As Deadline exclusively told you would happen last night, UTA has brought aboard longtime WME partner Brandon Liebman to be a partner and film talent agent. Here is the release:
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor J Eatedali has exited Twitch to join UTA as an executive in the company’s gaming and esports department. Prior to joining UTA, Eatedali served as the co-head of creator acquisitions, retention and programs at Amazon-owned Twitch (alongside Toby Berlin), where he and the team were responsible for contract negotiations for the livestreaming platform’s top creators. Eatedali will be based in UTA’s Los Angeles headquarters and will report to Damon Lau, head of gaming and esports at the global talent, entertainment and sports company. In the position, Eatedali will lead the team’s gaming advisory business by helping existing UTA brand clients including Apple’s Beats by Dre and L’Oreal “navigate the rapidly evolving gaming landscape,” according to the company. He also will be tasked with bringing on new clients, including gaming and non-gaming-endemic brands.
Before joining Twitch in July 2019, Eatedali was head of commercial strategy and development at Activision Blizzard. Prior to that, he spent a decade working on Disney’s digital distribution and pay-TV team, where he received more than a dozen Disney Inventor Awards for patents he created. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from USC’s Marshall School of Business and a law degree from Loyola Law School. UTA claims to have the largest dedicated gaming and esports division of all the major talent agencies. The company represents more than 125 of the world’s top professional esports athletes, content creators and streamers with a collective fanbase of more than 420 million followers. UTA’s gaming roster includes NickMercs, Pokimane, Swagg, Scump, Mongraal, Valkyrae, Fuslie, Lilypichu, Maximilian Dood, Crimsix, Stewie2k,
As Deadline exclusively told you would happen last night, UTA has brought aboard longtime WME partner Brandon Liebman to be a partner and film talent agent. Here is the release:
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix has come on board for the second year to support the Short Film Camp, a film industry training program for professionals from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. The SFC is led by Purin Pictures, a film funding body backed by the Purin Foundation. The event, running for ten days (Dec. 2-12, 2022) in Bangkok, Thailand, will involve 12 teams of directors and producers. The 24 participants will receive mentoring that aims to hone their writing, producing and directing skills. The workshop culminates in a live pitch of their short film projects, where four winners will receive funding and post-production support to produce their short films.
Personality Crisis: One Night Only, directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, is a documentary that follows punk pioneer David Johansen, which premiered at NYFF60. The film follows Johansen, who, during his residency in New York City in 2020, gave a detailed account of his life, how he navigated the music scene from the 1970s up to the present day, and why music is integral to his existence.
In one of the first such cases of its kind, a court in Singapore sentenced adult content creator Titus Low Kaide to three weeks imprisonment and a fine of $3,000 over his OnlyFans account. A local court convicted him of charges of transmitting obscene materials online and breaching a police order not to access his OnlyFans account. The Strait Times reported that Low pleaded guilty to both charges. Following his sentencing, Low took to social media to address his fans. He said that he will start his prison sentence in a few weeks, but he “was glad the case was over” as it was taking a toll on his mental health. In another Instagram story, he posted from an event: “Enjoying my time outside first”.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief International streaming company Netflix has unveiled six new titles representing its first wide-ranging slate of content from Thailand. Its four films and two series span the comedy, suspense and comedy drama genres and hail from six different local production firms – GMM Studios, International, GDH, Song Sound Productions, Transformation Films, 18 Tanwa and Jungka Bangkok. Significantly, too, they are sourced from established directors or producers. Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries” is produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham (“Beautiful Boxer,” “Pleasure Factory”) and will stream from mid-November.
WFMZ. CNN’s article about the visit, on which Coren shares a byline, was still online.Both CNN reporters were in the country on tourist visas and were not authorized to work in Thailand, according to the Bangkok Post.
Brent Lang Executive Editor 101 Studios has made a series of key executive hires. Eliot Goldberg has joined as the company’s head of unscripted and documentary programming, while Ellie Duque has been tapped as exec VP of brand partnerships. Both executives will work out of the company’s Beverly Hills office. Joanna Balin has been tapped as director of unscripted and documentary programming, with Brannan Goetschius named as head of audio. Both executives will become part of 101 Studios’ New York team. They join Dani Weinstein, who was announced as the new chief communications officer in July. “We are thrilled to welcome these very accomplished, well-respected executives into our 101 Studios Family. We are always looking for ways to expand our reach and expertise and we are lucky to have Dani, Eliot, Ellie, Joanna and Brannan join our ranks,” said 101 Studios CEO David Glasser
Parents collapsed into tears and in a faint on the grounds of a temple in northeastern Thailand on Friday after they were reunited with their slain children. The bodies of the victims were brought to various temples where they were identified by their parents.
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s romance is continuing to fizzle. A source tells ET that the 45-year-old quarterback is having a hard time dealing with the idea of potentially losing his family. “Tom isn't taking things well,” the source says.
A mass shooting at a daycare center in northeast Thailand Thursday afternoon left more than 30 people dead, including children, police said. The gunman, believed to be a former police officer, took his own life, police said. The deaths include at least 23 children, two teachers and a police officer. (AP) The shooting happened in the province of Nongbua Lamphu. Mass shootings are rare in Thailand but in 2020, 29 people were killed in a shooting spree by a disgruntled soldier. This is a breaking story.
Uh oh! If Tom Brady wants to save his marriage, he better hurry up and try something — because Gisele Bündchen is halfway out the door already!
Sending a message? Gisele Bündchen was photographed without her wedding ring the same day Us Weekly confirmed she and Tom Brady have hired divorce lawyers.
Michael Waldron must have a pretty damn good relationship with Kevin Feige, huh? Not only did Waldron write the first season of “Loki,” which got immediately renewed for Season 2, but he also went on to script “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” As if that wasn’t enough, the writer is also attached to Kevin Feige’s reported “Star Wars” film.