Industry

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

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

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

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.

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

The Sundance Film Festival physically staged its 2020 edition pre-pandemic. Now, newly installed festival director Tabitha Jackson has unveiled an online hub and US industry partnerships to carry off a novel coronavirus-era indie film

In a release late Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his Regional Stay-at-Home order would go into effect on Saturday at 12:59 p.m. PT. The triggering metric for the order would be when a region of the state

Warner Brothers is plotting a sweeping response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered movie theaters around the country. After announcing that Wonder Woman 1984 will go to HBO Max as well as theaters December 25

Hollywood is adjusting its filming protocols amid the rise in COVID-19 cases. The new protocols, which were laid out in a November 19 “side letter” and went into effect two days ago, mandate that producers must notify the unions of both