UTA has signed seven-time-Grammy and Academy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste for representation in all areas. He is set to perform the National Anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl LIXpregame in his hometown of New Orleans on Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome. In November, Batiste released his studio album, “Beethoven Blues,” which is comprised of […]

Amazon’s share of the digital ad market continues to balloon: The ecommerce giant reported $17.28 billion in advertising sales for the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 19%. Overall earnings for the period smashed Wall Street expectations. The Q4 ad revenue figure fell short of analyst expectations of $17.4 billion, per StreetAccount. The growth […]

“We Disrupt This Broadcast,” the television podcast co-produced by the Peabody Awards and the Center for Media & Social Impact, will feature several top TV showrunners for its second season, which launched on Thursday. The first episode features an interview with “Shrinking” and “Ted Lasso” executive producers Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein; new episodes ...

Adan Manzano, a sports anchor and reporter at Telemundo 39 in Kansas City, has died. He was 27. The rising journalist died Wednesday in New Orleans while on assignment to cover the Super Bowl for Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports. A cause of death was not disclosed. In a statement posted to Instagram, the […]

Adan Manzano, a sports anchor and reporter at Telemundo 39 in Kansas City, has died. He was 27. The rising journalist died Wednesday in New Orleans while on assignment to cover the Super Bowl for Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports. A cause of death was not disclosed. In a statement posted to Instagram, the […]

Gary Conklin, an L.A.-based documentary filmmaker who covered subjects including art, literature and cinema, died Dec. 26. He was 92. Born in Fresno, Calif., Conklin grew up in San Francisco and moved to Pasadena as a teenager. He graduated USC and served in Special Services in the Army. After moving to New York to study […]

Gary Conklin, an L.A.-based documentary filmmaker who covered subjects including art, literature and cinema, died Dec. 26. He was 92. Born in Fresno, Calif., Conklin grew up in San Francisco and moved to Pasadena as a teenager. He graduated USC and served in Special Services in the Army. After moving to New York to study […]

Gary Conklin, an L.A.-based documentary filmmaker who covered subjects including art, literature and cinema, died Dec. 26. He was 92. Born in Fresno, Calif., Conklin grew up in San Francisco and moved to Pasadena as a teenager. He graduated USC and served in Special Services in the Army. After moving to New York to study […]

Gary Conklin, an L.A.-based documentary filmmaker who covered subjects including art, literature and cinema, died Dec. 26. He was 92. Born in Fresno, Calif., Conklin grew up in San Francisco and moved to Pasadena as a teenager. He graduated USC and served in Special Services in the Army. After moving to New York to study […]

Gary Conklin, an L.A.-based documentary filmmaker who covered subjects including art, literature and cinema, died Dec. 26. He was 92. Born in Fresno, Calif., Conklin grew up in San Francisco and moved to Pasadena as a teenager. He graduated USC and served in Special Services in the Army. After moving to New York to study […]

Gary Conklin, an L.A.-based documentary filmmaker who covered subjects including art, literature and cinema, died Dec. 26. He was 92. Born in Fresno, Calif., Conklin grew up in San Francisco and moved to Pasadena as a teenager. He graduated USC and served in Special Services in the Army. After moving to New York to study […]

Writer, director, and executive producer Matt Hastings has signed with Gersh, Variety has learned exclusively. Hastings continues to also be repped by attorney Bob Getman and The Gotham Group. News of the signing comes on the same day as the launch of Hastings’ newest series, “Fallen,” which is set to premiere on Sundance Now and […]

“The Perfect Neighbor,” a documentary that examines Floridas Stand Your Ground laws and gun regulations, is in final negotiations to sell to Netflix after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The price tag is roughly $5 million, although the deal hasn’t been signed. Netflix declined to comment. The film, which debuted to critical praise, use […]

“The Perfect Neighbor,” a documentary that examines Floridas Stand Your Ground laws and gun regulations, is in final negotiations to sell to Netflix after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The price tag is roughly $5 million, although the deal hasn’t been signed. Netflix declined to comment. The film, which debuted to critical praise, use […]

Kathleen Quinlan and Michelle Hurd are joining Jen Lilley in the cast of Holiday Hearts,” an upcoming holiday film set to release just in time for Christmas. Quinlan is an Oscar-nominated actor known for her work in Apollo 13, The Doors, How to Get Away With Murder and Prison Break, while Hurd has starred in […]

The recently uncovered social media posts by “Emilia Prez” star Karla Sofa Gascn in which she attacked, among various things — Islam, George Floyd and a more diverse Oscars — have thrown an unexpected wrench into the awards race. Within hours of the historic tweets being resurfaced and translated into English, Gascn apologized, saying she […]