Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media Buys Social Video Firm ATTN: for $100 Million

Glamour writer says .Makeup artist Bobbi Brown’s new venture, Jones Road, does not disappoint with its foundation. Choosing to offer the product in a tub instead of a pump or tube, the brand’s What The…. Foundation glides on smoothly like a moisturizer, delivering subtle coverage that feels practically invisible. This formula is Bedrani’s go-to.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIn 1993, audiences were charmed by Robin Williams in “Mrs. Doubtfire,” emotionally stirred by horror and heroism in “Schindler’s List” and reassured that true love exists after checking out “Sleepless in Seattle.”But there’s no denying that the movie of the year, at least in terms of sheer box office impact, was “Jurassic Park,” Steven Spielberg’s epic story of dinosaurs gone rogue.Thanks to stunning CGI advancements and quality storytelling to match, “Jurassic Park” became a sensation that changed cinema by revealing the potential of digital imagery.

Holly Jones Physics-captivated scholar turned filmmaker Geoff Marslett (“Mars”) will head to the Annecy Film Festival to premiere animated feature “Quantum Cowboys,” the first instalment of what’s set to be a trilogy. The film’s ensemble cast includes Lily Gladstone, who stars in the upcoming Martin Scorsese film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and David Arquette.A technical and curious sojourn The scenes that advance the plot through saloons, prairies and solemn deserts were crafted by artists from Swerve Pictures, Minnow Mountain, Artless Media and Mystery Meat Media.“The animators who actually do this work, those are people that spent two straight years working with me on this film.

Kim Zolciak-Biermann is responding following NeNe Leakes‘ Bravo lawsuit, which calls out the reality TV star for allegedly making racist remarks about her fellow cast members.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Sonos disrupted the portable speaker game when it came onto the scene last year. The premium home sound system company has long been known for creating unrivaled audio equipment but until last year they hadn’t yet mastered a speaker that was small enough to throw in a tote bag or bring to the beach.But Sonos devotees knew that when the time came, their portable speaker would outshine the rest.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterHulu has ordered four new food series from David Chang and Vox Media Studios, including a drag queen-themed dinner party competition from Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, “Drag Me to Dinner,” as well as the shows “Secret Chef,” “Burning Men,” and “Chefs vs. Wild.”“We are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with David Chang, Majordomo, and Hulu with these brand new series that will leave Hulu’s audience hungry for more,” Chad Mumm, Chief Creative Officer, Vox Media Studios, said.

Selome Hailu Billy Eichner and Mae Martin have called out Netflix’s support of Dave Chappelle’s jokes about queer and trans people — in a comedy special released by Netflix itself.Both comedians appear in “Stand Out: An LGBTQ Celebration,” which debuted on June 9 after being taped at Netflix Is a Joke Fest in May. The event, hosted by Eichner, was the largest-ever gathering of LGBTQ+ comics in one stand-up special, according to Netflix.“We all know how backwards and dangerous the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws are,” Eichner says in the special. “Queer people, and especially trans people, are under legislative attack in this country.

and have to fight their way through workplace inequities as they find their paths—great success often comes later.Below, our 13 over 40: successful women who hit it big in their 40s—and beyond.Who holds the keys to Tinder, OkayCupid, and Hinge? A 29-year-old tech bro? Nope, it’s Sharmistha “Shar” Dubey, the 50-something . She worked her way up through the company for over a decade, the launch of Tinder Gold when she was in her late 40s. Of course she did—it takes wisdom earned throughout the years to come up with something so brilliant and diabolical as getting people to pay to see who likes them.Angeline Boulley published her first novel, a young adult coming-of-age thriller called The Firekeeper’s Daughter, at 55.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticJeff Beck and Johnny Depp have announced a joint album that’s on the way, after Beck unofficially put word of it out to a concert audience last week, and the pair are heralding it with a video that was released Thursday, for a Depp-penned original song, “This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr.”The homage to the screen siren Lamarr, who died in 2000 at age 85, is one of two songs written by Depp for the project, the other one being “Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade.” These freshly penned originals are the outliers on “18,” an album otherwise made up of cover songs, some of them sung by Depp, some in fully instrumental form. It’ll be out via the Rhino label on CD and on digital platforms July 15 (with a vinyl release to follow on Sept.

