Directors Guild Of Canada BC Contract Talks To Resume April 25 In Last-Ditch Effort To Avert Strike

Sophie Turner has credited her marriage to Joe Jonas as something that kept her spirits high after the end of Game of Thrones. The actor played Sansa Stark in the HBO series, which ran for eight seasons from 2011 to 2019. Soon after the show’s end, Turner married singer Jonas in a surprise ceremony in Las Vegas in May 2019, after three years of dating.

Avril Lavigne has alerted fans that three of her upcoming gigs in Canada won’t go ahead as scheduled, after a member of her touring crew tested positive for COVID-19.The affected dates include one at Place Bell in Laval – initially slated for tonight (May 2), but now set to go down on Saturday (May 7) – one at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, and one at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Those last two gigs – which were booked in for tomorrow (May 3) and on Wednesday May 4, respectively – are yet to receive new dates, but in a statement posted on social media, Lavigne assured ticketholders that new details “will be announced shortly”.At the time of writing, Lavigne’s show at the Centre Vidéotron in Quebec City is still scheduled to ahead on Friday (May 6).

, is finally here. On April 29, enlisted for a rousing duet of her angsty 2002 hit, “.”Fans went wild on Friday when the “Brutal” singer surprised them by bringing Lavigne on stage during the Toronto stop of her Sour tour. Rodrigo introduced Lavigne as the woman who “broke down so many barriers and opened so many doors to girls like me,” before revealing her duet partner's name.

The Directors Guild of Canada BC’s strike deadline has now passed. Asked if the guild is on strike, a spokesperson told Deadline that “the answer isn’t as simple” in British Columbia, where in 2008 the BC Labor Board imposed safe harbor agreements upon the industry to provide for labor stability during collective bargaining. In any case, film and TV production continues unabated in the province.

Amelia Flanagan first appeared on Emmerdale as April Windsor at the age of five. The actress, 13, who plays the late Donna Windsor and Marlon Dingle's daughter has picked up plenty of gongs for her portrayal of April over the eight years she's been on the show.

With contract negotiations stalled and the Directors Guild of Canada BC threatening to go on strike in British Columbia in the next 48 hours, the organizations representing producers there now appear resigned to the inevitability of a work stoppage in the province. On Tuesday, the DGC BC issued a 72-hour strike notice, the next and possibly final step before it launches a strike.

The Wanted have released a new version of their 2011 single, «Gold Forever,» in honor of their late band member, Tom Parker. The surviving band members, Nathan Sykes, Max George, Jay McGuinness and Siva Kaneswaran, released the new version, titled «Gold Forever (for Tom),» after a video of them performing it at the 33-year-old's memorial service was posted on their respective social media accounts.

The Wanted have re-released a new version of their 2011 Comic Relief song Gold Forever in honour of their late bandmate, Tom Parker. It has been a week since Tom was laid to rest after he passed away on March 30 at the age of 33 after a two year battle with brain cancer.The Wanted's 2011 hit Gold Forever could be heard playing in a clip filmed after Tom's funeral ceremony outside St Francis of Assis Church while fans lined the streets and emotionally clapped. And The Wanted have now made the decision to release a stripped-back version of the song on streaming services.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe union that represents film and TV directors in Vancouver issued a 72-hour strike notice on Tuesday, saying that a negotiating session with employers on Monday had not yielded any progress.The notice gives the Directors Guild of Canada the power to call a strike in British Columbia as early as Friday. Under Canadian law, unions must provide 72 hours’ notice of labor actions.Shows that are currently in production under “safe harbor” agreements would not be affected by a strike, but as of Tuesday no new safe harbor agreements will be issued.

Contract talks have stalled and the Directors Guild of Canada BC has issued a strike notice, the next and possibly final step before the guild launches a work stoppage in British Columbia. Barring a last minute settlement, a work stoppage could come any day.

Central Cee, Machine Gun Kelly and Avril Lavigne have been named among the artists who have the best-selling cassettes of 2022 so far.The near-obsolete format has been enjoying a revival in recent years; last year sales of cassettes increased by 13 per cent to its highest total since 2003.While it’s yet to be seen how well the format will perform in 2022 in comparison to previous years, the Official Charts Company has revealed the best-selling cassettes of the year so far.Central Cee boasts the best-selling cassette of 2022 so far with his second mixtape ’23’. The project, which topped the UK Album Chart back in March, has shifted the most first quarter cassettes, helped on by a now-sold-out, special edition yellow cassette, made available alongside its standard edition.The second best-selling cassette of the year is Machine Gun Kelly’s ‘Mainstream Sellout’, who managed to sell enough copies to make the chart in just one week of chart sales.

Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore crossed the $200M mark at the international box office this weekend, holding the top overseas position for the third frame in a row. The offshore session added $38.3M in 67 markets for a running total of $213.2M with worldwide at $280.3M.

The line-up for the 54th Directors’ Fortnight selection was announced this morning by General Delegate Paolo Moretti and his selection committee. On top of the previously announced opening night film, Pietro Marcello‘s “Scarlet,” he being the director of the well-regarded “Martin Eden” festival film, highlights from the films announced include Alex Garland‘s much-anticipated psychological horror “Men,” starring Jessie Buckley, a woman who retreats to the English countryside following the death of her husband.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDirectors’ Fortnight, the sidebar running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, has unveiled a strong lineup for its 54th edition, which will be the last one for outgoing artistic director Paolo Moretti. The sidebar has landed a pair of movies from A24, Alex Garland’s Men” which will play in the Special Screening section, and “God’s Creatures,” a psychological thriller directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, the filmmaking duo who made their feature debut with the Sundance film “The Fits.” Set in an Irish fishing village, “God’s Creatures” stars Aisling Franciosi, Emily Watson and Paul Mescal.

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight has unveiled its line-up for 2022. Scroll down to see the full list.

Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) has signed on for a role in the drama Downtown Owl, from Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films, Deadline can confirmed. He’s set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wittrock, Jack Dylan Grazer, August Blanco Rosenstein and Lily Rabe.

Maisie Williams grew up onscreen, cast as Arya Stark in “Game of Thrones” when she was just 12, playing the character throughout her adolescent years.

Members of the Directors Guild of Canada British Columbia have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against film and TV productions in the province. The vote on the union’s first-ever strike mandate was 92.2% in favor, with 86.2% of eligible voters casting ballots.