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Coping With COVID 19 Crisis An Industry Assailed By Pandemic

The latest: James Corden on mounting his primetime CBS coronavirus special in his garage; Broadway PR veteran Keith Sherman talks keeping the lights on, dealing with his own COVID-19 case; “The Witcher” casting director uses down time to mine new talent via online video chats

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Coronavirus: San Sebastian & Zurich Film Fests Look To Grow Markets Given Loss Of SXSW, Tribeca & Cannes Uncertainty

The San Sebastian and Zurich film festivals today announced plans to introduce larger film markets at their respective events given the disruption to the spring and summer film calendar wrought by coronavirus. José Luis Rebordinos, Director of the San Sebastián Film Festival (SSIFF), and Christian Jungen, Artistic…

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Vivendi Closes $3.3B Sale Of Universal Music Group Stake To China’s Tencent

Vivendi announced on Tuesday that it has closed a €3B ($3.3B) deal to sell a 10% stake in Universal Music Group to a consortium led by Chinese technology giant Tencent. The deal, which was first announced in December, values Universal Music at €30B ($33B). Universal operates labels responsible for artists including…

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Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: Constantin Film Boss Martin Moszkowicz On German Major’s Response & Why Global Players Must Be “Fair To Each Other”

Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…

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UK Factual Event Sheffield Doc/Fest Sets Online Industry Activity, Plans Screenings In Fall

Sheffield Doc/Fest is the latest film festival to feel the coronavirus disruption, with organizers announcing today that the UK event's industry activity will take place entirely online this year. The program of film screenings talks, panels, artists' events and community engagement activities will all be pushed to…

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‘The Mandalorian’ Racked Up 33M Demand Expressions In Europe After Disney+ Launch, Says Parrot Analytics

EXCLUSIVE: There is little doubt that The Mandalorian was one of Disney+’s star attractions when it launched in Europe earlier this month, and now TV research company Parrot Analytics has provided some insight on its performance. Parrot collects data from across social media, video streaming, photo sharing, blogging…

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Adam Schlesinger Of Fountains Of Wayne In Coma, On Ventilator Because Of Coronavirus

Adam Schlesinger, an Emmy and Grammy winner and Oscar nominee, as well as a leader of the pop band Fountains of Wayne, is reportedly in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator after contracting the coronavirus. The 52-year-old songwriter was Oscar-nominated for his title track on the 1996 Tom Hanks film That Thing…

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Disney’s Executive Pay Cut Threatens To Deepen the Divide Between The Two Sides Of The Merged Company

Shockwaves went through the film and TV community this morning when Disney, one of the biggest media companies in the world, became the first entertainment conglom of that size to implement massive pay cuts related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It is probably not how the company’s leadership had planned to mark…

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Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Social Distancing Show’ Compares Donald Trump To The Tiger King

It’s the series that everyone’s talking about — no, not the daily White House Coronavirus Task Force updates but Netflix’s wild docuseries Tiger King. So it was inevitable that a late-night comedian would find a way to link it with President Donald Trump. Trevor Noah — come on down! The host remains safely sequestered…

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What Sony’s Seismic Schedule Changes Of ‘Morbius’, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ & More Actually Means

It might appear that Sony just gutted their 2020 schedule. WTF just happened? Did the studio suddenly abandon all hope in its slate? That’s hardly the case: it’s just insurance for the future. And, yes, by and large, all the schedule changes that occurred tonight were in response to the current coronavirus…

Homebound Stephen Colbert Takes On Donald Trump’s Hospital-Hoarding Claims In ‘Late Show’ Return

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert returns to CBS’ late-night air tonight — from the comfort of the host’s “Ed Sullivan My Living Room.” But in a case of “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” Colbert as usual is going after one President Donald Trump — this time over POTUS accusing hospitals of…

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SXSW Film Festival Unveils Award Winners For Canceled 2020 Edition

Berlin Film Festival Winners: Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘There Is No Evil’ Takes Golden Bear

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NAACP Image Awards Winners: Lizzo, ‘Just Mercy’, ‘Black-ish’, ‘When They See Us’, More

‘The Good Doctor’ Finale: Creator David Shore On Tragic Twist & Coronavirus’ Impact On Medical Drama’s Future

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details from tonight’s season finale of ABC’s The Good Doctor. In tonight's Season 3 finale of The Good Doctor, the staff at St. Bonaventure Hospital continued sifting through the ruins of the massive earthquake that rocked San Jose—and as promised, not everyone on the ABC series…

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James Corden Teases Tonight’s ‘Late Late Show’ Homefest Special With Will Ferrell Singing Snoop & More

Not we all haven’t seen a big-name actor washing his hands while singing “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” right? Well, for anyone who somehow have missed it over the years, James Corden has posted a clip of Will Ferrell doing just that. Watch it below. The video is culled from Homefest: James Corden's Late Late Show…