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New York Governor Issues Statewide Stay-At-Home Order For All Non-Essential Workers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used his now-daily televised morning replace to difficulty a statewide mandate that every one non-essential staff within the state should keep house because the coronavirus continues to unfold within the state. “16 days in the past we had been at zero [cases in New York] — right this moment we’re
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Teamsters Local 399 Finding Jobs Outside Hollywood For Members Left Suddenly Unemployed By Coronavirus Shutdown
In one other signal of the instances, Hollywood’s Teamsters Native 399 is working onerous to seek out jobs exterior the leisure business for its instantly unemployed members, and native grocery chains are hiring. Corporations trying to rent instantly, the native mentioned, embrace Ralphs, Stater Bros. and Albertsons/Vons. The pay – round $30 an hour –
ViacomCBS’ Noggin Launches On Apple TV In U.S. And Internationally
Noggin, Nick Jr.’s interactive studying subscription service for preschoolers, is now accessible on Apple TV channels on the Apple TV app in 25 territories, together with the U.S., U.Okay., Germany, France and a number of areas in Southeast Asia. New Noggin customers will get a free seven day trial to the service by way of
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‘I, Daniel Blake’ Actor Told To Claim Employment Benefit After Coronavirus Cancellations
In an unlucky accident, Dave Johns, who shot to fame because the star of Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or and BAFTA-winning social realist drama I, Daniel Blake, says he has been informed to say employment advantages on account of coronavirus disrupting his work. The actor and comic made his movie debut because the titular character in
Govt employees detained for concealing imported COVID-19 cases
A visitors police officer carrying a face masks is on responsibility on a avenue in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 9, 2020. A day after the primary instances of COVID-19 have been detected in Bangladesh, authorities stated no new case of the infectious illness has been reported within the nation Monday. (Str/Xinhua) 5 authorities staff from
Jamie Oliver To Front Coronavirus Cookery Show For Channel 4
British chef Jamie Oliver is making a fast-turnaround cookery present for Channel 4, wherein he solves culinary conundrums for people who find themselves self-isolating in the course of the coronavirus disaster. Jamie: Preserve Cooking And Carry On will broadcast each night for 5 days, beginning March 23. It’ll function the chef serving to viewers benefit
NBC News Says Employee Has Died After Testing Positive For Coronavirus
NBC Information mentioned on Friday that one in every of its staff, longtime audio technician Larry Edgeworth, has died after testing optimistic for the coronavirus. Larry Edgeworth, a sound technician for NBC Information’s Rockefeller Plaza headquarters for the previous 25 years, suffered from different well being points, his spouse mentioned, in keeping with a memo
Another colleague of doctor Li Wenliang dies at hard-hit Wuhan hospital
A person stands exterior the Wuhan Central Hospital on Thursday. Li Wenliang labored and died because of coronavirus an infection on the hospital. Picture: Cui Meng/GT Liu Li, a health care provider at Wuhan Central Hospital who was additionally a member of the hospital’s ethics committee, handed away on Friday morning after being contaminated with
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TCB Media Rights Greenlights ‘Hitler’s Supercars’ Documentary, Secures Channel 4 Sale
TCB Media Rights, the worthwhile British distributor entangled within the collapse of Kew Media Group, has financed a documentary about supercars constructed underneath the Nazi regime, as a part of a brace of recent factual tasks. TCB has greenlit Hitler’s Supercars, a 60-minute movie made by UK manufacturing firm Wiser Movies, which reveals how Hitler
Olympic Flame Arrives in Japan, but Games Prospects Are Dimming
The Olympic flame arrived in Japan right this moment from Greece as doubts proceed to develop that the Video games will be held on schedule because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Talking at a welcoming ceremony on Friday at an air base in northern Japan, Tokyo Olympics organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori talked about “the
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UK Outfit Ugly Duckling Films Nabs Screen & Audio Rights To Danish Thriller Novel ‘The Midas Syndrome’ About Money Laundering Scandal
London-based manufacturing outfit Ugly Duckling Movies has secured movie, TV and audio rights to the upcoming Danish thriller novel The Midas Syndrome, which is impressed by the true European cash laundering scandal involving Danske Financial institution. The story centres on Mads Brodersen, who has lastly landed his dream job at Nordisk Financial institution in Denmark
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Cineworld & Picturehouse Staff Laid Off As Company Suffers From Coronavirus Closures
UK exhibition large Cineworld has begun shedding workers as its enterprise continues to be severely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Deadline has seen correspondence despatched yesterday to staff at Cineworld cinemas and its indie chain Picturehouse, a lot of whom are on zero hour contracts, that their employment had been terminated with instant impact. “With
Zero new confirmed cases reported in Hubei as of March 18
Picture: Xinhua/Cai Yang There have been no new confirmed circumstances in Central China’s Hubei Province, the world hit hardest by the coronavirus, as of Wednesday. In the meantime, no new native infections have been reported throughout the Chinese language mainland. Hubei Province additionally reported 795 new recoveries on Wednesday, bringing the full variety of confirmed
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Cineworld & Picturehouse Staff Laid Off As Company Suffers From Coronavirus Closures
Exhibition large Cineworld has begun shedding workers within the UK as its enterprise continues to be severely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Deadline has seen correspondence despatched yesterday to staff at Cineworld cinemas and its indie chain Picturehouse, lots of whom are on zero hour contracts, that their employment had been terminated with rapid impact.