Lebron James has the Golden State Warriors on his mind. A trailer of HBO’s The Shop: Uninterrupted has sports fans talking after the baller was asked who he would want to play with from the remaining teams left standing in the NBA playoffs. “Golden State,” he answered with no hesitation.We will have to see if he shed more insight into why he chose Golden State but he did say “I would love to get into a p*****g match with Draymond [Green].” “I love when someone cusses me out,” he added.It’s not the first time the 37-year-old has shown interest in the Warriors on The Shop.

Red carpet official! After dating for one year, Ryan Seacrest and Aubrey Paige have taken the next step in their relationship — appearing side-by-side on the red carpet.

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Taking her mind off it. Tori Spelling is finding ways to distract herself as her marriage with Dean McDermott remains rocky.

Mystery solved! Chace Crawford finally addressed how his character’s bulge in a poster for The Boys created an issue behind-the-scenes.

Kristen Stewart has announced a casting call for a “super gay ghost-hunting” reality series.The Spencer actress recently took to social media to announce the new project, calling on all ghost hunters and mediums to audition for the upcoming show.“I am scarily excited to announce that I’m teaming up with Scout, the producers of Queer Eye, Legendary and The Hype on the most gayest, most funnest, most titillating queer ghost-hunting show ever,” says Stewart in an Instagram video shared by her hairstylist and friend CJ Romero.“We need to find the most incredible LGBTQ+ ghost hunters, paranormal specialists, mediums, psychics, investigators who will lead the pack on this super gay ghost-hunting adventure.”Those from the LGBTQ+ community who seek to apply for the show can visit this website and fill out a questionnaire, where they’ll be asked about their experiences with paranormal activity.A post shared by Cj Romero (@cjromero)Stewart first announced that she was working on the reality series in an interview with The New Yorker back in 2021.“Gay people love pretty things,” she said at the time. “So we are aiming for a richness.” The actress also described the project as “a paranormal romp in a queer space.”An official title for the project or how it will be formatted is yet to be revealed.Stewart recently appeared in David Cronenberg’s new horror film Crimes of the Future, which reportedly sparked walkouts in the first five minutes – due to the gory scenes – when screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May.Addressing the audience reaction, Stewart told Vulture: “Before the credits lifted, it was dead silent.

Swedish House Mafia and IKEA have shared details of the first products from their joint collaboration.Last year, it was announced that the band had teamed up with Swedish furniture brand for a collection of products including a chair for music production, a record player and an armchair.The collection is called OBEGRÄNSAD, the Swedish word for “unlimited”, and as a press release says, “the name hints at the target group of the collection: those with limited budget, but unlimited creativity.“With the OBEGRÄNSAD collection, Swedish House Mafia and IKEA aim to democratise music production at home and enable the many to unleash their passions and creativity.”See photos of the collection below.SHM X IKEA ”OBEGRÄNSAD” OUT THIS FALL COLLECTION WILL INCLUDE MORE THAN 20 FURNITURE PIECES, INTERIOR SOLUTIONS, AND ACCESSORIES FOR UP AND COMING MUSIC PRODUCERS, DJs, AND CREATORS WITH LIMITED MEANS BUT UNLIMITED CREATIVITYTHE MUSIC DESK pic.twitter.com/xEtqXwtczq— Swedish House Mafia (@swedishousemfia) June 9, 2022SHM X IKEA ”OBEGRÄNSAD” OUT THIS FALL COLLECTION WILL INCLUDE MORE THAN 20 FURNITURE PIECES, INTERIOR SOLUTIONS, AND ACCESSORIES FOR UP AND COMING MUSIC PRODUCERS, DJs, AND CREATORS WITH LIMITED MEANS BUT UNLIMITED CREATIVITYTHE VINYL PLAYER pic.twitter.com/YmbaMepszC— Swedish House Mafia (@swedishousemfia) June 9, 2022SHM X IKEA ”OBEGRÄNSAD” OUT THIS FALL COLLECTION WILL INCLUDE MORE THAN 20 FURNITURE PIECES, INTERIOR SOLUTIONS, AND ACCESSORIES FOR UP AND COMING MUSIC PRODUCERS, DJs, AND CREATORS WITH LIMITED MEANS BUT UNLIMITED CREATIVITYTHE LISTENING CHAIR @ikea pic.twitter.com/U2G842DNOK— Swedish House Mafia (@swedishousemfia) June 9, 2022“The design supports creating, playing, enjoying and even just setting the mood,”

Angelina Jolie‘s new movie is officially in production, and she’s serving as the writer, director, and producer!

