Lawmakers Reach Deal On Covid-19 Relief That Includes $15 Billion For Movie Theaters, Live Venues

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTheaters, museums and other cultural venues will remain closed in France until the end of January, France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed during a televised address on Thursday evening.Castex said museums, cinemas, theaters, concert halls and gyms “will not [reopen] in the weeks to come.” Meanwhile, bars and restaurants will stay closed until at least mid-February.Cinemas, along with other cultural venues in France, were ordered to close on Oct.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor [SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers specific to Marielle Heller’s character, Alma Wheatley, in “The Queen’s Gambit.”]Marielle Heller insists she never imagined that “The Queen’s Gambit” would be such a huge hit.“I had no idea how the chess was going to play out,” Heller, who plays Alma Wheatley, the mother of a 1950s female chess prodigy (Anya Taylor-Joy), in the Netflix series, says on today’s episode of the Variety and iHeart

school closures after the festive period could still be on the cards due to a sharp increase in covid infections linked to the new mutated strain. The First Minister confirmed this week 42.8 per cent of positive tests processed for Scotland are now thought to be the fast-spreading form of coronavirus.

Verizon and Hearst Television struck a deal overnight that will keep nine Hearst owned-and-operated stations including in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and the Boston area from going dark on Verizon Fios systems. No details were disclosed Friday on the new retransmission contract, which replaces the old one that was set to expire December 31.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire has recorded a record-breaking 225 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.It's the largest single-day rise in cases since the pandemic arrived in the region in March.A further seven Covid deaths have also been recorded in the area, new Scottish Government figures show.Three were recorded in South Ayrshire and two apiece in North and East Ayrshire.There are now 162 people battling

Ellise Shafer administratorTom Hanks has no doubt that movie theaters will survive the COVID-19 pandemic.During an interview with Collider for his new film, “News of the World,” Hanks addressed the impact this year has had on the movie theater business and the subsequent shift of many films to release on streaming services.“A sea change was due, anyway.

video interview with Collider on Saturday.“Will movie theaters still exist? Absolutely, they will,” Hanks said. “In some ways, the exhibitors, once they’re up and open, will have a freer choice of what movies they do want to play.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorGal Gadot really is Wonder Woman.

Joe Biden has delivered new remarks about the COVID-19 vaccine, stimulus package and more in his Christmas week speech, which streamed Tuesday (December 22).

A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine -- which became available to congressional leaders last week -- until all health care workers and people over the age of 65 have had a chance to receive it.  Reps.

After days of frenzied negotiations, Congress late Monday night passed a massive eleventh-hour bill that combined $900 billion in COVID-19 relief with a $1.4 trillion omnibus government spending measure.

Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate announced on Sunday a compromise COVID relief bill, a bill which if passed and signed by President Trump will provide financial support to a number of companies in the entertainment space. The bill includes $15 billion earmarked specifically for live event venues, independent movie theaters and cultural institutions, all businesses hit hard by the pandemic.

RuPaul's Drag Race UK has confirmed the all-important celebrity guest judges. Yep, joining Ru, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr and Graham Norton on the panel this season will be a returning Lorraine Kelly – who appeared on Snatch Game last season – and actress Sheridan Smith.

Kate Aurthur editorWhen filmmakers gather these days, the conversation tends to turn to how the coronavirus pandemic has decimated movie theaters — as well as to the related topic of Warner Bros.’ bombshell decision to stream its entire 2021 slate on HBO Max the same day they’re to be released theatrically. During a panel among screenwriters for Variety‘s inaugural FYC Fest, Judd Apatow (Universal’s “The King of Staten Island”), Aaron Sorkin (Netflix’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Emerald

Deadline hears that CAA and WGA has reached agreement that will bring writer back into the agency fold.