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
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…
EXCLUSIVE: With talent agencies’ income down to a trickle amid total Hollywood production shutdown, Innovative Artists has become the latest company to implement cost-cutting measures in a bid to stay afloat during the difficult times.
In a statement to Deadline, owner and president Scott Harris confirmed that the…
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…
EXCLUSIVE:Dylan Walsh is set as a series regular opposite Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch in Superman & Lois, the CW's straight-to-series drama about the iconic DC couple, from The Flash executive producer Todd Helbing, DC Universe architect Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros. TV. Walsh will play the popular comic…
As President Donald Trump was at Thursday’s coronavirus press briefing calling for lawmakers to get beyond partisanship, the White House released a letter he sent to Chuck Schumer trashing him as a senator.
“You have been missing in action, except when it comes to the ‘press,'” Trump wrote. “While you have stated that…
As with most networks, NBC has had to shift some series’ season finale dates due to the coronavirus-related production shutdowns.
Several NBC series will wrap their season runs earlier than planned because they could not finish production on their orders. The list includes all Chicago dramas, Law & Order: SVU, The Blac…
An astute and forceful corporate soldier, Jeffrey Katzenberg has participated in three major startups but has the most riding on his next one, Quibi. So do his backers, whose $1.75 billion investment reflects their confidence in his ability to predict the future. Even if he occasionally gets it wrong.
Katzenberg…
