This is big news in Hollywood representation. Attorney Tara Kole is set to depart Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman where she is a partner, while attorneys Matthew Johnson, P.J. Shapiro and Gregory Slewett are leaving Ziffren Brittenham Llp where Shapiro is a managing partner and Johnson and Slewett are partners. The quartet plans to found a new firm in the new year which is set to become an instant major player in the entertainment law space alongside powerful incumbents, including Ziffren Brittenham and Gang Tyre.
Shapiro, Johnson, Slewett and Kole’s current client list includes film, TV and sports mega stars and top behind-the-camera talent. Talks are currently underway about which of them will follow the attorneys to the new firm.
Kole, Shapiro and Johnson are all veterans at their current firms; Slewett joined Ziffren Brittenham two years ago from Bloom Hergott.
“I have been so fortunate to call Gang,...
Shapiro, Johnson, Slewett and Kole’s current client list includes film, TV and sports mega stars and top behind-the-camera talent. Talks are currently underway about which of them will follow the attorneys to the new firm.
Kole, Shapiro and Johnson are all veterans at their current firms; Slewett joined Ziffren Brittenham two years ago from Bloom Hergott.
“I have been so fortunate to call Gang,...
- 9/13/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A group of elite entertainment lawyers are leaving their respective companies to form a new firm, eyeing a 2022 opening date.
The unnamed venture will be led by attorneys Matthew Johnson, P.J. Shapiro and Gregory Slewett of Ziffren Brittenham Llp, and Tara Kole of Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
They have represented top show business creatives across film and television, and enjoy decades of combined experience. All four have appeared on Variety power lists celebrating top dealmakers and legal impact in entertainment. Status of respective clients was not immediately clear as details are expected closer to the new year.
“We’ve had the privilege and pleasure of working alongside this brilliant team for the past two decades. We consider each member of the firm to be not only respected colleagues, but also dear friends. We look forward to enjoying these lifelong friendships and professional collaborations for years to come,” Johnson, Shapiro...
The unnamed venture will be led by attorneys Matthew Johnson, P.J. Shapiro and Gregory Slewett of Ziffren Brittenham Llp, and Tara Kole of Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
They have represented top show business creatives across film and television, and enjoy decades of combined experience. All four have appeared on Variety power lists celebrating top dealmakers and legal impact in entertainment. Status of respective clients was not immediately clear as details are expected closer to the new year.
“We’ve had the privilege and pleasure of working alongside this brilliant team for the past two decades. We consider each member of the firm to be not only respected colleagues, but also dear friends. We look forward to enjoying these lifelong friendships and professional collaborations for years to come,” Johnson, Shapiro...
- 9/13/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Demi Lovato has dropped a deluxe version of her new album, Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over, which she released last Friday.
The expanded LP includes four new songs, including a bonus track titled “Sunset” and three live acoustic versions of the first three “prelude” songs on the album: “Anyone,” “Dancing With the Devil,” and “ICU (Madison’s Lullabye).” The acoustic tracks were recorded during the SXSW drive-in premiere of Lovato’s four-part YouTube Originals docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil, which explores her struggles with...
The expanded LP includes four new songs, including a bonus track titled “Sunset” and three live acoustic versions of the first three “prelude” songs on the album: “Anyone,” “Dancing With the Devil,” and “ICU (Madison’s Lullabye).” The acoustic tracks were recorded during the SXSW drive-in premiere of Lovato’s four-part YouTube Originals docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil, which explores her struggles with...
- 4/5/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Demi Lovato has teamed with Australian singer-songwriter Sam Fischer for the single “What Other People Say.”
“This song is a reflection on what it’s like to lose who you truly are in an effort to please other people and society,” Lovato said of the single. “It’s why I wanted to make this song with Sam — ultimately it’s about two humans coming together to connect and find solutions to their problems.”
The lyric video for the track — in addition to just showing the lyrics — features a Guess Who?...
“This song is a reflection on what it’s like to lose who you truly are in an effort to please other people and society,” Lovato said of the single. “It’s why I wanted to make this song with Sam — ultimately it’s about two humans coming together to connect and find solutions to their problems.”
The lyric video for the track — in addition to just showing the lyrics — features a Guess Who?...
- 2/4/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
This summer, Shalfi Edu went viral without singing a note. The 25-year-old guitarist posted a video of his playing — full of flitting fingers, though the mood remains insistently tranquil — on the app TikTok, which now functions as music’s primary discovery engine. Edu added a caption out of a teen romcom, a stamp of emotion on all the casual showmanship: “You’ve hurt someone who’s hurt you. Seeing them suffer causes you pain, but you’re too angry to apologize or stop. You feel conflicted.” The clip has earned...
