TV shows from the U.K., Brazil, India, the Netherlands, Turkey and Colombia scored International Emmy Awards at a gala Monday that was sort of like the Primetime Emmys but not televised and with a really nice cheese course.
The Grand Ballroom at the New York Hilton was packed as host, Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show…
COMMENTARY: The grid is wobbly. The hills are on fire. Some homeless camps in the Valley have been almost as crowded as CityWalk.
If ever we needed the annual migration of awards-season out-of-towners, it is now.
The Descent of the Visitors—most of them from New York—is my favorite part of the Oscar cycle. Like…
The power has long-since returned, but Jimmy Fallon still managed to cull plenty of comedic material from Saturday night’s blackout in New York City.
Returning from a two-week break, the Tonight Show host joked that he needed to get through his opening bit because Manhattan “could lose power at any second.”
“What a…
2ND UPDATE, 8:57 AM: A federal judge in Manhattan today denied bail for billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is charged with multiple counts including sex trafficking of minors. Prosecutors had been arguing for Epstein to remain behind bars, saying he is a flight risk and a danger to the public. His defense team…
UPDATED with statement from StubHub: The New York State Legislature today passed legislation and adopted consumer disclosures in the ticket resale market that requires ticket broker sites to, among other things, disclose all fees and surcharges prior to accepting payment.
The legislation was hailed today by the Broadwa…
A plan to bring a touch of Hollywood to upstate New York has run aground.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute is transferring ownership of its Film Hub facility outside of Syracuse to Onondaga County for $1. Local news reports indicate the state will pay the county $1.7 million for the facility, which opened just a few years…
Ronan Farrow’s investigations of Harvey Weinstein received the magazine world’s highest honor, the Ellie Award, and the publisher of them, The New Yorker, joined New York and GQ as the only winners of multiple trophies.
In a lunchtime ceremony hosted by CNN’s Don Lemon, the 53rd annual Ellies (known for the…
UPDATED AT 6:15 PMÂ to incorporate comment from the IAB.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau has dramatically scaled back this year’s Digital Content NewFronts, paring the schedule to a week of presentations instead of the usual two.
At the same time, the organization said it would host a new West Coast showcase at the…
UPDATED with governor’s comments, 2 PM:New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have linked the state's film incentives to diversity hiring in the state’s TV industry. The bill, which sailed through the state Legislature, would have allocated up to $5 million for companies that hire female and minority…
A bill in New York that would link production incentives to diversity hiring is waiting for the signature of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has until midnight on December 18 to sign it or veto it.
The bill, which sailed through the state Legislature, would provide $5 million in annual tax credits for projects that hire…
