L.A. Sees 69.5% Decline in Production Permits in Second Week of Strike

Ming-Na Wen, who reunited with her Joy Luck Club castmates on Tuesday at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.The 59-year-old  and Marvel actress was honored with a star in Los Angeles for her contribution to television, where she was the first Asian American actor to have a recurring role in a daytime soap,. Wen would appear in seven seasons of over the course of a decade as Dr.

On-location filming of scripted TV shows in Los Angeles has ground to a near-complete halt in the fourth week of the Writers Guild’s strike, according to data compiled by FilmLA, the city and county film permit office.

The good father. Oscar winner Al Pacino takes his role as a dad seriously.

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet are continuing to enjoy each other’s company without the pressure of any formal labels. According to a source close to the 25-year-old The Kardashians star, she and the actor, 27, continue to spend time together whenever they are both in Los Angeles.

Jesse Collins Entertainment President Dionne Harmon announced today that John Wehage has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Head of Production of the full-service Emmy-winning production company. Karen Grant-Selma will lead the company’s in-house legal team as Executive Vice President, Head of Business & Legal Affairs. Both will report to Harmon.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello continue to heat up rumours of their rekindled romance.

Kim Kardashian and her family got turned down when they tried to gift a SKIMS swag bag. The recipient who turned down the gift? Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.Since being sworn in as the first Black woman mayor of Los Angeles in December, Bass has been the recipient of more than 130 gifts, according to, who filed a public records request and subsequently received a log of the gifts sent the mayor's way since being sworn in.On April 30, Kardashian and her family sent a SKIMS swag bag that included «SKIMS items, messenger, liquor, hot sauce, makeup items, face light shields, hats.» The swag bag was valued at $600, and the log notes Bass declined to accept it.As for why, the city's ethics commission notes that «gifts from reportable sources are limited to $590 per source per year.» The SKIMS swag bag would put the gift $10 over the limit.Among other gifts the mayor also declined included a $97 necklace, $100 mobile tablet, $260 custom jersey from MLS club LAFC, wardrobe worth $400 and $220 worth of ski shirts and jackets.

Lily-Rose Depp had a very sweet moment with her girlfriend after returning from the Cannes Film Festival. The pair were spotted sharing a romantic kiss at LAX, with the actress smiling and showing how much she missed being by her side.The 23-year-old star and the 25-year-old rapper were photographed with their arms around each other, as Danielle Balbuena, best known as 070 Shake picked her up at the airport.

EXCLUSIVE: Half of the 46 projects currently in the California film incentives program have submitted “force majeure” requests seeking waivers to extend their mandated start-date requirements due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike, according to the California Film Commission, which administers the tax credits program. The number of approved film and TV projects seeking force majeure delays is expected to grow as the strike, now in its 25th day, grinds on.

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios is delaying filming on another upcoming production as Deadline has learned that the studios’ Thunderbolts pic has pushed pause on the upcoming production, which was set to start shooting in three weeks in Atlanta. The crew was notified today and insiders say that the plan is to resume production once the strike has ended.

Glitz and glamour! Hollywood’s biggest names brought their fierce fashion sense to France at the 2023 amFAR Gala during the 76th annual Cannes Festival.   

On-location filming in Los Angeles continues to nosedive amid the ongoing Writers Guild strike, plunging 51.5% last week compared with the same time a year ago. The WGA strike is now in its 23rd day with no signs of abating as films and TV shows shutting down production across the county.

a statement announcing the vote.While unanimity among SAG-AFTRA’s board is no guarantee that rank and file membership will agree to a strike, the issues listed in the guild’s statement very closely mirror those raised by the Writers Guild of America, which is in the third week of a strike that is increasingly interrupting Hollywood business.Writers have been on strike since May 2, and in part are seeking to reverse recent trends in the industry that have come to define the streaming era — for instance, they note sky-high salaries executives earn while creatives, especially writers, are struggling to support themselves. WGA is in particular calling out industry practices that they say have turned Hollywood into a “gig economy,” such as so-called “mini rooms” where writers with a television pitch must form a writer room on their own dime and create an entire season’s worth of scripts before a show is even greenlit.

The ongoing Writers Guild strike is continuing to take a staggering toll on films and TV shows that normally would be shooting on location in Los Angeles.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The major broadcast networks are trying very hard this year to do what they do best – create franchise drama series built around the adventures of larger-than-life characters. Kathy Bates, Kaitlin Olson, Carrie Preston and Shanola Hampton are among the female actors hoping to click as distinctive protagonists with new series in the 2023-24 season. Bates will bring to life a next-generation “Matlock,” while Preston limns a new chapter for Elsbeth Tascioni, the attorney character she has played on and off on CBS’ “The Good Wife” and Paramount+’s “The Good Fight” since 2010. This is good news for the hundreds of international television buyers heading to Los Angeles for next week’s LA Screenings market. Another welcome development is that the largest media congloms are now on a big push to reopen their doors to third-party buyers, after a few years of holding back the biggest shows for in-house streaming services.

The 2023 Daytime Emmys were expected to take place next month.

This year’s Peabody Awards ceremony has been canceled “due to the ongoing uncertainty and meaningful challenges that exist industrywide,” according to a statement from the Peabody Awards organization. The June 11 awards would have been the organization’s first in-person ceremony since 2019, as well as the first time ever in its history that the Awards would take place in Los Angeles.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Peabody Awards won’t be throwing a return celebration this year after all. The org has scrapped this years event, which would have been the first in-person Peabody ceremony since 2019 (before the pandemic), in the wake of the writers strike. Originally set to be held on Sunday, June 11, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, this also would have been the first Peabody Awards to be held in Southern California. “As an organization dedicated to honoring the most compelling and empowering stories in broadcasting and streaming media, we recognize and respect the position that many of this year’s Peabody Award winners find themselves in,” the org said in a statement. “Due to the ongoing uncertainty and meaningful challenges that exist industrywide, we have decided to cancel the 83rd annual Peabody Awards ceremony that was set to take place on June 11 in Los Angeles. Canceling the ceremony is extremely disappointing as this year’s 39 winners are immensely talented and have brought forth powerful stories that deserve to be celebrated.”

Bad Sisters creator Sharon Horgan has joined the writers strike for her U.S. projects, but is continuing to work on Season 2 of the Apple TV+ series.

Rep. Katie Porter joined writers on the picket line at the Culver Studios in Los Angeles on Friday in solidarity with the ongoing WGA strike.