Amanda Powers Named COO of Dick Clark Productions

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Gary Clark Jr. doesn’t need anything more than a guitar to blow everyone away.The bluesman was a musical guest Tuesday night (May 20) on The Tonight Show, for a self-isolation performance of “Low Down Rolling Stone.”The Austin, Texas unleashed a 12-string for the solo performance, which can be seen in full below.“Low Down Rolling Stone” appears on the politically-charged, Grammy-winning 2019 album The Land, which peaked at No.

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Amanda Powers has been named chief operating officer of Dick Clark Productions, where she will report to company president Amy Thurlow. Powers moves over from DCP parent company Valence Media, where she most recently served as vice president of strategy.

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Penelope Disick is only seven-years-old, but already her mom Kourtney Kardashian is instilling very important self-worth values in her. As the father of Kourt’s three kids Scott Disick, 36, entered — and subsequently left — a rehab facility, the 41-year-old shared the life lessons that she hopes Penelope follows via her Instagram.

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Hamilton Frederick Bohannon, an under-sung but highly influential percussionist whose '70s solo work set the stage for disco, died on Friday (April 24) at age 78, according to The Newnan Times-Herald. The cause of death was not revealed.Gifted on the drums at a young age, the Newnan, GA-born talent attended the historically black university Clark Atlanta University on a music scholarship.

The Ink Factory, the London and L.A.-based banner whose production credits include The Night Manager and Fighting With my Family, has expanded its co-financing deal with 127 Wall Productions. First announced in 2017 and used to support Park Chan-wook's miniseries The Little Drummer Girl for the BBC and AMC, the deal has now been extended to 2024 and its scope expanded to cover significant development funding and increase the firm's production co-financing capacity across both film and TV.

Hamilton Frederick Bohannon, an under-sung but highly influential percussionist whose '70s solo work set the stage for disco, died on Friday (April 24) at age 78, according to The Newnan Times-Herald. The cause of death was not revealed.Gifted on the drums at a young age, the Newnan, GA-born talent attended the historically black university Clark Atlanta University on a music scholarship.

John Cho wrote a powerful essay about discrimination against Asian Americans amid the Coronavirus crisis. The 47-year-old Star Trek actor highlights the verbal and physical abuse being directed at Asian Americans during the pandemic.

Veteran TV executive Cathy Payne, former CEO of Endemol Shine International, has been confirmed as CEO of Banijay Rights, the global sales arm of the French production group behind such hit formats as Survivor, Wife Swap and Temptation Island. At Endemol Shine, Payne oversaw the global rollout of drama series including Peaky Blinders and Grantchester and international formats, including MasterChef and Big Brother.

John Cho is getting candid about Asian American discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic.

John Cho is getting candid about Asian American discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic.