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British actor Michael Angelis, whose soothing voice graced more than two decades of the children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. He was 76 and passed at home with his wife present.
The Liverpool native took over the voicing duties from Ringo Starr as the narrator of the UK version of Thomas the Tank Engine A…
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed 25 new deaths as well as 1,379 new cases of the coronavirus.
Of those who have died, 15 were over the age of 65 years old while eight were between the ages of 41-65 years old and one was between 18-40 years old. 22 had underlying health conditions.
On…
The UK production sector now has a comprehensive set of coronavirus safety protocols, with the British Film Commission (BFC) today publishing its guidelines following wide industry consultation.
The 34-page document, titled 'Working Safely During COVID-19 in Film and High-end TV Drama Production', is available to read…
"The recent killing of George Floyd as well as other instances of lethal attacks and harassment of unarmed black citizens in our nation continue to drive outrage and calls for action by people of all cultural backgrounds, including many of our employees," say Disney's CEO, Executive Chairman and SVP and Chief…
The 65th Drama Desk Awards has postponed its plan to stream its awards tonight during a presentation of Spectrum News NY1's On Stage.
The organization cited “breaking news events in New York this weekend” as the reason for the postponement. The city’s boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn have seen massive disruptions…
YouTube personality Jake Paul is receiving tons of backlash after video footage of him among a group of people in an Arizona mall while it was being looted after a protest surfaced. Even so, Paul claims that he was not looting or vandalizing.
Paul sent out a statement on his social media platforms in an attempt to…
The city of Santa Monica will shut down for a second night of curfew starting at 4 PM today through 5:30 AM on Monday morning.
The city’s official Twitter account made the announcement. All Interstate 10 freeway ramps into the city will be shuttered, as will Pacific Coast Highway off-ramps. The tweet also warned…
In an internal memo, ViacomCBS President of Entertainment and Youth Brands Chris McCarthy announced that all entertainment and youth brands and platforms will be going dark for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, which marks the time in which George Floyd was killed. The time will not only serve as a tribute to Floyd but as a…
Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, known as Christo, passed away of natural causes on May 31, 2020, at his home in New York City. He was 84. Christo’s death was announced by his office on Facebook.
Along with his late wife and lifelong collaborator Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, who died in 2009, Bulgarian-born…
Herb Stempel, whose admission that television game shows were fixed led to a major scandal and congressional investigation, has died. He passed at age 93 on April 7, but his death just recently came to light.
No cause of death was given by his stepdaughter, Bobra Fyne.
Stempel was a contestant on the game show Twenty…
The building that houses the Motion Picture Association’s Washington headquarters, just a couple blocks from the White House, sustained some exterior damage and defacement on Saturday night, as protests continued over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
TV images on Saturday showed a large fire burning next to…
Los Angeles will be under a citywide curfew for a second straight night on Sunday, as the city continues to struggle with protests related to the George Floyd death in Minneapolis.
Police Chief Michel Moore said there was “hundreds of thousands in property damage” related to Saturday’s protests, which were…
