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Harvey Weinstein Hit with New Indictment by LA Grand Jury; Extradition Delayed

April 12, 2021

With a new indictment coming down from a Los Angeles grand jury, Harvey Weinstein’s long delayed extradition hearing Monday in upstate New York to face West Coast justice just hit the pause button anew. Due to objections by

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BAFTA Awards: ‘Nomadland’ Scoops; ‘Sound of Metal’ Wins in Editing and Sound

April 11, 2021

Nomadland walked off with the lion’s share of prizes at Sunday night’s EE British Academy Film Awards, taking Best Film, Director, Actress and Cinematography. The Chloé Zhao-helmed Searchlight picture thus adds to its awards season

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Awards

DGA Awards: ‘Nomadland’ Wins Top Film Prize, ‘Queen’s Gambit,’ ‘Homeland’ Lead TV

April 11, 2021

History has been made at the 73rd annual DGA Awards. Director Chloé Zhao has won the marquee prize for Nomadland, marking the second time the DGA has given the guild’s top prize to a female director after Kathryn Bigelow for 2008’s

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Awards

Art Directors Guild Awards: ‘Mank,’ ‘Tenet,’ ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Honored

April 11, 2021

The 25th Annual Art Director’s Guild Awards took place Saturday night as a reimagined virtual show, with Mank, Tenet and Da 5 Bloods taking home top film honors. Ryan Murphy received a Cinematic Imagery Award honoring his work

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L.A. County Reports 37 New Covid Deaths; Positivity Lowest Since Pandemic Began

April 11, 2021

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new Covid-19 data, reporting 37 new deaths and 813 new positive cases of the virus. While Public Health said that L.A. County’s test positivity rate is now the lowest it’s been

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Awards

BAFTA Film Awards Day 1: ‘Rocks’, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Win First Prizes

April 10, 2021

The unconventional 2021 BAFTAs are underway, with the primary Brit film awards being handed out across two evenings. Saturday, the craft categories are being recognized, and Noel Clarke will be picking up the Outstanding Contribution

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As Amazon Election Spotlights Rigged System, Senate Dems Urged to Pass PRO Act

April 10, 2021

The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, which attempted to organize the nearly 6,000 Bessemer workers, said Friday that it is formally filing unfair labor practice charges against Amazon, accusing the corporate giant of “lies

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Industry

Biden Taps California Workplace Safety Leader to Head Up OSHA

April 10, 2021

The White House on Friday said President Biden will nominate Doug Parker, the chief of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, to head up the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Given the increase in complaints

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Labor

Nursing Home Workers have Died at Twice the Rate of Hospital Workers

April 10, 2021

Healthcare workers have borne a heavy burden from COVID-19 infections, and nursing home care providers appear to have the sad distinction of accounting for a large proportion of those deaths. That’s according to data unearthed for “12 Months of

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General Membership Meeting Focuses on Basic Agreement Talks, Fight for Racial Justice

April 9, 2021

Many members paid particularly close attention to the upcoming Basic Agreement talks, the first since the contentious negotiations in 2018 in which the Editors Guild, alone among IA locals, voted down the proposed contract.

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