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2020 Box Office: Domestic Revenue Falls to 40-Year Low

December 14, 2020

Mid-December is usually a launching pad for yuletide-fueled holiday blockbusters. That isn’t the case this year as Hollywood and theater owners grapple with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and a virtual nine-month standstill in moviegoing

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10th Annual Streamy Awards Acknowledge New Online Media

December 13, 2020

Hosted by Trixie Mattel and Katya, the Streamys streamed live on YouTube. To celebrate its decade of honoring the best in online video, the show featured appearances by past winners, who handed out Streamys Creator Honors to

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Cinema Eye: Mass Incarceration Doc ‘Time’ Leads Field with 6 Nominations

December 10, 2020

Time, Garrett Bradley’s portrait of the impact of a Black family torn apart by a questionably long prison sentence, scored a field-leading six nominations for the 14th Cinema Eye Honors, the documentary-celebrating organization

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Musicians Union’s Pension Fund Again Asks Treasury if It Can Reduce Benefits

December 10, 2020

Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians’ pension fund told participants on Thursday that they will submit a second application to the US Treasury Department to reduce benefits to prevent the Fund’s insolvency within the next 20 years.

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European Film Awards are Presented as a Series of Virtual Events

December 9, 2020

A special eight-member jury has convened online and decided on the winners in the categories European Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Make-up & Hair, Original Score, Sound, and Visual Effects.

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Hollywood Insiders Defend ‘Essential’ Worker Status Amid Growing Criticism

December 9, 2020

The discussion about why the film industry gets what some decry as “special treatment” has been heating up in recent weeks amid the new surge of COVID-19 cases in the city. It reached a boiling point when Newsom unveiled his

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CA Counties Run Out of ICU Beds; Predicted COVID ‘Surge on Top of a Surge’ Hits

December 9, 2020

California reported 30,851 new daily Covid-19 infections on Wednesday. That’s the highest number the state has ever seen. ICU units across the state have begun to run out of space. Units in Fresno and three San Joaquin Valley counties were

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Filming in Los Angeles Declines 8 Percent in November

December 8, 2020

Filming in Los Angeles has declined for the first time since the industry got the greenlight to film again amid the pandemic. According to FilmLA, month-over-month permit volume decreased in November, with application intake dropping

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Kevin Tent Named President of American Cinema Editors

December 6, 2020

Oscar nominated film editor Kevin Tent, a longtime collaborator of Alexander Payne on movies like Election, Sideways and The Descendants, has been elected to a two-year term as president of honorary society American Cinema Editors.

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L.A. Christmas Lockdown Likely Starts Sunday; ICU Capacity Drops Dramatically

December 5, 2020

Surging coronavirus cases and tumbling intensive-care unit bed availability looks almost certain to plunge Los Angeles and the rest of Southern California into a new lockdown period this weekend. Coming much quicker than

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