59-494: Open Road Films, LLC (formerly known briefly as Global Road Entertainment ) is an American independent film production and distribution company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Tom Ortenberg on March 26, 2011, as a joint venture between the two largest American theatrical exhibitors , AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group , which both owned the company until it was bought out by Tang Media Partners,
118-777: A polyamorous relationship with musician Mod Sun and media personality Tana Mongeau , dating the latter from September 2017 to February 2019 and Mod Sun until April 2019. From April 2019 to June 2022, she was in a relationship with Italian singer Benjamin Mascolo and they announced their engagement in March 2021. However, in June 2022, the couple officially announced their split. In May 2023, Thorne announced her engagement to entrepreneur and Bad Vegan producer Mark Emms. In June 2019, Thorne had nude photos stolen by hackers who subsequently threatened her with extortion ; she instead released
177-443: A child, "from the day I can remember till I was 14". In 2019, she told ABC News ' Juju Chang that the abuse began when she was six years old. She did not name her alleged abuser, but said that he was "someone I was raised with". Thorne's first film appearance was an uncredited role as a sidelines fan in the 2003 film Stuck on You . She has since appeared in film and television projects including Entourage and The O.C. as
236-586: A distribution company which has since released over a dozen films theatrically. Ortenberg lives with his wife Edie and his three children, Jason, Andrew, and Cole, in Santa Monica, California . He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and is a trustee of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . This article about an American businessperson born in the 1960s
295-646: A drama series Famous in Love , airing on Freeform , in which she played Paige Townsen, an ordinary college student who gets her big break after auditioning for the starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster. In March 2017, Thorne joined the cast of the black comedy film, Assassination Nation , which was released in theaters on September 21, 2018. In the same year, Thorne starred in the Netflix original film, You Get Me and made an appearance on Prince Fox 's single "Just Call". In October of that year, Thorne appeared in
354-421: A limited series based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut , being written and executive produced by Noah Hawley for FX ; Kilroy County , a dark comedy from Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor being developed for Showtime ; Jenji Kohan 's Lifetime drama American Princess ; Muscle Shoals , a drama in development at ABC with Johnny Depp as executive producer; the eight-part crime drama Cold Courage , based on
413-637: A media company owned by Donald Tang , in August 2017. After Tang's purchase, both companies Open Road and IM Global merged and formed "Global Road Entertainment". In September 2018, Open Road declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy . The bankruptcy did not affect TMP, IM Global or IM Global TV. On November 6, 2018, Open Road agreed to be purchased by Raven Capital Management. Raven completed its acquisition in February 2019. In March 2011, rival theater chains AMC Entertainment and Regal Entertainment Group announced
472-510: A political organization which he co-founded and ran for office with. After moving to San Francisco , he began his film career with Columbia Pictures in 1985 as a clerk and joined Hemdale Film Corporation in 1989, where he briefly became president of distribution and marketing after the company filed for bankruptcy and laid off the C-level officers of the company. He then joined Lionsgate Films as its President of Theatrical Films, where he
531-550: A requirement of the lenders. The company was also looking to sell a number of its upcoming films, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank , City of Lies , The Silence , Duck Duck Goose , Arctic Justice and Playmobil The Movie ; it was also "backing out of" development for The Secret Garden . The company was also sued along with TV rights distributor Miramax by lender Bank Leumi over loans for City of Lies . On September 6, 2018, Global Road's film unit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On October 23, 2018, Global Road filed with
590-786: A substantial portfolio of work in television and film, Thorne had no experience in professional dancing before being cast. After signing onto the show in October 2009, she began taking three dance classes every night. Thorne's first single, " Watch Me " was released on June 21, reaching 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, 9 on the US Top Heatseekers charts and earning RIAA : Gold. On September 29, 2011, Disney Channel announced it had increased Shake It Up ' s second season order to 26 episodes. A 90-minute special episode Made In Japan aired August 17, 2012, as
649-458: A younger version of Taylor Townsend . In 2007, she joined the recurring cast of Dirty Sexy Money ' s second season as Margaux Darling. This is her first major television role. The series revolves around lawyer and family man Nick George when Nick's father mysteriously dies in a plane crash, he agrees to take his position as the Darling family's lawyer, while trying to discover who committed
