Unions, Producers Closing in On ‘Return-To-Work’ Deal
28 Aug 2020Hollywood’s unions and management’s Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are “very close to an agreed upon framework for a safe return to work,” an industry source tells Deadline.-
New Hope for Women of Color in Hollywood
27 Aug 2020It started with a hashtag. This summer as nationwide calls for racial and social justice hit a fever pitch, Thuc Nguyen, founder of The Bitch Pack, and Cheryl L. Bedford, founder of Women of Color Unite, teamed on a new mentorship concept to help pump Hollywood’s diversity pipeline. 
Balancing Life with Yoga
26 Aug 2020A few days a week, Lauren “Renni” Pollock – a 2ndAC and Local 600 member since 2013 -- breaks the monotony of quarantine by teaching an hour-long yoga session via Zoom from her living ro
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Two Women Activists Urge Businesses to Connect With Community
26 Aug 2020Dolores Huerta and Angélique Kidjo have close to a century of experience between them raising their voices to demand human rights. -
BLM Co-Founder Calls for 1-Day Strike Over Jacob Blake
25 Aug 2020Following Tuesday night’s historic sports strike — which started with the Milwaukee Bucks boycotting their playoff game in solidarity with police shooting victim Jacob Blake — Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is making a call for similar action in Hollywood. -
Navigating to the Next Normal
21 Aug 2020David Bowie’s classic song, “Space Oddity,” reportedly inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, related the experiences of Major Tom, a fictional space traveler, who found hims
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Louisiana's Film Industry Slowly Picking up After COVID-19
19 Aug 2020BATON ROUGE - A few production crews are starting to roll again after the COVID-19 pandemic put a screeching halt to Louisiana’s film industry. -
7 Movies that Prove the Power of Good Cinematography
19 Aug 2020One of the first things you learn about how movies are put together is that everything is on screen for a reason. Even if a cat wandered into the background, it’s there because someone decided to keep it. Usually it’s there because of a cinematographer. -
Entertainment Industry Urge Trump to Revise CARES Act
18 Aug 2020SAG-AFTRA, The Recording Academy and 10 additional entertainment industry organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to President Trump asking for his administration’s help to reform the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program in regards to mixed earner workers, saying that the situation is having "tragic" consequences. -
10 Questions with Jessica Lopez
14 Aug 2020Central region Camera Operator Jessica Lopez, SOC (Greenleaf, The Baxters, The Rookie, Transparent) was on a Netflix feature in Mexico City when the shut-down came, and she had to quickly
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Hollywood’s Entertainment Unions Have a Whiteness Problem
13 Aug 2020It took April Chaney nine years working as a makeup artist before her union would accept her. -
How Media, Hollywood Are Addressing Systemic Racism
13 Aug 2020The murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and countless others at the hands of U.S. police have sparked a wave of protests around the world, forcing corporations to take a stand against racial injustice and evaluate how – and to what degree – they perpetuate systemic racism.
