Industry Execs Discuss Outlook for Future Growth
02 Sep 2020The second season of “Rebooting the Entertainment Industry,” sponsored by PwC and Ad Council, will begin its five-episode run on Sept. 15. “Rebooting the Entertainment Industry” is a weekly series in the Variety Streaming Room exploring how the entertainment industry is refocusing and redefining business during significant COVID-19 disruptions.-
UE Claims Plummet for Entertainment Sector
02 Sep 2020EXCLUSIVE: The pace of initial unemployment claims for Californians previously working in the state’s arts, entertainment and recreation sector has slowed dramatically in recent weeks, falling for three consecutive weeks to the lowest levels since the coronavirus pandemic shut down venues across the state and the country in mid-March. -
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
