2021
Cut to Black: Christine Armstrong, Picture Editor
Editing Netflix’s “#BLACKAF” series is one of Christine’s proudest credits. […]
Month: February 2021
Labor
John J. Sweeney, Crusading Labor Leader, is Dead at 86
John J. Sweeney, a New York union researcher who climbed to the pinnacle of the American labor movement in the 1990s, leading the AFL-CIO for 14 years through an era of fading union membership but rising political influence, died on […]
Industry
Sundance Film Festival Awards Winners List: ‘Coda’ Takes Grand Jury Prize
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival awards went off at a very fast clip [Tuesday] night, in an hour’s time. Host Patton Oswalt — or as he billed himself, “Discount Giamatti” — kept the jokes flowing. Four editors were recognized at Sundance. […]
Industry
Actor Sues Netflix Over COVID-19 Work Conditions
During the early days of the pandemic, the prospect of workers suing businesses for not protecting them from the virus was so great that many corporations lobbied for tort protection, aiming to be shielded from negligence claims. And […]
Industry
WGA Awards: TV, New Media, News Nominations Announced
The Writers Guild has announced its first batch of nominees for the 2021 WGA Awards. On Wednesday the guild unveiled its nominees in the television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing categories. […]
2021
Cut to Black: Kendra Pasker, Picture Editor
Editor for the Emmy-Nominated series “Ru Paul’s Drag Race: Untucked” […]
Labor
Teachers’ Unions Call on GOP to Remove Greene from Education Committee
The two largest teachers’ unions in the US released a joint statement on Tuesday calling for controversial GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) to be removed from the House Education Committee. The National Education […]
Labor
Chicago Teachers Union Reports Progress in Averting a Strike
Withdrawing threats to lock out educators who refused to work in person Monday, Chicago Public Schools and city officials called for a two-day “cooling-off” period during which educators will be allowed to teach remotely and students […]
Industry
Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Channeled Mark Twain, is Dead at 95
Hal Holbrook, who carved out a substantial acting career in television and film but who achieved his widest acclaim onstage, embodying Mark Twain in all his craggy splendor and vinegary wit in a one-man show seen around the world, died […]
2021
Cut to Black: Kyle Bond, Picture Editor
Picture Editor for the upcoming Shondaland limited series “Inventing Anna” […]
