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Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Mike Ireland Exiting Role As Head Of Motion Picture Group At Paramount
EXCLUSIVE: With the Skydance merger expected to close on Thursday, the exec shuffle continues at Paramount Studios as sources tell Deadline that Motion Picture Group Chief Mike Ireland is exiting the studio. Insiders say Ireland will stay on in a consulting role to help with the transition and is considering an offer for a producing deal with the studio. This comes following a number new of roles being announced which include Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein being named Co-Chairs of Paramount Pictures with Goldberg being Chair of Paramount Television and Greenstein being Vice Chair of Platforms and Don Granger leading film at the studio. More from Deadline Skydance Unveils Board Of New Paramount With Former Studio Chief Sherry Lansing, Oracle CEO Safra Catz Revived Paramount TV Studios To Be Led By Matt Thunell; Will Absorb Taylor Sheridan Home MTVE, Showtime & Skydance TV; Keith Cox Staying On Jane Wiseman & Efrain Miron Poised To Join Cindy Holland At Paramount's DTC Unit - The Dish RELATED: Ireland joined the studio in November 2020, and the well-liked exec quickly was named co-president of production alongside Daria Cercek in January 2021. The two would be named co-heads of the Motion Picture Group in fall of 2021 and over the next four-plus years would oversee a strong slate of hits that include the massive relaunch of the Top Gun franchise, with Maverick grossing more than $1 billion at the box office and landing a Best Picture Oscar nomination. During that time the studio also released two more Mission: Impossible pics, expanded the Quiet Place universe with A Quiet Place: Day One and rebooted the Transformers franchise with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Prior to joining Paramount, Ireland worked at Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way in 2007, where he helped develop projects including The Wolf of Wall Street. He left Appian Way to join then-20th Century Fox in 2012, where he most recently was SVP Production and oversaw a slate of big-budget movies including the Ryan Reynolds action comedy Free Guy. RELATED: Best of Deadline Emmys 2024 Red Carpet Executives Photo Gallery Solve the daily Crossword
Boston Globe
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Her husband made her an icon, but Amelia Earhart was real
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Related : Advertisement Why did this accomplished and self-confident woman marry such a repugnant scammer, disliked almost universally by her friends and colleagues? She almost didn't, it turns out. The first part of their relationship was conducted while he was still wedded to another woman, Crayola heiress Dorothy Binney, whose money kept him in the marriage even as he began pitching proposals to Amelia. Amelia's reservations are expressed in a moving letter to 'Gyp,' as she called Putnam, which Shapiro includes in its entirety. 'You must know again my reluctance to marry, my feeling that I shatter thereby chances in work which mean most to me.' After one botched wedding day — Amelia broke down in sobs at the point of taking her vows — she did manage to go through with the ceremony a second time. Advertisement 'BREAK NEWS GENTLY TO MOTHER,' she wired her sister. Amelia's feminism, her pacifism, and her progressive politics come through loud and clear in Shapiro's account, refreshing in contrast to the right-wing proclivities of her fellow iconic flier, Charles Lindbergh. Her first career as a social worker grew out of genuine compassion for people in need and young people in particular; she was an involved and loving stepmother to Putnam's son from his first marriage, David. But along with the important and interesting points Shapiro makes about Amelia Earhart, she includes many digressions of questionable importance, and her writing style is distractingly quirky. Lindbergh is 'an Icarian daredevil,' Putnam a 'Janus-faced' 'stinkard.' After Putnam sells her plane to the Smithsonian for $7,000, Shapiro wonders 'Did he gently grasp her delicate hands as he shared the thrilling news of the museum solidifying their marriage and place in aviation history?' How the museum solidified their marriage was not clear to me, but frilly speculations like this are frequent, and usually not phrased as questions. Related : Advertisement In a description of Earhart's visit to Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Shapiro writes that 'even Cary Grant, Jeanette MacDonald, and Harpo Marx found themselves goose-pimply with excitement, eagerly lining up to be photographed with her.' I found the idea of a goose-pimply Cary Grant to be so odd that I consulted the Notes section at the end of the book to learn what this assertion was based on. It was not sourced, and this became the first of many times I checked back there to no avail. At the beginning of these Notes, Shapiro says 'For space considerations, I have added notes where there is information that may not have been seen before or lies off radar of all but the most avid Earhart enthusiasts.' I would argue that, in a serious work of nonfiction, the importance of backing up one's speculations outweighs 'space considerations.' On the other hand, I would have very much liked to have seen space considerations taken into account in the text itself. For example, a blow-by-blow description of a press conference given by Amelia and her 21-year-old stepson David on the occasion of his taking a job with her fledging company, Boston-Maine Airways, includes David telling a story about a 'deceased tarantula,' followed by this head-scratcher: 'Amelia matched David's adventurous spirit with her own humorously amped-up anecdotes of homelife, including one engaging and funny tale revolving around enigmatic bite marks appearing on every piece of fruit at her Rye house, with the stupendous riddle only solved after everyone in the home amusingly posed as furniture, unveiling a chipmunk as the true culprit.' Advertisement That was one stupendous riddle, I'd say. Related : Despite the weaknesses of the presentation, the Amelia Earhart Shapiro introduces us to in these pages is well worth getting to know, and her mysterious fate is less of a mystery once you have. After all, this is a woman who, when asked whether she ever experienced fear while flying, said, 'Never!' and then went on to say, 'Who wants to be eighty and have hardened arteries?' Not she. THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon By Laurie Gwen Shapiro Viking, 512 pages, $35 Marion Winik is the author of ' ' and ' ,' and the host of the NPR podcast, The Weekly Reader.
