COVID-19 Relief Fund for U.K. Film, TV Workers Launches With $3M Pot

The U.K.'s COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, which recently saw its coffers run dry after just two weeks of applications, has received a major boost from the British Academy. BAFTA on Monday revealed that it was to reach out to itsnetworks and encourage donations to the initiative, enabling The Film and TV Charity, which set up the fund alongside the British Film Institute, to create further funding rounds.

By Tom Grater

The BBC’s Big Night In telethon raised a combined total of over $67 million (£54.2 million) on Thursday evening.

The British public never shy away from putting their hands in their pockets and donating to worthwhile causes.

The U.K.'s COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, officially launched earlier this month by the British Film Institute and the Film and TV Charity, has now closed to applicants, with almost 3,000 people applying for more than £5 million ($6.2 million), exceeding its financial limitations.

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By Tom Grater

By Tom Grater

Comcast-owned European pay TV giant Sky said Thursday that it has committed to donate £500,000 ($625,000) to a recently established emergency relief fund to support the U.K.’s creative community amid the new coronavirus pandemic.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made their first big, public donation during the coronavirus pandemic. Town & Country reports that the couple is donating £90,000 (or more than $112,000) to Feeding Britain, which helps provide food to families living in poverty in the UK.

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By Jake Kanter

Rita Ora turned her living room into a makeshift studio for a stunning self-isolation performance on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show.

Dua Lipa is hot right now. How hot? Her album Future Nostalgia broke at least three streaming records last week, and it’s on track to hit No. 1 in the U.K., where it’s shifting twice the volume of its nearest competitor. The LP also debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

Dua Lipa is hot right now. How hot? Her album Future Nostalgia broke at least three streaming records last week, and it’s on track to hit No. 1 in the U.K., where it’s shifting twice the volume of its nearest competitor.

A hotline has been launched to help NHS workers struggling with their mental health as they work on the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Tom Grater

'One World: Together at Home' will take place on April 18