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#1732782790030708-465: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bella Thorne Annabella Avery Thorne (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress, singer, and writer. She first received recognition for her roles as Margaux Darling in the series Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2008) and as Ruthy Spivey in the drama series My Own Worst Enemy (2009), the latter of which earned her a Young Artist Award . Thorne gained prominence for her role as CeCe Jones on
767-603: Is a supporter of the Humane Society , the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation , and The Nomad Organization, which provides education, food and medical supplies to children in Africa. She also joined PETA in encouraging people to boycott and protest SeaWorld , acknowledging that as a child she appeared in a commercial for the theme park. Thorne stated that she had been sexually abused repeatedly between
826-468: The Coachella festival, she announced the launch of her own record label called Filthy Fangs. In August 2018, it was revealed that her record label has a partnership deal with Epic / Sony and she began work on her debut studio album titled What Do You See Now? . In August 2019, Pornhub announced that Thorne would make her directorial debut on its network. The film, Her & Him , was screened at
885-658: The Disney Channel series Shake It Up (2010–2013), for which she received several awards and nominations, including winning an Imagen Award . Thorne has since appeared in numerous feature films, including Blended (2014), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015), The Babysitter film series (2017–2020). She received praise for her roles in The DUFF (2015), Amityville: The Awakening (2017), and Infamous (2020). Thorne also led
944-581: The Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up , originally titled Dance, Dance Chicago . Thorne played CeCe Jones, a dancer with ambitions for a career in the spotlight despite having dyslexia . The show is a buddy comedy centered on a teen dance show (in a show-within-a-show format) co-starring Thorne and Zendaya . The multi-camera series began production in Hollywood, California, in July 2010 and premiered on November 7, 2010, on Disney Channel. While she had
1003-510: The Ukrainian Film.UA Group. Global Road's film unit was taken over by its primary lenders, Bank of America and East West Bank , in August 2018 as Donald Tang had not raised enough funds for Global Road. Lenders did have Global Road release A.X.L. while stopping the release of City of Lies , slated for September 7, 2018. With A.X.L. not doing well at the box office, the company was forced to lay off employees without severance,
1062-534: The adult film Her & Him , which garnered positive reviews and won a Pornhub Visionary Award. Annabella Avery Thorne was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida , on October 8, 1997, the daughter of Tamara Thorne and Delancey Reinaldo "Rey" Thorne. She has three siblings who are also actors. Her father was of Cuban descent. Her father died in a traffic accident in April 2007. She has said that she
1121-454: The slasher comedy The Babysitter , directed by McG and released directly to Netflix. She reprised her role in the sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen . Thorne starred in the romantic drama Midnight Sun , based on the 2006 Japanese film of the same name and released on March 23, 2018. She also contributed five songs to the soundtrack, including the lead single "Burn So Bright" and fan favorite "Walk With Me". The next month, during
1180-553: The Global Road chairman and CEO posts. In 2017, the company announced plans to have a slate of approximately 15 films per year by 2020. At the European Film Market in February 2018, Global Road announced that it anticipated spending $ 1 billion on film and television productions over the next three years, with production budgets projected to be in the $ 20 million to $ 100 million range. In 2018,
1239-567: The MTV series Scream , which is a television adaptation based on the original slasher film series Scream . Thorne was offered the lead role of the series but felt that the role of the "mean, terrible Nina" would be more iconic. In 2015, Thorne was cast in the animated U.S. dub of the film The Frog Kingdom , portraying the role of Frog Princess. The film was scheduled to be released on video on demand and on DVD beginning on June 30, 2015, by Lionsgate Home Entertainment . On June 1, 2015, it
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#17327827900301298-682: The Oldenburg Film Festival September 11–20, 2019. In November 2019, Thorne won a Vision Award at the second annual PornHub Awards in Los Angeles for Her & Him . In her acceptance speech, Thorne revealed a partnership with Pornhub to implement a change in the company's flagging algorithm. In 2020, Thorne competed as "Swan" in the third season of The Masked Singer . She was eliminated on her second appearance and reminded Ken Jeong about their work together in The DUFF . She also starred alongside Jake Manley in
1357-462: The action-thriller Hotel Artemis , starring Jodie Foster and Sterling K. Brown ; science fiction family adventure A.X.L. ; and animated family adventure-comedy Playmobil: Uncharted . Upcoming Global Road productions include Serenity , a neo-noir thriller starring Anne Hathaway , Matthew McConaughey , Diane Lane and directed by Steven Knight ; Richard Says Goodbye , a comedy-drama starring Johnny Depp and directed by Wayne Roberts;
