Facebook Will Shell Out $1 Billion to Creators Over the Next Year

We haven’t even begun the circuit of fall film festivals this year, but the folks at Sundance are already deep into planning their 2022 event. And with COVID cases spiking around the US, it appears the Sundance organizers aren’t going to take any chances, with a vaccination requirement for all of those people that want to attend the event.

The last awards season felt like the longest, weirdest one ever -- but the next one won't be much better.That’s one takeaway from the Film Independent Spirit Awards’ decision not to stick to the usual date on the day before the Oscars, which this year would have been March 26.

The film and television industry pumped a record-setting $4 billion in direct spending into Georgia’s economy over the past year, despite the pandemic and in spite of calls earlier this year for a business boycott of the state because of its restrictive new voter law.

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Ashton Kutcher was this close to going to space… until Mila Kunis talked some sense into him that is!

Netflix will reportedly offer video games through its subscription service in the near future.According to a new Bloomberg report, the streaming giant has allegedly hired former Electronic Arts (EA) and Facebook executive Mike Verdu as its vice president of game development.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook claims it will be opening its checkbook in a big way for creators: CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social-media giant will pay out more than $1 billion to creators on Facebook and Instagram through 2022.Zuckerberg announced the new initiative in a Facebook post Tuesday — but didn’t provide a lot of details.“We want to build the best platforms for millions of creators to make a living, so we’re creating new programs to invest over $1 billion to reward

Bruce Springsteen has said that he hopes to resume touring next year.While the much-loved musician is currently continuing with his solo Broadway residency at the St. James Theatre in New York, Springsteen previously confirmed that he won’t be touring in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Speaking to BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball today (July 14), Springsteen said that he is now hoping to restart touring in 2022.“We’ll be touring next year if everything goes well,” he told Ball.

A live-action studio “Barbie” movie has been in the works for years, as actresses such as Amy Schumer and Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway had been attached at different points. That was until Oscar-nominee Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood“) was tapped to star.

A live-action studio “Barbie” movie has been in the works for years, as actresses such as Amy Schumer and Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway had been attached at different points. That was until Oscar-nominee Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood“) was tapped to star.

postponed their October 25 gig at Glasgow's SSE Hydro until next year due to the uncertainty over international travel. Despite the country's hope to lift many of the current restrictions by August 9, it appears confusion over travel is having an impact on the confidence of bands and artists travelling here.

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Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said retired people could see their State Pension payouts rise by as much as 8% from April 2022 due to the UK Government's triple lock guarantee. The UK’s official forecaster estimated the increase would add around another £3 billion a year to Uk Government spending from its triple lock pensions pledge - on top of what was already budgeted.

Edinburgh Summer Sessions has been postponed until next year as a result of Covid restrictions. The music event was due to take place in the Capital's Princes St Gardens but organisers have now said it won't be viable to host the event this year as some shows were scheduled to take place before August 9 when Covid restrictions are due to be eased.