Actors’ Equity Is Expanding Its Membership; Makes Open Access Program Permanent

It’s been a little under a year since it was announced that Aziz Ansari’s feature film directorial debut, “Being Mortal,” experienced a production shutdown after sexual misconduct allegations were levied at star Bill Murray.

EXCLUSIVE: Trinity Media Financing is consolidating its presence in the market, segueing to a new moniker, Trinity Media Films, with a look to fully finance English-language movies with budgets ranging from $2M-$60M.

Naman Ramachandran Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films (“Alex Rider,” “The Magpie Murders”) have revealed two more projects in development and made a senior creative hire. “The Man In The Back Seat” (working title) a series development from novelist David Peace (“Red Riding”) and actor-writer, Ted Reilly, is the company’s first foray into the original true-crime genre. Based on events documented in the book “The Long Silence” by Paul Stickler, who serves as a consultant, the series will follow the 1962 criminal case, where after the longest trial in British legal history, James Hanratty was executed for the murder of Michael Gregsten, and the rape and attempted murder of Valerie Storie.

Jason Oppenheim may have just found his forever. A source tells ET that the  star, who has been dating Marie-Lou Nurk since last year, has «never felt more serious about anyone» and is considering marriage with the model.«He has never considered marriage in a real way before, and now he is.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor After initial testing over the last few months, YouTube is rolling out access to multi-language audio tracks to more creators worldwide — and it has enlisted massively popular YouTuber MrBeast to tout the new feature’s benefits. The multi-language audio feature lets creators add dubbing to new and existing videos, helping them expand their global reach and reach new audiences for their channels, according to YouTube. In early tests with a “handful” of creators, including MrBeast, YouTube has seen more than 3,500 multi-language videos uploaded in 40-plus languages as of January 2023. Creators testing multi-language dubbed videos saw more than 15% of their watch time coming from views in the video’s non-primary language in January, according to YouTube.

Plans for a new 13-storey office block in Manchester city centre have been revealed. The offices - which have been designed to run without emitting any additional carbon - would be located between River Street and Hulme Street.

The latest installment of Actors’ Equity Association’s annual hiring and wage report – covering the year 2021 and titled “Progress During an Atypical Year” – finds that the theater industry made small but steady progress in diversity and equity in union jobs for stage managers and actors.

We are just a week away from the debut of Season 3 of the hit Disney+ series, “The Mandalorian.” The first, and most popular, live-action “Star Wars” series on the streamer is set to continue the story of a lone warrior and his little friend as they travel around the galaxy and get into all sorts of hijinks. But even though Season 3 has yet to even debut, series showrunner Jon Favreau is already teasing the fact that Season 4 is already written.

Barack Obama has endured his fair share of emotional times, but nothing could have prepared him for how he would feel when his daughter Sasha was delivered a heartwrenching health diagnosis as a baby. The politician and his wife, Michelle, are proud parents to Malia, 24, and Sasha, 21, who are now grown up, happy and healthy.However, when Sasha was only three months old, Barack and Michelle's world began to unravel as she was diagnosed with meningitis. WATCH: Michelle Obama opens up about life without Malia and Sasha at home While on the campaign trail in 2012, Barack opened up about the diagnosis and said: "People ask me what was the hardest time in my life — they ask, well what about during the debt ceiling debate and this and that and the other thing."Sasha got meningitis when she was three months old. I still remember going to the hospital together and they had to give her a spinal tap."TRENDING NOW: The Rookie's Nathan Fillion's secret struggle with ongoing condition revealedREAD: Exclusive: Today's Hoda Kotb shares lifestyle change she never saw coming The father-of-two added: "The doctors did a terrific job, but, frankly, it was the nurses that were there with us when she had to get a spinal tap, and all sorts of things that were just bringing me to tears." Sasha got meningitis when she was three months old The agonizing time will be forever etched on Michelle's mind too as she explained during an interview with Rev.

