The family of late Basketball HOFer JERRY TARKANIAN in two weeks will "receive the script for a Hollywood movie about UNLV basketball's role in Las Vegas' transition to a modern-day metropolis." Tarkanian's son DANNY said that he "expects it to hit theaters" in '20 during college basketball season should the movie become reality. Academy Award winner SHAWN CHRISTENSEN, who won in '12 for best live action short film, "CURFEW," is "handling the screenplay." CAA will "promote the movie." Which actor will portray Jerry Tarkanian "still needs to be determined." Danny Tarkanian said that he heard PAUL GIAMATTI "would make sense" (REVIEWJOURNAL.com, 4/11).
SWITCHING BOOTHS: Broadcasting agent KRISTIN BREDES LAFEMINA has joined ICM Partners as an agent, after working the last four years for sports broadcasting talent representation agency Playbook. She started Monday and reports to ICM broadcasting department co-Heads LOU OPPENHEIM and MICHAEL GLANTZ. It is not clear what broadcasting clients, if any, will follow LaFemina to ICM. She specializes in representing sports broadcasters, including up-and-coming talent. Prior to Playbook, LaFemina worked for the Pac-12 Networks and CBS Sports Network (Liz Mullen, Staff Writer).
NAMES: The NBPA "signed a lease" at 1133 Sixth Ave. in N.Y. for "just under 9,000 square feet -- bringing its total to 56,187 square feet." The NBPA's space in the building "includes a regulation-size basketball court" (NYPOST.com, 4/11)....Villanova men's basketball coach JAY WRIGHT and his wife PATTY on Saturday "will accompany" a contingent of university staff for a "private audience" with POPE FRANCIS (PHILLY.com, 4/11)....NASCAR driver JOEY LOGANO "got a behind-the-scenes tour" of the Dover Air Force Base and "had lunch with a couple of airmen" in advance of the Monster Energy Cup Series race at Dover Int’l Speedway on May 6 (DELAWARESTATENEWS.net, 4/11)....The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int'l Airport hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a limited-run exhibition honoring the past five decades of the Hawks as a precursor to the team’s upcoming 50th season (Hawks)....Variety unveiled its '18 Power of Women New York Impact List, which includes PGA East Managing Dir MICHELLE BYRD, American Express VP/Global Experiential Marketing & Partnerships DEBORAH CURTIS, ESPN VP & Exec Producer for ESPN Films LIBBY GEIST, Gold Medal-winning U.S. gymnast ALY RAISMAN and NBCU Chair of Ad Sales & Client Partnerships LINDA YACCARINO (THE DAILY).
