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U.S. unemployment claims surged 6.648 million for the week ended March 28 , according to the Department of Labor. That tops a previous a record the week before as the coronavirus continues to take a devasting toll on the U.S. labor market.
There were a revised 3.307 million claims file the week ending March 21.
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Here’s a first teaser trailer for the anticipated sequel to Korean-language zombie movie smash, Train To Busan.
Posted on the website and Youtube channel of U.S. distributor Well Go USA Entertainment, the teaser picks up the action four years after the zombie outbreak in the original. The Korean peninsula is…
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…
Brit TV writer Dominic Minghella (Doc Martin) has recounted a harrowing personal experience of being hospitalised for five days with coronavirus symptoms.
In a lengthy and moving blog post, published in full below, Knightfall executive Minghella charts how he developed symptoms but initially resisted the reality of…
AMC Networks’ North American streaming service Acorn TV is going to launch in the UK on April 29.
Acorn will be priced at £4.99 ($6.20) a month or £49.99 per year, which makes it the same price as Apple TV+, but cheaper than BritBox, Disney+ and Netflix, which are all £5.99 a month.
The streamer will be stocked with…
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…
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is the latest entertainment industry event to be claimed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The festival was due to take place 18-22 June, but has been canceled amid the “COVID-19 outbreak which continues to grip the world.” The 60th edition of the festival will now take place on the same…
Sony Corp said today that it has launched a $100M fund to support those affected by the coronavirus. Titled the Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19, the electronics and entertainment giant’s pledge will provide assistance in three areas: individuals engaged in frontline medical and first responder efforts to fight…
Discovery’s Travel Channel and ViacomCBS’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 have come together to commission a series on famous Ancient Egyptian mummies.
British producer Blink Films will make Mummy Mysteries (or Mummies Unwrapped as it will be titled on Channel 5), a six-part series that will unravel facts about mummies…
BREAKING … Less than two weeks after Sam Gores dropped the hammer on scores of agents at Paradigm in what were termed temporary layoffs allegedly due to the asphyxiating effect of the coronavirus crisis on the industry, Debbee Klein has hit back with a devastating breach of oral contract lawsuit for "this…
Writer-comedian Ali Wentworth has tested positive for COVID-19. She confirmed her diagnosis in an Instagram post Wednesday.
Wentworth’s post followed comments made by her husband, ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America earlier in the day. On the morning program, he revealed that Wentworth “has…
Ellis Marsalis, a jazz patriarch in New Orleans and father of Wynton and Brandon Marsalis, has died. He was being treated at a local hospital with suspected COVID-19 infection, but the test results have not yet been returned, according to a family member.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell praised him in a tweeted statement…
