Miguel performed a jaw-dropping stunt to promote his upcoming album,. The 37-year-old singer pierced the skin on his back to allow him to be suspended through the air by hooks.
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Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst Ryan Kalil and Blake Griffin are well known as professional athletes in the NFL and NBA, respectively, but they’re also making a name for themselves off the field with their own production company. Griffin is a current Boston Celtic and Kalil is a former Carolina Panther.
Together, they are partners in Mortal Media, a production company with a first-look deal at Sony Pictures and a packed portfolio of film and TV projects ranging from the “White Men Can’t Jump” reboot at Hulu to the Apple TV+ series “Hello Tomorrow.” Kalil, who spent 13 seasons in the NFL before retiring, understands that being a pro athlete helps his business, but makes it clear it can only take the banner so far. Listen to the podcast here: “It’s helped us get in the doors, but there’s still a level of talent that has to take place.,” he said on the latest episode of the Variety podcast “Strictly Business.” “We have an acumen for this that makes us good partners in finding the idea, either coming up with it in-house or collaborating with a writer or another producer, and seeing it from start to finish.” Last week, Mortal Media announced it was leading an investment round for animation studio Swaybox Studios, a new animation technology and process for film and television production.
Branching out has been key as the partners figure out how to navigate a strike-impacted Hollywood, which has opened up one natural area of opportunity for them that hits close to home. “Sports unscripted is an obvious path for us, given our backgrounds,” said Griffin, who will enter his 15th season in the NBA later this year.
“That’s been both fun, and also challenging, because there’s a huge market for it. But there’s
.Miguel performed a jaw-dropping stunt to promote his upcoming album,. The 37-year-old singer pierced the skin on his back to allow him to be suspended through the air by hooks.
Wolves manager Gary O’Neil says Matheus Nunes fully understands the stance of his club after a £47m bid from Manchester City was rejected, but understands why the midfielder would want a move to the Etihad.
The producers of The Blind Side are finally speaking out.
are speaking out amid Michael Oher's bombshell conservatorship lawsuit against Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy, defending the 2009 film and sharing exactly how much they paid its real-life subjects. In a lengthy statement issued to ET on Thursday, Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove defended the film's integrity while shining a light on the nature of the 2006 business negotiations that resulted in securing the rights to the story.
Sophia Scorziello editor Producers behind “The Blind Side” have issued a statement affirming the authenticity of Michael Oher’s story as told in the film, responding to Oher’s recent allegations that the Tuohy family fabricated his adoption and instead placed him in a conservatorship that he is still restricted to. “We feel it is now important for us to respond to some recent media reports, which include many mischaracterizations and uninformed opinions,” Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, “Blind Side” producers of and co-founders of Alcon Entertainment, said in a statement Thursday.
Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, the co-founders of The Blind Side financier Alcon Entertainment, who also served as producers for the supposedly true-life family drama, have addressed controversy stemming from a recent lawsuit filed by pic’s subject Michael Oher, claiming there have been “many mischaracterizations and uninformed opinions” put out about the situation, and that the film they made is “as true today as it was 14 years ago.”
With just over a week to go until the summer transfer window slams shut, Manchester United are still actively searching to strengthen their squad before the bell.
Louis Theroux has criticised TV programme makers at the BBC for avoiding “difficult subjects” and “playing it safe”.Theroux, who is renowned for making cutting edge programmes and documentaries about controversial subjects, said there has been a welcome shift in mindset today so broadcasters such as the BBC are “more thoughtful about representation” and aware of “the need not to wantonly give offence”, which he said he was “fully signed up to”.“But I wonder if there is something else going on as well. That the very laudable aims of not giving offence have created an atmosphere of anxiety that sometimes leads to less confident, less morally complex film-making,” he told the Edinburgh TV Festival (via BBC News).He added: “As a result, programmes about extremists and sex workers and paedophiles might be harder to get commissioned.”The corporation, he went on was “trying to anticipate the latest volleys of criticisms, stampeded by this or that interest group, avoiding offence”.Theroux added: “Often the criticisms come from its own former employees, writing for privately owned newspapers whose proprietors would be all too happy to see their competition eliminated.
