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 […]
TIFF will now require fest-goers to wear face coverings during all in-person movie viewing at its Bell Lightbox multiplex. Fest organizers cited a surge in new COVID-19 cases in Ontario for the U-turn on an earlier mask-optional policy […]
“Since the arrival of COVID-19 earlier this year, the need for unions has become more apparent than ever,” write Todd Vachon and Debra Coyle McFadden on NJ.com. “From the very start, essential workers in retail, warehouses, assembly lines […]
From windows and rooftops through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions around the world cheered essential workers on the front lines who daily risked contracting this highly contagious disease. Janitors, grocery […]
“As anxious as the country is for health security and protection against Covid-19, we cannot subject people to greater risk to score political points for [this] president,” said Bonnie Castillo, executive director of National Nurses United […]
As Hollywood producers continue to seek union approval to resume production, the Producers Guild of America has unveiled its latest health and safety guidelines for production amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 56-page COVID-safety […]
As film and TV production slowly resumes, testing of crews for COVID-19 “varies wildly from company to company,” said Thom Davis, business manager of IATSE Grips Local 80. Davis, who is also IATSE’s 2nd international vice president […]
Hollywood’s unions and management’s AMPTP are “very close to an agreed upon framework for a safe return to work,” an industry source tells Deadline. Their ongoing negotiations cover a wide range of safety issues that were left unresolved by […]
Netflix will deliver more unexplained disappearances, tragic events and bizarre occurrences starting in the fall. The streamer has set an October 19 launch date for the remaining six episodes of Unsolved Mysteries’ first season. […]
SAG-AFTRA, the IATSE, The Recording Academy and 9 additional entertainment industry organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to President Trump asking for his administration’s help to reform the Pandemic Unemployment […]
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