Pulitzer Finalist ‘Billion Dollar Whale’ Authors Bradley Hope, Tom Wright Launch Content Company Project Brazen

Boat Rocker Studios and former Sirens Media and USA Network executiveJessica Sebastian-Dayeh are teaming to launch a production and media company called Maven. The new venture will initially focus on unscripted content, developing for all platforms and emphasizing female-led stories and projects from emerging voices.

Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific will fully reopen next week with capacity capped at 25 percent, officials announced on Friday.

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After it was announced that Piers Morgan has quit Good Morning Britain, Mark Wright has weighed in on the show's future and questioned if it can survive without the outspoken star at the helm.The presenter, who admitted it's 'tough' helping pal James Argent, showed his support for Piers, 55, and said he can't imagine the show without him. Piers broke his silence after his exit by posting a picture alongside his late former manager on his Instagram page.

Elle Fanning, star and executive producer of Civic Center Media/MRC Television’s Hulu series The Great, is expanding her relationship with the indie studio partnership. She and her sister Dakota Fanning have teamed to launch Lewellen Pictures production company and have entered a first-look television deal with the studio, a joint venture between UTA and MRC. The Fanning sisters plan to develop feature film and television projects, as well as other forms of media, including podcasts.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDakota and Elle Fanning have formed their own production company, Lewellen Pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Schine (SEAL Team) is set as a series regular opposite Rose Rollins and Josh Lucas in Long Slow Exhale, Spectrum Originals’ upcoming drama series from L.A. Finest‘s Pam Veasey, Anton Cropper and John Dove and Paramount TV Studios. After a nine-month exclusive run on Spectrum, the series will air with a second window on BET.

Naman Ramachandran Indian actors Ali Fazal (“Death on the Nile”) and Richa Chadha (“Gangs of Wasseypur”) have launched production outfit Pushing Buttons Studios.The company, set up with a view to tell stories rooted in the Indian ethos for a global audience, will kick off with “Girls Will Be Girls,” the only Indian selection of the 10 projects chisen for the Berlinale Talents Script Station program this year.Written and to be directed by Shuchi Talati, the film is set in an elite boarding

Irina Shayk, 35, doesn’t think she owes the public an explanation about her romance or split with ex Bradley Cooper, 46. The model, who split from the actor in June 2019, has been tightlipped about their almost four-year relationship as well as their breakup and it’s all because she feels it’s a “private” matter that is part of her “inner self.”

Irina Shayk was asked about her relationship with her ex, Bradley Cooper, in her latest interview.

in partnership with Canadian cannabis developer Canopy Growth Corp.But the goal for the filmmaker-cum-cannabis-entrepreneur was always to bring his weed business to America, according to Rogen’s statement on Twitter.“Almost ten years I go, I envisioned having my own weed company,” the 38-year-old comedian and gifted pottery sculptor told followers.