California’s Film & TV Tax Credit Generates $2.6 Billion in Annual Production Spending

The 20-year-old woman who disappeared after allegedly fighting with her boyfriend has been found alive.

Demi Lovato has been very open about their sobriety after a near-fatal overdose in 2018 that they said left them with brain damage. While many were proud of Demi for bouncing back, they caught backlash after sharing that they were “California sober” earlier this year.

Demi Lovato's lifestyle is changing.The singer, who uses pronouns they/them, announced that they are no longer "California Sober." Instead, they are now legitimately sober. On Dec. 2, the "Sorry Not Sorry" singer posted a message on Instagram, saying, "I no longer support my 'California sober' ways.

Emmy-winning actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Matrix Resurrections, The Trial of the Chicago 7) today announced the launch of his production company, House Eleven10, as well as a new creative partnership with Netflix, which will have him starring in and producing films for the streamer under his new banner.

Disneyland announced that a second of its four categories of new Magic Key annual passes has sold out, leaving only the two most heavily-restricted types of passes available. One of those remaining types is for Southern California residents only. That means guests from out-of-state have only one option: The Enchant Key pass at $649. Interestingly, it’s the two highest tiers of passes — priced at $949 and $1399 — that are sold out.

Homeroom filmmaker Peter Nicks, whose documentary delves into the lives of a high school class in Oakland, CA, dealing with troubling issues ranging from the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic to concerns about their school system’s internal police force, said his Hulu film reveals how the teen generation is eager and capable of using their mastery of social media to drive significant change.

Joaquin Phoenix hits the red carpet for a special screening of C’mon C’mon at Fine Arts Theatre on November 16, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California.

Sidney Poitier New American Film School, the university announced on Tuesday. Boone Isaacs, also a former film marketing and public relations executive, will take the reins as director of the three-campus film school on Jan 1, 2022.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterCOVID protocols have added about 5% to the cost of film and TV production budgets, according to an analysis by the California Film Commission.The study is the first to precisely quantify the costs of COVID compliance, including COVID testing and distancing and isolation measures. Producers have previously given anecdotal figures ranging from 10-15%.The new data comes in a progress report issued Tuesday on the California film and TV tax credit.

When Dwayne Johnson rolls through “The Late Late Show”, regular carpool karaoke just won’t do.

Foo Fighters will star in a new horror-comedy film called Studio 666, which is due for release next year, it has been confirmed.Alongside the full band – Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee – the film will also star Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Jenna Ortega and more.According to a press release, the movie will follow Foo Fighters as they move into a mansion in Encino, California that is “steeped in grisly rock and roll history” to record a new

Game, set, match! Will Smith is the star of King Richard, a film that tells the story of Richard Williams, the father of Venus Williams and Serena Williams.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterTo handle pyrotechnics on a movie set in California, you need a license, which requires five letters of recommendation, two years of apprenticeship, and passing a written test.But to be an armorer, all you need is a background check. And in other states, you don’t even need that.“There’s no actual rules,” said Joe Martinez, who works as an armorer in Hollywood.

CNN, “this was not an accident, this was negligence.” She’s among other filmmakers and creators like those on the cop drama “The Rookie” and “The Boys” who have said they would no longer use functional firearms on their sets. A California senator, Dave Cortese, has drafted a bill that he aims to present to the senate calling for the ban of firearms on film sets in the state of California.

does perform hysterectomies for non-life-threatening injuries such as chronic pelvic pain or uterine fibroids — despite its purported Catholic beliefs — and Minton would have been able to receive the surgery had he been a cisgender woman, according to Reuters.The hospital later helped Minton’s surgeon, Dr.