The British Academy has announced more than 120 significant and wide-ranging changes across its voting, membership and campaigning process aimed at addressing the lack of diversity in the BAFTA Awards. Hailed as a “watershed moment […]
Hollywood’s unions and management’s AMPTP finally have an agreement to return to work in the coronavirus era. Union sources say the deal took much longer to reach than they would have liked or expected. The agreement means that […]
HBO dominated the drama and limited series categories during the televised Primetime Emmy Awards, running away from trophy-rival Netflix after the two were tied following this week’s five nights of Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies. […]
As expected Chloe Zhao’s Venice Golden Lion winner Nomadland took the often Oscar-predictive Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award announced Sunday morning. Regina King’s One Night In Miami […]
After a two-day strike, 115 crew members on A&E’s America’s Top Dog have returned to work in Simi Valley under a contract negotiated by IATSE and Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399. “This was an important win for the America’s Top Dog crew […]
SAG-AFTRA has told Hollywood’s talent agents that return-to-work talks with management’s AMPTP have stalled because the companies are refusing to spring for COVID-19 quarantine pay for series regulars and other film and TV performers. […]
In Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro, 4-year-old Mei chases a couple of mysterious creatures through some shrubs into a forest and stumbles into a hole at the base of a giant tree. There, she meets a giant, slumbering creature who roars […]
One day after premiering and receiving the most rapturous reviews of any film in competition, US-based Chinese director Chloé Zhao has won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival for her film Nomadland, a documentary-influenced […]
As many production companies attempt to resume filming, many are asking crews to give up the right to make any claims against them if they get sick with COVID-19. … Hollywood’s entertainment unions [are] cautioning members not to sign […]
The Entertainment Union Coalition is hailing a bill signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom that will make it easier for workers to borrow from their employer-sponsored pension plans. EUC members include the California IATSE […]
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