Columns
Union Made: How George Lucas Helped a Young Editor Find His Way
Advice from George Lucas led to a career.
Month: March 2021
Industry
NAACP Image Awards: Barack Obama, D-Nice, ‘Bad Boys’ Among Winners
The 2021 NAACP Image Awards announced this year’s winners across more than 60 categories in streaming presentations across five nights ahead of the awards’ live show on BET and CBS on Saturday. On Saturday night it named
Industry
Regal Owner Cineworld Posts $3 Billion Loss; Warns ‘Material Uncertainty’ Remains
Exhibition giant and Regal owner Cineworld Group on Thursday reported lower 2020 financials, including its first-ever full-year loss, due to the coronavirus pandemic, which left cinemas in many parts of the world closed for large parts
Industry
Stacey Abrams on NAACP Award: ‘I Share this with All Those Who Champion Progress’
Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams received the NAACP’s first-ever Social Justice Impact award, which was presented by the former First Lady Michelle Obama at the 52nd annual Image Awards. She started off by acknowledging her parents
Industry
Universal TV Hit with Discrimination Suit by Fired Crew Member Who Had Covid
The coronavirus pandemic may be ebbing for many in Hollywood, but the Covid lawsuits could soon surge as an action against Universal Television by an axed crew member appears to portent. In a heart wrenching disability
Industry
Larry McMurtry Dies: Prolific Novelist and Oscar-Winning Screenwriter was 84
Larry McMurtry, who won an Oscar for penning Brokeback Mountain, earned a nomination for The Last Picture Show and authored books that spawned Emmy winner Lonesome Dove and Best Picture Oscar winner Terms of Endearment
Labor
Biden May Be the Most Pro-Labor President Ever; That May Not Save Unions
Two months into the new administration, labor leaders are proclaiming Joseph Biden to be the most union-friendly president of their lifetime — and “maybe ever,” as Steve Rosenthal, a former political director for the AFL-CIO, said in
Labor
Tesla Employee’s Firing and Musk Tweet on Union Were Illegal, NLRB Rules
The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday upheld a 2019 ruling that Tesla had illegally fired a worker involved in union organizing and that the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, had illegally threatened workers
Awards
‘Cherry,’ ‘Greyhound’ Among Camera Operators Awards Nominees
The Society of Camera Operators has announced the nominees for its Camera Operator of the Year Awards. For camera operator of the year in film, the society nominated Don Devine and George Billinger for Greyhound, Jason Ellson for Mulan
Industry
All California Adults Can Get COVID-19 Vaccine Beginning April 15
California is dramatically expanding the eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines, offering the shots to virtually all residents 16 and over beginning next month, the state announced Thursday. Residents who are at least 50 years old can get vaccines
