The Hollywood Reporter (Weekly)
Hitched, Hatched, Hired
Inside the industry’s celebrations and news
Weddings
Steven Beydler, a publicist at Disney Branded Television Communications, married Naticiadei Caranto, an American Sign Language teacher, on Sept. 4 at Calamigos Los Angeles in Burbank.
Emily in Paris actress Lily Collins married writer-director Charlie McDowell on Sept. 4 in Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado.
Births Dr. Jenna Lubet
and 3Arts manager Ari Lubet welcomed daughter Leona
June Lubet on Aug. 6 at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.
Entertainment attorney Alana Crow
and Hollywood business manager Andrew Crow welcomed second daughter Allura Bryght Crow
on June 28.
Congrats
Ex-CBS Interactive chief Jim Lanzone was named CEO of Yahoo on Sept. 10.
Former CBS News president Susan Zirinsky was tapped to lead the network’s new content unit
See It Now Studios on Sept. 8.
Helen Hoehne was elected president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Sept. 8.
Claudia Teran was named vp, deputy general counsel and global head of commercial at Snap on Sept. 8.
Nederlander Concerts veteran Vanessa Kromer was named senior director, publicity for SoFi Stadium, YouTube Theater and Hollywood Park on Sept. 10.
Julie McNamara was tapped as head of Spotify’s U.S. studios and video Sept. 2.
Van Scott rejoined ABC News as vp communications Sept. 7.
Former Netflix executive John Turner was hired as Imax head of documentaries Sept. 9.
Alex Coslov was promoted to senior vp marketing strategy at Republic Records on Sept. 7.
All3Media International tapped Jennifer Askin as senior vp North America on Sept. 9.
James F. Lopez was named president of Macro Film Studios on Sept. 8.
Mamie Coleman was named executive vp creative music and head of Fox Entertainment Music on Sept. 8.
Phil Breman joined Mattel as vp live action development for scripted and unscripted content Sept. 3.
Joe Lewis and R.A. Clark launched live event and broadcast firm Lewis & Clark on Sept. 8.
Deaths
Michael Constantine, the Emmywinning actor who starred in Room
222 and My Big Fat
Greek Wedding, died Aug. 31 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was 94.
Irma Kalish, the pioneering sitcom writer and producer who worked on All in the Family and Maude, died Sept. 3 in Woodland Hills. She was 96.
Art Metrano, the stand-up comedian and mock magician who starred in two Police Academy films, died Sept. 8 in Aventura, Florida. He was 84.
Liz McCann, the nine-time Tonywinning producer who guided The Elephant Man, Amadeus and The
Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? died Sept. 8 of cancer in the Bronx. She was 90.
Shelley Surpin,
an entertainment lawyer and producer of independent films, died
Sept. 3 in Santa Monica of stroke complications.
She was 72.