Chris Legentil, a veteran of streaming service DAZN as well as Showtime and the NBA, has been named SVP and head of global communications for WWE Corp.
In steering communications strategy, he will report directly to Nick Khan, the former co-head of television at CAA who is now president and chief revenue officer at…
A group of prominent House Democrats are calling for Joe Biden’s administration to investigate the 2010 merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, arguing that the combination has “strangled competition in live entertainment ticketing and harmed consumers and must be revisited.”
The letter comes amid expectations that…
UPDATED with clarification, more details: A successful IPO of Endeavor – at $24 a share, the top end of a proposed price range — will leave CEO Ari Emanuel and executive chairman Patrick Whitesell with a controlling interest in at least $900 million worth of stock combined.
That figure and others — including a $10…
In June, a six-day event known as Cinema Week will launch across the U.S.
Developed and executed by FILMFROG Marketing LLC and Cinema Week LLC, as a means of celebrating the culture of moviegoing—and supporting the hard-hit exhibition industry—Cinema Week will showcase exclusive in-theater content and activations, as…
WME has inked the Estate of the Notorious B.I.G., the latest signing for the agency since it launched WME Legends, its new division that is focused on managing estates and brands. The deal, unveiled Tuesday, was struck with the Brooklyn-born rap icon’s mother Voletta Wallace and his family.
Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie…
Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast stage director Rob Roth has resigned from the Disney show’s upcoming U.K. and Ireland tour after the text of an email he either sent or intended to send praising Scott Rudin and belittling actress Karen Olivo was leaked on social media by an airline passenger seated next to Roth on a…
EXCLUSIVE:Â Endeavor Content has tapped Cristina Garza as its SVP, Development and Production. In the executive appointment, which is effective immediately, Garza will focus on Latino audience-facing English-language content in the United States, and Spanish-language content as part of Endeavor Content’s global…
Walter Mondale, who transformed the role of the vice president during Jimmy Carter’s one-term presidency, yet suffered a crushing political defeat as the Democratic nominee against incumbent Ronald Reagan in 1984, has died. He was 93.
Mondale, often called by his nickname "Fritz," died Monday in Minneapolis, his…
Schools reopening across Los Angeles County are showing excellent compliance with Covid-19 protocols, said the county’s public health director on Monday. She affirmed that campuses are safe for kids, but youth sports are more of a challenge, and stricter rules for participants could be implemented.
The director…
UPDATED with more details: Hours after the California Department of Public Health issued an addendum to the state’s capacity guidance for “activities or events” in which all attendees are either vaccinated of have tested negative for Covid-19, the department followed up with details.
Turns out, “activities or events”…
EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Highmore has inked with ICM Partners in all areas, Deadline has learned.
Across 71 episodes, Highmore has starred as Dr. Shaun Murphy in ABC’s hit series The Good Doctor, on which he also writes, directs and exec produces. In 2018, Highmore was nominated for Best Actor in the TV Drama Series…
EXCLUSIVE: Super Frog, the production company set up by Atlanta director and exec producer Hiro Murai and his producing partner Nate Matteson, has hired 42's Claudia Shin.
Shin joins the company as Vice President of Film & Television and has been tasked with shepherding its slate of small and big screen projects.
She…
