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Actors’ Equity Association says Walt Disney World has “locked out” its union members as a way of retaliating against Equity’s demand for coronavirus testing as a condition for returning to work. Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, is set to begin a phased reopening this Saturday, July 11. In announcing the…

Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s beleaguered mobile streaming startup, got 910,000 people to sign up for free 90-day trials upon its April launch, according to new data from research firm Sensor Tower. The bad news, according to the report: Only 72,000 subscribers stuck around and decided to pay $5 a month (or $8 without…

NBCUniversal has set plans for its first “creativity summit,” an online event July 16 primarily for media buyers and press that will culminate in a sneak preview of the 30 Rock upfront show NBC will broadcast later that night. Talent including Fred Armisen, D-Nice, Tina Fey, Dan Fogelman and Ego Nwodim will appear…

Everyone’s favorite coach on The Voice will be bringing his own music to drive-in theaters this summer. Blake Shelton will have main squeeze Gwen Stefani and Trace Adkins on board for the July 25 concert series debut, location TBD. The series will be filmed and backstage interviews conducted as part of the event…

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League will have all matches  livestreamed via CBS All Access starting next month through August 2024. The Champions League is Europe's top cup competition, fought between the winners of each of the domestic leagues, including the English Premier League…

California, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia broke records for daily new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to the New York Times. That — among other things — had the mayor of America’s second-largest city worried about a new COVID-related crisis. "We're going to see across this…

EXCLUSIVE: Last November, as veteran stunt driver Olivia Summers was leaving a production meeting, a commercial producer took her aside and said: "I didn't realize there were female drivers. We just put a guy in a wig for a job." It's a practice known as "wigging," in which stuntmen don wigs and dresses to double for…

Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti began his Wednesday coronavirus press conference with some good news, and then a warning. “We are making progress,” said the mayor, “and while it is fragile, it is progress.” Noting that Los Angeles is currently seeing the highest level of hospitalizations since the pandemic began…

The Ivy League said Wednesday it will not hold any sports events in the fall, becoming the first major conference to declare itself out of the game in football and other sports during the traditional September-to-December schedule. While the Ivy League rarely gets the national sports spotlight, its decision is…

Moments after California Governor Gavin Newsom reported a shockingly large record number of daily coronavirus cases in the state, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer reported 2,496 new cases of COVID-19, just shy of the all-time record, which topped 2,500 on June 22. The day before, on Tuesday…

Jeff Rose, a former Screen Gems and Paramount Pictures TV publicity executive whose long career also spanned CBS, Columbia Pictures, the Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon, sports broadcasting, NBC's Olympics, and multiple charities, has died at age 88 of natural causes.  Rose died at his home in West Hollywood…

On Wednesday, California Hospital Association President and CEO Carmela Coyle offered a grim update from the medical community. “We’re preparing to surge,” she said. And with good reason. California Gov. Gavin Newsom then announced a mind-boggling number of new coronavirus cases in the state. Over the previous 24…