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The WGA told its members this evening that the COVID-19 crisis “has increased our resolve to advance the bargaining goals” it intends to pursue with management’s AMPTP for a new film and TV contract. In a communique with members, the guild’s negotiating committee noted, however, “We have not yet heard back from the AMPTP about
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Bill Maher, clad in his customary suit and tie but hosting HBO’s Real Time from his expansive back yard instead of the studio, ripped media coverage of COVID-19 as “panic porn,” warning it could get President Donald Trump re-elected. “News sources have to rein it in,” he said in the show’s closing monologue. “Everyone knows
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We’re just a few months into 2020 and we’re already pining for the relatively halcyon days of 2019. But as bleak as things seem around you right now, things aren’t entirely apocalyptic, as you can still settle into your fortress of toilet paper and watch some TV. And as horrible as 2020 has been so
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Promoter/Producer/Recording Artist/Entrepreneur and Philanthropist SohoJohnny guests on Chance TV with world-renowned television host and celebrity interviewer Chance Spiessbach. There is always a bright spot in his heart for those around him. Tragic times and distress call for humor and optimism…..Enter SohoJohnny, a human spirit who always sees the glass as half full and knows that
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Gary Janetti’s Prince George is letting the world know he’s “doing OK” during the coronavirus crisis ahead of his upcoming HBO Max animated series The Prince.Family Guy producer Janetti shared the animated character’s message on Instagram Friday. “Hey guys, it’s me, Prince George. Thought I’d show you all I’m doing OK, sing “Imagine”, the cartoon
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RELATED STORIES They’re hot, they’re dumb and they’re about to become your new obsession. They’re the sexy singles of Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle, an eight-episode reality dating competition with a hands-free twist: For every sexual act committed between players — and that ranges from a peck on the lips to the whole shebang —
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Steven Soderbergh, a former former DGA national vice president and the director of the pandemic thriller Contagion, will head a Directors Guild task force to address getting members – and the town – back to work. DGA president Thomas Schlamme and national executive director Russell Hollander told members Thursday evening that the task force has
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez director Brian Knappenberger and his Luminant Media production company have signed with WME for representation in all areas. Knappenberg most recently directed and executive produced Netflix’s critically praised The Trials Of Gabriel Fernandez via his Luminant Media banner. The six-part true crime docuseries, based on the reporting by L.A.
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It’s official: next week’s 18th episode of Empire’s sixth season, airing on April 21, will be the hip-hop family drama’s finale for the foreseeable feature, and quite possibly a series finale. In separate statements, Empire creators/executive producers Lee Daniels and Danny Strong addressed the abrupt ending of their show due to the coronavirus pandemic while
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UIPDATED, 8: 39 AM: One World: Together at Home, the eight-hour coronavirus relief event set to air Saturday on multiple networks, has added a number of big names. Newly set to appear on the special are Alicia Keys, Amy Poehler, Awkwafina, Camila Cabello, Celine Dion, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, LL Cool J, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew
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It’s times like these that we need “Great Moments in Presidential Leadership.” In the meantime, Trevor Noah posted a clip from tonight’s The Daily Social Distancing Show to remind his viewers that “what we have here is failure to communicate.” Seated again at his home, Noah spent time talking about how the faithful celebrated Easter
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EXCLUSIVE: Exoneree and journalist Amanda Knox, in collaboration with novelist/journalist Christopher Robinson, has teamed with Kary Antholis’ Crime Story Media on Incarceration and Exoneration In A Time Of Pandemic, a new regular interview series set amid the coronavirus crisis. The interview series explores stories from the criminal justice system told in the context of COVID-19.
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On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver touched on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson going in and out of intensive care due to coronavirus and Bernie Sanders dropping out of the presidential race. However, the real story he wanted to unpack was how the coronavirus has impacted the unemployed and essential workers.
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[Warning: The following contains light spoilers for Sunday’s episode of Outlander. Read at your own risk!] Outlander has cleverly snuck “earworms” into its time-traveling adventure story over the past five seasons, but Sunday’s episode, “Famous Last Words,” contains a version of the classic folk tune, “Oh My Darling, Clementine” that will stick with you long
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