Etan Vlessing

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Doc Maker Rocky Mudaliar Signs With Verve (Exclusive)

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His Abrupt Entertainment produced the celebrity documentary ‘Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story,' about the comedian and his family's stunning financial betrayal.

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‘Amy' Director Asif Kapadia Recalls Three-Act Quest to Becoming an Oscar Winner

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“If you're lucky, you get to pick and choose what you make,” the 'Senna' and 'Diego Maradona' filmmaker told the MIA Market in Rome.

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Chris Brown Escapes Prison With Eight-Month Suspended Sentence for London Nightclub Attack

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The singer had pleaded guilty in July to affray, a public order offense, and appeared in Southwark Crown Court on Monday for sentencing.

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Tricia Helfer Stars in Erotic Body Horror ‘Devour' (Exclusive)

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The ‘Battlestar Galactica' and ‘Anna Pigeon' actress nabs the lead in director Erica Orofino's genre-bender also starring Georgia Bradner and Elizabeth Adams.

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Gay Immigrant Comedy ‘One Baby, Please!' to Hit OUTtv Next Month as Latest Queer Series From Canada

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The ‘Office' writer Anthony Q. Farrell and ‘Schitt's Creek' scribe Teresa Pavlinek are behind the sitcom set to premiere on Nov. 2 from creators and stars Karim Adam Ahmed and Adrian Neblett.

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Steven Paul Invests In Lionsgate Joint Venture Amid Studio Sale Chatter

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The exec is leading an investment to collaborate on new businesses and indie film production.

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Ex-Vice Exec’s New Media Company Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

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Vice and Red Bull alum Patrick McGuire and Intercom co-founder Eoghan McCabe are behind the tech-focused brand titled Soon.

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Abbi Jacobson Signs With Anonymous Content (Exclusive)

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The co-creator and star of ‘Broad City and ‘A League of Their Own' also has the third and final season of Lisa Kudrow's ‘The Comeback' for HBO on her dance card.

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Lionsgate Finds New Television Group President

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After vice chair Sandra Stern stepped down, Kevin Beggs has tapped key deputy Scott Herbst as president, while current programming head Lee Hollin and casting head Marcello Bellisario have new deals.

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Jafar Panahi Facing Five Years Imprisonment in Iran After Being Sentenced in Absentia

By: Etan Vlessing

The Cannes-winning ‘It Was Just an Accident' director, having returned to Iran after the Oscars, also had a Tehran Revolutionary Court confiscate his assets and impose a travel and social media ban.