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Ellie Heisler has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as a partner in the entertainment practice as the firm seeks to expand its reach in the creator economy and the emerging world of creators, influencers and brands. Mr. Heisler joins Manat after more than 11 years with Nixon Peabody, where he built the company’s entertainment operations. She represents the talent of rising creators such as Mattie Matheson, Jordan, Salish Matter, Quen Blackwell (who was named one of Variety’s 10 Creators to Watch earlier this month), Alan Chicken Chow, and media marquees Doing Things and Friday Beers. Joining Mr. Heisler in the…
Jackson Dart wore a clergy-inspired look on a recent date night with girlfriend Marissa Ayers. Mari Sayers/Instagram Jackson Dart is definitely a hipster. The quarterback’s girlfriend, Marissa Ayers, posted a series of photos on Instagram Wednesday night of them twinning in black while on vacation together, and fans had a lot to say about Dart’s appearance. Ayers wore a sleeveless turtleneck dress, but it was the New York Giants player’s dark-toned outfit that drew comparisons to a priest. The comments section is abuzz with people noting the similarities between his appearance and that of the priest. Mari Sayers/Instagram “Pastor Jax…
Sarah Michelle Gellar is disappointed that Hulu canceled Chloé Zhao’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, but she hopes the pilot they shot never actually sees the light of day. During an appearance on Page Six’s “P6 Radio” on Wednesday, hosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real told Geller that they hope the pilot will be leaked so fans can see what the show, titled “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale,” would be like. But Geller disagrees. “I actually hope that doesn’t happen,” she said. “I mean, everybody’s going to have an opinion on this and that, and the pilot isn’t finished…
Uma Thurman built an A-list career without putting down roots in Hollywood, but the actress exclusively tells InStyle that missing out on Los Angeles may have cost her a deeper connection to the industry. Despite cementing her status as an A-list actress and action star with Kill Bill, Thurman chose to remain rooted in New York. “Actually, I always thought I should have moved to Los Angeles,” she admitted in the cover interview. At one point, the actress almost moved west, as her Hollywood career continued to draw her to California. “I worked there so often that I even managed…
British star Ella Purnell, best known for starring in Fallout, Sweet Pea and Yellowjackets, will co-star with Nicholas Galitzine in the new film The Return of Stanley Atwell. The film, described as a captivating thriller, is produced by Hella Pictures, the BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning production company that received an Oscar nomination for Hamnet, and is co-produced with John Gore Studios. Written and directed by Brian Welsh (The Beats, Black Mirror), The Return of Stanley Atwell is based on an original story executive produced by Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh. The film marks the second collaboration between Welsh and Soderbergh,…
Months before footage of Taylor Frankie Paul arguing with Dakota Mortensen surfaced, she seemed to hint about the incident on TikTok. In an August 2025 video, the “Mormon Wife Secrets” star mouthed lyrics from Rihanna’s 2007 hit “Breaking Dish.” “Is he cheating on me? Hey, I don’t know. I’m looking around for something else to throw/I’ve been here all night smashing dishes/I won’t stop until I see a police light,” she lip-syncs as she smiles and sits in her car. He wrote at the top of the clip, “Tip: Don’t throw things, you might see police lights,” and joked in…
Taaha Shah Badusha, Paresh Pahuja, Aakanksha Singh and Nikita Dutta have been roped in to lead Karan Johar’s new series ‘Nazdikyan’ from Dharmatic Entertainment on India’s Prime Video. Variety understands that the project is an adaptation of Johar’s 2006 film ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’. Produced by Johar, Adar Poonawalla and Apoorva Mehta, the series follows two couples whose lives undergo upheaval as their spouses are drawn into an all-consuming relationship and each is forced to choose between duty and desire. The logline is very similar to Johar’s film ‘Kabhi Arvida Na Kehna’, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta…
Joseph Duggar suddenly took a break from social media right before his brother Josh Duggar’s child pornography trial. Joseph and his wife, Kendra Duggar, who were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in 2020, deactivated the family’s Instagram account in November 2021, the same month that Josh’s trial began. The couple opened the account in February 2019 and over the next two and a half years shared photos of their three children, Garrett, 7, Addison, 6, and Bullynn Praise, 5. Joseph Duggar (pictured above with wife Kendra) stopped posting on social media the same month his…
Producers Pilar Flynn and Rafael Agustín have signed a deal with famous Chilean novelist Isabel Allende to develop her short story “Dos Palabras” into an animated short. Canada’s ICON Creative Studio will produce the short film. The deal marks the first time the legendary author has granted film rights to the 1989 novel, which ranks as the most requested film of all Allende’s short stories. Written in the style of magic realism, the story follows a woman who “sells a word so powerful that it even influences a powerful man’s quest for the presidency.” “I’m so excited to see one…
Brad Pitt was almost unrecognizable on the set of his latest film, The Riders. The actor, 62, was spotted filming a psychological thriller in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, shocking fans with his appearance. He was snapped rocking a silver beard and wearing a multi-colored blue and brown long-sleeved flannel shirt and blue cargo pants. On Thursday, Brad Pitt, pictured above, was spotted out and about incognito while filming his upcoming movie The Riders. back grid As pictured above, the actor is photographed wearing a blue and brown multi-colored flannel and blue cargo jeans. back grid He left the set wearing…