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The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to approve a resolution in support of the Writers Guild’s ongoing strike and urged the studios “to come to the bargaining table and reach a fair deal with the workers of the WGA.” The strike is now in its 60th day.

Rachael Lavelle is not what you’d call a prolific recording artist. I made a note to feature her in this column as soon as she released something new when I saw her perform live back in October 2021 – at which point her then most recent single, ‘Perpetual Party’, was already two years old.

Here are your Manchester United evening headlines on Tuesday, June 27.

Big cinema advertising platform National CineMedia said today its plan of reorganization has been confirmed by a judge in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. 

Directors Guild of America announced on Friday evening that its members have voted to approve its bargaining agreement with Hollywood studios.Out of 6,728 votes received, 5,853 votes were in favor of ratification for a vote share of 87%. In a sign that more Hollywood creatives are getting involved with their unions, 41% of the 16,321 eligible DGA members voted, the highest turnout percentage ever for a DGA contract ratification vote and with an overall vote count higher than the 4,155 votes received by the Writers Guild during its 2020 ratification vote.

Long in the works, and indicating stronger support for theatrical exhibition in the increasing age of streamers, the Board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has approved a landmark change in eligibility rules for Best Picture.

Hoian – aka producer and songwriter Zena Zerai – has just released her third single ‘Waves’, which builds further on the intriguing sonic pallets of predecessors ‘In The Ring’ and ‘Dancing Bears’.“I wrote this track when coming out of a difficult time”, she says. “The track reflects my experience that our emotions aren’t necessarily linear and that you can be great at one moment and suddenly struggle at another.

Extra funding for the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere is set to be approved next week.

Maija Sofia returns with her first single of 2023, ‘Four Winters’, a song of transformation and realisation, reflecting on darker times as she moves away from them. Sonically, she spans folk and baroque pop, with the musical backing of the track underpinning the emotional wave of the lyrics.“This song came to me on a winter walk along the canal in Dublin”, she says.

Marta Balaga Genndy Tartakovsky, behind “Hotel Transylvania” and “Star Wars: Clone Wars,” has revealed the voice cast – led by Adam Devine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn – and a first-look image for his upcoming R-rated animation, “Fixed.”  The film, which will be completed in September, is an adult comedy about Bull: an average dog who discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning. As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends as these are the last 24 hours with his balls. New Line Cinema and Sony Pictures Animation are on board.

The European Commission has given the greenlight for French conglom Vivendi’s acquisition of the Lagardère Group.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Vivendi, the parent company of Canal+ Group, has received the green light from the European Commission to proceed with the acquisition of Lagardère, the French media, publishing and travel retail conglomerate. This European Commission has given its approval under Vivendi’s two proposed commitments, starting with the sale of 100% of the share capital of its publishing group Editis, as well as the full sale of Gala magazine. Vivendi said it expects to close both deals by the end of October. It entered into exclusive negotiations to sell Editis to a subsidiary of Czech Media Invest (CMI) founded by Daniel Kretinsky, in March. With the acquisition of Lagardère group, Vivendi’s payroll will rise to 66,000 employees compared to 38,000 at the end of December 2022, with a stronger presence in key markets such as France, the U.K., Spain and the US.

‘Eraser’ with new single ‘You Shatter’.Like its predecessor, the new track is a punchy art-punk number given extra urgency with scratchy, lo-fi production.

Lauren Sanchez is proud of her fiancé, Jeff Bezos. The media personality shared an article on her Instagram stories that discussed Bezos’ secret to success, claiming that his enthusiasm and excitement for life is one of the qualities that set him apart from dozens of rich people on Earth.Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s $175M mansion is back in constructionLauren Sánchez shined at Cannes in trendy nude-colored lipsLauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos celebrated their engagement with a $4,000 wine: ReportA post shared by Jeff Bezos (@jeffbezos)The article was published on Inc.com and was written by Jeff Haden, who recounted his experience while attending the Formula 1 Race in Miami.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The Directors Guild of America’s national board of directors has unanimously approved the tentative agreement reached by the guild’s negotiating committee late Saturday, a deal that aims to set parameters around the use of artificial intelligence and boost streaming residual rates. With the board’s approval, the contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will be sent to a ratification vote by DGA membership. The guild expects to send materials to its members this week. “We set out to negotiate a contract that would build for the future. This is a significant deal with gains for every Director, Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager, Associate Director and Stage Manager,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “Our industry is rapidly changing and expanding, and this agreement is what we need to adapt to those changes, break new ground and protect the DGA’s 19,000 directors and directorial team members today, and in the years to come. Along with the rest of the DGA National Board, I am proud to enthusiastically recommend this tentative agreement to our members for ratification. Together, we will secure the future we deserve.”

said in a statement. “Our industry is rapidly changing and expanding, and this agreement is what we need to adapt to those changes, break new ground and protect the DGA’s 19,000 directors and directorial team members today, and in the years to come.

The Directors Guild’s national board voted unanimously tonight to approve a tentative agreement for a new film and TV contract. The deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which was reached late Saturday night, goes this week to the guild’s membership for ratification with the board’s recommendation to vote “yes.”

Nick Das has worked on a number of musical ventures in recent years – including co-writing and co-producing Maggie Rogers’ 2017 single ‘On + Off’. He began working on solo ‘post-post-rock’ project DreamTX in 2019 and is now set to release his debut album under that name, ‘Living In Memory Of Something Sweet’, next month.The singles from the record – ‘Elated’ and ‘In Too Deep’ – have a kind of dreamy, degraded feel to them, which comes from the laborious process that went into creating them – Das intentionally working slowly on his writing and recording.“What happens to a song when you rewrite it one hundred times over again?” he asks. “With each subsequent track, I dedicated longer periods to produce them.

Britney Spears has a sweet mama moment!On Saturday, the «Baby One More Time» singer shared a picture of her carrying her youngest son, Jayden.In the picture, which she simply captioned, "