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A day after CAA was among the major Hollywood agencies to cancel plans to host their annual Emmy Weekend parties amid the ongoing standoff with the WGA, the agency said Thursday it instead is donating to the Motion Picture & Television Fund. The undisclosed sum will go to the MPTF’s Community Programs Fund, which…

The Motion Picture & Television Fund's VA Benefits Assistance Program has helped Hollywood's military veterans and their families collect more than $500,000 in unclaimed retroactive Veterans Affairs benefits over the last five years — and more than $85,000 in ongoing monthly benefits, all tax free for life. On…

Allegations of a cover-up of sexual assaults at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital have been leveled on behalf of one of the women who was allegedly assaulted there. Attorneys for Sylvia Mathes, one of more than a dozen elderly women who were allegedly assaulted by a fellow resident, now claim an…

Anyone in the motion picture and television community who has been affected by the numerous fires that have swept through Southern California can get help through The Motion Picture and Television Fund. The MPTF says it is offering assistance to members of the film and TV community whose fires have upended their lives…

The annual Hollywood Film Awards will take place on November 5 this year at the Beverly Hilton, with organizers saying this year proceeds will benefit the Motion Picture Television Fund. The untelevised event hands out awards in several categories, and usually draws a legit throng of cast, creatives and crew of films…

Kirk Douglas doesn’t turn 100 years old until December 9th, but he got an early birthday celebration and a huge cake from the industry at last night’s 95th Anniversary show for the Motion Picture & Television Fund at the MPTF Wasserman Campus in Woodland Hills. It was an irony lost on no one that perhaps the most…

We’ve known since the spring that the annual fundraiser held for a decade-plus at the Beverly Hills Hotel was pulling up stakes amid the boycotts that have hit that venue. Now sources confirm to Deadline that the Motion Picture Television Fund’s 2015 Night Before event is heading to the centrally located and spacious…

The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation has donated $6 million to the Motion Picture & Television Fund to establish a new behavioral health center for its entertainment industry members. The latest gift brings the family’s total contributions to the MPTF to more than $55 million, making it the single largest donor in the…

Birthday wishes are in store for the famous Beverly Hills Hotel celebrating its centennial this year and kicking it off with a two-day affair, just ended at the famous Los Angeles landmark. With all proceeds benefitting the Motion Picture & Television Fund (which also holds a major fundraiser ahead of the Oscars…

Motion Picture Television Fund board member George Clooney this morning announced the launch of a $350 million fundraising drive at the organization over the next three years. During a breakfast at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills, MPTF brass said that $238 million has already been raised in the effort, with key…