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John Legend Joins Roc Nation for Management

John Legend Joins Roc Nation for Management

Published by Daniella Wilson

John Legend is now being managed by Roc Nation, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, as the singer parts ways with longtime manager Ty Stiklorius and her firm Friends at Work. It’s unclear when the switch took place. Legend was listed on Friends at Work’s roster as recently as last month, as reflected in the Internet Archive’s Way Back Machine, and Stiklorius had spoken about her work with Legend in February during a panel discussion for a Global Citizen event in Beverly Hills. “Twenty years is a lifetime in this business, and I’m proud of the work John and I did together that was rooted in creativity, trust, love and ambition,” Stiklorius said in a statement to THR. “I’m energized by what’s ahead for both of us as I pass the music management baton to Jay Brown at ROC Nation. I continue to be John’s partner in the many for-profit and non-profit ventures we built together and John’s biggest champion.” Legend first broke out in 2004 with his much-lauded debut album Get Lifted, which quickly established …

Fashion Designer Sandy Liang Signs with Lighthouse Management

Fashion Designer Sandy Liang Signs with Lighthouse Management

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sandy Liang and her eponymous fashion label has signed with Lighthouse Management + Media for representation. Lighthouse will handle all areas of representation, including brand strategy, partnerships, media, and long-term business development. “Known for blending nostalgic femininity with downtown New York sensibility, Liang has cultivated a fiercely loyal global following through collections that fuse romance, playfulness, and cultural authenticity,” read the signing announcement. In addition to her own bow-laden label, the New York-based fashion designer has had numerous collaborations with brands that include Gap, Target, Baggu and Beats by Dre. These partnerships, like ones with Vans and Solomons, sell out quickly and become fodder for social media, as well as breathless coverage at legacy publications, including Vogue and the New York Times. “One of Sandy Liang’s most valuable traits as a designer is her ability to create not just clothes, but also a fantasy,” reads the Vogue coverage of Liang’s Spring 2026 ready-to-wear show. Started in 2014 after Liang graduated from Parsons School of Design, the Sandy Liang label broke out in the early 2020s, …

Hauser & Wirth Takes Representation of Carol Rama Estate

Hauser & Wirth Takes Representation of Carol Rama Estate

Published by Jenni Sidey

Hauser & Wirth, one of the biggest galleries in the world, has added yet one more artist to its roster: Carol Rama, whose estate Hauser & Wirth will represent alongside the Berlin-based Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi. Rama was one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. Working in Italy, she produced paintings about female sexuality that belonged to a style all her own. Often featuring bulging eyes and women with their tongues sticking out, these paintings do not cleanly conform to the tendencies of any artistic movement, making the self-taught artist a particularly fascinating figure within recent Italian art history. Related Articles Rama was known well before the dawn of the 21st century, and even won Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2003. But her art remained relatively obscure outside Italy until the past decade. A 2014 retrospective staged at the Museu d’Art Contemporani di Barcelona was followed by another at Paris’s Musée d’Art Moderne in 2015, the year of her death at age 97; yet another appeared at the New Museum …

Sassy Chap Games Signs With CAA

Sassy Chap Games Signs With CAA

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sassy Chap Games has signed with Creative Artists Agency for representation. The partnership will see CAA work with the creator-led transmedia company to establish new games and expand its IP across film, TV, publishing, consumer products and live experiences. Sassy Chap Games, led by Final Fantasy voice actors-turned-developers Ray Chase and Robbie Daymond, has a growing portfolio of franchise-building properties that includes debut game Date Everything!. Featuring a cast of over 100 voice actors, including Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural), Matthew Mercer (Critical Role), and Troy Baker (The Last of Us), Date Everything! has sold over 725,000 copies. “Sassy Chap Games is built on the belief that the best franchises start with creators and communities powering the experience,” Daymond, CEO of Sassy Chap Games, said in a statement. “In an era where community is the ultimate currency, collaborating with artists and talent who have built-in fan bases to bring our games to life creates a strong foundation for our IP to grow from day one. Partnering with CAA will allow us to expand these …

Vote in our Independent Women poll: Is the new ‘autistic Barbie’ good for representation?

Vote in our Independent Women poll: Is the new ‘autistic Barbie’ good for representation?

Published by Daniella Wilson

Join the Independent Women newsletter with Victoria Richards for a thoughtful take on the week’s headlines Join the Independent Women newsletter  Join the Independent Women newsletter  Each week, the Independent Women newsletter takes a closer look at the stories shaping women’s lives – from the moments that inspire to the issues that frustrate, challenge and spark debate. Alongside my take and reflections from readers, the newsletter also features a weekly poll, giving our community the chance to weigh in on the topics behind the headlines and see how others are feeling. You can vote in this week’s poll below. We’ll update this article weekly with the latest question and publish the final results once voting closes, so you can track how views change over time. For more commentary on the week’s biggest talking points, make sure you’re signed up to the Independent Women newsletter. Not subscribed yet? It’s free and easy to join – just head to our newsletter preference centre, press the ‘+’ button next to Independent Women, and enter your email address. You …

Tipico joins the European Gaming and Betting Association, expanding representation in Germany

