Scots radio legend Ken Bruce said he hopes being made an MBE will highlight the challenges facing autistic people following his son’s diagnosis.
06.06.2023 - 19:37 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Twenty-year PR vet Dana Block has launched Buzzer, her own communication and consultancy agency. Block said the new company will serve as an amalgamation of her work with clients changing the way people create, consume and distribute entertainment.
Buzzer will offer independent consultancy and scale services through its Buzzer Collective, a group of PR professional freelancers and agency partners who include Renee Rossi, founder of Women in Entertainment Summit and Relativity Ventures; Jennifer St Clair, formerly head of communications for Complex Networks and Participant; Folayo Lasaki, former head of marketing for HartBeat and Participant’s SoulPancake; Matt Stanton of MPS Management; Lynda Dorf, founder and principal at LD Communications & Marketing; and agencies such as MPRM Communications and Headstand Group.
Block said the collective allows Buzzer “to offer a much more nimble approach and ability to work hand-in-hand with internal teams to quickly and efficiently help ideate and execute high impact strategies that engage and activate.”
“As the entertainment and tech industries evolve and intersect, communications experts need to be both thinking differently in how they work with clients as well as how clients reach their key constituents,” Block said. “Buzzer and the Buzzer Collective allows me to be more integrated without worrying about overhead, while still being able to provide clients with everything they need to develop and extend their message to drive awareness, tune-in and sales at scale.”
The company launches with a roster of clients ranging from social media-first agencies and publishing companies to traditional entertainment partners extending into gaming and Web3. They include Paris
Scots radio legend Ken Bruce said he hopes being made an MBE will highlight the challenges facing autistic people following his son’s diagnosis.
called out his mother on-air over a political discussion they had during a Sunday dinner. “We have actually.
Thania Garcia New York musician Jesse Malin was left paralyzed from the waist down after suffering an extremely rare spinal stroke in early May. Malin’s manager and numerous artists have rallied around Malin to launch a donation campaign to help cover his medical expenses. Malin was spending time with friends in the East Village to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his former D Generation bandmate Howie Pyro’s death when he suffered the stroke, Rolling Stone reports. “He felt a burning pain in his lumbar region that slowly migrated down his hips, through his thighs, and into his heels,” they write, adding that he collapsed onto the floor of the restaurant and has been unable to walk ever since.
Zoe Saldaña knows what time it is.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Yahoo hired Ryan Spoon, a former ESPN and BetMGM executive, as the new president of Yahoo Sports. Spoon replaces Jon Shaw, who had served as interim general manager of Yahoo Sports; Shaw will continue in a leadership role at Yahoo Sports reporting to Spoon, who reports directly to Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone. Spoon is responsible for leading growth at the internet media company’s sports vertical and “positioning it for a new generation of sports fans,” the company said in announcing his hire. Spoon has a wealth of experience across the sports and digital media industry. Most recently, he was COO at Sorare, a startup in NFT-based fantasy sports, where he played a critical role in its expansion into the U.S. market and launching Sorare: NBA and Sorare: MLB.
Zoe Saldana is reacting to the big Avatar news.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director When James Cameron’s fifth “Avatar” movie opens in theaters in 2031, Zoe Saldaña will end a whopping 26-year journey playing the Na’vi warrior and devoted mother Neytiri. How’s that for character longevity? Disney announced June 13 that Cameron’s three upcoming “Avatar” sequels have been pushed back on the release calendar yet again, extending the franchise into 2031. “Great! I’m gonna be 53 when the last ‘Avatar’ comes out,” Saldaña humorously posted on her Instagram alongside a shocked face emoji. “I was 27 when I shot the very first ‘Avatar.'” Saldaña’s co-star Sam Worthington, who stars as Jake Sully in the franchise, will be 55 years old when the final “Avatar” movie hits theaters. Cameron will be 77 years old.
Zoe Saldaña has had an amusing moment of realisation following the news that Avatar 5 has been delayed until 2031.Per a report from Variety, Disney has pushed back the third Avatar film by a full year from December 2024 to December 2025. As a result, the two following films in the sci-fi franchise have also been delayed by three years to 2029 and 2031 respectively.“Great! I’m gonna be 53 when the last Avatar comes out,” Saldaña humorously posted on her Instagram alongside a shocked face emoji.
Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Veteran music writer Scott Schinder, who wrote for virtually every major music publication over the course of a three-decade-plus-long career, has died after a long illness, his friend Randy Haecker confirms to Variety. Schinder’s work can be read in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Time Out New York, the Austin Chronicle, Please Kill Me, Creem, Musician, Newsday, Stereophile, Musician, Tower Pulse, New Musical Express, Melody Maker, Texas Music, SXSWorld and probably many others. No cause of death has been announced; he was 61. A native of Long Island and a longtime New York resident, Schinder was a ubiquitous presence on the city’s music scene, where, beginning in the 1980s, he could be found most nights of the week at CBGB, Irving Plaza, Maxwells, Under Acme, Brownies and multiple other venues of the era. Indeed, the photo on his author page at Please Kill Me could have been taken at one of dozens of different venues in the city on any of a couple thousand evenings (it was actually taken at CBGB circa early 1990s).
Rege-Jean Page, Zoe Saldana, and Sydney Sweeney were among the stars who stepped out to celebrate the unveiling of RH England, The Gallery at the Historic Aynho Park.
The MAGA mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 shared many surface similarities with the ideologically opposed mobs that fought against police in American cities over the past few years: improvised weaponry; social media fixation; an emphasis on combat tactics over strategic objectives.
A record number of soldiers and civilians from across the globe came together to take part in the 24-hour Cateran Yomp in Perthshire and raise £300,000 for soldier and veteran support.
Popular “SportsCenter” anchor Neil Everett is reportedly leaving ESPN after 23 years.
The exciting first trailer for Paramount+’s new spy drama “Special Ops: Lioness” has been out and it features megastar Zoe Saldana prominently.
Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña are leading an elite group of operatives in the new Paramount+ drama from creator Taylor Sheridan. inspired by a real-life U.S. military program, centers on CIA missions to place undercover operatives close to high-value targets in order to gain their trust and eliminate them swiftly and quietly.
Dana Carvey!The “Saturday Night Live” funnyman and “Fly On The Wall” podcast host is embarking on his brief ‘The Faces. The Characters.
Dana White has doubled down on his proposal for a heavyweight super-fight between UFC champion Jon Jones and Tyson Fury.
Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The Toronto International Film Festival has hired veteran Canadian media executive Judy Lung as its VP of public relations and communications. Lung, who starts in the role on Monday, most recently served as director of communications for Canadian exhibition giant Cineplex. Over her 20-year career, Lung has handled public relations and communications for some of Canada’s leading arts and entertainment organizations. Her recent publicity campaigns span titles such as “Scarborough,” which is based on the novel by Catherine Hernandez, and David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future.”
Zoe Saldana could teach us all a thing or two about multitasking.
Showing it off! Zoe Saldana has shared a rare glimpse at the tattoo that she got in honor of her husband, Marco Perego Saldana.