‘For Life’ Pauses Production Over Inconsistent COVID Test Results

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York City could have 40 or more productions underway by year end, bringing it decisively back to pre-COVID-19 levels as an industry ramp-up that started in September gathers steam into the fall.That’s great news for the entertainment business, a welcome shot to the local economy and a heartening boost of in-person bustle —  with strict protocols — in a city where block after block of offices towers sit empty, tourism is shot and unemployment soaring.“The

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentLos Angeles-based U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe 58th edition of the New York Film Festival is unlike any of the previous 57 iterations. Coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings forced the festival’s organizers to overhaul their usual approach to highlighting the best of cinema.

Peter Weber and Kelley Flanagan are ready to take their relationship to the next level … and get a change of scenery.“Kelley and Peter are planning to move to New York in January for Peter’s job,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.

Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. International student Reese Chamberlain, 18, was told that he would receive three meals per day while isolating.

NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history and intends to return from the pandemic layoff next September with the company’s first presentation of a Black composer, Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.”This season was to have started this week, but the company announced June 1 it had pushed back opening night until Dec. 31.

New York Times to discuss the upcoming season, Michaels said the details regarding how the show will incorporate a “limited” studio audience are “still being sorted out,” but it will involve rapid coronavirus testing.“Things have changed,” Michaels said. “There’s heat sensors at the revolving doors and then you go for your rapid [Covid] test.

Amanda Kloots opened up about the last moments ofBroadway star Nick Cordero's life, and how she plans to use the funds from her late husband's GoFundMe to honor his memory in a new interview with The New York Times. Kloots recounted some of the final ups and downs of Cordero's months-long hospitalization, including the unexpected turn his health took after his condition seemed to be improving.

The forthcoming “Rogue One” spinoff series has a new director.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Yale Productions, Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman’s New York-Based production company which has credits including the upcoming action thriller Red 48 with John Malkovich and Tyrese Gibson, has named Zola Glassman as Director of Development.Joining from 30WEST, Glassman will oversee the development slate and also seek new creative and financial opportunities for the indie banner.

surpassed 10,000 COVID-19 deaths in early August.California is situated behind Texas, New Jersey and New York when it comes to most COVID-19 deaths, which have reported 15,161, 16,067 and 33,934 deaths, respectively.Within California, Los Angeles remains the county with the most COVID-19 deaths at over 6,000. According to data compiled from the L.A.

Succession‘s long-awaited third season looks set to begin production this autumn.The HBO series was due to begin rolling cameras on season three in New York back in April, though plans were put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.However, fresh off the show’s Emmy Awards wins last night (September 20), Variety reports that production is now planned to start later in the autumn.It comes after showrunner Jesse Armstrong expressed hopes last month that filming would begin in the next few

Dino-Ray Ramos editorEXCLUSIVE: WME has announced that Noel Tedla Mesfin has joined the agency as an Agent in Production.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: New York Times best-selling cookbook author, host, and lifestyle influencer Ayesha Curry has announced her new television and film production company, Sweet July Productions, which has entered a first-look deal for unscripted television with eOne.In addition, the newly formed company has hired Tiffany Nicholson-Horton to serve as the Executive Vice President and Head of Development for scripted and unscripted content. Sweet July aims is to empower a

Actor Paul Rudd has poked fun at himself in a public service film in which he asks “fellow millennials” to wear a mask in the fight against Covid-19.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVTV’s longest-running primetime live-action series, Law & Order: SVU, today started production on its 22nd season in New York. Star/EP Mariska Hargitay posted two behind-the-scene photos on Instagram to commemorate the occasion.On Saturday, Hargitay shared images from the cast’s virtual table read for the season opener, which is tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

Emilio Vitolo Jr. may or may have not cheated on his girlfriend Rachel Emmons when he and Katie Holmes packed on the PDA during several outings in New York last week.A source claimed that the chef and aspiring actor was already engaged to be married to the designer and founder of Anna Rachel Studio.

“Gossip Girl” is finally plotting the course for its return.