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...“We don’t tell Ben Affleck or Matt Damon what movies to make at Artists Equity; and we don’t tell LeBron James and Maverick Carter what projects to take on at The SpringHill Company,” Cardinale added, referring...
...leaving he has been appointed chief executive of RedBird IMI, a $1bn fund that is jointly backed by Gerry Cardinale, whose other investments include AC Milan and a new production company started by Matt Damon...
...One of these messages landed in the inbox of Matthew Westover, a federal officer from Nebraska....
...It culminates in the creation of the Air Jordan 1, a silhouette designed by Nike’s first creative director, Peter Moore (played by Matthew Maher), in 1985....
...DiCaprio, Damon and Day-Lewis are all good tinder. But De Niro begins his roles at crackle intensity, then sustains it, while never burning himself out....
...It also owns one of Hollywood’s largest talent agencies, which represents stars such as Matt Damon and Serena Williams. Endeavor declined to comment....
...He is in many ways a typical Payne protagonist, a man beaten down by life to the point of cracking, next in line to Matthew Broderick’s disgraced schoolteacher in Election, Paul Giamatti’s wine-soaked misanthrope...
...“The Great Wall tried to fit Matt Damon’s character into a Chinese film and that created a backlash in the US,” says Prof Kokas....
...(Take Shelter, 2011) to science fiction (last year’s Midnight Special), and can do wonders for an actor, transforming Michael Shannon from a supporting player into a leading man and paving the way for Matthew...
...“Reasons to be cheerful,” Blur’s singer Damon Albarn announced from the main Pyramid Stage, wearing a mourning black armband around his bomber jacket. “It’s not raining.”...
...The talent agent has, together with his co-chief executive Patrick Whitesell, turned WME-IMG into a leader in sports, entertainment and marketing, representing stars from Matt Damon to Serena Williams and...
...When 21st Century Fox released The Martian last autumn, audiences flocked to watch Matt Damon portray a scientist left to fend for himself after being marooned on the red planet....
...In another Legendary film targeted at China, The Great Wall directed by Zhang Yimou, Matt Damon was cast as the lead after he “over-indexed in web searches in China” compared to rivals, says Mr Marolda....
...The Frieze stake purchase is the latest in a string of investments by WME-IMG, which represents top Hollywood stars and athletes ranging from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Serena Williams....
...The FT’s Matthew Garrahan wrote about the deal last week, saying negotiations were underway to acquire a controlling stake in Legendary in a deal that would value the company at $3bn-$4bn....
...It plans to release its first project with the state-owned China Film Co this year: The Great Wall, a fantasy epic starring Matt Damon and directed by Zhang Yimou, one of China's best-known filmmakers....
...WME-IMG represents top Hollywood talent ranging from actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to director Martin Scorsese and comedian Larry David....
...In the arts, Sir Roy Strong, the historian and curator, became a companion of honour; choreographer Matthew Bourne became a knight; while musician Damon Albarn and actor Idris Elba were both made OBE....
...Don’t touch that dial A great switch-off is under way on US primetime television, says the FT’s Media Editor Matthew Garrahan....
...Wonderland, created by violinist Matthew Trusler and pianist Ashley Wass, has been making its way across the UK since March. Other stops include Germany, Hungary and Cyprus....
...The firm made its name with such technology-focused deals, but is now looking to a century-old Hollywood talent agency behind Matt Damon and Serena Williams for its next big windfall....
...“Toronto feels much more audience-focused,” says Stephen Kelliher, head of sales at Bankside Films, who will this year present Morgan Matthews’ fictional feature debut X+Y, starring Asa Butterfield and Sally...
...former White House chief of staff Rahm (now mayor of Chicago) and then an agent with International Creative Management, struck out on his own: in 2001 he brought in Patrick Whitesell, who represents Matt Damon...
...“Maybe.” ——————————————- Matthew Garrahan is the FT’s Los Angeles correspondent. Twitter @MattGarrahan To comment, email magazineletters@ft.com...
...Plenty of A-List stars have dropped in to shoot videos, such as Matt Damon who filmed a spot for a water charity with Live Prude Girls, a female comedy duo....
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