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CAA Says WGA Doesn’t Have Standing to Sue Top 4 Agencies in New Court Filing
Agency argues each of the guild’s roughly 15,000 members would need to prove agents breached fiduciary duty
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UTA Adds Former Riot Games Manager Travis Mynard as Esports Agent
UTA acquired esports companies Press X and Everyday Influencers last year
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Adam Driver Political Thriller ‘The Report’ Gets September Theatrical Release Date
Amazon bought the film, starring Annette Bening and Jon Hamm, for $14 million at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
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‘Coco’ Writer Matthew Aldrich to Oversee ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Films, Shows for Netflix
The “Narnia” books have sold more than 100 million copies
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UTA Appoints Arthur Lewis as Creative Director of Fine Arts Division, UTA Artist Space
Lewis will follow the late Joshua Roth in the position
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Robert Kirkman’s ‘Oblivion Song’ Comic Book to Become Sci-Fi Movie From Universal, Skybound
One man risks his life to rescue those living in an apocalyptic hellscape a decade after 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion
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Imax Hires Former BuzzFeed Exec Mark Jafar to Head Global Corporate Communications
Jafar held several communications leadership roles at Viacom from 2006 to 2017
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Central Park 5 Prosecutor Didn’t Want ‘When They See Us’ Producers to Talk to Exonerated Men
Former prosecutor Linda Fairstein has been bombarded with criticism and calls to boycott her books
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Ryan Kavanaugh on Past Mistakes and Comeback Plans – Including That Stock Exchange for Movies (Video)
The founder of Relativity Media and Proxima Media lays out his plans, including his idea for a new stock exchange for movies
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Ryan Kavanaugh, Former Business Partner Resolve Legal Drama Over Entertainment Stock Exchange (Exclusive)
“Ryan Kavanaugh, along with his company ESX, and Elon Spar and his team have satisfactorily resolved all of their issues,” they said in a joint statement Friday
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Marc Anthony Joins Cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In the Heights’ Film Adaptation
“Crazy Rich Asians” filmmaker Jon M. Chu is directing the adaptation of Miranda’s Tony-winning musical
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Ryan Kavanaugh Wants to Create a Stock Exchange for Movies — Let Him Explain
TheGrill 2019: “Our numbers say probably two to three million people will participate in each IPO. They’re not going to be financial investors; these will be fans, moviegoers,” he said
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Tech Execs on the State of Silicon Beach and the Challenge of Doing Business While Doing Good (Video)
TheGrill 2019: “If you believe that Facebook and Instagram and Google and others are contributing to the problems in our democracy, is it ethical to continue to be on those platforms?” Magnet Companies co-founder Jeff Berman asks
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Tech Execs on How to Balance What’s Good for Society and Shareholder Obligations
TheGrill 2019: “If you believe that Facebook and Instagram and Google and others are contributing to the problems in our democracy, is it ethical to continue to be on those platforms?” Magnet Companies co-founder Jeff Berman said
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Ryan Kavanaugh Wants to Move on From Relativity: ‘That Guy Was Kind of an A–hole’
TheGrill 2019: “I made a ton of mistakes and there’s a lot I’d go back and fix,” Kavanaugh says