The Motion Picture and Television Fund is mounting an ambitious fundraising campaign to raise $300 million, plans for which were revealed Thursday morning during a virtual event that featured its most prominent supporters including […]
Senator Patty Murray (Washington) and Representative Bobby Scott (Virginia) have introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which restores the right of workers to freely and fairly form a union and bargain together for changes […]
President Biden on Wednesday called for the passage of the PRO Act and for a $15 federal minimum wage during his first address before a joint session of Congress. The PRO Act, a sweeping pro-union bill, passed the House in March. […]
The nominees for the BAFTA TV Awards have been unveiled, and it was good news for Small Axe and The Crown. Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon anthology drama dominated with 15 nominations in total across the main awards and […]
With more than 50% of the US adult population at least half vaccinated and studios plotting start dates, visions of a return to normalcy abound. So what’s the prognosis for independent film, when insurers and bank lenders remain […]
Sony Corp logged a record $10.7B in net income for fiscal 2020, a 101% increase over the previous year thanks in part to the Games and Networks Services, Music and Film divisions. Still, the company, which unveiled its results in Tokyo on […]
The Motion Picture Academy on Sunday handed out a newly renamed Oscar for best sound — combining the prior sound editing and sound mixing categories into a single honor — and while this was a carefully considered change in the […]
Los Angeles County has one foot in the most lenient category of the state’s COVID-19 reopening system, a momentous achievement for a region that was once so ravaged by the coronavirus that it was considered the epicenter of […]
“Republicans,” writes Greg Sargent in The Washington Post, “have settled on an attack against President Biden’s jobs plans: Raising taxes on ultra-rich Americans constitutes socialism. The most buffoonish expression of this yet comes courtesy of […]
President Biden on Monday signed an executive order creating a new White House task force focused on promoting labor unions that will be led by Vice President Harris. The executive order directs the new task force to make recommendations […]
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