The Hollywood Reporter (Weekly)
Hitched, Hatched, Hired
Inside the industry’s celebrations and news
Weddings
Production designer Jason Kisvarday and set decorator Kelsi Ephraim, who both worked on Everything Everywhere All at Once, married Oct. 22 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. The small ceremony was held at roadside attraction House on the Rock in front of the selftitled “world’s largest carousel.”
Births
Courtney Ross, creative executive at Rachel Zoe Inc., and Carey Schwartz, managing partner at Sunset Blvd., welcomed Dylan Ivy Schwartz on Oct. 31 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Congrats
Jason Armstrong was promoted to CFO of Comcast, succeeding Mike Cavanagh, on Jan. 6.
Christian Vesper was upped to CEO of global drama at Fremantle on Jan 5.
Alexis Booth joined Kapital Entertainment as head of casting Jan. 3.
Jacki St. Thomas was upped to account director at MPRM Communications in December.
Former Warner Bros. Discovery exec Christopher Brady was named chief revenue officer at Tribeca Enterprises on Jan. 3.
Noah Livingston was hired as senior vp development at Magical Elves on Jan. 5.
Darren Nielson was promoted to executive vp international networks for Starz on Jan. 3. Deaths Gangsta Boo, the rapper and member of Three 6 Mafia, died Jan. 1 in Memphis. She was 43.
Chris Ledesma, who served as music editor on the first 734 episodes of The Simpsons, died Dec. 16 in Los Angeles. He was 64.
Owen Roizman, the five-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer who shot The French Connection, The Exorcist and Tootsie, died Jan. 7 in Encino. He was 86.
Adam Rich, who played the youngest kid on TV’s Eight Is Enough, died Jan. 7 in Los Angeles of an unknown cause. He was 54.
Si Litvinoff, the producer behind A Clockwork Orange and The Man Who Fell to Earth, died Dec. 26 in L.A. He was 93.
Earl Boen, who portrayed psychologist Peter Silberman in the Terminator films, died Jan. 5 in Hawaii of lung cancer. He was 81.
Paul Mason, a screenwriter, producer and studio exec, died Dec. 26 in West Hills. He was 92.