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Sundance Institute Names Fellows for Directors, Screenwriters, Native Labs

May 10, 2021

The Sundance Institute has named the summer fellows for the Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. The Labs give writers and directors a space to develop their craft and selected projects with input from a roster of industry mentors and

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Golden Globes 2022 Canceled on NBC as HFPA Struggles to Reform

May 10, 2021

There will be no Golden Globes on NBC in 2022, as the besieged Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues to falter in reforming itself to the satisfaction of Hollywood studios and stakeholders. “We continue to believe that

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Los Angeles County Reports 5 New COVID-19 Deaths, 248 New Cases

May 10, 2021

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 5 new deaths from COVID-19 and 248 new positive cases Sunday. The number of new cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the weekend, said the LA Department

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Netflix’s Sarandos to HFPA: ‘We’re Stopping Any Activities with Your Organization’

May 8, 2021

“As the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. pledges to reform itself, Netflix has declared that its will not be working with the Golden Globes group until it gets its act together, to put it mildly,” writes Dominic Patten in Deadline

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L.A. County Reports 20 New Covid-19 Deaths and 415 New Positive Cases

May 8, 2021

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 20 new deaths resulting from Covid-19 on Saturday, and 415 new positive cases. While the number of hospitalizations continues to decrease across the County as vaccines are doled out

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AMC Theatres Posts $567M Loss, but Teases ‘Increasingly Favorable Environment’

May 7, 2021

AMC Theatres keeps facing pandemic-related headwinds, but CEO Adam Aron teased that a rebound was right around the corner, saying Thursday that “we finally can now say that we are looking at an increasingly favorable environment

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Awards

HFPA Membership Approves Sweeping Reforms Proposed by Board

May 7, 2021

It still remains to be seen if the HFPA’s planned changes are enough to quell threats of an HFPA boycott from Time’s Up, the coalition formed in the wake of #MeToo to combat workplace discrimination, and the entertainment industry’s PR firms

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Sound Editor Kimberly Harris Dies at 66

May 4, 2021

Retired Sound Editor Kimberly Harris died on May 3 in Albuquerque New Mexico, according to her sister and her niece. She was 66. Harris had over 100 sound editing credits and won an Emmy for her work on 61*. She also won four awards for her work on Hacksaw Ridge. Her family will be holding a private

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Joel Bender, Documentarian and ‘Amazing Race’ Film Editor, Dies at 72

May 5, 2021

Joel Bender, who co-wrote and co-directed the 2014 documentary The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh and served as a film editor on The Amazing Race, has died. He was 72. Bender died in his sleep April 24 of natural causes in Los Angeles

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Industry

L.A. Times: Top Hollywood Talent Agency Accused of Tolerating Sexual Harassment

May 5, 2021

“More than 30 former and current ICM employees said in interviews,” writes Wendy Lee in The Los Angeles Times, “that the company tolerated a hostile work environment, where women and people of color were subjected to harassment

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