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Writers Guild Cancels Face-to-Face Member Meetings Due to Coronavirus
The Writers Guild of America West has called off a membership meeting scheduled for Tuesday night at the Hollywood Palladium as a precaution against the coronavirus. The WGA also said its negotiating committee will not hold face-to-face meetings with members and will instead share the information about the upcoming negotiations via email over the next
Indie Rock Darling Soccer Mommy Is Her Own Kind of Throwback
On the best way to 22, Sophie Allison, higher often known as Soccer Mommy, made a collage of the 1990s and 2000s music she was raised on. Pairing the pure-pop innocence of her vocal supply with distorted, at instances screeching guitars, her new album “Colour Concept” finds a author coming to phrases with herself in
Coachella, Stagecoach Officially Postponed
It’s now official: the Coachella and Stagecoach festivals have been postponed resulting from issues over the coronavirus outbreak. Organizers Goldenvoice launched a press release on March 10: On the route of the County of Riverside and native well being authorities, we should sadly affirm the rescheduling of Coachella and Stagecoach resulting from COVID-19 issues. Whereas this
‘Falcon and Winter Soldier’ Filming in Prague Halted Over Coronavirus Concerns
Filming on the Disney Plus sequence “Falcon & Winter Soldier” has been shut down in Prague because of issues over the coronavirus, Selection has confirmed. The transfer comes after the Czech authorities positioned a ban on film screenings, elementary and highschool courses, sports activities matches, and cultural occasions. The Prague Movie Pageant has additionally been canceled.
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Tinder Cancels International Release of Apocalyptic Original Series ‘Swipe Night,’ Gives Users Precautions for Meeting in Person
World courting app Tinder has scrapped international release plans for its original, in-app streaming series “Swipe Night,” the company told Variety exclusively. The decision comes on the heels of advice it gave users about meeting potential love interests in person, as coronavirus continues to spread worldwide. The tech company has paused the release out of
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Ultra Music Festival Offers Vouchers Instead of Refunds for ‘Postponed’ 2020 Event
That is the place the excellence between cancellation and postponement turns into clear: The 2020 Extremely Music Pageant, one of many world’s largest dance-music occasions, was “postponed” final week after metropolis officers expressed concern in regards to the unfold of coronavirus. Whereas the competition won’t happen in 2020, the postponement implies that as an alternative
Listen: What Lois Smith Learned From Theater’s Legendary Figures
Actress Lois Smith’s lengthy profession has been marked by a remarkably constant run of labor throughout stage and display, stretching all the best way again to her 1952 Broadway debut in “Time Out for Ginger” (adopted quickly thereafter by her movie debut in “East of Eden”). Since then, she’s collaborated with a number of the
‘Impulse’ Canceled After Two Seasons on YouTube
March 10, 2020 11:34AM PT YouTube has canceled “Impulse,” arguably its final out and out drama, after two seasons. The cancelation leaves only a couple remaining scripted series at the web subscription service, namely “Cobra Kai” and “Liza on Demand. “Impulse” showrunner Lauren LeFranc shared the news via Twitter, saying that “we tried to find
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GDC Will Stream Conference Talks, Awards Ceremonies Free Online After Canceling In-Person Event Over Coronavirus
Some occasions deliberate for GDC 2020 will now happen just about, after this month’s in-person San Francisco convention was canceled over coronavirus issues. Beforehand, organizers of the Recreation Builders Convention stated they had been seeking to schedule an occasion for August 2020, but it surely’s not clear if that’s nonetheless within the playing cards. A
WarnerMedia, CBS Hope the NCAA Basketball Show Goes On
In a yr when all the pieces appears topsy-turvy, the 2 media corporations that broadcast one of many nation’s favourite sporting occasions are hoping their work on it can proceed as regular. The highest executives overseeing CBS Sports activities’ and Turner Sports activities’ annual telecast of the NCAA’s March Insanity males’s basketball school championship mentioned
Showtime Networks’ Adam Townsend to Depart, Michael Crotty Named CFO
Showtime Networks’s govt vice chairman and chief monetary officer Adam Townsend is stepping down from the place on the finish of March, after 12 mixed years at Showtime Networks and CBS. Succeeding him within the CFO position will probably be Michael Crotty, who will probably be returning to the corporate after a three-year stint as
‘Klaus,’ ‘Tainá,’ ‘Thomas’ Nominated for 3rd Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
BARCELONA — “Klaus,” “Tainá and the Amazon’s Guardians” and “Uncle Thomas Accounting for the Days” are among the many finalists on the third Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, to be held within the Spanish Canary Islands metropolis of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on April 18. Produced by Spain’s SPA Studios and Atresmedia Cine for Netflix, “Klaus”
Media Stocks Tick Back Up After Coronavirus-Fueled Meltdown
Monetary markets regained some misplaced floor Tuesday as buyers appeared to snap up bargains, coming after Monday’s heaviest one-day declines in U.S. stocks in 12 years driven by fears over the ongoing spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The Dow opened up 3.7% Tuesday following the index’s 7.8% slide Monday, and the S&P 500 climbed 3.3% after
‘Misbehaviour’: Film Review
Does anybody nonetheless watch televised magnificence pageants? Some should do: The likes of Miss America and Miss World presumably aren’t being broadcast to a world viewers of ghosts, no matter their declining presence within the fashionable creativeness. But for years now, the pageant trade has felt like a useless lady strolling and waving, steadily shedding
‘The Bachelor’ Recap: Come to Meet Peter Weber’s Parents, Stay for the Cliffhanger
SPOILER ALERT: Don’t learn you probably have not but watched the primary a part of “The Bachelor” Season 24 finale. Pilot Peter Weber has practically landed. After months of ups and downs, his season is culminating in a two-night reside finale, the place he was left to decide on between Hannah Ann Sluss and Madison Prewett.
