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L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, on Thursday, wrote a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom urging him to allow smaller retail businesses statewide to reopen under the same health protocols that “essential” retail businesses — such as Target, Home Depot and CostCo — have been allowed to operate under. I just…

ViacomCBS has struck a deal to acquire Some Good News, the digital series created and hosted by John Krasinski during the COVID-19 shutdown. Under terms of the deal, the web series will air on CBS All Access, with Krasinski aboard to executive produce. He will no longer host the show, however, according to press…

With many TV commercials still being shot using actors working from home during the coronavirus shutdown, SAG-AFTRA is advising members and their agents to negotiate additional compensation if asked to perform non-acting duties such as self-filming, editing, directing and hair and makeup. "During the COVID-19 global…

Universal Orlando is looking to start a phased reopenign on June 5, according to plans presented Thursday to the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force. The plan must be approved by Orange County and state officials. The goal is to reopen to employees for testing on June 1-2. On June 2-3, the park would open to…

As the industry prepares to reopen, the DGA is telling its members that they should not sign any COVID-19 liability waivers before first contacting the guild. "If you are asked to sign any document releasing the employer from liability, you should contact us immediately and refrain from signing such document until…

EXCLUSIVE: New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre has announced an upcoming online run of four plays, becoming what could be Off Broadway’s first summer season created specifically for virtual viewing. Included in the line-up is the world premiere of Darren Murphy's short play The Gifts You Gave to the Dark, with…

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions 50% of the tech giant’s employees working from home in the next five to 10 years, in a shift dramatically accelerated by COVID-19. “We’re going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work at our scale,” Zuckerberg told employees in his weekly staff Q&A…

EXCLUSIVE: Sliding Doors director Peter Howitt has been set to direct Lock Down, a feature set during the Covid-19 pandemic and the national shutdown in the U.S.? Howitt is directing from an original screenplay that he wrote with Gary Preisler (Kill Chain) who will produce alongside Nadine de Barros of Fortitude…

During Wednesday’s film and television industry Zoom roundtable with Governor Gavin Newsom,?This Is Us?actor Jon Huertas said that after talking to show creator Dan Fogelman, the NBC drama may not return to production until January 2021 in case of a second wave of COVID-19. People ran with this return date which made…

The Happiest Place on Earth wants you back but knows it’s a different world after all. Disneyland has given an update on its post-shutdown plans but offered no timeline for reopening, saying, “We will continue to carefully evaluate this complex and fluid situation.” The Anaheim park and other Disney resorts have been c…

Live events like concerts, baseball games and car races will remain a healthy and viable business over the long term despite the 2020 impact of COVID-19, in the view of Liberty Media chairman and billionaire media sage John Malone. “The thesis of live events is still a good one,” Malone said at his company’s annual…

The Atlantic, the public affairs and cultural magazine and publisher that dates to 1857, announced that it will lay off 68 employees as the coronavirus crisis has diminished their events business. In a memo to staff, chairman David Bradley wrote that even though they have had “exceptional growth” in print and digital…