Amanda Bynes will likely spend an extended period of time getting the psychiatric care she needs, and we've learned more about the days leading up to her walking naked through L.A. streets. Sources close to Amanda tell us they're still putting the pieces together, but at this point believe she could've been living on the streets for several days. We're told Amanda's car was towed on March 15 in Long Beach, about 40 miles from her home ... and 25 miles from downtown L.A., where she popped up Sunday. TikTok/@kaitlynhotfox From Long Beach, our sources believe Amanda hitchhiked or took public transport to get around. She was spotted in Hollywood on March 18, appearing out of it but still clothed. At one point, we're told, Amanda got a ride to Beverly Hills from a stranger but then asked to return to Hollywood. We're also told since she was first brought to a mental health hospital early Sunday morning, she's started to make improvements ... but the … [Read more...] about Amanda Bynes Likely on Streets for Days, Psychiatric Hold to be Extended
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PR Firm DKC Opens Doors On New L.A. Headquarters
DKC , the public relations, digital communications and content production agency, has officially moved into its new West Coast headquarters in Century City. The firm, which specializes in music, TV, film, talent, consumer brands, culture, sports/esports, technology, social media, influencer and event production, spent the past 10 years in its offices in West Hollywood. The new offices, located on the ground floor at 1801 Century Park East, feature open-concept workspaces and multiple high-design meeting rooms. There is also a product showroom, viewing lounge, barista bar, 30-foot floor-to-ceiling glass walls and a landscaped outdoor terrace. The 6,021-square-foot space was built and designed from the ground up with input from the DKC teams. The L.A. team is led by executive director Wendy Zaas, with her group including EVP Ivy Mollenkamp heading the entertainment division focused on film, TV, music and production; EVP Taryn Owens overseeing the consumer brand … [Read more...] about PR Firm DKC Opens Doors On New L.A. Headquarters
Former Imagine Artist Management Partner Raj Raghavan Joins Echo Lake Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: Former CAA agent and Imagine Artist Management partner-manager Raj Raghavan is joining Echo Lake Entertainment as a talent manager, where he’ll continue to rep a roster of accomplished actors, playwrights, comedians and novelists. Raghavan’s clients include Golden Globe Nominee Jason Lee ( My Name Is Earl ), four-time Filmfare Award winner and Bollywood superstar Alia Bhatt ( Gully Boy ), British Independent Film Award winner Ashley Walters ( Top Boy ), BAFTA nominee Suraj Sharma ( Life of Pi, God Friended Me ), Ryan J. Haddad ( The Politician ), Brandon Scott Jones ( The Good Place ), Daria Berenato ( WWE Superstar Sonya Deville ), Sebastián Zurita ( Cómo Sobrevivir Soltero ), Niv Nissim ( Sublet ), Gibran Saleem ( Better Things ), Amanda Shechtman ( Sunnyside ), Thomas Beaudoin ( Shameless ), Anna Maguire ( The Hummingbird Project ), Gil Cates, Jr., and Sameer Pandya (novelist, Members Only ). Raghavan comes to Echo Lake from … [Read more...] about Former Imagine Artist Management Partner Raj Raghavan Joins Echo Lake Entertainment
Longtime UTA Agent Bec Smith Joins Anonymous Content
EXCLUSIVE : Anonymous Content has hired longtime literary agent and former UTA partner Bec Smith as a partner and manager in their Los Angeles-based lit team. We revealed Smith’s impending exit from UTA last month. The respected veteran has amassed a client roster including directors and writers such as Coline Abert, Levan Akin, Jane Anderson, Benedict Andrews, Emily Atef, Anthony Chen, Eva Husson, Ellen Kuras, Katrin Gebbe, Sebastian Junger, Julia Leigh, Phillip Noyce, Joshua Oppenheimer, Jennifer Peedom, Maria Schrader, Tali Shalom-Ezer, Dawn Shadforth, Kirsten Sheridan, Goran Stolevski, Warwick Thornton and Max Werner. The 16-year UTA veteran had been a partner in the Motion Picture Literary department but also worked closely with the UTA Independent Film Group. She worked on the packaging of projects including I Feel Pretty, Mary Magdalene, Brigsby Bear, The Circle, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Margin Call, The Spectacular Now, The Skeleton Twins, In a World, … [Read more...] about Longtime UTA Agent Bec Smith Joins Anonymous Content
Former Universal Pictures Exec John C. Hall Joins Burgeoning APX Group Team
