Новости за 11.04.2020

About 43,000 unionized Walt Disney World employees will be furloughed starting April 19 because of the coronavirus crisis. The Service Trades Council Union, a coalition of six unions representing Disney World employees, made the announcement Saturday during a Facebook Live briefing. “This is a decision that the union doesn’t like, however, it’s within the company’s […]

UPDATE: There will apparently be no joyful noise unto the Lord from Kanye West at Joel Osteen’s Easter Sunday Service. TMZ reports that West was planning to record several songs and present them in Osteen’s virtual service. West and his choir would gather in Los Angeles and perform. However, the large gathering made West think […]

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds says he and his family tested positive for coronavirus, but they are now doing much better. The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer shared the news Friday on Instagram as he celebrated his 62nd birthday. “I would like to warmly thank everyone for all the many birthday wishes today. I feel so blessed […]

President Donald Trump got a late start on his regular weekend tweetstorm, but has roared back to life with a few cheers for his efforts and broadsides against perceived enemies. The Commander-in-Tweet noted a pundit’s praise of his trade deal with Japan, and defiantly promised, “WE WILL BUILD IT AGAIN!” It, of course, is the […]

Michael Avenatti, the former Stormy Daniels attorney, would-be presidential candidate, CNN pundit and convicted felon, , has been temporarily released from prison. A federal judge in California said today that the pandemic concerns required that Avenatti should be released from a federal detention center in New York for 90 days. He will be in quarantine for […]

The BBC has presented a message of hope from Idris Elba to the U.K. in its darkest hour, as coronavirus deaths mount and despair is taking over. Elba read the poem Don’t Quit from American John Greenleaf Whittier, one of the so-called “Fireside Poets” whose accessible work was meant to be read aloud in homes. Whittier’s […]

Bill Maher has stirred the social media pot with a simple question: “Why should China get a pass?” Maher posed that  question Friday to point out the hypocrisy of ignoring the Wuhan, China wet market origin of the coronavirus when so many diseases are named after places. “There are people who would rather die from […]

Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a shout out to New Yorkers Friday night, saying, “We asked them to do something unimaginable” – social distancing in the most crowed place in the country. The Mayor appeared on HBO’s virtually reconstituted Real Time with Bill Maher just as things in the Big Apple – the epicenter of […]

Whenever Paramount decides to reboot Jack Reacher, they may want to re-consider casting Dwayne Johnson in the lead role. The wrestler-turned-thespian took to Facebook tonight to answer fan’s questions, teasing Universal’s Hobbs & Shaw 2 and talking about the part that got away: the title role in Par’s feature adaptation of Lee Child’s series of novels about blue […]

Nobuhiko Obayashi, an influential Japanese film director, has died. He passed at 82 from cancer that was revealed in 2016 as terminal. The website for his latest film said he died late on Friday. His final film, Labyrinth of Cinema, was originally set for release in Japan on the day of his death, but that […]

Hilary Heath, the star opposite Vincent Price in a series of American International Pictures horror films, died last week of COVID-19 complications. She was 74 and her death was confirmed by a post from her godson, Alex Williams, on Facebook. Heath, a British actress, appeared in the films Witchfinder General, The Oblong Box and Cry […]

Burning Man organizers announced Friday night that the 2020 festival is canceled because of the pandemic. There will be an online version. “After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020,” said a statement posted to the Burning Man Project website. “Given the […]

Earlier this week, a press release was blasted to Hollywood publications with the salacious headline: “Breaking News: TV Producer Aaron Kaplan Sued For Invasion Of Privacy.” In the post-#MeToo era, it was designed to grab journalists’ attention as the subject is one of the top TV producers in town. The lawsuit was in response to […]

Nobody walks in LA, the Missing Persons song said. Apparently they do, but now they all have to travel in the same direction. Complaints about the lack of social distancing around one of the most popular walking paths in Los Angeles has prompted city officials to institute new rules on which way you can walk. Los […]

Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi, who exhibition chain like the rest of the industry is shut down due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, earned $6.3 million in total compensation for 2019, up from $5.2 million the year before, the company said Friday in its annual proxy statement filed with the SEC. The year-over-year gain stemmed from […]

With theaters largely closed due to COVID-19 nationwide (except for a handful of drive-ins), there are many things that make sense financially for major studios when it comes to the distribution of their movies right now. It made sense that current theatrical releases such as Bloodshot, The Invisible Man, The Hunt, Onward, etc. would quickly […]

Requests for assistance from the Actors Fund have skyrocketed during the industry’s coronavirus shutdown. During the past three weeks, the Fund has provided nearly $3.5 million in direct financial assistance to 2,837 industry professionals. By comparison, before the pandemic, the Fund averaged about $2 million a year in emergency grants to performers and behind-the-scenes entertainment […]

With Broadway’s COVID-19 shutdown expected to last until early summer, if not longer, the Shubert Organization, the industry’s largest theater owner and a major producer, has furloughed staff members throughout various departments, Deadline can confirm. The furloughs include staffers in administrative, sales and marketing departments. Health insurance will be continued for three months. The number […]

Timmy Brown, a three-time Pro Bowl running back for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1960s and later a Hollywood actor, has died from dementia complications, the team announced. He was 82 and was living in Southern California with his son at the time of his death. “He was such a kind, warm person,” said his […]