on a TV in the same room with family and friends…

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Paramount Taps Roku Vet Jay Askinasi As Chief Revenue Officer

Paramount Taps Roku Vet Jay Askinasi As Chief Revenue Officer

Roku ad sales chief Jay Askinasi has been appointed as Paramount‘s Chief Revenue Officer, in the latest executive shuffle by the media company in the wake of its merger with Skydance. John Halley, a longtime ex-Viacom exec who was elevated to lead ad sales for Paramount soon after the merger of CBS and Viacom, is…

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Why Sarah Jessica Parker Feels “Peculiar” About Discussing Work-Life Balance

Why Sarah Jessica Parker Feels “Peculiar” About Discussing Work-Life Balance

Sarah Jessica Parker Wears Giant Black Wings on Red Carpet With Matthew Broderick Sarah Jessica Parker is ripping an honest page from Carrie’s her diary.   Indeed, the Sex and The City alum—who shares kids James Wilkie Broderick, 22, and 16-year-old twin daughters Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick and Tabitha Hodge Broderick with husband Matthew Broderick—revealed the…

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Members Of Congress Urge Broadway Producers & Unions To Avoid Strike; Zohran Mamdani Pledges Solidarity With Actors’ Equity & Musicians

Members Of Congress Urge Broadway Producers & Unions To Avoid Strike; Zohran Mamdani Pledges Solidarity With Actors’ Equity & Musicians

EXCLUSIVE: With mediation between Actors’ Equity Association and the Broadway League continuing its second and final scheduled day today, thirty-one members of Congress, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and GOP Rep. Mike Lawler, have signed a bipartisan letter urging “good faith negotiations” to avoid a strike that could have “significant economic disruption.” Meanwhile, Zohran…

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John Early’s Debut Feature ‘Maddie’s Secret’ Acquired By Magnolia Pictures Following TIFF Debut

John Early’s Debut Feature ‘Maddie’s Secret’ Acquired By Magnolia Pictures Following TIFF Debut

Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Maddie’s Secret, a comedy marking the feature directorial debut of comedian, writer and actor John Early, who also plays the title role. Garnering critical acclaim when it opened the Discovery Section of this year’s Toronto Film Festival, the film will be released in theaters in 2026. Maddie’s Secret…

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