Bill Mechanic Has Thoughts On SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements – Guest Column

Owners/employers feel the need to protect their businesses, their profitability, even though neither is generally at risk. Strikers often feel they are treated with disrespect which makes the fight more than simply about fair wages. Every action that brought us to this impasse was at the behest of the companies not the talent. A SAG-AFTRA picket line in New YorkAlexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images In the WGA andSAG-AFTRAshutdowns, the word existential has been used and seems aptly applied....

August 16, 2023 · 2 min · 365 words · Todd Baker

Covid In Los Angeles Making A Measured Comeback As LAUSD Students Return To Campus

Its been more than four months sinceLos AngelesCountysCovidState of Emergencyofficially ended, and a lot has changed. Most importantly, unlike the previous three years, there was no significant summer spike in cases. Fall, however, may be a slightly different story. Los AngelesAdobe Watch on Deadline Very true. Again, the numbers are low, rising from 202 average daily cases in July to 333 last week. That means thousands fewer maskless people are in close proximity every day....

August 16, 2023 · 1 min · 180 words · Tammy Farrell

Donald Trump’s Twitter DMs Were Obtained By Special Counsel, Newly Unsealed Documents Reveal — Update

UPDATE:Special CounselJack Smithobtained direct messages from former PresidentDonald TrumpsTwitteraccount, along with draft tweets and other data. Twitter, now renamed X, eventually complied, but was fined $350,000 for its delay. The unsealed documents included a transcript of proceedings in February before U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell. Trump during his visit to the D.C. area for his arraignment on charges of conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.(Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)...

August 16, 2023 · 1 min · 185 words · Joseph Jennings

Ghana To Host Inaugural Summit On African Cinema

The summit is set to take place at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel and Silverbird Cinema in the Ghanaian capital from November 14-16. Key highlights of the event will include a showcase of contemporary African films alongside industry-focused sessions such as tailored business matchmaking events, panel discussions, keynote speeches by African industry leaders, and dedicated networking sessions for visitors. Related Stories Writers Guild Of America West Staff Union Wins Voluntarily Recognition, Moves To Negotiate First Contract ‘The King Of Kings’ Surpasses ‘Parasite’ To Become Top-Grossing Korean Film In The U....

August 16, 2023 · 2 min · 380 words · Emily Sanchez

How To Watch The Women’s World Cup Online & On TV As England And Spain Reach Final

They will now meet in the final August 20 at 6 a.m. All 64 matches stream live on the Fox Sports App and on FoxSports.com. Sibling NBC Universo is carrying 31 games, while Peacock will stream all 64 games in Spanish. Full replays have been available on FoxSports.com and the Fox app as well as in Spanish on Peacock. England will play Spain on Sunday in the Women’s World Cup finalGetty...

August 16, 2023 · 1 min · 123 words · Kenneth Odonnell

Humanitas Prize Winners Include ‘The Last Of Us’, Tyler Perry, Cooper Raiff’s ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’

Humanitas, the organization that annually honors film and television writers whose work best explores the human condition, has revealed its 2023 winners. Among the prizewinners is Craig Mazin, who scripted Season 1The Last of Usepisode Long Long Time that starred Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett. Mazin won in the Drama Teleplay category, beating out fellow semifinalists that included Peter Gould who was up for the series-finale episode ofBetter Call Saul....

August 16, 2023 · 4 min · 805 words · Diamond Foster

Jerry Moss Dies: A&M Records Co-Founder Was 88

His family shared the news ina statementto the Associated Press. Billy Preston had a pair of No. 1 singles for the label with Will It Go Around in Circles and Nothing From Nothing in the mid-1970s. Jerry MossRandy Shropshire/Getty Images for The Music Center His spirit will live on forever through the great records that he helped bring to the world. Watch on Deadline The labels story was told inMr....

August 16, 2023 · 2 min · 227 words · Melinda Evans

MSNBC Wins Total Viewers For Second Night Amid Continued Coverage Of Donald Trump’s Indictment — Update

The top show of the day was Fox NewssThe Five, which averaged 2.71 million viewers. Watch on Deadline Theratingsare from Nielsen via MSNBC and Fox News. CNNsThe Source with Kaitlan Collinsaveraged 785,000. ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ drew 3.9 million viewers on Monday, an hour that featured an interview with Hillary Clinton.MSNBC Newsmax averaged 341,000 during primetime, with Eric Bollings 8 p.m. show drawing its highest viewership of 488,000. PREVIOUSLY:MSNBC beat its rivals during key hours of coverage of Donald Trumps fourth indictment in Georgia....

