Новости за 08.01.2021

Hello International Insider readers, and welcome to 2021. Jake Kanter here with you to reflect on a week when the industry was well and truly woken from its Christmas slumber. Got a story you want to share? You can contact me on jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open on Twitter. Capitol Carnage Fearless reporting: If […]

The UK government has announced that all international passengers arriving in England will need to show a negative coronavirus test, taken up to 72 hours prior to departure, before travel. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to follow shortly with similar measures. Anyone arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, should not […]

EXCLUSIVE: As the world’s fastest growing streaming market, India has become a key battleground for the major online players as they try to carve out loyal subscriber bases. The U.S. giants compete with local broadcasters and VOD upstarts in a territory that has a way to go before it reaches saturation – a PWC report […]

Dave Creek, the long-time character designer on popular animated comedy Bob’s Burgers, has died after a skydiving accident. Creek’s colleagues on the show confirmed the news on social media, posting a variety of tributes (see below). The Cartoon Brew website reported that the animator died yesterday after sustaining significant injuries from the accident last weekend. […]

Numerous Americans including politicians and Hollywood figures called for President Trump’s removal from office, citing impeachment or the 25th amendment, as his supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Late night hosts Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert echoed the calls of accountability in their respective monologues on Thursday night. During his “A Closer Look” […]

The multi-national legal battles between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have just become a lot less charitable. As the once married Rum Diary co-stars’ inch towards a May 3 trial start in Depp’s $50 million defamation suit against Heard, claims have now reemerged over whether the Aquaman star actually donate her $7 million 2016 divorce […]

SAG-AFTRA has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the executive poaching battle between Netflix and Disney-owned Fox. The union isn’t taking sides but says “the case raises important questions about the right of workers to pursue employment opportunities, and the strong protections in California law against employers holding their workers off the market, especially when they […]

Disney CEO Bob Chapek condemned the violent act of rioters at the U.S. Capitol, noting that Wednesday’s unprecedented fatal events marked “a sad and tragic day for our country, one unlike any other in our history.” “What we saw was an egregious and inexcusable assault on America’s most revered institution and our democracy,” the Disney […]

UPDATED, 6:40 PM: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday, becoming to second member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet to quit in the wake of Wednesday chaos at the U.S. Capitol. Here is DeVos’ resignation latter to Trump: “We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administration’s many accomplishments on behalf of the American people. Instead, we are […]

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti made a staggering comparison on Thursday. The mayor said that the near-record number of 259 daily Covid-19 deaths in L.A. County on Tuesday was “more than all the homicides in 2019 in L.A. City combined.” That’s stunning data especially for those who, early in the pandemic, equated the virus with […]

Neil Sheehan, a Pulitzer Prize winner and the New York Times journalist who obtained the Pentagon Papers, has died. His wife, Susan Sheehan, told the New York Times that he died Thursday due to complications of Parkinson’s disease in in his Washington home. He was 84. Born on Oct. 27, 1936 in Holyoke, Massachussetts, Sheehan […]

The American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund again has applied to the U.S. Treasury Department for permission to reduce benefits for nearly half of its 51,521 participants. The Plan is currently in “critical and declining” status, and is projected to run out of money to pay benefits within 20 years. Under the Multiemployer […]