The latest: Suze Orman’s no-holds-barred coronavirus financial survival plan; “M For Magic” director on seeing her SXSW premiere go poof, and concern for L.A.’s Magic Castle; China’s Road Pictures chief on the country’s re-closing of cinemas and the impact of the shutdown on art-house fare there; “The Cave” subject Dr. Amani Ballour’s experience in the trenches in Syria gives her a unique perspective on the crisis
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The advertising industry festival originally said it planned to move from June to October 26-30, but organizers have now decided to abandon the event altogether following the escalating global COVID-19 crisis. Cannes Lions will…
It is said that Sir Isaac Newton used his time at home during the 1655 pandemic to discover gravity and invent calculus. Fellow scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson took a different path today with his COVID-19 downtown – he examined the improbabilities of Marvel and DC superheroes.
Today’s tweetstorm from deGrasse covered…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is Stephen Colbert’s virtual guest on his home edition of The Late Show, but the first clip from their discussion is anything but lighthearted. Have a look below.
The clip focuses on Pelosi’s new bipartisan committee in the House of Representatives that will oversee the White House’s…
Movie theaters and television production is shut down. There’s no pro sports or concerts or theater.
But in the world of gaming, fans are excited about the imminent beta release of Valorant, a 5v5 multiplayer shooting game that’s the first in that genre from Riot Games, which makes the popular League of…
UPDATE 630 PM: I have learned that the company on Monday laid off Jason Pinyan, a Senior Agent in Strategic Management and Endorsements in the LA office, as well as his assistant. I hear their employment was terminated invoking the Force Majeure clause, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Because Pinyan was force…
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefing on Thursday featured the unexpected appearance of his son-in-law Jared Kushner who, along with Admiral John Polowczyk and Peter Navarro tried to focus on one of the pressing issues of the crisis: The urgent need for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies.
And while…
The Directors Guild Foundation has launched a COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to aid members facing financial crisis. The new fund will support DGA members affected by the industry's shutdown with $1,000 financial relief grants.
"The Foundation has such a rich history of members helping members, and our guild is so…
S&P Global said the world’s largest exhibitor AMC Entertainment risks running out of cash by mid-summer and the ratings agency doesn’t think movie theaters will reopen in June – a prediction AMC CEO Adam Aron made on CNBC this week.
“We expect AMC Entertainment … theaters will remain closed beyond June due to the…
UPDATED with Bezos donation: Amazon’s Jeff Bezoshas committed to donate $100 million and Oprah Winfrey$1 million to support those facing food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bezos’ donation to Feeding America is the largest single gift in the charity’s history.
“Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in…
Soon after Amy Adams and Jennifer Garner announced #SaveWithStories, their initiative to provide books and meals to schoolchildren staying home during the coronavirus crisis, the entries started pouring in.
“It was just born of a small idea to read stories to kids and to create some positivity,” said Adams, who came…
Participant Media is the production company behind a number of important issue-oriented films both narrative and documentary, including Oscar winners like Green Book, An Inconvenient Truth and its sequel, RBG, Spotlight, Citizenfour, and the all-too-prescient Contagion among many others. Its latest film, now hitting…
Focus Features is bringing a collection of its classics to your home. Starting April 6, the studio will switch their current “Focus Fridays” livestream program to “Focus Movie Mondays”.
Throughout April, Focus Features will livestream a film for free exclusively on their Facebook page every Monday starting with…