‘Kill It and Leave This Town’: Film Review
March 9, 2020 9:34PM PT A disturbing journey into the dystopian psyche of animator Mariusz Wilczynski, making his function debut with this black-and-white area of interest oddity. An totally weird, often grotesque, sometimes obscene singularity, Polish artist Mariusz Wilczynski’s abrasive animation “Kill It and Leave This Town” exists so far outside the realm of the
SXSW Lays Off One-Third of Employees in ‘Heartbreaking’ Step
South by Southwest laid off no less than 50 workers, or a 3rd of its year-round employees, Monday because the pageant faces losses within the tens of hundreds of thousands after the cancellation of this 12 months’s pageant. Mentioned the pageant in a press release: “Because of the Metropolis of Austin’s unprecedented and sudden cancellation
‘Speer Goes to Hollywood’: Film Review
A moderately pedestrian presentation of a probably fascinating story, Vanessa Lapa’s “Speer Goes to Hollywood” expands on a little-known footnote to the Hydra-headed historical past of the post-war fates of high Nazi lieutenants. It’s primarily based on the 1972 recordings of conversations between Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect, pal and wartime munitions minister, and screenwriter Andrew
Weinstein Defense Team Cites Charitable Work, Asks for Five-Year Sentence
Harvey Weinstein’s protection crew requested a choose on Monday to condemn him to 5 years in jail, the statutory minimal for 2 counts of rape and sexual assault. In a seven-page sentencing memo, the protection recounted Weinstein’s charitable contributions and his assist for social causes. In addition they argued that Weinstein has already obtained a
Pearl Jam Postpones North American Tour Over Coronavirus Fears
Pearl Jam has postponed their North American tour, which was scheduled to kick off March 18 in Toronto, because of the coronavirus. The band made the announcement on Monday. “We’ve been hit arduous and have witnessed firsthand how shortly these disastrous conditions can escalate,” singer Eddie Vedder wrote, acknowledging the current outbreak at a Seattle
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Coronavirus Concerns Prompt ‘Jeopardy!’, ‘Wheel of Fortune’ to Tape Without Live Audiences
“Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” is not going to tape in entrance of stay audiences within the close to time period, an individual conversant in the scenario tells Selection, because the continued unfold of coronavirus poses a threat to company in addition to immunocompromised “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who final yr was recognized with Stage
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Neil Young Says He’s Holding Off Announcing Crazy Horse Tour Over Virus Uncertainty
Neil Younger has written a letter on his web site saying that, whereas he had been on the verge of placing tickets on sale for a long-awaited tour together with his band Loopy Horse, he has put any bulletins on maintain resulting from uncertainty in regards to the unfold of the coronavirus, citing issues for
Film News Roundup: Stage 32 Sets Online Screenings After SXSW Cancellation
FILM FESTIVALS Social network-educational website Stage 32 will supply SXSW filmmakers a showcase for his or her tasks starting in April. The positioning made the announcement on Monday, three days after the movie competition was canceled attributable to considerations concerning the coronavirus epidemic. Filmmakers and content material creators accepted into SXSW 2020 are welcome to
TV News Roundup: Quibi Releases LeBron James’ ‘I Promise’ Trailer
In right this moment’s TV information roundup, Quibi released a trailer for LeBron James’ documentary series “I Promise” and Pete Buttigieg announced he will guest host “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on March 12. FIRST LOOKS Quibi released the trailer of LeBron James‘ documentary series “I Promise.” The series tells the story of James’ efforts to close