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Comcast CEO Donates Full Salary To Charity, Company Sets Up $500M Employee Fund
Chairman-CEO Brian Roberts and different high executives Comcast will donate 100% of their salaries to charities supporting COVID-19 aid efforts because the media large commits $500 million to help workers with continued pay and advantages, in accordance with a memo Roberts despatched to employees on Wednesday. “Throughout our companies, we have now dedicated $500 million
Fox And Comcast In Long-Term Distribution Deal
Fox and Comcast Wednesday introduced a long-term renewal of their distribution settlement for Fox’s full portfolio of channels, together with retransmission consent for the Fox Tv Stations to Xfinity prospects. Michael Biard, President of Operations and Distribution for FOX commented, “We’re happy to increase our longstanding and productive partnership with Comcast in order that hundreds
Endeavor Planning Company-Wide Pay Cuts This Week, Avoid More Layoffs For Now
EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor chiefs are telling employees immediately that there have been will likely be companywide pay cuts starting from 0-30% that may happen within the coming weeks, Deadline has confirmed. That is just like a method adopted by Disney and different corporations, to keep away from mass layoffs throughout a pandemic that has introduced world
J.K. Rowling Launches ‘Harry Potter At Home’ Online Hub For Kids, Teachers & Fans
J.Okay. Rowling has launched a web-based Harry Potter hub for youths, households and followers to faucet into throughout the coronavirus lockdown. Based on the location, the hub will embody “particular contributions from Bloomsbury and Scholastic, nifty magical craft movies (train your pals how to attract a Niffler!), enjoyable articles, quizzes, puzzles and lots extra for
BTS’ Label Big Hit Entertainment Enjoys Record Profits
Large Hit Leisure, the Korean music label which represents pop sensation BTS, recorded bumper earnings in 2019. The Seoul-based firm noticed income practically double to $508 million, and working revenue develop by 28% to $85.four million. The diluted revenue margin was defined by strikes to diversify the corporate away from its reliance on BTS, by
Edinburgh’s Summer Festivals Canceled Due To Coronavirus
Edinburgh’s summer season festivals, together with the well-known Fringe theatre and comedy competition, have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Fringe, Worldwide Competition, Jazz and Blues Competition, Guide Competition and Navy Tattoo won’t happen for the primary time in 70 years, in keeping with organizers. It follows the Edinburgh Worldwide Movie Competition being
Coronavirus Causes 85% Crash in Asia Box Office
Theatrical field workplace within the Asia-Pacific area tumbled a large 85% within the first two months of the yr. The coronavirus prompted cinema closures, viewers hesitation, and a halving of the variety of movie releases. Asia is house to the 5 of the highest ten cinema markets exterior North America. In keeping with knowledge from
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‘His Dark Materials’ Writer Jack Thorne Receiving Treatment For What He Thinks Is Coronavirus
Jack Thorne, the prolific British author behind HBO and BBC drama His Darkish Supplies, has mentioned that he’s receiving therapy for what he believes to be coronavirus. The author, whose different credit embrace Channel 4’s The Virtues and have movie The Aeronauts, mentioned he has suffered from a excessive temperature, cough and exhaustion, which has
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Empire’s Final Season Cut Short By Coronavirus Pandemic; Early Series Finale Set On Fox
Empire‘s sixth and ultimate season will finish prior to initially deliberate as a result of coronavirus pandemic. As revealed on the very finish of Tuesday’s betrayal and crashed marriage ceremony crammed “Love Me Nonetheless” broadcast, the 18th episode of Taraji P. Henson and Terrance Howard-led hip hop drama’s ultimate season will now function the finale.
