Features
Cathy Repola: Remembering Diane Adler, MPEG Secretary and a True Unionist
It is said that a union is all about the collective strength of its members, and about how coming together as a large group can bring about change.
Month: June 2021
Awards
Cannes Jury Counts Five Women Including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mati Diop
The 74th Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its jury which includes five women; a majority in the nine-person group including President Spike Lee. The jury includes French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop
Industry
Covid-19 Test Positivity Rate Steadily Rising in California
For the first time since December 2020, California’s 7-day Covid test positivity rate is on the rise. The test positivity rate, which hit a pandemic-era low of 0.7% on June 5, has risen slowly but steadily over the
Industry
Saval: As Antisemitism Soars, Hollywood Should Address Its Caricatures of Jews
“My current favorite,” writes Malina Saval in Variety, “in Guy Nattiv’s upcoming Golda Meir biopic, Helen Mirren will play Israel’s lone female prime minister because nothing says grandmother of the Jewish people like
Industry
Hulu Draws Most Daily Minutes of Tune-In Among Top Streamers, Says Nielsen
In a virtual presentation Monday during the Cannes Lions brand confab, Nielsen shed a bit more light on streaming from its growing body of research on the US market. In terms of the total number of viewers
Labor
The PRO Act Offers Some Hope for Protecting Workers’ Rights
We are at a crossroads that will determine how the nation’s workers can protect their own rights as the defense bar is working feverishly to erect barricades to the few remaining legal avenues workers have left
Awards
Oscars: Elections Turn Film Academy Board Majority-Female for First Time
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 54-person board of governors will look considerably different when it next meets in July, the result of this year’s Academy board elections that took place
Industry
Nos. Still Small, but More Transmissible Delta Variant Grew Nearly 30%
In the same week that Governor Gavin Newsom dropped capacity limits, social distancing rules and most masking requirements across the state, the so-called Delta variant of Covid-19 increased nearly 30%.
Industry
Sunday: L.A. County Covid-19 Report: 3 New Deaths, 258 New Positive Cases
The L.A. County Department of Public Health reported 3 new deaths from Covid-19 and 258 new positive cases on Sunday. The new data brings L.A. County to a total of 24,441 deaths from the coronavirus and 1,247,618
Labor
AFT: Reviving Lost History: Teaching Juneteenth
“What is Juneteenth?” writes Virginia Myers for The American Federation of Teachers. “Raphael Bonhomme had never even heard of it until he transferred to Howard University. And now he’s teaching it to third graders.
