As the coronavirus pandemic has paralyzed the live-entertainment industry the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) has formed to fight for the survival of independent venues and their employees, as well the communities around them. Consisting of more than 800 venues, including New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom and the Troubador in Los Angeles, NIVA, which recently appealed to Congress for more aid during
Month: April 2020
SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s major studios are beginning negotiations today for a successor agreement to the union’s master film and TV contract amid plenty of concern in the industry about how SAG-AFTRA and WGA negotiations will unfold in the pandemic-rocked economic climate. The performers union, which has about 160,000 members, and the Alliance of Motion Picture
Breaking News “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson‘s home was the center of a massive shooting this week, where someone drove by and sprayed his home with bullets … in broad daylight. The drive-by took place Friday at Willie’s estate in West Monroe, Louisiana — where several of his family members are staying right now during
Cooking and video streaming have both boomed as major quarantine activities — and now Food Network Kitchen, which fuses the two pursuits, will be free to tens of millions of Amazon device users. Amazon is paying Discovery to give away one-year free subscriptions to Food Network Kitchen to all users of Fire TV and Fire
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” will begin streaming on Disney Plus two months earlier than previously scheduled. The final installment of the original Star Wars movie series will debut on the streaming service — when else? — on May 4, colloquially known as “Star Wars Day” among fans of the galactic movie franchise. With
“The Night Manager” producer The Ink Factory has extended its co-financing agreement with media investor 127 Wall Productions until 2024. London and L.A.-based independent The Ink Factory said the agreement will allow it to increase development funding and production co-financing capacity across both film and TV. The existing co-financing facility was set up between Hong
Nancy Pelosi, the powerful Speaker of the House, has formally endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in the race for the White House. As the leader of the Democratic Party in Congress, Pelosi’s support of its presumptive presidential candidate was never in doubt. Pelosi’s full-throated support for Biden means she is revving up her formidable
iHeartMedia today announced the launch of “The iHeartRadio Living Room Concert Series Presented by State Farm,” a weekly performance series with the goal of bringing Americans together for performances by some of music’s top artists. In honor of essential workers, a donation will be made to a featured charitable organization for each episode in the
More than 400 leading creative figures including Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Rufus Wainwright and Simon Callow have warned that the U.K. risks becoming “a cultural wasteland” unless government provides urgent financial support for the creative industries. In an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, they called
Film piracy has surged since coronavirus lockdown measures were introduced in March, according to new data from digital piracy research firm Muso. Muso calculated that film piracy increased by over 40% when lockdown measures were enforced, describing the rise as “unprecedented.” Comparing the last seven days of March to the last seven days of February,
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to work at Downing Street, three weeks after being admitted to hospital with coronavirus. Johnson gave a briefing from outside Downing Street to mark his return on Monday morning, apologizing for “being away from his desk” and saying that the fight against coronavirus was the biggest single challenge
Broadway sent in the A-team for “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration,” an online salute to Stephen Sondheim that had theater lovers across America in full “You’re not crying, I’m crying” mode. The cast of dozens of performers consisted mostly of the biggest names in musical theater from the last 40
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the seventh episode of “Westworld” Season 3. The penultimate episode of “Westworld” Season 3 finally gave viewers the Dolores-Maeve showdown that had been teased all season long, and it did not disappoint. But prior to that, Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Caleb (Aaron Paul) arrived
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Prisoners of War,” the series finale of “Homeland.” “Homeland” went out on a high note Sunday with a 66-minute final episode that was full of the elements that defined the series. The episode, entitled “Prisoners of War,” (a nod to the Israeli series from Keshet
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Prisoners of War,” the series finale of “Homeland.” Carrie’s fate wasn’t sealed on the page until 24 hours before “Homeland” shot its final scenes. Mandy broke into song on his last day of shooting. And at the last minute, Los Angeles had to double for