yank six titles — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “On Beyond Zebra!” — from print in 2021, citing supposedly offensive content in the picture books.And, over the decades, Richard Scarry’s classic children’s books have been retroactively tinkered with time and again by sensitivity readers. Editors sought to counteract gender stereotypes… by making a policeman bear a policewoman bear, and swapping an illustration of a mom cat pushing a stroller out for a dad cat.Not even “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is safe.
Luke Bryan canceled another show over the weekend as he deals with health issues. Bryan, 47, announced the Brandon, Mississippi, show cancelation Sunday morning, hours before he was supposed to take the stage for the "Country on Tour" concert. "Under doctor advisement after taking 6 days off to heal I attempted to sing at both shows Thursday and Saturday and it was a struggle," Bryan explained in a statement shared to social media.
Ryan Thomas has left his fans 'crying' as he posted a sweet tribute to his two younger brothers. But in the process, fans think they have spotted his twin. The actor took to social media on Friday (August 11) to wish twins Adam and Scott Thomas a happy birthday.
The world is mourning the loss of Robbie Robertson, who died Wednesday at 80.
With “Mics up!” as their rallying cry, fiction podcasters walked a Writers Guild picket line Tuesday outside Amazon’s offices in New York City to spotlight their efforts to unionize.
Sandra Bullock had all the love in her heart for Bryan Randall.
A man who shattered his leg after jumping off a cliff has warned others not make the same mistake he did.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton have made one thing clear: «I don't wanna love nobody but you.»Much like the lyrics to their 2020 duet, the couple has proven you don't have to be just like your significant other to make it work. Stefani echoed that sentiment in a new TikTok video highlighting how unalike they are.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil’s film and TV production company, mortal media, has led an investment round for animation studio Swaybox Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. As part of the investment, Mortal Media will join Swaybox’s advisory board, while Griffin and Kalil have also put an untitled live-action/animation hybrid project into development with the studio. Swaybox was co-founded by Theresa Andersson and Arthur Mintz in 2013 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds welcomed their fourth child, the couple is taking a romantic trip to Paris, France.On Saturday, the actors were seen holding hands as they walked through the city wearing casual summer looks after enjoying a gourmet lunch at the renowned restaurant, La Poule au Jar by Chef J.F. Piège.Lively wore a white shirt dress with a floral pattern and layered it with a cardigan and light trench coat.
Sooty Show presenter Matthew Corbett still has the same haircut, decades after leaving the iconic kids' TV programme.The puppeteer, who hosted the classic children's show for two decades, had dark strawberry blonde hair which he wore in a neat side parting. Now, 25 years later, Matthew has appeared in a video interview on YouTube - with the exact same haircut! Although his hair has lightened over the years, the 75 year old is still recognisable with his signature hair do. Matthew is the son of Sooty creator, Harry Corbett.
Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Meg Mathews has been banned from driving after she was found to be more than twice the legal limit with alcohol after crashing her car.The music PR and 90s Britpop figure, who was married to Noel Gallagher during Oasis's heyday, had been on her way home following a book signing.The 57 year old star appeared before Cornwall Magistrates’ Court in Bodmin on Friday, July 28, following the incident in Newquay earlier this month.The court heard the former music PR executive had a “couple of drinks” at a book launch on the evening of July 7 and after the event planned to stay at a friend’s house nearby.The friend wanted to see Meg's swanky new Jeep Wrangler 4x4, so she took them for a drive, but it wasn't long before the star collided with a parked car in Stret Ewyn, Nansledan. Read More Related Articles David and Victoria Beckham enjoy lavish double date with Lionel Messi and wife The collision caused minor damage, and the owner of the other vehicle called the police at around 9.15pm.