The actor Diana Rigg, known for her roles on stage and in film and television – including The Avengers and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – has died at the age of 82. Rigg, who rose to prominence in the 1960s through her starring role […]
It’s an after-hours conversation between actor Dennis Hopper and director Orson Welles in November 1970. […]
In Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro, 4-year-old Mei chases a couple of mysterious creatures through some shrubs into a forest and stumbles into a hole at the base of a giant tree. There, she meets a giant, slumbering creature who roars […]
The SAG-AFTRA Health Plan will be offering an 80% reduction in COBRA premiums for many participants who no will longer qualify for coverage starting October 1. Facing staggering deficits due to skyrocketing health care costs […]
TIFF will now require fest-goers to wear face coverings during all in-person movie viewing at its Bell Lightbox multiplex. Fest organizers cited a surge in new COVID-19 cases in Ontario for the U-turn on an earlier mask-optional policy […]
As promised when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative in June, new standards of representation and inclusion have been announced by AMPAS Tuesday that will gradually be […]
“When unions are strong, our communities are strong,” writes Amanda Menas in Education Votes. “This is a long-held belief of former Vice President Joe Biden, who supports ‘laws that allow labor unions to flourish and fight for basic worker […]
“On Labor Day weekend,” writes Robert Reich in The Guardian UK, “eight weeks before one of the most consequential elections in American history, it’s useful to consider the inequalities of income and wealth that fueled Donald Trump’s victory […]
Democratic nominee Joe Biden vowed to be the “strongest labor president you’ve ever had” in a virtual event Monday with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. “You can be sure you will be hearing that word ‘union’ plenty of of times if I’m […]
“Since the arrival of COVID-19 earlier this year, the need for unions has become more apparent than ever,” write Todd Vachon and Debra Coyle McFadden on NJ.com. “From the very start, essential workers in retail, warehouses, assembly lines […]
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