The Will Rogers Pioneers Assistance Fund has launched “Big Screens Big Hearts,” a fundraising campaign to benefit movie theater workers, more than 100,000 of whom have been affected by theater closures during the pandemic. More than half of the closures were family or community owned and operated theaters, and many…
On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new Covid-19 data, reporting 16 new deaths and 443 new positive cases of the virus.
While the number of hospitalizations continues to decrease across the County as more vaccines are given, the number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today…
EXCLUSIVE: As the coronavirus infections surge in and around Toronto once again,Star Trek Discovery has hit the pause button on production.
Months into shooting its fourth season, the Sonequa Martin-Green-led series has shuttered for the next two weeks due to a contact that was a little too close for comfort for CBS S…
On-location filming of TV shows in Los Angeles reached pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2021 – the second quarter in a row that it's hit that milestone, according to the latest report from FilmLA, the city and county film permit office. On-location shooting days for feature films and commercials still have…
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of theFor All Mankind Season 2 finale
"Four patriots of different nations coming together …it was just inspirational," says Ronald Reagan in For All Mankind's Season 2 finale, as crews from Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft defy orders and dock to shake hands in space. "There…
Film shoots are up and running again on Will Rogers State Beach, that slightly magical stretch of coastline between Santa Monica Canyon and the very private Bel-Air Bay Club, along the Pacific Coast Highway.
Location managers love the spot, because it actually looks like people think Los Angeles looks. Long breakers…
WWE reported first-quarter revenue of $263.5 million, down 9% from the year-ago quarter but ahead of Wall Street estimates as the company starts to wriggle out of Covid-19’s headlock.
Earnings per share also more than doubled the consensus expectation from analysts, reaching 51 cents compared with 31 cents a year…
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of Queen Sugar’s Season 5 finale
"Looking back over the season, as emotional as it was for people to watch it when it aired, it was very emotional even when we shot it," says Queen Sugar executive producer Paul Garnes of the fifth season of the Ava DuVernay created series and…
Netflix reported 208 million global subscribers as of the end of the first quarter, missing its own prediction for 210 million.
The streaming giant did beat financial targets, though with earnings per share of $3.75 coming in well ahead of Wall Street analysts’ expectations. Revenue of $7.16 billion also topped the…
UPDATED with more details: Hours after the California Department of Public Health issued an addendum to the state’s capacity guidance for “activities or events” in which all attendees are either vaccinated of have tested negative for Covid-19, the department followed up with details.
Turns out, “activities or events”…
New York movie theaters can increase their capacity to 33% from 25% on April 26, according to new Covid-19 safety guidelines announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The news for the state’s exhibitors, which must maintain other safety protocols, was accompanied by word that museums and zoos can also move up to 50% capacity…
I'm not especially religious. But, as they say, there are no atheists in foxholes. So I'd like to offer a short prayer for the much-delayed, Covid-weary 93rd Oscar ceremony, set for a week from tonight.
Feel free to join, amend, or delete, as the spirit moves you:
Dear Lord, whoever and wherever You may be,We humbly b…
