Art Directors Guild Issues Protocols For Safe Return To Work “In Absence Of An Industry-Wide Agreement” With AMPTP And Commercial Producers

Annie Bradley has been elected as the first female chair of the executive board at the Director Guild of Canada's Ontario division, after a virtual vote on Aug. 8.

A leading sexual health and HIV charity has produced a guide for people explaining how to have safe sex during the coronavirus pandemic.The Terrence Higgins Trust blog written by its medical director Dr Michael Brady describes sex as "a very important part of life".He detailed how as the pandemic continues "we all need to find ways to balance our need for sex and intimacy with the risks of the spread of Covid-19."Dr Brady warned of the increasing concerns about a second wave of coronavirus and

David Robb Labor EditorFilm and television production “is finally getting ready to start back up,” IATSE Grips Local 80 business manager Thom Davis said in his latest update on the industry’s efforts for a safe return to work.“The major lots have brought back people to get the departments ready for production,” he said, “and some of the Independents and Commercials have commenced with production.”Davis, who also is IATSE’s 2nd international vice president, noted that Hollywood’s unions – IATSE,

Breaking Bad‘s Walter White.The actor, who is promoting his new film The One and Only Ivan on Disney+, said in a new interview that he would be willing to portray drug kingpin Walter White in Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad‘s Emmy award-winning prequel spin-off series, which nears its final season.“I would be in [Better Call Saul] if Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, who are co-executive producers on it, wanted me to be in it,” Cranston told Collider. “I’d do it in a second.

Days after resigning from News Corp.'s board of directors, James Murdoch has been approved to join the board of the owner of Art Basel as his firm takes a stake in the company. MCH Group, the owner ofthe global art fair platform, disclosed Monday that its board of directors had voted to approve Murdoch's firm, Lupa Systems, to invest in the company and voted to add the mogul to its board.

Earlier this year it was announced that the “Scream” franchise would get the “legacyquel” treatment, with “Ready or Not” filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett of the filmmaking group Radio Silence resurrecting the franchise with a new film. We’d already heard that David Arquette was returning to reprise the role of Dewey Riley.

Dave McNary Film ReporterCourteney Cox will reprise her role as news reporter Gale Weathers in the upcoming “Scream” reboot.Spyglass Media Group and Paramount made the announcement Friday and said filming is expected to begin later this year in Wilmington, N.C.

Kendall Jenner showed off her Los Angeles house, giving a tour of her glamorous fitting room, art studio and more.The model, 24, walked Architectural Digest around her expansive home in a YouTube video accompanying her September 2020 cover story.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Art Directors Guild has released an 11-page document outlining their set of best practice protocols for film and TV productions operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID world. “You’re just gonna be really controlled.

Sofia Richie and Scott Disick are reportedly working things out after their split just a few months ago.

Two more stars have been added to the cast of Michael Bay‘s pandemic movie, Songbird.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in Sofia Richie and Scott Disick‘s case, this snap has us needing just seven: are these two back together or what?!

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorRiverdale‘s KJ Apa and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists‘ Sofia Carson have landed the lead roles as star-crossed lovers in the Adam Goodman and Michael Bay pandemic thriller production Songbird which started filming last Wednesday in Los Angeles.Told from street level through the eyes of the characters, Songbird takes place two years into the future, as a lockdown has been re-implemented after a more serious virus continues to

Also Read: KJ Apa Admits 'Riverdale' Cast Did a 'Terrible Job of Keeping' Jughead's Fake Death a Secret (Video)“Songbird” is directed by Adam Mason (“Into the Dark”) and is being self-financed by Invisible Narratives, which is led by former Paramount production chief Adam Goodman and former Disney exec Andrew Sugerman.Bay is producing, as is Goodman for his Invisible Narratives production banner along with Eben Davidson.

Dave McNary Film ReporterKJ Apa and Sofia Carson will star in pandemic thriller “Songbird,” joining previously announced cast Demi Moore, Bradley Whitford, Craig Robinson, Jenna Ortega, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare.“Songbird” producers announced July 8 that they had launched principal photography in Los Angeles — the first film to shoot in the city since the start of coronavirus-induced lockdown.

Sofia Richie is all smiles while hanging out with some friends over the weekend in Los Angeles.

James Murdoch's investment firm is placing another bet on the global events business. The former 21st Century Fox CEO is looking to take a stake in Art Basel through his Lupa Systems fund, the owner of the global art fair platform, MCH Group, disclosed on July 10.

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