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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    ‘The First Omen’ Filmmakers Arkasha Stevenson & Tim Smith Ink With WME

    EXCLUSIVE: The First Omen director and co-scribe Arkasha Stevenson and the pic’s screenwriter/EP Tim Smith have signed with WME for representation in all areas. The news comes in the wake of the 20th Century Studios’ prequel to the 1976 theatrical release grossing north of $35M at the global box office through its first ten days …

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    Travis Kelce To Host ‘Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?’ For Amazon

    Travis Kelce has officially become a game show host. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end is to host Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?, a spinoff of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?, for Amazon’s Prime Video service. It comes after it emerged that the NFL star was in talks earlier this year. Kelce …

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    Participant Shutting Down Operations After 20 Years: Film Studio Was Behind Oscar Winners ‘Spotlight,’ ‘Green Book’ (EXCLUSIVE)

    Participant, the 20-year-old film and television production company whose mission was to inspire social justice and humanitarian action, is shutting down. Founder Jeff Skoll broke the news to a staff of roughly 100 on Tuesday. Established in 2004, Participant co-produced or co-financed a number of notable movies including best picture Oscar winners “Spotlight” and “Green …

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    Sony’s 3000 Taps ‘Challengers’ Justin Kuritzkes To Adapt Don Winslow’s ‘City On Fire’ For Austin Butler; ‘Barbie’s David Heyman Boards Trilogy

    EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s 3000 Pictures has set Justin Kuritzkes to adapt City on Fire, the first of a bestselling novel trilogy by Don Winslow that is being developed as a star vehicle for Austin Butler. Kuritzkes is hot off the Luca Guadanino-directed Zendaya-starrer Challengers, and Butler is producing along with David Heyman of Heyday Films and …

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    Smartmatic And OAN Reach Settlement In Election Rigging Defamation Case

    Smartmatic has reached a settlement with One America News Network over claims that the news outlet amplified false claims that the voting systems company rigged the results of the 2020 election. “Smartmatic has resolved its litigation against OANN through a confidential settlement,” said attorney Eric Connolly, who is representing the voting company in the lawsuit. …

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    SAG Awards 2025 Date & Timeline Unmasked

    The 2023-24 awards season finally wrapped with Sunday’s Writers Guild Awards, and the focus is turning to the next cycle. Enter the actors. The 2025 SAG Awards is set for Sunday, February 23, again streaming live on Netflix as part of a multiyear deal inked early last year. Nominations will be unmasked on Wednesday, January …

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    Robbie Amell Inks With UTA

    EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actor and producer Robbie Amell for representation in all areas. Most recently, Amell produced and was seen starring in the Netflix sci-fi actioner Code 8: Part II, which laid claim to the #1 spot globally for 10 days. Approaching the fourth and final season of his Prime Video series Upload from …

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