COVID-19 Safety & Health Training Is Key Element In Film & TV Industry’s Return-To-Work Protocols

Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement from the Portuguese Soccer Federation.On Tuesday, October 13, the organization announced on their website that the 35-year-old athlete is “doing well, without symptoms and in isolation” since receiving his diagnosis.

Katy Perry headed back to American Idol six weeks after giving birth — and her fiancé Orlando Bloom’s ex-wife, Miranda Kerr, couldn’t be prouder.“MUTHA MILKS is back to werk @americanidol and it’s udderly ridiculously MOO-ving already ” the “I Kissed a Girl” singer, 35, captioned a Thursday, October 8, Instagram slideshow in a cow-patterned dress and matching hat. “Not pictured: my pumping breaks.

Will Tizard ContributorAs the Czech Republic claims Europe’s fastest-growing infection rate, with more than 8,000 new daily COVID-19 cases, a two-week shutdown of cinemas is stressing a sector that had been recovering amid easing restrictions.A recent shakeup of the Czech Health Ministry and the appointment of outspoken epidemiologist Roman Prymula as Health Minister is hoped to turn around infection rates as the country is again headed into restrictions just short of a total lockdown with

Will Tizard ContributorThe debut of Russian rock ’n’ roll saga “Tsoi,” based on the life of the iconic rebel singer-songwriter Viktor Tsoi, who died in 1990, has triggered a rights dispute with the performer’s heirs over the use of his name and image.The Warsaw Film Festival is scheduled to screen “Tsoi” in its international competition on Oct.

LOS ANGELES -- Kaitlyn Yang knows it’s rare for women to work in visual effects but wanted to find out just how much company she has.Devising an informal survey earlier this year, she painstakingly searched 24,000 LinkedIn entries for female visual effects supervisors in North America. Her tally: 30.“So you do the math,” she said of the tiny percentage that represents.

here The authors of the paper, titled Long Covid: Reviewing The Science And Assessing The Risk , say they believe awareness campaigns “would help drive compliance with containment measures such as the use of masks”.

Ted Johnson Joe Biden will participate in an NBC News town hall on Oct. 5 in Miami, with Lester Holt moderating.The event was announced following this evening’s debate between Biden and President Donald Trump.This will be Biden’s second town hall of the fall campaign.

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David Robb Labor EditorFor those wondering why it took so long for labor and management to come to terms on return-to-work protocols – more than three months after their initial guidelines were adopted in June – the answer is simple: They had to re-negotiate large swaths of the unions’ current contracts to accommodate the realities of shooting films and TV shows during the COVID-19 pandemic, while preserving the existing protections contained in the unions’ minimum basic agreements.“This

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorTerry Curtin has joined Solstice Studios as EVP of Communications.She replaces Elissa Greer, who has segued to the role of lead communications consultant on the studio’s next release, the Mark Wahlberg drama Good Joe Bell, which Solstice recently snapped up at TIFF for $20M as Deadline first reported.Curtin will report to Vincent Bruzzese, Head of Marketing & Strategy, and will oversee all aspects of film publicity and promotion as well as

The industry has just cleared a major hurdle in its effort to get back to work. After months of negotiations, Hollywood’s top studios and unions have finally come to an agreement on a handful of lingering issues related to COVID-19 filming protocols on Monday (read the full return-to-work agreement here).

David Robb Labor EditorHollywood’s unions and management’s AMPTP finally have an agreement to return to work in the coronavirus era. Union sources say the deal took much longer to reach than they would have liked or expected.The agreement means that the studios, networks, major companies and independent producers alike are cleared to resume production.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Film agencies in Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced an agreement Monday to collaborate on television production, the latest development to follow a U.S.-brokered deal between the countries to normalize relations.The Abu Dhabi Film Commission, an Emirati government agency, said it reached an understanding with the Israeli Film Fund and a Jerusalem film school seeking to strengthen commercial ties through training programs for film and television

Filmmaker Judd Apatow gave a recent interview in which he criticized the film industry for essentially censoring content that’s critical of places like China where human rights abuses are happening.

Wigan, falsely entered a colleague's name into the patient's electronic records as if the antibiotics had been checked by said employee.In March of this year, the nurse of 17 years was banned from nursing for six months following an investigation, Lancs Live reports.Although the patient was unharmed, a hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) found that Mrs Teker's actions had put them at an "unwarranted risk of harm".And while Mrs Teker was found to have "good theoretical knowledge

Adult film actress Zoe Parker has passed away.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSenior representatives of Netflix’s UK team and broadcaster Sky have told a UK government committee that Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) remain an important part of the country’s wider entertainment industry.The ‘future of Public Service Broadcasting’ committee is analysing factors including how the influx of streaming services such as Netflix is impacting the UK’s PSBs, which include the BBC as well as ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and regional stations.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe feature documentary “The Curve,” which examines the decisions that led to America’s COVID-19 crisis, is being shopped around at the Toronto International Film Festival by Jet Black Iris Productions.Directed by Academy Award-nominee Adam Benzine (“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”) and featuring an original score by Emmy-winning composer Joel Goodman, the film traces the crucial three-month period, from mid-January to mid-April, when the choices made by