Coronavirus passports not required for live events pilot, say organisers

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Alexander Hodge will guest star in ABC’s drama pilot “Epic,” hailing from “Once Upon a Time” creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. The actor joins previously announced lead cast members Eleanor Fanyinka (“Masters of Love,” “Holby City”) and Brittany O’Grady (“Little Voice,” “Star”) in the ABC Signature production.“Epic” is described as a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairytales for a new audience.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe New York ReelAbilities Film Festival has announced a selection of exclusive events and speakers to accompany its 13th annual ReelAbilities Film Festival programming.Highlights include the pilot reading of “Disgraced” with Julie Klausner (“Difficult People”), Shannon DeVido (“Best Summer Ever”)  and Alex Scordelis (“Difficult People”)The festival’s closing night will also feature the subject of the film “Not Going Quietly,” activist Ady Barkan, along with the

Jim Steinman, best known for writing and producing hits for the singer Meat Loaf, died on Monday in Connecticut. He was 73.

Rebecca Saunders spoke openly about the grief she has endured following the death of her daughter Clarissa as she appeared on Claire Byrne Live.

Jennifer Love Hewitt brought her personal pregnancy experience to .

Dua Lipa has performed a cover of Arlo Parks‘ ‘Eugene’ in the BBC Live Lounge – watch it below.The ‘We’re Good’ singer performed a stripped back version of the 2020 song, taken from Parks’ debut album, ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’, which NME called “a quietly subversive pop record that, for all its deceptive softness, challenges old perceptions of sexuality and mental health” in a five-star review.Taking away the drums and slowing the tempo down, Lipa performed ‘Eugene’ with help from a trio of

Camille Kostek is committed to a healthy lifestyle, even when her schedule demands that she stay on the go all day long.

Summer Walker is facing backlash for sharing misinformation.

Starting Thursday, attendance at indoor concerts, sporting events, theater performances and conferences is allowed with certain capacity limits based on local Covid-19 infection rates. Those limits were announced on April 2.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS, ABC, NBC and other TV networks want the company that audits their audiences every day to submit to an audit of its own.The VAB, an industry group that represents the TV networks to Madison Avenue, is demanding that Nielsen, the arbiter of TV ratings, submit to a third-party audit from Ernst and Young, the latest salvo in a battle between to the two sides over how TV audiences were counted during the coronavirus pandemic.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Brittany O’Grady will headline ABC’s drama pilot “Epic,” hailing from “Once Upon a Time” creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. The actor joins previously announced cast member Eleanor Fanyinka (“Masters of Love,” “Holby City,”) in the ABC Signature production.“Epic” is described as a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairy tales for a new audience.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe media industry’s go-to authority for measuring audiences acknowledged on Friday that the recent coronavirus pandemic bent its yardstick, but maintains nothing is broken.Nielsen, under fire from the TV networks that depend on it to count the audiences for which advertisers pay, says pandemic conditions resulted in a smaller panel of consumers it relies on to monitor TV viewing, but believes the trends it chronicles during 2020 remain viable.

Amy Schumer is running a few errands with her husband!

When Endeavor filed to go public on March 31, nearly two years after its first (unsuccessful) effort, it made a subtle but significant change in its pitch to investors. In Endeavor’s first filing on May 23, 2019, the opening line in its prospectus read “Endeavor is a global entertainment, sports and content company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events and experiences.” The emphasis was on entertainment, and storytellers.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s roadmap toward post-COVID-19 live events has hit a roadblock with the very first event canceled over “confusing” government messaging.The events were due to kick off with a show hosted by Liverpool’s Hot Water Comedy Club at the city’s popular M&S Bank Arena on April 16, as announced by U.K. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden on Monday.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has eased up a little on its restrictions for film, TV and commercial productions and for live events in Greater Los Angeles as Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue to fall in the region.

In the wake of his brother, Beau Biden‘s death, Hunter Biden and his widow formed a bond. Hunter writes in his memoir Beautiful Things that he and Hallie Biden relied on each other in their grief after losing Beau to brain cancer in 2015. That shared comfort eventually turned to romance and dominated headlines. Writing that he and Hallie were “not close” while Beau was alive, she quickly became his closest “confidant” as he mourned his older brother and spiraled deeper into substance abuse.