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Larri Merritt, a TikTok star and YouTube creator best known as “Larray” on social media, has signed with CAA for representation.

The major talent agency will focus on expanding Larray’s creative reach through podcasting, touring, new IP, launching his clothing line “Girlies” and expanding brand partnerships.

A Compton native who appeared on Netflix’s Hype House reality TV show, Larray — with his blend of comedy and commentary — has 28 million TikTok followers, 10 million YouTube subscribers and over 1.2 billion YouTube views.

His comedy singles, including “Canceled,” “First Place” and “Last Place,” rank high on the Billboard Comedy Tracks chart and have earned 41 million views on YouTube. In 2023, Larray was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.

In a 2020 Forbes profile, he explained his connection to his social media and other digital fans. “I was just with an influencer who refused to take a picture with a fan. It blew my mind. I was like,...

Paramount+’s “iCarly” revival may be another oft-touted example of repackaged IP for these nostalgia-driven times. But stars Miranda Cosgrove and Nathan Kress see it as both an homage to the beloved Nickelodeon original and its fans, as well as an exercise in “realism” rather than plain fanfare.

“We’ve gone through our early to mid-20s, and we’re heading into our 30s and that’s freaky,” Kress, who plays Freddie, told TheWrap. “We’re able to use that as a basis for realism in this entire show, and I think, fortunately, that’s what made it relatable to our audience because they were growing up right there with us. We weren’t just trying to stay in this box of, ‘We’re a kids show so we’re gonna stay forever youthful and naive and just happy all the time.’”

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Exclusive: Veteran unscripted producer and executive Pam Healey has been named president of Wheelhouse Entertainment’s flagship production company Spoke Studios.

Based in Los Angeles, the former Shed Media and High Noon executive will lead all creative efforts and growth strategies for the prodco. Among Spoke’s marquee projects are four Netflix series – including Hype House and the upcoming Goldin Auctions with Executive Producer Peyton Manning, as well as multiple series for Hulu, More Power for History, starring Tim Allen, and a slate of more than a dozen new series and projects.

Concurrently, Spoke Studios’ Will Nothacker, who has been key to development of the current slate, will return to his production roots in an expanded role as executive vice president of programming for Wheelhouse Entertainment, running the in-house production services and production management arm of the company. For Spoke Studios, Nothacker will work hand in hand with Healey; he...

Alex Warren is unplugging from the Internet—well, sort of. In his new podcast Locked In With Alex Warren, debuting on April 20, the TikToker and Hype House star has banned his guests from using their cellphones while recording. They're left in a room with only Alex and his microphone for a candid one-on-one interview. Although the situation can sometimes lead to "action-packed mayhem," a term Alex used to describe the podcast's inaugural episode with Tana Mongeau, he told E! News in an exclusive interview that the project has become more of a space for content creators and influencers to share their stories and set the record straight about their lives. "There's a lot of...

The house doesn't seem too hyped about this! Chase Hudson a.k.a. Lilhuddy moved out of the Hype House and the rest of his housemates are not happy about it. In an exclusive sneak peek of Netflix's Hype House, which premieres Jan. 7, TikTok influencers Thomas Petrou and Mia Hayward discuss Chase's exit from the house. "The way that Chase moved out was disrespectful," Mia says in the video, "Rude as f––k. I don't even know how you could do that to one of your friends." The clip flashes back to footage from three months prior, where Thomas explains what exactly went down, noting, "Chase handled this absolutely horribly. A month ago he sat...

“Hype House,” a new reality soap series on Netflix, opens with a very fair question. “My whole goal with this house in the first place,” states Thomas Petrou, “was, why can’t people who hit millions of other people be as famous as A-list celebrities?”

The house in question is one shared by TikTok stars, whose work and whose interpersonal conflicts make up the storyline of “Hype House.” These young people reside in a Los Angeles-area mansion that become notorious via New York Times reporting by Taylor Lorenz. Whereas in the old “Real World” mansion, simply living in an extravagantly emotional way was the job, this reality show features people in an endless work-from-home cycle. They use the house to create content — video clips measured by the attention they elicit. (To wit: Petrou is introduced with us with a chyron next to his name indicating that he has 8.1 million followers.

Hype House, the long-in-the-works Netflix reality series following the seminal TikTok house of the same name, is set to debut on Friday.

The series was produced by Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Group -- with whom the Hype House has an overall deal -- and its Spoke Studios.

The incubator and collab house -- with members living together in a $5 million mansion -- has undergone some legal wranglings and member shakeups, including the departure of the D’Amelio sisters, who have their own show at Hulu. Hype House stars Larray, Chase 'Lil Huddy' Hudson, Thomas Petrou, Nikita Dragun (with whom Wheelhouse also operates a 360 deal), Vinnie Hacker, Alex Warren, and Kouvr Annon.

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Netflix is ringing in the new year in atypical fashion. Throughout 2021, the streaming giant’s original offerings swelled while its library titles shrunk. With its list of new releases for January 2022, however, Netflix is expanding its non-original market quite a bit.

Jan. 1 sees the arrival of a truly stunning amount of impressive non-Netflix movies and TV shows. The big titles available on the first of the month include: 300, Interview with the Vampire, Paranormal Activity, Superman Returns, Terminator 2, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and much more. Later on in the month, Netflix is also set to add Phantom Thread (Jan. 16) to its roster.

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Though Netflix is lighter on original content in January 2022, there is still plenty of intriguing titles to check out.

Netflix will start 2022 with a number of series and film debuts, including the first part of the final season of “Ozark” and “Home Team,” a comedy about NFL coach Sean Payton starring Kevin James. But beyond its originals, Netflix will welcome a number of major library titles, among them “Phantom Thread” from Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Picture winner “Braveheart,” Ben Affleck’s blockbuster hit “The Town,” Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” and Joel and Ethan Coen’s “True Grit.”

Ahead, everything coming to Netflix in January 2022 – plus what movies will expire from the platform in January 2022 as well.

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