August 16, 2023 · 2 min · 221 words · Kelly Franklin

‘Blue Beetle’ Has Ticket To Ride Past ‘Barbie’ This Weekend – Box Office Preview

In what is poised to be a case of Warner Bros beating itself for the No. Through Monday, the Greta Gerwig-directed Mattel doll feature counts$531.2M thestudios domestic top-grossing title ever. Previews start at 2 p.m. Thursday. ‘Blue Beetle’ and ‘Strays’Warner Bros./Universal Pictures The question is, how much does it overindex? No Rotten Tomatoes critical scores yet forStraysandBlue Beetle. Universals fifth weekend ofOppenheimerlooks to do$12M-$13M, per industry sources. ‘Strays‘ (Universal Pictures/Everett Collection)Universal Pictures/Everett Collection...

August 16, 2023 · 1 min · 128 words · Lisa Ferguson PhD

‘Codename: Annika’: SkyShowtime Unveils Cast & Trailer; ITV Studios Appoints First Access Coordinator – Global Briefs

Codename: Annika:SkyShowtimeUnveils Cast & Trailer SkyShowtime has unveiled cast and trailer forCodename: Annika, one of the fledgling Paramount/Comcast JVs biggest originals to date. The series follows a Finnish detective, Emma Haka, played by Sannah Nedergard (Yellow Sulphur Sky), who is still completing her undercover training when she gets sent on a mission into Stockholms corrupt world of fine art trade. Unveiled at the Stockholm International Film Festival,Codenamefrom Mia Ylonen and Aleksi Bardy will star the likes of Ardalan Esmaili (Easy Money) as Rasmus Stahlgren, Eva Melander (Border) as Rina Olander and Helena Bergstrom (House of Angels) as Agatha Torstensson, along with Pekka Strang (Tom of Finland) as Raimo Korpi, Clarisse Lhoni-Botte (Rolling to You) as Beatrice Joly and Charles Martins(Emily in Paris) as Denver Carpentier....

August 16, 2023 · 3 min · 502 words · Rebecca Morris

‘Oppenheimer’ Korea Debut Delivers Christopher Nolan’s Biggest Opening Day Ever In Market

Universal andChristopher NolansOppenheimerdebuted in more than 500 locations inKoreaon Tuesday, capitalizing on the Liberation Day national holiday. 2 launch of 2023 for all titles), the No. 5 debut day of the pandemic and the No. ‘Oppenheimer’Melinda Sue Gordon / Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection 4 Universal opening day ever. Presales were outstanding, beating all previous Nolan movies. On 20 Imax screens,Oppenheimergenerated 9.4% of the total box office for the day....

August 16, 2023 · 1 min · 114 words · John Garcia

‘Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy On Why He Likes To See Christopher Nolan Films Without Him In Them & Why He Adores ‘Interstellar’

Oppenheimermarked the sixth timeCillian Murphystarred in a film directed byChristopher NolanfollowingThe Dark Knighttrilogy,InceptionandDunkirk. I remember seeing it in the cinema when I had little kids. It just had a big impact on me. Cillian Murphy and Christopher NolanJohn Phillips / Lia Toby / Getty Images It broke my heart. Interstellaris a 2014 science fiction film, directed, co-written and produced by Nolan. His co-star Robert Downey Jr. said he hadnever witness a greater sacrifice by a lead actorin his career....

August 16, 2023 · 1 min · 135 words · Julia Pope

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Production Designer Gianna Costa On Bringing Sci-Fi Into The “Drag Universe” With “Blame It On The Edit”

Each queen performs their own verse on the set of a spaceship. It was very different from the rest of the season, but it was still in theDrag Raceworld. DEADLINE: What is your favorite part of making these music video episodes? ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ - Anetra, Miguel Zarate, Luxx Noir London, Sasha Colby and Mistress Isabelle BrooksMTV It was of course a strong homage, but I am also a huge sci-fi nerd....

August 16, 2023 · 1 min · 150 words · Jason Rose