Новости за 29.12.2020

Southern California will continue in the regional stay-at-home order “until the ICU projections are above or equal to 15%,” said the state’s Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly today. Currently, as hospitals are diverting care and patients are placed in hallways and elsewhere, L.A. County and the rest of Southern California is at […]

A high school English instructor and creative writing teacher in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against Netflix’s Outer Banks citing copyright infringement. The North Carolina teacher, named Kevin Wooten, accuses Outer Banks creators Jonas Pate and Joshua Pate of stealing the plot of his 2016 young adult novel, Pennywise: The Hunt For Blackbeard’s Treasure!. Both […]

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about tonight’s His Dark Materials Season 2 finale “Æsahættr” on HBO.  His Dark Materials wrapped up its second season, rife exciting alliances and the return of original characters, with a dramatic buildup to the final installment of Phililp Pullman’s fantasy trilogy. Taking directly from the events of Pullman’s The Subtle […]

The owner of a Mac repair shop filed a $500 million libel lawsuit against Twitter on Monday, claiming that the platform’s defamed him when it blocked the New York Post’s expose on Hunter Biden. John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the shop, was at the center of the pre-election New York Post story that […]

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county. “Although music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate,” the health department said, “we ask you to strongly consider pausing work […]

The music documentary resurgence is alive and well and set to continue into 2021 with an insatiable appetite for weird and wild movies about bands and artists. The release over recent years of films such as Amy and Searching For Sugar Man kicked off a trend that has been amplified by interest from the streaming […]

Chairman and co-CEO Reed Hastings is set to receive $34 million worth of stock options and a salary of $650,000 for 2021, Netflix said in a SEC filing Monday. Co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos, who takes less of his compensation in stock, will receive options worth $14 million and a $20 million annual […]

UPDATE, 4:01 PM PT: The House voted overwhelmingly to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a $740 billion defense bill, setting the stage for similar action in the Senate. Trump objected to the bill because it did not repeal Section 230, the provision of the Communications Decency Act that gives tech platforms legal immunity for […]

As pollyannaish as it sounds, especially as the domestic 2020 box office crumbles to a historic all-time low of $2.27 billion due to the coronavirus pandemic, the global theatrical business is poised for a comeback in 2021. However, it might take a few months. How in God’s name can such a ridiculous projection be forecasted? […]

Armando Manzanero, the celebrated Mexican singer-songwriter whose compositions include the standard “It’s Impossible,” died Monday of complications due to Covid-19. He was 85. According to Mexico’s El Universal, Manzanero tested positive for the coronavirus on December 17 and was intubated five days later. He was stable until Sunday night. Manzanero is known for composing hundreds […]

Universal and DreamWorks Animation have tweaked their 2021 release schedule, moving the sequel The Boss Baby: Family Business from March to September. The shift to the new release date, September 17, had been the spot for DWA’s The Bad Guys, which is unset for now and will get a 2022 release. Universal made the announcement […]

EXCLUSIVE: 04 Entertainment has acquired the rights to Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother’s Journey Of Hope and Forgiveness, a memoir by Scarlett Lewis, inspired by the loss of Lewis’ son in the Sandy Hook massacre, for development as a television movie. Law & Order alumna Elisabeth Röhm is attached to star, direct and executive produce. Per […]