Jobs and earnings for SAG-AFTRA members have "rebounded and reached a new high in the first months of 2021, with streaming and commercials showing significant growth," the union said Saturday night following an all-day meeting of its national board of directors.
"We're very pleased that the Covid safety protocols that…
Jackie Mason, the rabbi who later cultivated careers as a comedian, actor and author, died in a Manhattan hospital on Saturday, according to the New York Times. He was 93.
Mason’s longtime friend, attorney Raoul Felder, confirmed his passing to the Times. A cause of death was not disclosed.
Mason was born Yacov Moshe…
On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 10 new deaths from Covid-19, and 2,600 new positive cases.
While the number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting, today’s data brings the County to a total of 24,624 deaths and 1,281,760 positive…
At Comic-Con@Home on Friday, Netflix unveiled a never-before-seen blooper reel for its acclaimed horror trilogy, Fear Street.
The three-parter directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) is based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series of the same name, taking place in the years 1994, 1978 and 1666.
Part One picks up in…
A long-running dispute over the estate of singer James Brown has finally been settled, an attorney involved in the mediation said on Friday.
David Black, an attorney representing Brown’s estate, confirmed to The Associated Press that the agreement was reached on July 9. Details of the settlement were not…
Actor Mike Mitchell, a former Mr. Universe who went on to appear in the films Braveheartand Gladiator, died Friday at age 65 on a boat in Turkey. His family reportedly attributed his passing to natural causes.
Mitchell began his career as a bodybuilder. He won the Mr. Universe title, and went on to win many World…
3RD UPDATE, Saturday AM: Two releases respecting the theatrical window –Universal’s Old and Paramount’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins– are opening at the box office to blah results. But don’t blame the distribution strategy.
However, it’s questionable whether we blame the delta variant.
Just don’t forget, when it comes…
Since hitting screens in 2004, the romantic tearjerker The Notebook has had many imitators, but none has quite made audiences, mostly female, swoon quite like that one did. The litmus test for this type of film, generally from some sort of connection to author Nicholas Sparks, is still that Ryan Gosling-Rachel McAdams…
Meredith Stiehm will be the next president of the WGA West. Stiehm, running unopposed, will succeed David A. Goodman, who has termed out, on Sept. 21.
Stiehm, who executive produced Homeland and Cold Case, will be only the third woman to hold the union’s highest elected position. The WGA West and its forerunner, the…
EXCLUSIVE: The Chi’s Cory Hardrict is set to star in the indie thriller Die Like a Man. Eric Nazarian is writing and directing the pic which is the first part of a street trilogy revolving around themes of masculinity, violence, and gentrification in 21st century America. Hardrict is also exec producing.
Hardrict…
Buffalo 8 has acquired worldwide rights at the just-wrapped Cannes virtual market to Givers of Death, an apocalyptic sci-fi thriller written and directed by and starring Addison Henderson. The pic, which is coming off its world premiere at the American Black Film Festival, will hit U.S. theaters and Premium VOD…