EXCLUSIVE: Former Universal Pictures Distribution and Marketing EVP John C. Hall has joined the team at American-European media fund APX Group , as it continues to restructure and expand ahead of a planned listing on the New York Stock Exchange later this year. Hall has been appointed special consultant to the Board of Directors and Head of the Marketing and Distribution Committee of the board of directors of APX Group. The Los Angeles-based executive will work directly with APX Group’s London-based Global CEO, Shelley Hammond and the freshly announced Director of Distribution and Acquisition Anthony Buckner. The group said the appointment is part of a strategic restructuring as it prepares for its expected listing on New York Stock Exchange. “John is a brilliant addition to the APX Group. He brings vast experience – especially with companies which are fast developing and existing on the outside realms of the norm and becoming game changers in their field,” … [Read more...] about Former Universal Pictures Exec John C. Hall Joins Burgeoning APX Group Team
Norman Steinberg Dies: ‘Blazing Saddles’ Screenwriter & ‘Flip Wilson Show ‘Emmy Winner Was 83
Norman Steinberg , who co-scripted Mel Brooks’ comedy classic Blazing Saddles with and won an Emmy for Flip Wilson’s 1970s variety show, has died. He was 83. The WGA East said Steinberg died March 15 but did not provide other details. Steinberg was a disgruntled lawyer met Brooks in the 1960s at a Manhattan coffee shop, where he would run into the future EGOT winner regularly. After repeatedly telling him that we wanted to be a comedy writer, Brooks relented and told Steinberg to submit a script for his James Bond-spoofing sitcom Get Smart! The series was canceled, but Brooks told the would-be scribe that this his script was funny — and Steinberg quit his hated job at a law firm. Steinberg started writing for the music trade mag Cash Box before landing a gig writing a political humor album for David Frye. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he was partnered with George Carlin writing for NBC’s comedy-variety series The Flip Wilson Show. That year, the show’s … [Read more...] about Norman Steinberg Dies: ‘Blazing Saddles’ Screenwriter & ‘Flip Wilson Show ‘Emmy Winner Was 83
‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Raquel Leviss Arrives in L.A. Day Before Reunion
MEGA Raquel Leviss has touched back down in Los Angeles ahead of the big "Vanderpump Rules" reunion ... likely bracing herself to take the scorching heat that is all but certain. Raquel was at LAX Wednesday, the day before the cameras are set to roll -- she's been in Arizona recently, which is known for its heat, but it's nothing compared to what's in store for her tomorrow. Gallery Launch Gallery She doesn't have a lot to say ... no word on whether she's talked with any of her 'VR' peeps. We're guessing producers have told her and the other cast members not to blab ... they're saving it for the reunion. Raquel shot only 1 scene since the Scandavol broke , and there was a real question on whether she'd even show up for the reunion show, but she just revealed she will be there -- front and center. TMZ.com Production sources tell TMZ ... Scheana Shay will also be there ... and it's super complicated since Raquel … [Read more...] about ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Raquel Leviss Arrives in L.A. Day Before Reunion
PnB Rock Responsible For His Own Murder, Claims Rapper Boskoe100
TMZ Composite Reputed Inglewood rapper Boskoe100 is placing the blame on PnB Rock for his own murder ... all because he failed to recognize the restaurant he was killed at was located in the middle of a danger zone. The Philly rapper was shot and killed inside a Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles in a sometimes-rough part of Los Angeles back in September 2022 ... and Boskoe100 thinks PnB should've known that, comparing him to an amateur camper attempting to impress his girl in the wilderness, only to be eaten by wolves and bears. Boskoe100 thinks PnB mistook his rapper status for street cred and the hood only sees rich artists as dangling carrots in the food chain. LAPD arrested a family of three in connection with PnB's murder shortly after the shooting ... father/son duo Freddie Lee Trone Sr. and Jr. as well as Trone Sr.'s wife Shauntel Trone ... but it was PnB's girlfriend Stephanie Sibounheuang who was vilified online the most … [Read more...] about PnB Rock Responsible For His Own Murder, Claims Rapper Boskoe100