Queen Kwong has released the video for new track ‘Without You, Whatever’ taken from upcoming album ‘Couples Only’ – check it out below.The song is described as the only pop song Queen Kwong has ever released while the video features Blood Red Shoes’ Laura-Mary Carter, who also provides backing vocals across the record and co-hosts the Never Meet Your Idols podcast alongside Queen Kwong.“We filmed it the first two days of my trip, so I was really jet-lagged and felt delirious, but that added to the wackiness of the video,” said Queen Kwong’s Carré Kwong Callaway. “We used whatever was lying around the house (rubber gloves, vacuums, fake flowers, etc.) to stage mundane domestic scenes with hints of disturbances or discomfort.”“Mimi (Supernova, director) has a great eye, and we have a lot of respect for each other, so the process was totally painless.

Jodie Comer is heading to Broadway!

Kim Zolciak-Biermann is responding following NeNe Leakes' Bravo lawsuit, which calls out the reality TV star for allegedly making racist remarks about her fellow cast members.In an exclusive clip from  OG cast reunion on OWN's  hosted by Carlos King, season 1 stars, Zolciak-Biermann, DeShawn Snow, Shereé Whitfield and Lisa Wu came together to reminisce on the highly popular series. Noticeably missing from the line-up was Leakes, whose ongoing lawsuit prevented her from taking part in the sit-down. When King who produced the first few seasons of — asked Zolciak-Biermann for her take on the legal drama, she said she plans to «deal with» Leakes.«I mean, she knows what she's saying is not true in regards to me,» the  singer maintained.

EXCLUSIVE: Global sports streaming outfit DAZN is to make around 50 redundancies in its London headquarters, Deadline can reveal.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs have been around the media business long enough to resist the temptation to overreact to Netflix’s latest travails. Even though their emerging investment firm, Candle Media, owns two key Netflix suppliers—CoComelon production company Moonbug Entertainment and Fauda producer Faraway Road—they don’t seem too concerned that Netflix may topple from its perch. (And at press time, the previously unthinkable scenario has become a lot more, well, thinkable.)

“The Coup” in partnership with AP productions. Exile also holds the IP for the character Manolito Gafotas, whose books have been translated into more than 20 languages in 22 countries.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterKevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media has acquired Spanish-language producer Exile Content Studio.Per Candle Media, “Exile’s mission is to create content featuring the experiences and voices of diverse Spanish-speaking communities from around the world.”The company was founded in 2019 by Isaac Lee, formerly the chief content officer for Univision and Televisa. The production company specializes in feature films, scripted and unscripted television, music and audio storytelling and commerce activities for digital media.Exile, which is has its headquarters in Los Angeles and offices in Mexico City, Madrid, and Miami, will continue to be overseen by Lee and Exile’s senior management team for day-to-day operations.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media has acquired its latest company, Spanish-language content powerhouse Exile Content Studio.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media has hired seasoned executives Courtney Cappa and Kendall Ostrow as, respectively, SVP, Finance & Accounting, and SVP, Business Development & Community.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media have struck again, announcing the purchase ATTN, a social media storytelling company for Gen Z and Millennials. Candle said today it will help provide scale, capital and expertise to accelerate ATTN’s growth as it continues “to create original content for Gen Z and Millennials across social media, network television and streaming services, in addition to growing their publishing, brand studio, creative strategy and agency services. That includes a TikTok Studio that supports brands and influencers.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCandle Media, the next-gen media roll-up play run by ex-Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, announced the acquisition of ATTN:, a media company that produces short-form news content for Gen Z and millennial audiences.Financial terms weren’t disclosed. According to a source familiar with the pact, Candle Media is paying about $100 million for ATTN: in cash and stock; the deal could be worth up to $150 million with additional earn-out provisions.