By Ramin Setoodeh
15.05.2020 - 20:21 / deadline.com
By David Robb
Labor Editor
The DGA has fast-tracked nearly $9 million in foreign levies to 5,000 directors over the past week, the guild said today. On average, that’s about $1,800 per director. As production remains suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the guild said that it has “continued its work to expedite vital income when it is most needed.”
“This present situation sheds light on why we fight so hard to advance our members’ rights, and the difference it can make,” said DGA national
By Ramin Setoodeh
By Jill Goldsmith
Waiting for Guffman and Modern Family actor Fred Willard died of natural causes on Friday, May 15. The actor was 86.
Fred Willard, who played Phil Dunphy’s father on Modern Family, has died at the age of 86.
In another union effort to bring financial relief to the entertainment community amid COVID-19, the Directors Guild announced on Friday that it had expedited the payout of $9 million in foreign levies to directors. The Guild says it paid over 5,000 directors in the past week as a result of these efforts.
By Dave McNary
The filmed version of the original Broadway production of Hamilton will launch on Disney+ more than a year earlier than planned, streaming on July 3, it has been announced.
The cast and crew of Back To The Future took part in a virtual reunion and recalled how the beloved film almost had a very different title.
Former Inter Milan defender Ivan Cordoba believes Manchester United “did not understand” the potential of Romelu Lukaku.
Ryan Giggs has revealed that he would regularly fall out with Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, but that the legendary manager didn't mind it.
On Wednesday (May 7), Meek Mill received the ultimate gift when his girlfriend Milan Harris delivered their first child on his 33rd birthday."Milano dropped me off a king on my birthday! #thebestgift," tweeted an overjoyed Meek. The couple received a heap of support from friends and family, as Harris thanked everyone on her Instagram stories."I've been sleep all day, exhausted," she wrote.
Meek Mill is a father for the third time!