Новости за 24.03.2020

Disney+ has officially launched in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland, with France joining the party on April 7 to help ease internet congestion. The streaming service has gone live more than four months after it first launched in the U.S. and is stocked with more than 500 films, classic shows such […]

Negotiations scheduled to begin today for a new WGA film and TV contract have been postponed because of the industry’s coronavirus shutdown. The guild and management’s Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have been talking about when and how they can move forward, even though film and TV production has ground to a halt […]

As Jimmy Kimmel enters Week 2 of home-joking sans the outside world, the once-and-future ABC late-night host said tonight, “I hope you and your loved ones are safe and being smart — because not everyone is.” Showing a photo of people gathered on a beach boardwalk, he added, “These stupid people do not seem to […]

The ongoing coronavirus health crisis is giving broadcast pilot season a jolt that might be felt long after the global pandemic is over. Following the unprecedented Hollywood shutdown over the COVID-19 outbreak, which left all but one broadcast pilot in limbo, I hear the networks have ordered at least one backup script each for almost […]

President Donald Trump and members of his coronavirus task force will headline a two-hour “virtual” Fox News town hall on Tuesday afternoon. The event will be co-anchored by Harris Faulkner and Bill Hemmer, with contributions from Dr. Nicole Saphier, Dr. Marc Siegel and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Faulker anchors Outnumbered Overtime and Hemmer anchors Bill Hemmer […]

With more than 536 confirmed cases of the coronavirus currently in Los Angeles County, the LAPD has seen a big jump in infections in recent days. Reporting a trio of cases as recently as March 21, the department just now revealed that now nine members of its staff have tested positive for COVID-19. With two […]

Eric Weissberg, who arranged, played banjo on and won a Grammy for “Dueling Banjos,” from the 1972 movie Deliverance, died Sunday of Alzheimer’s disease complications. He was 80. His son, Will Weissberg, confirmed the news to our sister publication Rolling Stone. Born on August 16, 1939, in New York City, Weissberg was a bluegrass musician from […]

President Donald Trump told reporters that the White House was looking at setting a date to lift social distancing guidelines, suggesting that “America will be open for business very soon.” He said that it will be “a lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was suggesting. … We cannot let the cure be […]

Less than a week after Netflix and Ava DuVernay were sued by an ex-prosecutor depicted in When They See Us, the undoubtedly happy duo today saw a federal judge dismiss a previous lawsuit over the Emmy-nominated miniseries. “Because the First Amendment protects non-factual assertions (and because neither defendants Ava DuVernay nor Array Alliance Inc. has […]

No shocker here but Sony’s Bad Boys for Life, like several other current theatrical releases of late, will be available in homes as early as March 31 on digital, and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, and DVD on April 21. The film opened on Jan. 17 so technically in regards to its DVD drop, Bad Boys for […]

Actor Greg Rikaart, best known for his roughly 15-year run as Kevin Fisher on CBS’s The Young and the Restless, took to social media to reveal that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. According to his Instagram account, the multiple Daytime Emmy nominee had been experiencing symptoms for awhile and initially was diagnosed with […]

UPDATED, 3:30 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will be expanding its At Home Edition this week amid the continuing coronavirus crisis. The show will feature hybrid episodes hosted by Fallon from his home, with new guests combined with best-of moments from encore episodes. Guests this week are Trevor Noah and D-Nice on Monday, […]