Sasha Obama looked cool and comfortable this past week. The 21 year old student was photographed while out in Los Angeles in the early morning, wearing an all black outfit with some camel colored Ugg boots. Sasha Obama is back in college following her holidays in HawaiiMalia Obama’s bosses are impressed with her work ethic and TV writing skillsSasha was photographed in Los Angeles, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, a long matching skirt and some camel Uggboots, which are one of her favorite clothing items to wear.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Growth of premium video services in Southeast Asia accelerated in the second half of 2022, to reach 48.4 million paid subscriptions, according to a new report. But the same analysis sees growth slowing and costs accelerating. The latest report from Media Partners Asia, “SEA Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics” shows 48.4 million paid online video subscriptions at the end of 2022 in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The full year saw 11.8 million net new customers, with 7.3 million of that total coming in the second half, including 4.6 million in the fourth quarter. Indonesia accounted for half of the increase.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Atlas V, the Emmy-award winning VR company, is expanding into the U.S. with the strategic appointment of Michael Masukawa. The banner has just been signed by CAA and is aiming to build a presence in the U.S. Atlas was just nominated for three Emmy awards and won one with its interactive animation “Madrid Noir.” Atlas V’s track record in the North American festival circuit also includes multiple selections at Sundance’s New Frontier, Tribeca and SXSW (where it won two awards). The company also previously won two Peabody prizes and two Webby awards. Masukawa is joining Atlas V from Secret Location, an immersive content studio owned by Hasbro and eOne. At Atlas V, he will be in charge of developing partnerships, raising project financing, producing projects and negotiating distribution deals for Atlas V’s content. He will also find opportunities for sister companies Astrea and Albyon, the first being focused on distribution and the second one on development of immersive experiences.

Actors’ Equity Association is looking to change its name to be more reflective of its entire membership.

Tesco has announced that it plans to expand its speedy Woosh service to 800 extra stores across the country by the end of this month.

Michelle Obama and Barack Obama are feeling it! The two celebrated one another with special tributes on Instagram.Though private, since the couple officially left the White House in January of 2017, they have been able to be more open and candid with their fans, which is reflected in the sweet photos they posted in honor of the romantic holiday.The former first lady first took to Instagram early in the February morning to wish her husband a very happy Valentine's day, and they look so happy in the photo, fans even claimed they looked like teenagers in love.WATCH: Michelle Obama describes how her husband's political career disrupted their holiday plansMORE: Kelly Ripa wows in skin-tight green wetsuit in honor of Philadelphia Eagles for Super BowlThe sweet snapshot sees the two seemingly in the middle of a hike, though they stopped to sit down by a tree for a cozied up photo.Appearing far more casual than fans were previously privy to during the Obama administration, the two look casual in work-out gear, and Michelle is glowing with her make-up free look.MORE: Was Rihanna's son at Super Bowl 2023? Her family life revealed"Happy Valentine's Day, @BarackObama!" she wrote in the caption, adding: "I couldn't have asked for a better partner to navigate life with."A post shared by Michelle Obama (@michelleobama)The two cozied up for a mid-hike photo"Love you!" she also wrote, before revealing that Amos Jackson III, a political consultant for the Democratic National Committee who worked as Vice President Kamala Harris' Deputy Political Director during Joe Biden's campaign, took the photo.MORE: Travis and Jason Kelce's sad family history revealed ahead of Super BowlMORE: Goldie Hawn looks tiny alongside supertall grandson for

EXCLUSIVE: Athens-based audiovisual group Tanweer is expanding its business into world sales of local language content, kicking off with an augural slate at the EFM.

At its third annual developer conference on Wednesday, NBCUniversal introduced a range of new products and capabilities aimed at enhancing the media company’s appeal to advertisers. Among them: a new “content quality index” partnership with MarketCast; an expansion of in-scene advertising capabilities; and the certification of 29 new measurement partners.

Expanding TV universes is the hottest trend right now. Bosch, one of the early adopters with Bosch: Legacy, is forging ahead with two police dramas inspired by the work of bestselling author Michael Connelly, which are in development at Amazon Studios.

Yes, Marvel Studios really kickstarted this idea of a “cinematic universe” more than a decade ago, but some of the most popular versions of this idea have sprung up in various other genres. Perhaps the most recent example is the absolute behemoth that is “Yellowstone,” which has been nothing but a huge success for Paramount and its streaming service, Paramount+, and spawned about a half-dozen spinoffs that are either already released or in the pipeline.

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