Traditionally, a picture editor was the person snipping celluloid together, writes Anousha Sakoui in The Los Angeles Times. Like many roles in Hollywood, the route into the industry is not …
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Met Opera Strikes a Deal with IATSE Stagehands Over Pandemic Pay
1 minutes readThe Metropolitan Opera has reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. The union and the company declined to …
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Isser: The Heat Wave Shows Climate Change is a Workers’ Rights Issue
2 minutes readBetween 1992 and 2017, at least 815 workers in the US were killed and more than 70,000 were injured from heat stress injuries. It’s likely that the true number of workers hurt or killed due …
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As Others Chill, L.A. County Sounds Alarms Over Delta Variant, Masks
2 minutes readL.A. County public health officials are breaking with many other health departments, asking even inoculated residents to modify their behavior amid a concerning uptick in coronavirus transmission and the circulation
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THR: Scott Rudin Avoided Answering for Abusive Behavior for Decades
2 minutes read“Rudin relied on intimidation, NDAs and industry relationships to continue his bullying,” writes Tatiana Siegel in The Hollywood Reporter. “I find it impossible to imagine that people who worked with …
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IATSE, Producers Postpone Contract Talks to Renegotiate Safety Protocols
1 minutes readIATSE and management’s AMPTP have agreed to push back next week’s scheduled resumption of bargaining for a new film and TV contract until mid-August to allow time for the producers and Hollywood’s unions
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After several years of massive expansion focused largely on changing its demographics in the aftermath of the #OscarsSoWhite uproar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday returned to
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Blumhouse Sues ‘Boss Level’ Producers, Hulu Over Recutting Deal
1 minutes readBlumhouse Productions says it was “swindled” by the producers of Boss Level after it was brought in to recut and salvage the film because the initial version failed to sell. Boss Level, which …
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Film, TV Industry’s Return-to-Work Protocols Extended Indefinitely
1 minutes readThe film and TV industry’s return-to-work protocols have been extended indefinitely until “a new agreement is reached,” labor and management said [Wednesday] night as the protocols were about to expire. …
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“For too long,” writes AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, “lip service has been paid to infrastructure without making the investments we need. It’s time to build. The bipartisan infrastructure framework secured …