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He’s survived punk, disco, a deep dive into religion, the rise of boy bands and electronica, Soy Bomb and going electric. Now, 78-year-old Bob Dylan has again shown the young kids how it’s done, scoring his first No. 1 on any Billboard chart with his 17-minute song, Murder Most Foul. As hard as it is to believe, the…

Cast & Crew, one of Hollywood's leading payroll companies, said tonight that it's furloughing "a significant percentage” of its employees, and is implementing salary reductions of 50% for executive management and 25% for vice presidents and other senior employees. It's also decreasing work hours "for a portion of the…

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the remainder of the 2019-2020 season for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and may also impact this summer’s Hollywood Bowl programming, the organization said Wednesday. The LA Phil, as it’s commonly known, said it would end plans for the October through June series at the downtown…

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, will headline a fundraiser later this month with a list of guests that include Billie Jean King, Billy Porter, Kristin Chenoweth and Melissa Etheridge. The April 23 event will be a virtual fundraiser, in which guests participate by video chat and listen to comments from…

Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort on Thursday extended their closures to “at least through May 31,” the latest pushing of the dates at the parks shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. NBCUniversal also said that pay cuts for most full-time employees and furloughs for all of its part-time workers…

UPDATED with latest: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Wednesday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has grown to 427,460, a jump of more than 32,000 in the past 24 hours. That’s almost three times the total of any other country in the world. The death toll nationally stands at…

UPDATED, 1:30 PM: Twenty-five more people died of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County during the past 24 hours, local health officials said Thursday. That’s the second-most of any single day during the crisis — though four fewer than Wednesday — and brings the death toll in the region to 223. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles…

Snapchat parent Snap has hired Hulu executive Peter Naylor as VP Americas, a newly created position, starting in early May and based in Snap’s New York office. Until today, Naylor served as SVP and Head of Advertising Sales at Hulu, where he's worked for six years. Prior to Hulu, he was VP of Digital Media…

Furloughs that Walt Disney announced last week in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic have begun to cycle through the film studios, we have learned. Disney, hammered by a complete loss of revenue from its shuttered theme parks and with film and TV production stalled, said it would furlough all staff whose work was…

Ava DuVernay, Tyler Perry, Viola Davis, Lee Daniels and many more industry luminaries today paid tribute to Charles Gregory Ross after the Emmy-nominated hairstylist lost his battle with coronavirus yesterday. “God bless you and keep you in His Kingdom forever,” DuVernay said of Ross, who she most recently worked with…

(UPDATED WITH KLEIN LAWYER STATEMENT) EXCLUSIVE: A week after former Paradigm agent Debbee Klein smacked her old employer with a $2 million breach of contract lawsuit, the Sam Gores-led company has hit back today with a searing court multi-million dollar filing of its own denying all allegations of impropriety as…

ViacomCBS has set up a $100 million relief fund to help those impacted by COVID-19, according to a memo to staff Thursday from CEO Bob Bakish. It’s the latest company to establish funds to help workers displaced by a shutdown of film and TV production due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. These funds will…