Tipico joins the European Gaming and Betting Association, expanding representation in Germany

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The German-based sports betting and online gambling operator Tipico has been welcomed into the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), as it becomes its newest member. The EGBA group is a Brussels-based trade association which aims to represent online gambling operators who are established, licensed, and regulated within the EU. It then collaborates with national and EU authorities and other stakeholders to try and create a well-regulated online gambling market. This new addition to the association is said to ‘significantly strengthen’ the group’s representation in Germany and across German-speaking markets. Going forward, Tipico will start to contribute to EGBA’s working groups and to the association’s initiatives, including those focused on responsible advertising, anti-money laundering, and safer gambling. Tipico to start contributing to EGBA’s working groups and initiatives Speaking on why the gambling operator values the membership, its director of public policy Jochen Weiner says: “As a company committed to player protection and regulatory excellence, we look forward to contributing our expertise to EGBA’s important work. “This partnership aligns perfectly with our commitment to promoting high …

UTA Signs British Comedian Simon Brodkin (Exclusive)

UTA Signs British Comedian Simon Brodkin (Exclusive)

Published by Daniella Wilson

Talent, entertainment, sports and advisory company UTA has signed British comedian Simon Brodkin, calling him “one of the U.K.’s most exciting stand-up comedians.” Brodkin has become a popular voice in the digital and stand-up worlds after earlier in his career being known for portraying such outrageous characters as the brash and loutish “comedy legend” Lee Nelson and superstar Liverpool soccer player Jason Bent. He has also made headlines by playing pranks on such public figures as Donald Trump, Kanye West, and former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter. Brodkin’s recent 170-date international “Screwed Up” tour was extended four times due to strong ticket demand, including an appearance at the Royal Variety Performance in front of Prince William and Kate Middleton. He also released a recording of “Screwed Up” on YouTube, which became the most viewed U.K. special to premiere on the streaming platform. His stand-up clips routinely draw millions of online views. “We’re very excited to work with Simon, who is truly in the Premier League of U.K. stand-ups,” said London-based UTA comedy touring agent Bjorn Wentlandt. “We …

Why reinforcement learning plateaus without representation depth (and other key takeaways from NeurIPS 2025)

Why reinforcement learning plateaus without representation depth (and other key takeaways from NeurIPS 2025)

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Image generated using OpenAI’s DALL·E Every year, NeurIPS produces hundreds of impressive papers, and a handful that subtly reset how practitioners think about scaling, evaluation and system design. In 2025, the most consequential works weren’t about a single breakthrough model. Instead, they challenged fundamental assumptions that academicians and corporations have quietly relied on: Bigger models mean better reasoning, RL creates new capabilities, attention is “solved” and generative models inevitably memorize. This year’s top papers collectively point to a deeper shift: AI progress is now constrained less by raw model capacity and more by architecture, training dynamics and evaluation strategy. Below is a technical deep dive into five of the most influential NeurIPS 2025 papers — and what they mean for anyone building real-world AI systems. 1. LLMs are converging—and we finally have a way to measure it Paper: Artificial Hivemind: The Open-Ended Homogeneity of Language Models For years, LLM evaluation has focused on correctness. But in open-ended or ambiguous tasks like brainstorming, ideation or creative synthesis, there often is no single correct answer. The risk …

Jamie-Lynn Sigler applauds Eric Dane’s Brilliant Minds role as firefighter with ALS: ‘Thrilled for that representation’

Jamie-Lynn Sigler applauds Eric Dane’s Brilliant Minds role as firefighter with ALS: ‘Thrilled for that representation’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who’s been living with Multiple Sclerosis for two decades, has commended Eric Dane for playing a firefighter with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on TV, months after revealing he was diagnosed with the disease in real life. In November, Dane — who announced in April 2025 that he was diagnosed with ALS and has since spoken publicly about his symptoms — made a cameo on Brilliant Minds, where his character, Matthew Ramati, struggled to share his ALS diagnosis with his family. Now, Sigler — who was diagnosed with MS in 2002 — is set to appear on an episode of Dane’s former show, the long-running medical series Grey’s Anatomy, playing urologist Dr. Laura Kaplan, who has MS. Speaking to The Independent ahead of the episode’s Thursday air date, Sigler spoke about how it felt to see Dane play a character with …

Run Away star says “right steps” being taken for disability representation

Run Away star says “right steps” being taken for disability representation

Published by Daniella Wilson

At one point taking the top spot on Netflix’s global TV charts, the Harlan Coben thriller Run Away has continued to grip viewers with its various twists and turns. The drama has all of Coben’s signature flair, following a father who is on a search for his daughter but who gets caught up in a darker mystery in the process. As well as fan reactions to the twists, there have also been plenty of online comments about one of the show’s characters, Anya, who is played by actress Ellie Henry. The former Hollyoaks star features in the series as one of James Nesbitt’s on-screen children but since Run Away’s release, some viewers took to social media to ask questions about Henry’s wheelchair usage. While Henry has taken such comments in her stride and continues to shine a light on ambulatory wheelchair usage, she says that in terms of disability representation in British TV that things are heading in the right direction – but that there’s always room for improvement. Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Henry said: …