- 9/9/2020
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Keith Urban teams up with Florida Georgia Line producer Joey Moi for his new song “Polaroid,” a breezy, evocative jam that, like “The Fighter,” stands as one of Urban’s more electronic-focused musical adventures.
Its accompanying music video is mesmerizing, utilizing a clever filmmaking approach to put the singer-guitarist in the middle of the action at a backyard pool party. Couples kiss, barbecues flame out of control, and some guy naturally falls into the water, all captured in a freeze-frame technique.
“It was all centered around a pool party and...
Its accompanying music video is mesmerizing, utilizing a clever filmmaking approach to put the singer-guitarist in the middle of the action at a backyard pool party. Couples kiss, barbecues flame out of control, and some guy naturally falls into the water, all captured in a freeze-frame technique.
“It was all centered around a pool party and...
- 4/24/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Levitan, the Emmy-winning co-creator, executive producer, co-showrunner and director of Modern Family, has signed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, remaining at the studio he has called home for the past 20 years. Under the massive pact, believed to be for four years and well into the eight figures, Levitan will create, write, develop, direct and supervise series projects for the studio, now part of Disney Television Studios.
Levitan had been without an overall deal since last year. In June 2018, he was one of several top creators of 20th TV-produced series to speak up following a controversial statement by a Fox News star, Laura Ingraham, tweeting that he was “disgusted” to work for 21st Century Fox, which owned both the studio and Fox News, and announcing he would not be re-upping his 20th TV overall deal, which was expiring. He later clarified his comments, lauding the top...
Levitan had been without an overall deal since last year. In June 2018, he was one of several top creators of 20th TV-produced series to speak up following a controversial statement by a Fox News star, Laura Ingraham, tweeting that he was “disgusted” to work for 21st Century Fox, which owned both the studio and Fox News, and announcing he would not be re-upping his 20th TV overall deal, which was expiring. He later clarified his comments, lauding the top...
- 9/26/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Modern Family” co-creator Steve Levitan is extending his relationship with 20th Century Fox Television, inking a multi-year overall deal at the studio and effectively joining the Walt Disney family.
He will create, write, develop, direct and supervise series projects for 20th, and continue to oversee “Modern Family” with co-creator and executive producer Chris Lloyd through its 11th and final season, which ends its run on ABC next year.
The new deal keeps Levitan with his longtime studio home of two decades, but under a new corporate parent whose politics no longer conflict with his own, now that Disney has completed the acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment portfolio. Levitan told Variety last year that he would not work with the Murdoch family-controlled Fox spinoff that includes Fox News, Fox Sports, and the Fox broadcast network.
In a statement on the deal, Levitan took the opportunity to make a quip...
He will create, write, develop, direct and supervise series projects for 20th, and continue to oversee “Modern Family” with co-creator and executive producer Chris Lloyd through its 11th and final season, which ends its run on ABC next year.
The new deal keeps Levitan with his longtime studio home of two decades, but under a new corporate parent whose politics no longer conflict with his own, now that Disney has completed the acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment portfolio. Levitan told Variety last year that he would not work with the Murdoch family-controlled Fox spinoff that includes Fox News, Fox Sports, and the Fox broadcast network.
In a statement on the deal, Levitan took the opportunity to make a quip...
- 9/26/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
“Modern Family” co-creator Steve Levitan has re-upped his overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television, the studio announced on Thursday.
The new multi-year agreement keeps Levitan at the studio he has called home for the past 20 years. Under the deal, he will continue to create, write, develop, direct and supervise new series projects. He will also continue to shepherd “Modern Family” with co-creator and executive producer Chris Lloyd through its currently-airing 11th and final season.
“Modern Family” is set to conclude its run on ABC in 2020.
Also Read: ABC's Fall Premiere Dates: 'DWTS,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Modern Family' Final Season and More
Levitan’s new deal comes just over a year after the writer-producer publicly threatened to walk away from the studio in protest of its corporate connection to Fox News. In a tweet, he took aim at the cable news channel for its “23-hour-a-day support of the NRA,...
The new multi-year agreement keeps Levitan at the studio he has called home for the past 20 years. Under the deal, he will continue to create, write, develop, direct and supervise new series projects. He will also continue to shepherd “Modern Family” with co-creator and executive producer Chris Lloyd through its currently-airing 11th and final season.
“Modern Family” is set to conclude its run on ABC in 2020.
Also Read: ABC's Fall Premiere Dates: 'DWTS,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Modern Family' Final Season and More
Levitan’s new deal comes just over a year after the writer-producer publicly threatened to walk away from the studio in protest of its corporate connection to Fox News. In a tweet, he took aim at the cable news channel for its “23-hour-a-day support of the NRA,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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