1416-524: The ages of six and fourteen, and voiced her support for the Time's Up organization , focused on preventing such abuse. Thorne dated Tristan Klier, then a student, from November 2011 until 2014. She dated English actor Gregg Sulkin from 2015 to August 2016. Shortly after the breakup, she came out as bisexual . In 2017, she dated emo rapper Lil Peep for a short period and was in a relationship with musician Blackbear in August that same year. She had
1475-486: The album. In 2013, it was reported that Thorne had signed a new deal to write a series of books, beginning with her first novel, Autumn Falls . In 2014, Thorne co-starred in the comedy Blended , as Adam Sandler 's character's daughter. She also co-starred in the films Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) and The DUFF (2015), playing high school antagonists. On July 30, Thorne
1534-488: The company announced several new hires to their international operations division, including Charlotte Van Weede as President of International Sales (replacing Michael Rothstein); Brad Kembel as Executive Vice President of Distribution and Operations; Melissa Martinez as Executive Vice President of International Marketing; and Sarah Genazzani as Director of International Marketing, with Executive Vice President of International Sales Tatyana Joffe extending her contract to work with
1593-401: The company made an agreement with Blumhouse Productions to co-develop and co-finance low budget Chinese language genre films. Global Road's 2018 film distribution slate includes the teen drama Midnight Sun , starring Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger ; family comedy Show Dogs , starring Will Arnett ; science fiction thriller The Silence , which it acquired for US distribution;
1652-448: The company signed a first-look television deal with Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot 's production company Offspring Entertainment ; projects announced under this deal include Wolfgang , based on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , and an untitled comedy from husband-and-wife actor-producers Carlos and Alexa PenaVega . Around the same time, Global Road also announced co-development deals with French production company Newen and
1711-473: The company to purchase worldwide rights and FilmNation selling and servicing international distribution. Tom Ortenberg left Open Road Films and it was purchased by Tang Media Partners in August 2017. Rob Friedman joined Tang Media Partners in August 2017 as chairman and CEO of TMP Entertainment to oversee Open Road, IM Global and IM Global TV. Open Road Films merged with IM Global and formed Global Road Entertainment on October 30, 2017, with Friedman assuming
1770-429: The court plans for an auction of its assets beginning November 7 with a stalking horse bidder selected with term of $ 800,000 in expenses coverage and a $ 2.1 million outbid fee if approve by the judge. In November 2018 after lack luster auction bidding, Open Road agreed to be purchased by Raven Capital Management for $ 87.5 million pending court approval. On December 19, 2018, a Delaware bankruptcy judge approved
1829-642: The drama series Famous in Love (2017–2018), for which she received nominations from the Teen Choice Awards . Outside of acting, Thorne has ventured into music; she released her debut single, " Watch Me " in 2011, which charted at 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . She has since released the EP Made in Japan in 2012 and the EP Jersey in 2014. She made her directorial debut in 2019, directing
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1888-401: The first person to earn $ 1 million in the first 24 hours of joining the platform. She earned $ 2 million in less than a week. Her activities on OnlyFans sparked controversy after she offered $ 200 pay-per-view photos she claimed were "naked", but the photos were actually of her wearing lingerie , leading to a slew of chargebacks and new restrictions that limited the amount that sex workers on
1947-424: The heist-thriller Infamous which was released on June 12, 2020. She received praise for her performance, with critic Nick Allen states that she had "the classically great presence of someone like Sandra Bullock , but with her own scraggly edge ... Thorne dominates numerous scenes that catapult her character from clout-hungry wannabe to gun-selfie superstar." In August 2020, Thorne joined OnlyFans and became
2006-567: The hiring of Tom Ortenberg as chief executive officer of a new company, Open Road Films. Ortenberg, previously an executive of Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company , filled out his executive team with the April 2011 hirings of Jason Cassidy (president of marketing), Elliott Kleinberg (General Counsel and executive vice president of operations and business affairs), Steven Andriuzzo (chief financial officer), and Ben Cotner (senior vice president of acquisitions). Open Road's titles are distributed in
2065-586: The home entertainment market by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), a deal that was signed in June 2011. In June 2011, a few months after it started operations, Open Road Films signed a pay-TV deal with Netflix , which expired in 2016. After Showtime expires in 2020, Netflix re-added Open Road movies in 2020. The studio released its first film, Killer Elite , on September 23, 2011, directed by Gary McKendry and starring Jason Statham , Clive Owen and Robert De Niro . Open Road's 2015 film Spotlight received six Academy Award nominations and became
