New LED street lights will save councils millions

Yul Vázquez is teaming up with Forest Whitaker in the upcoming third season of Godfather of Harlem as a new series regular.

EXCLUSIVE: David Peter Bloom was a Wall Street whiz kid convicted of securities fraud for defrauding investors of almost $15M and earlier this summer was arrested on suspicion of 12 counts of grand theft in LA for a scheme run out of Hollywood hipster dive bar Frolic Room that entangled The Hills star Caroline D’Amore.

APPOINTMENTSLive giant AEG has filled five leadership roles at its UK division. Jacqui Harris is now Vice President and General Manager for AEG Presents UK; Lucky Thompson is Senior Director, Events And Operations; Connie Shao is Vice President and General Manager for International Touring; Leonie Wakeman is Director Of Commercial Operations; and Stuart Dorn is Group Venue Operations Director. “It’s an exciting time for our business as we break new ground and, in turn, build out a people structure that powers the successful delivery of our growth plans”, says AEG Presents UK CEO Steve Homer.ATC Management has recruited three new managers for its new New York office, Brandon Sanchez, Jordan Alper and Ben Rafson.

Danny Kalb, who led the downtown blues scene in New York during the 1960s and 1970s as a guitarist with his band the Blues Project, died Saturday at a nursing home in Brooklyn where he lived. He was 80. His death was confirmed by his brother, Jonathan.

EXCLUSIVE: Labid Aziz’s People of Culture Studios has entered into a joint venture with Adel Nur’s management and production company Atomik Content to co-manage talent and develop, produce and distribute features, TV series and hybrid projects with a focus on elevated action films.

EXCLUSIVE: Hot directing team Radio Silence will next direct the reboot of Escape From New York for 20th Century Studios.

Ringing in the jolly season! The winter holiday season is in full swing thanks to the arrival of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree at the famed New York City plaza.

The BBC is set to adapt Booker-Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain into a TV series which will be filmed across Scotland.

A Philadelphia native and a graduate of Long Island University, Goldman got his start as a booker for the William Goldman Theatre Company. In 1978, he began his career in film distribution at Embassy Pictures, starting with east coast distribution in New York City before becoming vice president of the studio’s division four years later.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek called Disney+ a “lifestyle portal for Disney fandom” and streaming the nexus of a “reengineered” company that would never have survived and thrived for a century if it didn’t take bold swings.