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What Our Members Do: R. Chett Hoffman, Animation Editor
“Fate kind of pushed me into it.” […]
Year: 2021
Labor
Los Angeles County Surpasses 800,000 Covid-19 Cases and 10,600 Total Deaths
As L.A. nears its anniversary of the first reported Covid-19 case, officials confirm 15,701 new cases and 138 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday alone. December, defined by continued lockdowns, closures and holiday gatherings, marked […]
Industry
THR: How the Video Game Industry Quietly Powers Through a Pandemic
While the coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted almost every facet of the entertainment industry over the past nine months, the video game industry has continued powering through at breakneck speed as more people turn […]
Labor
New Documentary ‘A Woman’s Work’ Exposes Pay Disparity NFL Cheerleaders Face
Concession stand workers can often make more than team cheerleaders for the National Football League. That pay gap is the subject of a new documentary called A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem. The PBS Independent […]
Labor
Kelly: What the Labor Movement Wants from a Joe Biden Administration
“When Joe Biden was finally declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, many in the labor movement breathed a sigh of relief (some, like myself, a bit less enthusiastically than others),” writes Kim Kelly in Teen Vogue. “Biden won in no […]
Labor
Child Labor in Palm Oil Industry Tied to Girl Scout Cookies
The AP used US Customs records and the most recently published data from producers, traders and buyers to trace the fruits of their labor from the processing mills where palm kernels were crushed to the supply chains of many popular […]
Industry
Female US Film Director Numbers Reach New Highs, but Behind the Scenes Flat
By role, women accounted for 17% of writers (down from 19% in 2019), 21% of executive producers (even with 2019), 30% of producers (up from 27% in 2019), 22% of editors (down from 23% in 2019), and 6% of cinematographers (up from 5% in […]
Industry
2020 Domestic Box Office Fell 80 Percent to $2.3B Behind China’s $2.7B
It’s official: North American box office revenue plummeted 80 percent in 2020 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and unprecedented theater closures, while global revenue tumbled more than 70 percent. As predicted, domestic […]
Labor
Spiraling COVID-19 Deaths Leave Morgues and Funeral Homes Overflowing
A months-long surge of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County is reaching its grim if inevitable zenith as deaths reach once-unthinkable levels, medical infrastructure is buckling under a flood of patients and officials fear the mortality […]
Labor
Unemployment Won’t Lapse Despite Trump’s Signing Delay
Unemployment benefits included in a new COVID-19 relief package will not lapse this week, as anticipated, despite President Trump’s delay in signing the bill, the Labor Department confirmed Tuesday. “As states are […]
