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Goldston said in a statement. “I’m thrilled to work with this brilliant group to create premium content based on the most compelling true-life stories.”   The launch of Goldston’s new non-fiction division is the latest in a series of initiatives driving Candle Media’s growth, beginning with the acquisitions of Hello Sunshine and Moonbug Entertainment in 2021, followed by eight additional acquisitions in the company’s first 12 months of operations. Candle has close to 1,000 employees, with offices in Los Angeles, London, New York, Nashville, Montreal, Mexico City, Tel Aviv, and Singapore. “We have known James for many years, through our collective time together at Disney,” Mayer and Staggs added.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Former ABC News president James Goldston is joining Candle Media, founded and led by ex-Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, to head a new division focused on TV shows and movies based on true stories. Goldston will serve as president of the new division, which will produce scripted and nonscripted features and series “inspired by true stories,” according to Candle. Goldston spent 18 years at ABC News, including seven years as president, before exiting in 2021. overseeing all aspects of America’s number one news division, including #1 rated “Good Morning America” and “World News with David Muir.” He also led ABC News into the streaming era with a series of successful podcast and documentary projects for Hulu and Disney+, including “The Dropout,” produced by Rebecca Jarvis and her team, which became a successful podcast, documentary and Emmy-award winning scripted series for Hulu, and John’s Ridley’s “Let it Fall,” a duPont-Columbia Award-winning documentary on the LA riots. His teams have won five Edward R. Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence, and numerous other prestigious honors in journalism, including a Peabody, duPont-Columbia, and Emmy awards.

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Former ABC News Chief James Goldston has joined Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media to head up a new division focused on scripted and non-scripted features and series inspired by true stories. Goldston will serve as President of the new group. 

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison spoke openly after the Foxes' defeat to Manchester United on Sunday, suggesting that the away side 'needed to score' when they were on top in the game.

The Half Of It, in the spring.“It feels truly surreal to be announcing this book and i am so excited to share my story with you in a way i never have before,” she said on Instagram, alongside a photo of the book’s title page. “From the reality of being signed at twelve, to everything that followed, where i am now, and my journey of reconciling with everything that came before.

King Charles III shared an update on his wife Camilla’s health after she tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.

EXCLUSIVE: Bull alumna Jaime Lee Kirchner has been cast as a series regular opposite Ben McKenzie, Michelle Ortiz and Augustus Prew in ABC’s medical drama pilot The Hurt Unit, written by Matt Lopez and John Glenn and to be directed by Marc Webb.

Leicester City are reportedly intensifying contract talks with midfielder James Maddison as they look to avoid the prospect of a summer sale.

EXCLUSIVE: Augustus Prew has been cast as a series regular opposite Ben McKenzie and Michelle Ortiz in ABC’s medical drama pilot The Hurt Unit, written by Matt Lopez and John Glenn and to be directed by Marc Webb.

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Ortiz (This Fool) has been cast as a series regular opposite Ben McKenzie in ABC’s medical drama pilot The Hurt Unit, written by Matt Lopez and John Glenn and to be directed by Marc Webb.

Laura Anderson and Gary Lucy have enjoyed a whirlwind romance, having met and only last year before today announcing they are expecting their first child together.The Love Island star, 33, took to Instagram on 15 February to share the happy news and posted a reel containing clips of her undergoing ultrasound scans and showing off her growing baby bump. "Our hearts are full. Baby Lucy due 'Summer 23," the mum-to-be captioned her Instagram post, tagging ex-EastEnders star Gary, 41.

Ben McKenzie will star in ABC’s “The Hurt Unit” pilot, ABC confirmed to TheWrap.The “Gotham” actor will star as Danny, a self-made surgeon whose heroic yet perilous risk-taking tendencies tend to come with some serious consequences, in the medical drama pilot that follows trauma surgeons and nurses who are determined to save lives in the most treacherous of conditions.Serving as head of the HURT Unit, Danny has adjusted to make split second decisions in the most extreme circumstances, valuing his mission even if it puts his own life at risk. Working alongside his teammates, he shares a deep bond and loyalty with those professionals who share the same passion for service.The official logline for the pilot is as follows: “‘The Hurt Unit’ is a cutting-edge medical drama about a highly skilled team of trauma surgeons and nurses who race into the field to treat the patients who won’t make it to the hospital in time.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Ben McKenzie has been cast in the lead role in the ABC drama pilot “The Hurt Unit,” Variety has learned. The project was first ordered to pilot at ABC back in December. Per the official logline, the show is “a cutting-edge medical drama about a highly skilled team of trauma surgeons and nurses who race into the field to treat the patients who won’t make it to the hospital in time. When the sick and the injured can’t get to the ER, the Hurt Unit (Hospital Urgent Response Team) brings the ER to them.” McKenzie will star as Danny, who is the head of the Hurt Unit. The character is further described as “a self-made surgeon who must make split second decisions in the most harrowing circumstances, often at risk to his own life. While unquestionably a hero, Danny is also a pathological risk-taker who seems headed for a serious comeuppance. His deepest bond is with his teammates — first-class professionals who share his passion, some would say obsession, for saving lives.”

Gotham star Ben McKenzie is returning to broadcast television as the lead of ABC’s medical drama pilot The Hurt Unit, written by Promised Land creator Matt Lopez and former SEAL Team showrunner John Glenn and to be directed by The Amazing Spider-Man‘s Marc Webb.

North West has some serious talent!!

Milo Ventimiglia for smoothly switching gears from angst-ridden Jack Pearson to con artist Charlie Nicoletti in his new ABC romantic dramedy “The Company You Keep.”The series, premiering Feb. 19 at 10 p.m., frees Ventimiglia to unbuckle Jack’s suffocating, overwrought “This Is Us” straitjacket and breathe — and he exhales with an easygoing, charming performance (sans the bad Jack Pearson mustache) in a series pulsating with a “Moonlighting”-type vibe, albeit with a radically different plotline.Here’s the setup: Charlie Nicoletti and his family — mom Fran (Polly Draper), dad Leo (William Fichtner) and big sister Birdie (Sarah Wayne Callies) — own a bar in Baltimore and lead double-lives as criminals pulling off high-end heists (one of which landed Charlie in the slammer).

Vanessa Feltz is being lined up by TV bosses for a dating show following her heartbreaking split from ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu.

The American Film Institute has announced that the 37th edition of AFI Fest will take place in-person at Hollywood’s historic TCL Chinese Theatre from October 25-29.