A Generous Menu at Roots Café
28 Apr 2020
The much-loved coffee, sandwiches and baked goods available at Brooklyn’s Roots Café now come with something extra: a generous serving of love, compassion and hope.
Oscars Keeping Show Date But Lightens Eligibility Rules
28 Apr 2020
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its board of governors, meeting virtually, have approved rules changes for next year’s 93rd annual Academy Awards, including lightening eligibility requirements for films debuting on streamers and VOD, There are are changes for some categories including broadening eligible voters in the International Film nominating process and combining Sound Mixing and Sound Editing into one. This also will be the final year that physical DVD screeners are allowed as the Academy moves boldly into the digital frontier with its own screening platform for members.
Coalition Of Hollywood Unions And Associations Seeks Tax Relief From Congress
27 Apr 2020
A coalition of industry unions and organizations is asking Congress to update a Reagan-era tax benefit for workers in the entertainment industry that hasn’t been adjusted in nearly 35 years.
Workers Memorial Day on Tuesday, April 28
24 Apr 2020
Download Local 600 Workers Memorial Day art to share on social media on Tuesday, April 28.
On the Road and Back: Scott Browner Lends a Hand
21 Apr 2020
Under different circumstances, making the 20-mile trek up and down the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles several times a week wouldn’t have been the way that Scott Browner chose to spend his hiatus as A-Camera Operator from "The Goldbergs."
Happy 50th Earth Day
21 Apr 2020
50 years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and OSHA did not exist.
Allen Daviau, cinematographer for 'ET,' dies at 77
17 Apr 2020
(CNN) — Allen Daviau, an Oscar-nominated cinematographer whose work produced some of the most iconic film images of our time, has died from complications related to Covid-19, his talent agent Karin Martin tells CNN. He was 77.
Good News for Spectrum Home Feed Workers
16 Apr 2020
Some good news for those of you on the Spectrum home feeds. The IATSE is happy to inform you that Charter/Spectrum has agreed to pay previously booked members of its home Lakers, Dodgers and Galaxy crews and traveling Lakers crew for days booked in late March, early April. Read more for dates to be paid.
The Actors Fund: There to Help 600 Members
15 Apr 2020
In times of crisis, The Actors Fund goes into immediate action.
COVID-19: Healthcare Qualifying Hours Relaxed for Members with 100 Hours or More Banked
10 Apr 2020
On Thursday, Apr. 9, the MPIPHP Directors extended eligibility for Active Participants in the Motion Picture Industry Health Plan who are currently enrolled and whose Benefit Period ends on June 30, 2020 – ie, for the Qualifying Period that ends on April 25, 2020. Members who are on COBRA and those enrolled as Disabled are not eligible for the new hourly exception.
Spotlight: Claire Folger
07 Apr 2020
Several years ago, a camera assistant friend of Claire Folger’s drew the comparison between a film camera and a rather different device.
3D Agents of Shield
03 Apr 2020
“I’ve always been a tinkerer,” describes L.A.-based camera operator Andrew Brinkhaus. “When the COVID-19 shut down hit, like many, I got online and started reading.