Disney Delays Launch Of Disney+ In India Amid Coronavirus Chaos
Disney+ will launch later than meant in one of many largest markets on the planet as coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the leisure business. The streamer will now not go reside in India on March 29 as initially meant, and Disney is but to specify a brand new launch date for the service, which
Coronavirus Delays Disney Plus India Launch
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has claimed its newest sufferer. The launch of Mouse Home streamer Disney Plus in India has been indefinitely delayed. Disney Plus was because of launch March 29 as a part of Disney’s India streaming service Hotstar, coinciding with the start of the service’s largest viewers puller — the Indian Premier League
Cirque Du Soleil Axes 95% Of Staff After Coronavirus Cancels Shows
Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based leisure firm that’s the largest up to date circus producer on this planet, has briefly laid off virtually its total workforce after the coronavirus pandemic pressured it to cancel exhibits. Job cuts will have an effect on 95% of its employees, greater than 4,000 folks, the corporate mentioned in an
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As Cameras Keep Rolling in South Africa, Producers Sound ‘Urgent’ Plea Over Coronavirus Threat
South African producers are demanding an “pressing all-industry response” to the risk posed by coronavirus, with a number one {industry} physique calling for a coordinated plan from broadcasters and authorities businesses to deal with the potential financial fallout of the worldwide pandemic on the native movie and TV biz. The Impartial Producers Group (IPO) sounded
Taiwan Documentary Festival Halted by Coronavirus Outbreak
March 19, 2020 11:57PM PT The Taiwan International Documentary Festival, one of the leading documentary film festivals in East Asia has been called off for this year. Organizers blamed the coronavirus outbreak. Its 12th edition had been scheduled to take place May 1-10, 2020. Organizers said that it would be “Postponed to Spring 2021.” “Under
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Australia’s Village Roadshow Coronavirus Warning Sends Shares on Rollercoaster Ride
Shares in Australia’s Village Roadshow Restricted have swung violently in response to the corporate’s warning on the “vital antagonistic” impact of the coronavirus on its cinema and theme park companies. On Thursday, shares plunged by greater than a 3rd on the Australian Inventory Alternate. On Friday, they climbed once more by 1 / 4, to
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Bob Iger Praises California Governor & L.A. Mayor For Today’s Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Orders
Because the Governor of California and the Mayor of Los Angeles right now enacted a few of the strictest measures but to fight the quickly increasing coronavirus, they acquired a strong spherical of help from considered one of their most essential constituents and his Magic Kingdom. Practically per week after Disneyland closed its gate as
A great new kids show arrives, and right on fucking time
Photograph: Disney Right here’s what’s taking place on the earth of tv for Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21. All instances are Japanese. Prime picks Mira, Royal Detective (Disney Channel, Friday, 11 a.m., two-episode sequence premiere): There’s a brand new child sleuth on the animation block, as Disney Junior introduces viewers to Mira, Royal
Lone Star sees stayed execution
A US court docket has ordered a 60-day keep of an execution scheduled for Wednesday in Texas due to the novel coronavirus. A painter paints the “Leaning Tower of Dallas” in Dallas, Texas, america, February 22. Photograph: Xinhua A Texas court docket rejected John Hummel’s appeals arguments on Monday, however in the long run nonetheless
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WGA And AMPTP “In Discussions” On How To Proceed As Upcoming Contract Negotiations Loom
The WGA is in discussions with administration’s AMPTP about how or whether or not to go ahead with their upcoming negotiations for a brand new movie and TV contract, that are scheduled to start on Monday amid the continued coronavirus disaster. “Everyone seems to be understandably anxious to know the way the COVID-19 pandemic will