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
In a SXSW déjà vu, San Diego Comic-Con continues to stick to its guns that their fan confab, which draws close to 135,000 people, remains on track for July 23-26.
The news comes at a time when other major events around the world are being delayed due to the uncertainty of the current COVID-19 climate, and how we’ll…
Star Wars icon Mark Hamill has tweeted out his condolences to the friends and family of Andrew Jack, who appeared in two of the series’ films with Hamill. Jack died this week from COVID-19 complications at age 76.
“I’m so sorry and saddened to hear we have lost Andrew Jack,” Hamill wrote. “He was such a kind gentleman…
Walt Disney said Thursday that it has made the “difficult” decsion to furlough employees “whose jobs aren’t necessary at this time” after April 18 due the economic hit from the coronavirus and uncertainties as to when large chunks of its business will be operational again.
Disney had committed to paying employees full…
A day after Adam Schlesinger’s death from coronavirus complications at age 52, Conan O’Brien has weighed in with a Fountains of Wayne video performance culled from his Late Night archives.
Schlesinger, an Emmy and Grammy winner, is best known for “Stacy’s Mom,” a hit he cowrote that reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot…
EXCLUSIVE:MTV's The Challenge: Total Madness‘ Season 35 premiere Wednesday saw its highest ratings in years in two key demos.
The hit athletic competition show, which pits 28 cast members against each other in a quest for a $1 million prize, drew a 1.14 rating in P18-49, its best premiere showing in eight years; and…
EXCLUSIVE: As season 2 ofThe Conners is winding down, ABC's multi-camera comedy has taken a big step toward a third-season pickup.
I have learned that the four principal cast members of the Roseanne spinoff, Sara Gilbert who also serves as an executive producer, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Lecy Goranson, have…
South African actor/producer Stelio Savante, currently starring opposite Matt Dillon as Portuguese coffee plantation foreman Mayor Alvares in David L. Cunningham's Running For Grace, has signed with SMS Talent in Los Angeles.
Savante, who also voiced the popular character 'Ajax' in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4, will next…
Bucky Pizzarelli, a jazz guitar giant and member of the New Jersey Hall of Fame who played with most of the greats in his decades-long career, has died. He was 94 and had been diagnosed with cornonavirus, but the exact cause of death has not been determined, his daughter said.
Pizzarelli had a smooth style that was in…
EXCLUSIVE: At a moment of endless fascination and controversy involving the Royal Family, what better time to mount a movie about Wallis Simpson, the woman who prompted King Edward VIII to abdicate the crown in 1936? The Gotham Group has closed a rights deal for The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by New…
2ND UPDATE, 1:11 PM: For the second consecutive day, Los Angeles County saw a new high for number of deaths caused by the coronavirus. Local officials said Thursday that 13 residents died in the past 24 hours and said 534 new cases were reported.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County Public Health director. said…
EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with WGA statement: The Big Three talent agencies, locked in an antitrust lawsuit with the WGA, have asked a federal judge to temporarily stay discovery on certain documents sought by the guild, saying there is a "clear possibility" the guild's counterclaims against them will be dismissed.
On…
EXCLUSIVE: What would a workplace comedy look like in the current environment of offices around the world closed and employees working remotely under stay-at-home mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus? Ben Silverman and Paul Lieberstein, former executive producers of one of the most popular workplace comedies…