‘The Biggest Loser’ Has A Grand Prize Winner In Season Finale
SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT AS THERE ARE DETAILS ON WHO WON THE PROGRAM: There are many losers on USA Community’s weight-loss actuality program The Largest Loser. However there can solely be one actual winner on the finish of the present. Tonight’s season finale of the present introduced a conclusion to months
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Hotel Cafe, Laugh Factory Among Hollywood Venues Staying Alive Through Online Connections
Their doorways are shut due to the coronavirus pandemic. However a few Hollywood venues are just about retaining the lights on by way of on-line performances. The Lodge Cafe is the most recent venue to joint he celebration. It will likely be part of the upcoming Uncancelled Music Pageant, which is able to highlight on-line
Larry David PSA Wants Public To Curb Their Enthusiasm For Leaving Home
David provided a public service announcement on Tuesday railing in opposition to the “idiots” who aren’t following social distancing tips. “Clearly, anyone put me as much as this ’trigger it’s usually not the type of factor I do, however I mainly wish to handle the idiots on the market — and you recognize who you’re,”
Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert Digging Deep To Find That Comedy Gold
In these tough and restrictive instances, it’s arduous to search out the silver lining in the dead of night clouds which have gathered. So the already tough job confronted by late night time comedians is made even tougher because the COVID-19 shutdown continues. However the present should go on, so Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert
Xi’s Zhejiang tour boosts companies’ confidence
Chinese language President Xi Jinping talked with villagers in Anji county in East China’s Zhejiang Province on Monday with out sporting a masks, which was in keeping with the most recent #COVID19 prevention coverage in Zhejiang. The province permits folks to go to vacationer websites with out masks if not in mass gatherings as progress
Twitter deletes Bolsonaro tweets doubting virus policies
Two tweets by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro through which he questioned quarantine measures geared toward containing the novel coronavirus have been eliminated Sunday, on the grounds that they violated the social community’s guidelines. Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro wears a face masks throughout a press convention on the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 on the Planalto Palace in
War against silent carriers starts
A lab worker on the Middle for Illness Management of Nantong, East China’s Jiangsu Province, conducts experiment on February 25. Photograph: VCG Officers from the Nationwide Well being Fee (NHC) introduced on Tuesday that ranging from Wednesday, China will publish particulars concerning asymptomatic COVID-19 sufferers every day in a swift coverage adjustment in response to
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Chris Cuomo On Testing Positive For Coronavirus: “Let’s Use This Example Of Me Having It As Proof That You Can Get It Too”
Chris Cuomo opened his CNN present Cuomo Prime Time by elaborating on his coronavirus analysis, telling viewers, “Let’s use this instance of me having it as proof that you could get it too.” From the basement of his residence, the place he’s quarantined even from his spouse and kids, Cuomo stated that “my concern is what
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Andrew Jack Dies: ‘Star Wars’ Actor And Hollywood Dialect Coach Had Coronavirus Complications, Was 76
Along with his appearing work, Jack was a dialect coach in Hollywood. He labored with actors on Males in Black: Worldwide, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Thor: Ragnarok and two of the Avengers motion pictures. He additionally labored with Christian Bale on his voice for Batman Begins and was going to work with Robert Pattinson on DC’s upcoming The
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First MPTF Nursing Home Retiree Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Two Others Showing Symptoms
A retiree on the Movement Image & Tv Fund’s expert nursing facility has examined optimistic for the coronavirus, and two others are exhibiting signs and have been transferred to an isolation unit. That is the primary incident of COVID-19 on the facility, the place some 250 leisure retirees stay on the Wasserman Campus in Woodland
Toughest time for Germany in COVID-19 battle has not arrived
A German police officer carrying a protecting masks checks a driver on the border with Austria, close to the German village of Oberaudorf as Germany imposed border controls with 5 international locations in a viral fightback, on Monday. Germany launched border controls with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland in a bid to stem the
‘Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens’ Season Finale Draws Record Ratings In Live+3
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens has ended its first season on a excessive be aware. The March 25 season 1 finale scored season highs amongst M18-34 (.52, +27%) and P18-34 (.46, +22%) in Dwell+3, based on Comedy Central and Nielsen. Viewers staying residence amid the coronavirus disaster are being credited with contributing to the season
Scientists slam smear on China’s virus data
A employees member serves a shopper in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, March 30, 2020. Many shops of China Cell Communications Group Co.,Ltd in Wuhan reopened with strict measures being taken on purchasers, together with temperature checking, tracing well being QR code, and obligatory hand disinfection to forestall in opposition to the novel coronavirus epidemic.
Reese Witherspoon Launches ‘Shine On At Home’ Series Amid COVID-19 Quarantine
Amid the rising variety of coronavirus circumstances within the U.S. and the prolonged social distancing pointers to April 30, Reese Witherspoon is providing up some knowledgeable suggestions which were useful to her in the course of the present world well being disaster. The Little Fires In all places star took to social in the present
‘For Life’ Premiere Demo Rating More Than Triples In Live+35 Multiplatform Play
Following a modest linear Life+Identical Dy debut, ABC’s new midseason authorized drama For Life is displaying some sturdy digital legs. After 35 days of delayed viewing on linear and digital platforms, the collection debut of For Life grew to eight.6 million whole viewers and a 2.53 ranking amongst Adults 18-49. That is a rise of