Click to Skip Ad
Closing in...
Skip to main content
Got A Tip?
Follow Us:
Got A Tip? Tip Us

David Robb

Labor Editor

David has been covering the entertainment industry for more than 30 years. He was the chief labor, legal and investigative reporter at Daily Variety for 10 years, and served in that same capacity at The Hollywood Reporter for another 10 years. He has written for numerous newspapers and magazines and is the author of three books: "Operation Hollywood," "The Gumshoe and the Shrink," and "The Stuntwoman." Nominated for three Pulitzer Prizes, he is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award for his coverage of African Americans in the entertainment industry. Among several other awards, he was honored by the WGA for his work that restored the writing credits to blacklisted writers of more than 30 films. He joined Deadline in 2014 and lives in Los Angeles

More From David Robb

SAG-AFTRA Orders Members Not To Work On ‘Songbird’, One Of The First Films To Shoot In LA During Pandemic

SAG-AFTRA today put the kibosh on producer Michael Bay’s Songbird, one of the first movies to shoot in Los Angeles during the pandemic. The actors union told its members not to work on the film because it "failed to complete the signatory process and is therefore not signed to any applicable SAG-AFTRA agreement." In…
Read the full story
Michael Bay Pandemic Pic 'Songbird': SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris Says New Film & TV Contract “Is The Most Lucrative Deal We Have Ever Negotiated”

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris is urging the members to vote yes to ratify the union’s new film and TV contract, saying in a video message to her members today that the pact "is the most lucrative deal we have ever negotiated. It’s valued at $318 million over the three year term of the contract. That’s an…
Read the full story
SAG AFTRA

WGA & Producers Reach Tentative Deal On New Film & TV Contract, Averting Strike During Pandemic

After long and hard negotiations conducted remotely, the WGA and the AMPTP have secured a tentative overall deal that brings much-desired labor stability to an industry already hobbled by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. After a last-ditch marathon bargaining session that stretched into the early hours…
Read the full story
Writers Guild, Producers Reach Tentative Agreement

Editors Guild Chief Cathy Repola Addresses Systemic Racism In Hollywood And Back To Work Protocols That “Are Still In The Works”

Just when you thought that guidelines for the film and TV industry's safe return to work were in place and ready to implement, Cathy Repola, executive director of the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, says that those protocols "are still in the works." In a video message to her members today, she said: "We are still in…
Read the full story
Cathy Repola Editors Guild
Watch

ASCAP Says Donald Trump Campaign Can’t Use Any Rolling Stones Songs In Its Repertory, Following BMI’s Lead

EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump may be looking for a new walk-off song at his campaign rallies now that the Rolling Stones and BMI have put him on notice and threatened to sue if he ever again uses any of their songs licensed by the giant performing rights organization. And now fellow performing-rights group ASCAP…
Read the full story
ASCAP Says Trump Campaign Can’t Use

IATSE Leaders Acknowledge Union’s Role In Perpetuating “Systemic Racism” In Legit Theater, Call For Industrywide Action

Leaders of IATSE, which represents thousands of theatrical stage workers across the country, today acknowledged the union's role in failing to upend "systemic racism in the arts and entertainment industry." Calling for industrywide action, they vowed to do the “hard work” needed to "create real, lasting change." "We…
Read the full story
IATSE Logo
More Stories

Newswire

Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. All Rights reserved.

Powered by WordPress.com VIP
ad