Sabrina Carpenter registered more voters than any other artist ahead of the 2024 presidential election during her Short n' Sweet tour. Through his partnership with HeadCount, the artist registered 35,814 voters, with an additional 263,087 voters engaged outside of registration, via registration status and poll location, through giveaways, in-person activations, and video message boards during … Read more
Greg Hildebrandt, the admired artist and illustrator who created the movie posters for the original Star Wars AND Clash of the Titanshe designed marvel characters and designed iconic 70s calendars celebrating the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is dead. He was 85 years old. Hildebrandt died in Denville, New Jersey, his son, Greg Jr., … Read more
Communist, fellow traveler, red, pinko, commie, useful idiot — the searing epithets of the Cold War have lost their sting but in their day they were lacerating. Depending on where the recipient was located on the left-of-center spectrum, a career might be stalled, derailed, or killed. Paul Robeson was called all of the above, in … Read more
April King has joined talent agency Artist Collective Entertainment (ACE) as a partner. King joins the company from WME, where he spent two years. He brings his roster of artists to ACE, including P-Valley star Brandee Evans, Grammy-nominated singer and actress Keri Hilson, former Destiny's Child singer LeToya Luckett and Kind companyIt's Priya Kansara. Prior … Read more
John Cassaday, the artist who co-created the influential turn-of-the-century comic strip Planetary and then he drew a prize The X-Men comic book writer Joss Whedon for Marvel, has died. He was 52. His sister Robin Cassaday announced his death on Facebook Monday. She had previously written that he had been admitted to the intensive care … Read more
Frank Griffin, who found another makeup artist to work with Steve Martin on Roxanajust one of the 20 films they made together, he died. He was 95 years old. Griffin died Wednesday of cancer at his home in Studio City, his daughter Roxane Griffin, a veteran Hollywood hairdresser (The Avatar, Transparent, 80 for Brady), said … Read more
The legacy and inspiration of Soviet director Sergei Parajanov are at the heart of I will avenge this world with love – S. Parajanova new documentary by director Zara Jian, which premiered at this year's Venice Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter got an exclusive look at the film's trailer (see below), in which an impressive … Read more