Michelle Hooper is leaving Searchlight Pictures as EVP of marketing after two decades with the company. Since joining in 2006, Hooper’s work on publicity, awards and creative marketing helped earn the studio nearly 200 Oscar nominations and more than 130 Golden Globe nominations. Of those 200, Searchlight took home 49 wins, including best picture winners […]
97th Oscars - Executive Arrivals
Jay-Z is slated to perform at the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show, taking place on Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. “From Reasonable Doubt to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey,” said Jay-Z in a statement. “Thirty years of music, work, and culture on […]
Hubert de la Bouillerie, who edited films including George Miller’s “The Witches of Eastwick” and “Tango & Cash,” died Aug. 8 in Los Angeles. He was 75. Among his credits was additional editing on the 1970 documentary “Woodstock,” along with “Highlander II: The Quickening,” “Mo’ Money,” “Doin’ Time,” “Blank Check” and “Celtic Pride.” He also […]
Netflix has hired Steve Wilson to head its podcast expansion, Variety has confirmed. Wilson will lead the company’s podcast content acquisitions on a contract basis. Before heading to Netflix, Wilson spent 15 years at Apple, where he worked across editorial, marketing and partner relations for the network’s shows. He left Apple in December 2020, and […]
Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J. Trump’s political action committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging copyright infringement for the ongoing use of Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World” as the president’s walkup music at midterm election rallies. If it feels like (to quote a Crosby, Stills, Nash & […]
