The parent company of Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, Groupe Juste Pour Rire Inc., is set to file for bankruptcy protection.
“Jpr’s board of directors, after having extensively considered all available alternatives, came to the conclusion that the financial situation of the organization left no other choice than to initiate formal restructuring proceedings,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Groupe Juste Pour Rire filed a notice of intention to make a proposal under Canada’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
In 2018, ICM Partners and longtime client Howie Mandel joined a consortium that included local Quebec investors to acquire the Just For Laughs comedy group by picking up the controlling stake of Jfl founder Gilbert Rozon.
CAA is understood to retain a small stake in Just For Laughs after acquiring ICM in 2022, and Mandel is no longer part of the festival’s ownership consortium.
“This process will...
“Jpr’s board of directors, after having extensively considered all available alternatives, came to the conclusion that the financial situation of the organization left no other choice than to initiate formal restructuring proceedings,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Groupe Juste Pour Rire filed a notice of intention to make a proposal under Canada’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
In 2018, ICM Partners and longtime client Howie Mandel joined a consortium that included local Quebec investors to acquire the Just For Laughs comedy group by picking up the controlling stake of Jfl founder Gilbert Rozon.
CAA is understood to retain a small stake in Just For Laughs after acquiring ICM in 2022, and Mandel is no longer part of the festival’s ownership consortium.
“This process will...
- 3/5/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After years of fueling romance rumors, Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx finally showed up to the same event.
Foxx lent his star power to the Prive Reveaux eyewear flagship store launch, hosted by Casa Noble, on Monday night in New York City's Times Square, and Holmes also dropped by to show her support. The 49-year-old actor -- who is a spokesmodel for the brand -- showed up to the store in an all-black ensemble that he paired with a sleek gray jacket. He also happily accessorized his outfit with a pair of Prive shades.
As for Holmes, she arrived separately to the event a little later, wearing a little black dress and matching pumps, along with a peach Jackie O-inspired jacket.
An eyewitness at the event tells Et that Holmes spent about half an hour at the flagship store in a quiet area in the back, and Foxx joined her for a bit before returning to his hosting...
Foxx lent his star power to the Prive Reveaux eyewear flagship store launch, hosted by Casa Noble, on Monday night in New York City's Times Square, and Holmes also dropped by to show her support. The 49-year-old actor -- who is a spokesmodel for the brand -- showed up to the store in an all-black ensemble that he paired with a sleek gray jacket. He also happily accessorized his outfit with a pair of Prive shades.
As for Holmes, she arrived separately to the event a little later, wearing a little black dress and matching pumps, along with a peach Jackie O-inspired jacket.
An eyewitness at the event tells Et that Holmes spent about half an hour at the flagship store in a quiet area in the back, and Foxx joined her for a bit before returning to his hosting...
- 12/5/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Chingo Bling's debut Netflix comedy special They Can't Deport Us All, which premiered in June, has been a fixture in the streaming service's "Trending Now" section. The title rings with the truth and fears of Mexicans living in Trump's America, but the Houston-based performer born Pedro Herrera III coined the slogan years ago, using it as the title of his 2007 rap album and its lead single. Throughout the Aughts, Bling was a colorful and well-established outlier on his city's hip-hop scene, best known for skewering Mexican stereotypes and Tejano...
- 6/30/2017
- Rollingstone.com
"It's even weirder now than it ever was," John Waters says, reflecting on his newly restored, resplendently profane Multiple Maniacs. "When I was watching it again recently, I was thinking, 'No wonder my parents were uptight.' But I'm proud of it."
The Pope of Trash's 1970 feature stars his greatest muse, the raunchy drag queen Divine, as the ringleader of a homicidal sideshow called the Cavalcade of Perversion that sets up camp in — of course — Baltimore. Vulgarity ensues. The poster for the theatrical re-release, restored from film the director had kept in his closet,...
The Pope of Trash's 1970 feature stars his greatest muse, the raunchy drag queen Divine, as the ringleader of a homicidal sideshow called the Cavalcade of Perversion that sets up camp in — of course — Baltimore. Vulgarity ensues. The poster for the theatrical re-release, restored from film the director had kept in his closet,...
- 8/5/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Pretty Little Liars is back, and the stakes have never been higher.
Since the second half of Season 5 premiered this week, fans have been taking over Twitter with their theories. Is Ali guilty? Where's Mona's body? And are Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna finally free? (Based on that festive-turned-frightening fireworks display, we're gonna go with "no.")
People spoke with Pll executive producer Joseph Doughtery, who co-wrote Tuesday's episode, about what viewers can expect for the rest of the season, which online theories are worth considering and what exactly is up with those on-screen hashtags.
The winter premiere was pretty explosive: Spencer cleared her name,...
Since the second half of Season 5 premiered this week, fans have been taking over Twitter with their theories. Is Ali guilty? Where's Mona's body? And are Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna finally free? (Based on that festive-turned-frightening fireworks display, we're gonna go with "no.")
People spoke with Pll executive producer Joseph Doughtery, who co-wrote Tuesday's episode, about what viewers can expect for the rest of the season, which online theories are worth considering and what exactly is up with those on-screen hashtags.
The winter premiere was pretty explosive: Spencer cleared her name,...
- 1/9/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- People.com - TV Watch
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