Hollywood’s TV, film production cut in half this summer due to COVID

Tenet.The time-travelling epic, released in August in the UK but staggered to reach cinemas later in the US, grossed nearly $350million (£269million) at the global box office.Commenting on the future of the film industry and the takings for Tenet, Nolan told the Los Angeles Times that the numbers might be used to “draw the wrong conclusions” under the current climate, as cinemas were shut in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco when the film was released.“Warner Bros.

sexual assault suspect was arrested early Monday on the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Hollywood after a confrontation with officers, the Los Angeles Police Department said.The incident began around 10 p.m.

There was a large police presence late Sunday at Paramount Pictures in  Hollywood, Calif., after authorities responded to calls about a man with a knife, Fox 11 reported. The Los Angeles Times reported that a suspect in a sex assault case has barricaded himself inside the studio lot and was “uncooperative” with police.  The CBS affiliate described a tense scene.

LOS ANGELES -- Actress Rhonda Fleming, the fiery redhead who appeared with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Ronald Reagan and other film stars of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 97.Fleming’s assistant Carla Sapon told The New York Times that Fleming died Wednesday in Santa Monica, California.From her first film in color, “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court ” (1949) with Bing Crosby, Fleming became immensely popular with producers because of her vivid hues.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: MTV Studios has acquired the worldwide rights to Stampede Ventures’ coming-of-age film Pink Skies Ahead from writer/director Kelly Oxford. The film will make its worldwide premiere at the AFI Film Festival tomorrow.Set in Los Angeles in 1998, the film follows Winona, who after dropping out of college and moving back home to live with her parents, is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.

2020 Billboard Music Awards were filled with great performance — and even better beauty looks!On Wednesday, October 14, the hottest stars in music stopped by The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate this year’s biggest artists. Though it wasn’t your average awards show with celebs packed onto a long red carpet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, A-listers still went all out when it came to hair and makeup.For instance, Lizzo made a statement in a black minidress with “vote” printed on fabric.

Doja Cat is slaying the stage!

Filming may be back but the enduring impact of the pandemic is evident in a new FilmLA report. Updated data from the non-profit that tracks production in the Greater Los Angeles area reveals that filming in area communities declined by 55 percent compared to last year to just 4,199 shoot days from July through September.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe COVID-19 pandemic pushed down location production in the Los Angeles area by 54%, FilmLA reported on Wednesday.The permitting agency’s data showed 4,199 shoot days from July through September. Reality TV was up 10.3% to 1,159 shoot days, while commercials slid 41.2% to 782 days.

James McClain After relisting it over the summer for a princely $5.5 million, Calvin Harris has succeeded in unloading his idiosyncratic Los Angeles home, albeit at a discounted $5.1 million. The highly-compensated Scottish DJ barely broke even on the sprawling estate, which he bought in 2017 for a few hairs over $5 million from fellow DJ Steve Angello.

While Hollywood is slowly resuming film and TV production with COVID-19 safety regulations enforced, the pandemic is still taking its toll on the industry as the latest quarterly study from FilmLA reports a 54% year-over-year drop in shooting days for the third quarter of 2020.The report counted only 4,199 total shooting days between July and September, down from 9,226 in the same time span last year.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIt’s not quite business as usual in these unusual times, but everything is pretty much on schedule at CBS Studio Center in Studio City on Monday despite an ongoing protest over the armed clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan.Angered by a KCAL-TV report on a pro-Armenian “March for Peace” rally held Sunday in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, about 100 protestors blocked traffic at ViacomCBS’ San Fernando Valley facility this morning.