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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki indicated this week that the White House hopes to name nominees for ambassadorships "soon," a highly anticipated announcement in L.A. donor circles and among Democratic fundraisers across the country. Only adding to the chatter of who is in line for what was an Axios report this…

The Motion Picture Association released its annual report on box office and home entertainment, and the bottom line is sobering but little surprise after a year of Covid closures. The U.S./Canada box office market was down 80% in 2020, to $2.2 billion, while tickets sold were down 81% to 0.24 billion. Still, that was…

Motion Picture Association Chairman Charles Rivkin’s compensation rose to $3.1 million in 2019, while revenues for the industry trade association increased with the addition of Netflix as a member. The figures were revealed as part of public tax documents filed earlier this month. Rivkin collected $2 million in base…

EXCLUSIVE: The Motion Picture Association has renewed the contract of chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin for another three years, starting on January 1. Rivkin joined the MPA in September 2017 as CEO and, after a transition period, also became chairman in January 2018. Before joining the trade organization, he was the…

Donald Trump was a showman whose election in 2016 was in part due to his fame from The Apprentice, but President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will come into office with much closer ties to the entertainment industry. The new administration will likely usher in a much more receptive vibe from…

The office of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said today that "the major motion picture, television, and streaming companies plan to bring back and hire an estimated 40,000 production workers, who will be employed on an expected 75 production projects that will invest over $2 billion into the Georgia economy during the next…

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…

The Motion Picture Association paid Chris Dodd $2.4 million in severance payments in 2018, while its latest financial results also reflected the sale of most of the ownership stake in its Washington, D.C. headquarters. Dodd, who left the organization at the end of 2017, was paid $2,400,842 along with $11,000…

The Motion Picture Association recently moved into a redesigned headquarters, just a couple blocks from the White House, and on Monday night the trade organization debuted the signature feature of their glassy new space: a 118-seat theater. The occasion was a screening of Motherless Brooklyn, the new Edward Norton…

Three days after being arrested by District of Columbia police for the alleged sexual assault and attempt to blackmail a woman he met on an online dating site, the general counsel of the Motion Picture Association of America has been axed from the Hollywood lobbyist organization. "This is to inform you that Steve Fabri…

The Motion Picture Association of America has appointed Emily Lenzner as EVP for Global Communications and Public Affairs. She will report to MPAA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin and oversee the trade group's communications team in the U.S. and internationally. Lenzner will start August 1 and be based at the MPAA’s…

With film and TV production booming in New York, the state has implemented a diversity job training development fund aimed at the entertainment industry, calling it the first of its kind in the U.S.  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he fund will initially provide $1.05 million per year. It was passed as part of a…