2124-654: The horror film Forget Me Not . Thorne took on a supporting role in the family drama Raspberry Magic , which premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 2010. In 2010, Thorne replaced Jolean Wejbe as Tancy "Teenie" Henrickson, Bill and Barb Henrickson's younger daughter, in Season 4 of HBO's Big Love . Thorne co-starred on
2183-404: The magazine covers of US's Shape , Seventeen , Teen Vogue , Latina and Gay Times , UK's Company ; Indonesia's Marie Claire and CosmoGirl ; Canada's Elle and Mexico's Glamour and GQ . She has appeared in music videos for Liam Payne 's " Bedroom Floor ", Bhad Bhabie 's "Trust Me", Logan Paul 's "Outta My Head", and Oliver Tree 's "Cowboys Don't Cry". Thorne
2242-439: The murder. In 2008, Thorne starred alongside Christian Slater and Taylor Lautner in the short-lived drama series My Own Worst Enemy , for which she won a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of the character Ruthy Spivey; Thorne described her Enemy casting as a major breakthrough as this was the first recurring role in her career. The same year, she starred in the third-last episode of October Road as Angela Ferilli,
2301-541: The new team. Tom Ortenberg Tom Ortenberg (born August 8, 1960) is an American businessman. Ortenberg was born on August 8, 1960, in Briarcliff Manor, New York . He attended Pennsylvania State University and graduated in 1982. While at Penn State he first dabbled in film, showing recent theatrical movies on campus to raise money for non-profit student groups, including the Consumer Party,
2360-727: The novels by Pekka Hiltunen; Fried Chicken and Latkes , an adaptation of Rain Pryor 's one-woman comedy show; Jett , a crime drama starring and executive produced by Carla Gugino for Cinemax ; the reality cooking competition Fridge Wars for Canada 's CBC network; and global rights to Idiotest , based on the Game Show Network quiz show. In January 2018, Global Road signed a development deal with Reginald Hudlin and Byron Phillips through their company New Nation Networks, under which Hudlin and Phillips would develop and produce original content for Global Road. Later that month,
2419-426: The opportunity to find my true self and that is reflected in all my work from acting, producing, directing, and writing. I have more artistic freedom to continue to express myself." Thorne has appeared in over 30 commercials, including Neutrogena and Texas Instruments . Her advertising campaigns include Guess Jeans , Tommy Hilfiger , J.Lo Girls, Candie's , Ralph Lauren , Gap and Diesel . She has been on
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2478-563: The other two being Autumn's Kiss (2015) and Autumn's Wish (2016) - about a teenage girl who navigates through the pitfalls of adolescence with help from her diary, which may have links to the supernatural. In July 2019, Rare Bird Books published The Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray Vol. 1 , a book of Thorne's autobiographical poetry. Thorne is recognized for holding a controversial public image. While working on Disney, she stated that she felt restricted, and that "I wish I would have been true to myself," and that "After Disney, I had
2537-426: The platform could charge and reduced payouts to creators to monthly rather than weekly. However, OnlyFans denied the changes were related to Thorne. Thorne claimed she created an account as research for a role in an upcoming film with Sean Baker , which Baker denied. She also claimed that money made through the page would be used to fund her production company and distributed to worthy charitable causes. In 2021, she
2596-421: The pre-adolescence crush of the main characters. Her older brother Remy also guest-starred in the same episode as a younger Eddie Latekka . In 2009, she starred in the web series Little Monk , which depicted characters from the series Monk , as Wendy, one of Adrian Monk 's classmates. The webisodes are available only on the "Best of Monk" DVD. Also in 2009, she played the role of the vengeful antagonist in
2655-503: The purchase and the acquisition took effect on February 7, 2019. Open Road Films indicated its comeback in June 2020 at the virtual Cannes by announcing its recapitalization by Raven and named the production company's leadership of Raven principal James Masciello with key assistance from Matt Sidari. The company also announced it was partnering with Briarcliff Entertainment, Tom Ortenberg's new company, in acquiring and releasing films starting with Honest Thief . Raven also indicated that it
2714-675: The record label. On July 25, 2013, the Disney Channel confirmed that Shake It Up would be canceled after the end of the third season. On April 23, 2013, Thorne announced her debut album with eleven songs. Thorne spoke about the album, saying "What fans can expect is [for it] just to be very different from anyone because I don't like to be one of those artists where you can be like: 'Oh yeah, I know them from that song.' All my songs are very different from each other. So I don't want to be known as only one genre." Thorne cited Britney Spears , Kesha , and Destiny's Child as influences for
2773-423: The same year, Thorne starred and served as an executive producer on the film Habit , which is directed by Janell Shirtcliff , Leave Not One Alive opposite Melissa Leo , directed by Jordan Galland , and The Trainer directed by Tony Kaye. In addition to her acting and singing careers, Thorne is also a published writer. In 2014, she wrote Autumn Falls , the first in a series of three young adult novels -
