Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on FRIDAY Aug 12, 2022. Reach out anytime at seanmcnultynyc@gmail.com
Where it’s a Friday pop quiz! What do Ben Stiller, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jason Statham and Johnny Galecki have in common? Well besides all never having been in my kitchen 👨🍳, they all owned this house in OUTPOST ESTATES, CA (east Hollywood Hills) at some point.
So let’s have our Friday morning coffee ☕️ by the pool and wish Johnny the best in trying to sell it for $11.9 Million (to someone famous of course – gotta maintain the streak). He would then clear a $2.7 Million profit from his 2015 purchase 🤝 (the coffee is on his real estate agent btw 👍).
AND: Speaking of unique venn diagrams of people who have also never been in my kitchen… METALLICA, JO Bros, and MARIAH CAREY will headline NYC’s Global Citizen concert in Central Park on Sat Sept 24. Although for the record Kevin Jonas is welcome in my kitchen anytime (word is he makes a killer egg sandwich 🍳).
SADLY: Anne Heche is not expected to survive her injuries from her car crash this week. She was pronounced brain dead, and is only breathing by ventilator.
AND: Patrick Carney from THE BLACK KEYS and Michelle Branch are splitting after 3 years of marriage and 2 children.
ALSO: Jon Batiste is leaving “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” after 7 years. Louis Cato will take over when the new season officially begins on Sept 6.
IN THIS EDITION:
Details on the new series Ridley Scott is directing for APPLE TV
A #medianerd🤓 look at how WME fits in the overall ENDEAVOR business in Aug 2022, and how much attention it received on their Q2 earnings call
CHARTER / SPECTRUM called it quits on Original TV Series
Russo Bros fill out the cast of their next NETFLIX pic with more A-listers📋 , and more.
💻 THE MEDIA BIZ
ENDEAVOR’s live-event businesses lead solid Q2, as they launch UFC streaming service in BRAZIL
Yes, Ari is launching a streaming service. In what’s apparently one of the UFC’s most popular global markets outside of the US… BRAZIL. Here’s what we know about the launch plans thus far:
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