The packed participant roster included Ava DuVernay, J.J. Abrams, Kevin Tsujihara, Doc Rivers and Valerie Jarrett. Proving its considerable clout and reach, CAA drew 150 industry leaders and influentials out of Hollywood and down to Orange County for its inaugural Amplify conference, a three-day, two-night leadership summit focused on multicultural issues in entertainment and beyond. “This time together is our way to speed date the creation of a new network of allies,” CAA president Richard Lovett said Wednesday in his opening remarks at The Montage Laguna Beach, noting that Amplify is the first non-CAA-only conference the agency has ever hosted. At the kickoff dinner the night before, CAA curated the seating plan to optimize conversations, surveying guests in advance on whom they most hoped to meet. Lunch breakout sessions on Wednesday were similarly organized, and CAA even created an event app with headshots and bios of each attendee (but “no Tinder function … [Read more...] about Inside CAA’s Multicultural Summit Amplify: “Our Way to Speed Date a New Network of Allies”
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Def Leppard Post Behind-the-Scenes Video of Tour Announcement With Poison, Mötley Crüe
Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and Poison came together at SiriusXM’s Los Angeles headquarters last week to announce The Stadium Tour, which will take them all across North America in the summer of 2020. It was a rare union of three of the most popular groups from the Eighties hard rock scene, and Def Leppard have posted a video taking fans behind the scenes of the summit. It begins with Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott arriving at the press conference in the middle of a rainstorm. “I left Dublin, 53 degrees, blue sky,” he says to the camera. “Hello everyone. I’m in Los Angeles and it’s fucking pissing it down.” You then see the rest of the band show up to a photoshoot with the guys in Mötley Crüe and Poison (opening act Joan Jett was oddly absent) and catch up with one another. The event happened to come just a few days before the Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen turned 62, and the video captures members of the band’s team … [Read more...] about Def Leppard Post Behind-the-Scenes Video of Tour Announcement With Poison, Mötley Crüe
A Timeline of Trump’s Strange Back-and-Forth With Kim Jong-un
President Trump will meet with Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Wednesday. It will be the second time Trump has met with the North Korean dictator since taking office, the first coming last June when the two leaders convened in Singapore. Trump emerged from that summit speaking breathlessly about the close bond he developed with the man who uses anti-aircraft guns to execute officials who disagree with him. Kim has a “great personality,” Trump said while dismissing the more unsavory aspects of his authoritarian regime. Trump also touted victory, claiming on Twitter the next day that “there is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea” and that the nation is no longer America’s “biggest and most dangerous problem,” as it was under President Obama. “Sleep well tonight!” Trump wrote. In the eight months since they first met, Trump has maintained that all is well and that North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are of no concern to the … [Read more...] about A Timeline of Trump’s Strange Back-and-Forth With Kim Jong-un
Hitman’s Bodyguard 2 Is Happening, Reynolds & Jackson Expected to Return
Get ready for some more action/comedy hijinks, as The Hitman's Bodyguard 2 is happening. The reveal was made at the Cannes Film Festival, which begins this week and runs through May 19 in France. Posters for the sequel have been spotted around the festival location. While they don't reveal much, the title on the poster is The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard. Beyond that, There aren't really many other details about the movie available currently, but it's coming our way and, with posters already up at a major event, it's likely the studio isn't just sitting on their hands when it comes to this one. It's expected that both Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds will be reprising their roles for the sequel. As of right now, there is no release date reported, but it seems like Lionsgate and Summit aren't going to wait around. It's also expected that director Patrick Hughes will be back at the helm for The Hitman's Bodyguard 2, after helming the first installment to great success. While no script or … [Read more...] about Hitman’s Bodyguard 2 Is Happening, Reynolds & Jackson Expected to Return
