The Affair co-creator Sarah Treem and actor Adam Shapiro have teamed with Partnership for Los Angeles Schools’ Families First Campaign to help families in need amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentJulie Delpy’s first TV drama, “On the Verge,” is one of the rare shows that managed to shoot in Los Angeles between the first and second waves of the pandemic.Produced by The Film TV for France’s Canal Plus and Netflix, the 12-episode series endured a three-month delay and then filmed from late August until Thanksgiving.COVID-safe protocols cost approximately $2 million but proved effective: There wasn’t a single coronavirus case during production.
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.The Affair co-creator Sarah Treem and actor Adam Shapiro have teamed with Partnership for Los Angeles Schools’ Families First Campaign to help families in need amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Emma Roberts is getting some fresh air as a new mom!
Netflix‘s new series Lupin is the first French series to land on the streamer’s U.S. Top 10 list!
Netflix’s Lupin made its debut on the service Friday January 8, and quickly became the first French series to land on the streamer’s U.S. Top 10 list. It entered the overall list at No. 8 and was No. 6 on the U.S. series list on Saturday, before jumping up to No. 3 on both rosters Sunday (it’s No. 1 in France and elsewhere). Netflix began sharing Daily Top 10 lists last February.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe announcement Tuesday that the Grammy Awards will be moved from January 31 to March 14 took many people by surprise but did not come as a shock: The show is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, which has seen a dramatic spike in Covid-19 patients and is currently ranked by FEMA as the most dangerous county in the U.S.“The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from
“The rate of new cases this month is translating into a disastrous increase in the number of people with severe COVID-19 symptoms being sent to our local hospitals,” said a statement from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department on Wednesday.
Jon Burlingame Stephanie O’Keefe was elected the first woman president in the 123-year history of American Federation of Musicians Local 47, which represents 6,000 musicians in the Los Angeles area.O’Keefe, a professional French horn player, has performed and recorded with such artists as Lady Gaga, Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Diana Krall, Barry Manilow, Herbie Hancock and Daft Punk. She began playing in Las Vegas showrooms in 1977, moved to L.A.
"In late December, we spent two days (albeit virtually this year) touring Los Angeles to get an inside update on the quickly evolving state of the TV and film industries," MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson wrote in a Tuesday report, entitled "Our Virtual Visit to an Altered Universe." In it, he covered Warner Bros.' 2021 film slate plans, the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on Hollywood, pressure on content creators and a possible merger of Comcast's NBCUniversal with AT&T's
Zoe Kravitz‘s latest Instagram Story post has everyone talking amid news of her divorce from Karl Glusman.
Clayton Davis Frances McDormand could make history for women at the Oscars.The 63-year-old actor has received raves for her performance in “Nomadland” from Chloé Zhao, landing her in contention for her sixth acting nomination after winning two best actress Oscars (1996’s “Fargo” and 2018’s “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”).
keeping her pregnancy low-key (save for a lavish vagina-themed baby shower in her last trimester), Emma Roberts’ little family is welcoming a new face to the fold. Word broke that the Ryan Murphy Cinematic Universe staple had given birth to a baby boy on Sunday, December 27 in Los Angeles, and sources told TMZ that Roberts and her boyfriend Garrett Hedlund decided to name their son Rhodes.
Los Angeles reached another grim milestone as the county surpassed 7,000 coronavirus-related hospitalizations for the first time, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
HOLLYWOOD – Doctors and staff clapped after Keith Leach, a black frontline worker healthcare coworker at the Los Angeles LGBT Centre, received his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination Tuesday morning. The first of 400 doses received by the Centre, it was dispensed by Dr. Ward Carpenter, co-director of health services at the Centre’s McDonald/Wright Building located on North Schrader Blvd.
The New York, Los Angeles and Boston critics have had their say and now we begin the long, tedious rollout of other critics groups who insist their honors are not meant to have any influence on guild or Oscar voters. The Chicago Film Critics Association and Florida Film Critics Circle have now made their selections and anointed, respectfully, “Nomadland” and “First Cow” as Best Picture.
Michelle Pfeiffer talks about one of her most iconic roles in the latest edition of Variety‘s “Awards Circuit” podcast.
It’s been eight years since filmmaker and Academy Award-nominee Sarah Polley made a feature-length film (2012’s incredible “Stories We Tell,” which we put high on our list of the Best Documentaries of the last decade). To be fair, she wrote and executive-produced 2017’s mini-series “Alias Grace“ and finally resurfaced this year directing episodes of CBC Comedy short series “Hey Lady!” But she’s back for real in the feature space and teaming up with a bevy of talent.
Frances McDormand will star in an adaptation ofWomen Talking from Plan B and MGM's Orion Pictures. Oscar nominee Sarah Polley to write and direct the feature that is based on the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews.