Randall Emmett | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | School of Visual Arts |
Occupation(s) | Film producer, television personality |
Years active | 1995–present |
Television | Vanderpump Rules |
Spouse | |
Partner | Lala Kent (2015-2021) |
Children | 3 |
Randall Emmett (born March 25, 1971) is an American film producer and television personality. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla Oasis Films.
Emmett is best known as the producer of the films 2 Guns , Silence , LoneSurvivor and The Irishman . He appeared in the eighth and ninth seasons of the Bravo reality television series Vanderpump Rules , as the partner of Lala Kent.
Born to a family in Miami, Florida, according to Emmett, a "distant cousin", through his mother, of Jerry Bruckheimer, [1] and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. [2]
In 1995, Emmett began his Hollywood career as a personal assistant to Mark Wahlberg. Later he met George Furla, with whom he co-founded Emmett/Furla Films in 1998. [2] In 2013, the company was joined by Dubai-based film financier Oasis Ventures Entertainment to become Emmet/Furla Oasis Films (EFO). [3]
On June 29, 2022, the LA Times released an article accusing Emmett of offering women movie roles in exchange for sex. The article also claimed that Emmett paid a woman a $200,000 settlement for inappropriate contact, and knocked his ex-fiancée to the ground after she attempted to grab his phone. [4]
In 2023, Emmett was the subject of the documentary "The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump", exposing allegations against him for racial discrimination and employment abuse at EFO.
Emmett has been playing poker since 2012. [5] He has won four tournaments which include two victories in $10,000 buy-in high roller tournaments at Aria Resort and Casino. [5] He has one World Series of Poker cash in 2019 [6] and two cashes on the World Poker Tour. [7] As of February 2021, his live tournament winnings exceed $590,000. [5]
Emmett has made regular TV poker appearances on PokerGO shows including World Series of Poker coverage, Poker After Dark , and Friday Night Poker. [8]
In 2009, Emmett married actress Ambyr Childers, with whom he has two daughters. [9] Emmett filed for separation from Childers in April 2015, but dismissed the petition the following year. Childers filed for divorce in January 2017. It was finalized in December 2017. [10] [11]
Emmett was engaged to Lauren "Lala Kent" Burningham from Vanderpump Rules . [12] On March 15, 2021, their daughter, Ocean, was born. [13]
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