Cynthia Littleton

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Ian Metrose to Exit CBS After 20 Years and on Heels of Leslie Moonves-LAPD Controversy

Longtime CBS talent relations executive Ian Metrose, who became wrapped up in the scandal surrounding former CBS chief Leslie Moonves, will exit at month’s end after 20 years with the network....

Dawn Ostroff Joins Paramount Global Board of Directors; CEO Bob Bakish’s 2022 Compensation Rises to $32 Million

Former Spotify, Conde Nast and CW executive Dawn Ostroff is set to join the board of directors for Paramount Global in May. Ostroff is poised to join the board as...

CAA, UTA Veteran Chris Harbert to Retire From Talent Agency Business After 35 Years

Chris Harbert is calling it a wrap on his talent agency career. The veteran TV packaging agent, who was part of the team that launched UTA in 1991 and has spent...

Patton Oswalt, Eric Andre, Chelsea Handler and More Sling Hot Takes and Arby’s Barbs at Variety’s SXSW Power of Comedy Event

AUSTIN, Texas — Patton Oswalt, Phoebe Robinson, Eric Andre, Chelsea Handler and others were in fine form on Friday night as Variety helped kick off the 2023 SXSW festival and conference...

Smoking Still Hogs the Spotlight at the Oscars (Guest Column)

Has a cigarette ever saved the the world, stopped a zombie apocalypse, made the best-dressed list, or helped the hero and heroine live happily ever after? No … not ever. ...

Endeavor Invests in Unscripted TV Producer Asylum Entertainment Group

Endeavor has made an investment in Asylum Entertainment Group, which is home to a number of production banners focused on unscripted TV series. Asylum’s collection of companies includes the Content...

WGA West President Meredith Stiehm Warns of Guild Contract Talks: ‘It Could Get a Little Rough’

Meredith Stiehm, president of the WGA West, got right to the point in her remarks Sunday at the guild’s 2023 award ceremony. With contract negotiations less than two weeks aways, Stiehm...

Charlie Kaufman Makes Fiery WGA Awards Speech: ‘We Are Trained to Believe What We Do Is Secondary to What They Do’

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Being John Malkovich” screenwriter Charlie Kaufman took dead aim at Hollywood’s power structure in his remarks at Sunday’s Writers Guild Awards, where he was...

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