Labor Secretary Marty Walsh weighed in on the debate over classification of gig workers for the first time Thursday, saying that “in a lot of cases” they should be full employees rather than independent contractors. “We are looking at […]
President Biden on Wednesday called for the passage of the PRO Act and for a $15 federal minimum wage during his first address before a joint session of Congress. The PRO Act, a sweeping pro-union bill, passed the House in March. […]
Sony Corp logged a record $10.7B in net income for fiscal 2020, a 101% increase over the previous year thanks in part to the Games and Networks Services, Music and Film divisions. Still, the company, which unveiled its results in Tokyo on […]
Senator Patty Murray (Washington) and Representative Bobby Scott (Virginia) have introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which restores the right of workers to freely and fairly form a union and bargain together for changes […]
The Motion Picture and Television Fund is mounting an ambitious fundraising campaign to raise $300 million, plans for which were revealed Thursday morning during a virtual event that featured its most prominent supporters including […]
Covid-19 vaccinations of casts and crews will not be mandatory on film and TV productions under the industry’s newly renegotiated return-to-work protocols, which now extend to June 30. “To mandate at this point may be premature,” a […]
The Motion Picture Academy on Sunday handed out a newly renamed Oscar for best sound — combining the prior sound editing and sound mixing categories into a single honor — and while this was a carefully considered change in the […]
The nominees for the BAFTA TV Awards have been unveiled, and it was good news for Small Axe and The Crown. Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon anthology drama dominated with 15 nominations in total across the main awards and […]
With more than 50% of the US adult population at least half vaccinated and studios plotting start dates, visions of a return to normalcy abound. So what’s the prognosis for independent film, when insurers and bank lenders remain […]
Los Angeles County has one foot in the most lenient category of the state’s COVID-19 reopening system, a momentous achievement for a region that was once so ravaged by the coronavirus that it was considered the epicenter of […]
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