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On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer announced modifications to the health order her office has issued to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Those changes will permit the reopening of sectors that include film and TV production. The order will be issued tomorrow, with the effective date…

On Friday, Chair of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors Kartheryn Barger announced progress in the Economic Resiliency Task Force’s work on restarting film and TV production. She said the task force had “gone above and beyond” to try and get key sectors of the county’s economy restarted, singling out NBCUniversal CEO…

The Directors Guild of America’s national board voted unanimously today to approve a new three-year film and TV contract that includes substantial gains in streaming residuals, and to recommend its ratification to the guild's membership. "The future is what drives us, and that's what you see in this agreement," said DG…

It’s just about time for Hollywood’s biggest night. The 92nd Oscars are Sunday, February 9, with the ceremony beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. The network is also making the ceremony, which is going host-free again this year, available on ABC.com and via the ABC…

The Casting Society of America (CSA) has announced the nominations for the 35th Artios Awards for television and theater. "It has been an exceptional year for the art of casting and this slate of incredible nominees is a testament to how the quality of our work is positively reflected in this most impressive list of…

SAG-AFTRA is preparing for its next film and TV contract negotiations. The guild’s current pact doesn't expire until July 1, 2020. The 160,000-member union's board tonight approved the establishment of a wages & working conditions negotiating committee, and appointed SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris as its…

Facebook reportedly is developing a television set-top box equipped with a camera, that would allow for video calling as well as streaming, according to Cheddar TV. The device, code-named Ripley, would position Facebook to compete with its Silicon Valley rivals in a bid for the living room.  It would harness the same…

Apple continues to bulk up its entertainment roster, scooping up three executives from rival Amazon Studios. Amazon Studios’ second television hire, Tara Sorensen, departs to head children’s programming at Apple, the company confirmed. Tara Pietri will lead legal affairs for Apple worldwide video, and Carina Walker…

Shortly after tweeting his review of Donald Jr.’s televised interview with Sean Hannity – "He did a good job last night. He was open, transparent and innocent" – President Donald Trump announced “I have very little time for watching TV,” what with the White House functioning so perfectly: The W.H. is functioning…

Making his first visit to a U.S. mosque as POTUS, President Obama scolded the TV networks for not doing their part to portray Muslims in series storylines other than ones about national security. In conversations with young Muslims, Obama said in today’s address at the Islamic Society of Baltimore. "They were pointing…

James Murdoch has been overwhelmingly re-elected as a director to the Sky board following an AGM vote Friday. Murdoch received 95.65% in his favor, with 4.35% against. He had faced a protest earlier in the week in the form of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum. The investment group, which owns approximately 2% of…

The Derek star may have almost had waterworks but he was far from the only one getting emotional online after the TV Academy announced the list of nominees announced for this year's Emmy Awards. Check out some of the best tweets we saw this morning. Do you have any more good ones we can add in? I have never been…