Entertainment
Entertainment Industry Leadership Changes
Black Bear, a production company behind 'Christy,' has hired Bianca Parkes and Heather Phillips to lead marketing and publicity. Additionally, veteran talent agent Josiah Akinyele is transitioning to management at ColorCreative. These changes reflect ongoing shifts in the entertainment industry.
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Variety
Black Bear, the independent studio behind Sydney Sweeney’s boxing drama “Christy,” has hired Bianca Parkes and Heather Phillips to oversee marketing and publicity efforts. Their appointments were announced amid the production company’s efforts to expand into U.S. theatrical d
2026-07-21 21:30 UTC
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Kartemquin Films has always been guided by the motto “Democracy through Documentary,” as author Patricia Aufderheide notes in her book Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy. For generations, the Chicago-based institution has been producing some of the most lauded and importa
2026-07-21 21:30 UTC
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Black Bear Releasing has hired Bianca Parkes as their new Head of Marketing and Heather Phillips as their new Head of Publicity. Parkes joins from Neon where she led creative campaigns for Best Picture winners and hit genre films. Phillips is longtime publicity vet having worked at 20th Century Fox
2026-07-21 21:30 UTC
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Universal Pictures is releasing the Snoop Dogg biopic, Snoop, on Friday, Aug. 6, 2027. The movie takes the place of the Untitled Universal Event Film. Universal has had a great streak with musical biopics, taking Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson movie Michael past $1 billion global, having handled
2026-07-21 21:30 UTC
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EXCLUSIVE: Veteran talent agent Josiah Akinyele is leaving Innovative Artists after 17 years to transition to management. He has joined ColorCreative, the management and production company co-founded by Issa Rae, Deniese Davis, and Talitha Watkins, as a manger. Akinyele will report to ColorCreative
2026-07-21 21:33 UTC