Hindustan Times
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
John Goodman shows off astonishing weight loss at Smurfs premiere; here's how Hollywood legend lost 200 pounds at age 73
Actor John Goodman has been the talk of the town due to his dramatic transformation. The 73-year-old actor attended the premiere of his new film, Smurfs, in Los Angeles on Sunday and showed off his astonishing weight loss. The veteran actor looked much slimmer and in shape as he posed for the cameras and even squatted animatedly, giving the world a glimpse of how fitter he has gotten of late. Actor John Goodman has lost 200 pounds in the last few years. John Goodman's 200-pound weight loss According to reports, over the last few years, since John Goodman went on his fitness path, the actor has lost 200 pounds (91 kg), dropping his weight from 392 pounds (179 kg) to 192 pounds (88 kg). This has been evident in his recent public appearances, as not only does he look fitter and leaner, but even younger and more active. John Goodman arrives at the premiere of Smurfs on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)(Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) How John Goodman got fit As fans hail John Goodman for his fitness turn, many have wondered just how the actor managed this dramatic turnaround, and that too, so late in his life. After all, Goodman did not start on his fitness journey until he was in his late 60s. According to the NY Post, Goodman employed the services of personal trainer Mackie Shilstone when he wanted to shed weight. The first change he made to his lifestyle was giving up alcohol. The actor also made several dietary changes, adopting a lighter Mediterranean diet, apart from starting a consistent workout routine. Despite being in his 70s, John Goodman hardly ever skips his workout. His exercise routine involves cardio, including taking 10,000 to 12,000 steps a day and using an elliptical bicycle and treadmill. Talking about his fitness journey, the actor told ABC, 'I'd have a handful of food and it'd go to my mouth. I was just eating all the time. I was just eating alcoholically. In the old days, I would take three months out, lose 60 or 70 pounds, and then reward myself with a 6-pack of Bud or whatever and just go back to my old habits. Then this time I wanted to do it slowly, move, exercise. I'm getting to the age where I can't afford to sit still anymore. And it gives me the energy to work, 'cause work is very draining.'
UPI
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
In photos: Rihanna, her kids attend 'Smurfs' premiere in LA
Rihanna, the voice of Smurfette in the animated film "Smurfs," and her son Riot Rose Mayers, attend the premiere of the film at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on July 13, 2025. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
UPI
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Look: Rihanna brings sons RZA, Riot to 'Smurfs' premiere
1 of 6 | Rihanna and her sons Riot Rose Mayers (L) and RZA Athelston Mayers attend the premiere of the motion picture "Smurfs" at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Sunday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo July 14 (UPI) -- Singer and beauty entrepreneur Rihanna brought her kids to the Smurfs premiere Sunday. The star, 37, was joined by sons RZA, 3, and Riot, who turns two in August, at the event at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Rihanna shares her children with her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, and is pregnant with the couple's third child. She wore a long black dress that showed off her baby bump, and a black leather jacket. Rihanna voices Smurfette in the animated feature. She also recorded the song "Friend of Mine" for the movie. Director Chris Miller, Nick Offerman (Ken), Hannah Waddingham (Jezebeth), John Goodman (Papa Smurf) and Billie Lourd (Worry Smurf) were also in attendance at the premiere. The voice cast also stars Sandra Oh as Moxie Smurf, Daniel Levy as Joel, James Corden as an unnamed character, Kurt Russell as Ron, Xolo Mariduena as Brainy Smurf, JP Karliak as Razamel and Gargamel, Natasha Lyonne as Mama Poot, Alex Winter as Hefty Smurf, Marshmello as Turtle, Amy Sedaris as jaunty, Nick Kroll as Chernobog and Spencer X as SFX Smurf. The movie showcases the aftermath of Papa Smurf's abduction as Smurfette commits to rescuing him. Smurfs opens in theaters Friday.