2832-422: The science-fiction romance Zoe , starring Ewan McGregor ; and Mortal , directed by André Øvredal . The company's film I Think We're Alone Now , starring Peter Dinklage , Elle Fanning and Paul Giamatti , premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival . Global Road's television arm develops scripted and non-scripted programming for both U.S. and global markets. Shows being developed include Cat's Cradle ,
2891-580: The season two finale. On June 4, 2012, Disney Channel announced that Shake It Up had been renewed for a third season. In 2012, Thorne was cast as Avalon Greene in the Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies . " TTYLXOX " was released on March 6, reaching 97 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts. On March 30, 2013, it was confirmed by Hollywood Records via Twitter that Thorne had officially signed to
2950-474: The surprise winner for Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards , also winning for Best Original Screenplay . These were the first Oscar wins for the company. In October 2013, the studio signed a pay-TV deal with Showtime that began in 2017 and expires in 2020. Open Road and UPHE extended its home distribution deal in February 2014 through 2017. On October 30, 2014, Open Road announced an international deal with FilmNation Entertainment . The deal would allow
3009-514: The theatre chains AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group . In 2016, he endorsed Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. After seven years at the helm, which included a Best Picture Oscar win for Spotlight at the 2016 Academy Awards , as well as films such as Nightcrawler and End of Watch , Ortenberg left Open Road in 2017 after Tang Media Partners acquired it. He then founded Briarcliff Entertainment ,
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#17327827900303068-589: The works. She released an EP, Jersey , on November 17. The lead single from the EP, " Call It Whatever ", debuted in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart at number forty-seven, eventually rising to number ten, spending a total of ten weeks on the chart. Thorne has signed on as one of the leads in Manis Film's thriller Big Sky ; Thorne plays Hazel. In 2014, Thorne was cast in
3127-457: Was a financier of Sculptor Media, whom Raven would look toward for development and production of films. In August 2017, Rob Friedman was named Global Road's chairman and CEO after Eric Hohl left the company. Rodolphe Buet was named president of international in October 2017, and the following month Lynn Harris was named president of worldwide production. In early 2018, Jack Pan was named president of worldwide theatrical marketing. In March 2018,
3186-689: Was announced that Thorne would star in the AwesomenessTV film Shovel Buddies , playing the role of Kate. The movie was released on iTunes on October 11, 2016. She also played Jamie, a disillusioned teenager intensely guarding a personal secret, in the film Keep Watching . Also in 2015, she appeared as Ashley, a young and famous singer in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip . In 2016, Thorne played Rain in Tyler Perry 's Boo! A Madea Halloween . In 2017, Thorne went back to television with
3245-504: Was cast in an episode of the fifteenth season of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation . The episode, "The Book of Shadows", aired October 19, 2014. Thorne appeared in the sequel to Mostly Ghostly (2008), titled Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend (2014) as Cammy Cahill. On October 15, Thorne revealed her debut album was canceled, saying she wasn't happy with the " auto-tuned bad music" she had in
3304-436: Was home-schooled after previously attending a public school, where she had been bullied. She improved in her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning center and began reading and writing a grade ahead. In April 2010, she said she had overcome dyslexia by rigorously reading everything she could find, including cereal box labels. In January 2018, Thorne wrote on Instagram that she had been physically and sexually abused as
3363-411: Was raised by a mother who was supporting four children, that they were very poor, and that she originally began working as a child actress to help support the family. In September 2017, Thorne revealed that she had lived in a suburban area, spoke Spanish as her first language, and that she was bullied while growing up because she was dyslexic . She was diagnosed with dyslexia while in first grade. She
3422-492: Was the first employee in its Los Angeles office. Ortenberg led Lionsgate's film division as it quickly grew from an independent arthouse distributor into one of Hollywood 's leading movie studios. In 2009, he left Lionsgate to join The Weinstein Company as president of theatrical films. In 2011, it was announced that he would become the founding CEO of Open Road Films , a newly formed movie studio owned by
3481-654: Was the second highest earning content creator on the platform, earning 11 million dollars a month. In November 2020, Thorne starred in the thriller Girl , directed by Chad Faust . The movie itself received mixed reviews but critics entitled this to be Thorne's best performance to date. In the same month she also starred in the action comedy film Chick Fight alongside Malin Akerman and directed by Paul Leyden , In 2021, Thorne played Lily in season 1 of Amazon Prime Video 's Paradise City . She also starred in other projects, such as Masquerade and Time Is Up . In
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