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Mercy Shall Follow Me,” the 10th episode of “Outlander” Season 5. Viewers who are familiar with Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” book series were in for quite a surprise in the most recent episode, “Mercy Shall Follow Me,” because the action jumped ahead to the sixth
Gene Dynarski, who appeared as Izzy Mandelbaum Jr. on “Seinfeld” and on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died. He was 86. Dynarski died on Feb. 27 at a rehabilitation center in Studio City, his friend, playwright Ernest Kearney announced. The actor starred in the 1997 “Seinfeld” episode “The English Patient” as the son
Harold Reid, the bass singer in the long-running country vocal quartet the Statler Brothers, died Friday night at age 80. A post on the group’s website said that Reid “had bravely endured a long battle with kidney failure.” The group had retired in 2002 after being together in various configurations since 1955. They were inducted
Universal Music Group and the Lego Group today announced an exclusive global partnership entailing product, experiences and more that will enable children around the world to explore their creativity through play, by expressing themselves through music, according to the announcement. The partnership is based around the development of a new suite of Lego products launching
Since concerts have been cancelled for the near future due to the coronavirus pandemic, artists are leaning into technology to entertain their fans and stay connected. Among them: K-pop groups like SuperM, who livestreamed a concert at 11 p.m. PST on April 25 via new concert streaming service ‘Beyond LIVE,’ in partnership with SM Entertainment,
World War II fantasy horror movie “Warhunt,” starring Mickey Rourke, has wrapped after it continued shooting during the Covid-19 crisis. The crew on the project, which shot in Riga, capital of Latvia, were allowed to continue working by abiding by government guidelines. These included having to don facemasks and gloves, having their temperature taken twice
In his first interview since abruptly retiring from “Hardball,” Chris Matthews owned up to the allegations of inappropriate behavior against him. In late February, journalist Laura Bassett revealed that Matthews made unprofessional comments to her while she was getting her makeup done to appear on his show. She claimed he said “Why haven’t I fallen
SPOILER ALERT: Do not keep reading if you have not watched “The Last Kingdom” Season 4, which dropped April 26 on Netflix. Alexander Dreymon once again suits up as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Season 4 of “The Last Kingdom.” This time out though, Uhtred goes through some things that fans of the show haven’t seen
With an estimated 1.3 million Los Angelenos out of work due to the COVID-19 crisis, and more and more factories going dark, the city’s own Hudson Jeans was determined to find a way to give back to not only to its workers but to its community. Enter its Lights On Los Angeles (LOLA) project which
HBO freeloaders have only a few days left to binge-watch the premium programmer’s unprecedented batch of 500 hours of TV shows, movies and documentaries — which it has made available for free for the month of April. The huge trove of HBO content, which has been free across a range of platforms (only in the
Few pop hits of the 1950s were more expressly queer-coded than Doris Day’s Oscar-winning chart-topper “Secret Love.” “At last my heart’s an open door/And my secret love’s no secret anymore,” she trilled, putting a wholesomely straight face on a succinct ode to the cathartic joys of exiting the closet. The song billows wistfully through the
Exclusive “Straight Outta Compton” star Jason Mitchell was trying to get straight outta dodge to a better quarantine spot when he got busted for drugs and weapons, but it’s all a big mix-up … at least according to his camp. Mitchell’s agent, Dr. Glenn Toby, tells TMZ … the vehicle the actor was driving when
Miley Cyrus was the surprise musical guest for the April 25 “At Home” edition of “Saturday Night Live.” The singer performed a cover of Pink Floyd’s classic “Wish You Were Here” while seated fireside and accompanied by Andrew Watt, a noted guitarist, songwriter and all-around hitmaker, who recently recovered from coronavirus and spoke of the
The second-ever “Saturday Night Live: At Home” edition was a star-studded affair. Brad Pitt was the first special guest in the April 26 virtual episode of the NBC late-night sketch comedy show. Delivering a cold open in which he played Dr. Anthony Fauci and addressed rumors about the testing of and cure for coronavirus, Pitt
“Saturday Night Live” brought back its infamous political cold open sketch in its second-ever “At Home” edition, and Brad Pitt was along for the ride. Pitt portrayed Dr. Anthony Fauci in a sobering address about coronavirus, acknowledging that “there has been a lot of misinformation out there about the virus” and deciding to clarify “what
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