COVID Surge Throws ‘Essential’ Hollywood Production Plans Up in The Air
08 Jan 2021As the surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelms L.A. hospitals, producers, film workers and their unions are still grappling with how and when to get back to work after a holiday pause.-
Meet DP and Operator Emily Michelle Gonzales
07 Jan 2021Women’s Cinema is a new series by Y.M.Cinema Magazine with the goal of encouraging women to pursue after filmmaking career and to provide a stage for women in the content creation industry, regardless of their role on set. In the first part, we interviewed 1st AC Amanda Wojtaszek which has worked on films like “The Incredible Hulk”, “Workin’ Moms”, “Anne with an E”, “xXx: Return of Xander Cage”, “Suicide Squad” and many more. -
Trailblazing IATSE Leader Marjo Bernay Dies
04 Jan 2021Marjo Bernay, the trailblazing labor leader and feminist activist who once led three Los Angeles-based IATSE locals and served on the board of another, died Sunday of heart disease. She was 79. -
Streaming Plans May Invite Piracy ‘Bonanza’
18 Dec 2020The industry remains up in arms about Warner Bros.’ decision to send its biggest 2021 movies directly to HBO Max on the same day the titles hit U.S. theaters. But one group is probably pleased with the plan: Film pirates. “For sure, pirates are celebrating WarnerMedia’s decision,” says Abigail De Kosnik, director of the Berkeley Center for New Media and an associate professor at UC Berkeley. -
Abigail Disney: Disney Needs to Be Saved From Itself
18 Dec 2020Over the past few years, Abigail Disney has made no secret of her concerns around the corporate policies of The Walt Disney Co., criticizing its compensation practices for senior executives and its treatment of lower-level employees. 
Celebrating the Holidays with Local 600 Members
16 Dec 2020When you have a creative eye, it doesn’t matter if your trailer is half-buried in Oregonian snow (a la Still Photographer Dale Robinette), passing by your local golf club in Pasadena (like Lighting
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Local 600 Members Give Back with Blessed Bag
16 Dec 2020On Giving Tuesday, a cancer patients’ charity got into the holiday spirit thanks to the help and ingenuity of two Local 600 publicists, Ernie Malik and Sheryl Main.
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Hollywood’s ‘Essential’ Worker Status Questioned
15 Dec 2020On Dec. 5, a Los Angeles County-based restaurant owner went viral after posting a video of herself showing off her outdoor dining area, which she was forced to shut down after November orders from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. In the clip, the woman, Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill owner Angela Marsden, pans away from her patio, its picnic-style table and chairs situated 7 feet apart to comply with COVID-19 restrictions, to reveal a series of large white tents with similarly distanced seating a mere 50 feet away. -
10 Predictions for Media & Entertainment 2021
11 Dec 2020COVID-19 forever changed many aspects of our lives this past year, and our collective media and entertainment choices certainly were no exception. The global pandemic fueled a massive industry divide where in-home entertainment choices thrived, while many out-of-home entertainment players, quite literally, died. -
Roger & James Deakins on Team Deakins Podcast
11 Dec 2020Filmmakers all use the same tools, more or less, but do so with endlessly varied methods, says cinematographer Roger Deakins. That idea drove the master cinematographer, who won Academy Awards for Denis Villeneuve’s “Bladerunner 2049” and Sam Mendes’ “1917,” to launch with his wife James Deakins the buzzy behind-the-scenes podcast Team Deakins, a streaming chat show that has now hosted more than 60 film artists of all stripes. -
Will WB streaming change studios forever?
10 Dec 2020The decision to release Warner Bros.’ 2021 films simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters has angered many filmmakers, financiers, agents and theater owners, and deepened a partisan divide between old-school Hollywood types and tech futurists who believe the exhibition business is due for epic disruption. -
Georgia on Their Minds
09 Dec 2020If anybody thought Local 600 members already expended all their political energy on the November general election, a wave of committed volunteers in the Peach State is here to convince you otherwis
