Layoffs at AEG Presents

The Toronto International Film Festival has laid off another 31 employees as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic cuts deeply into its operating revenues. "In response to the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on TIFF's regular operations, we announced today the difficult decision to reduce our full-time staff by 17 percent, which represents 31 valued employees," Toronto festival co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey said in a statement.

For Asa Butterfield, the opportunity to play "sexpert" Otis on Netflix's dramedy Sex Education was a chance to both explore his own relationship with his mother and channel his teen awkwardness into a relatable story. The 23-year-old English actor's first TV foray became a global sensation after the streamer said about 70 million member accounts watched at least part of the YA dramedy, in which he plays an awkward teen who shares sex advice while battling his own fears of intimacy.

Ruth Langsford has shared an incredible throwback snap from 19 years ago and fans say she hasn't aged a day.The 60 year old presenter, who recently apologised to her husband Eamonn Holmes for editing an emotional scene discussing the death of his dad, took to her Instagram feed to share the epic photo. In the snap, Ruth looked stunning as she donned an all-pink suit with matching pink flat shoes as she posed with her pal, who was holding a baby.

AEG, the global concert promoter and entertainment facility manager, instituted its deepest staff cuts in the company’s history Monday, laying off 15% of its workforce, furloughing more than 100 employees across multiple divisions at the company and instituting 20–50% pay cuts. “Every employee worldwide will be impacted in one form or another,”

Radar Online went dark in April just weeks after massive company-wide layoffs.The most rent post on the 17-year-old site’s homepage is from April 20.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 30, aka AOC, doesn’t let someone mistake her position as a U.S. Representative for something else without calling them out and she proved it in her latest tweets.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLayoffs are coming at AEG Presents, the world’s second-largest live-entertainment company, on Monday (June 8), according to a memo from CEO Jay Marciano obtained by Variety. The extent of the layoffs was unclear at the time of this article’s publication.The live-entertainment business has been laid flat by the coronavirus pandemic, with no solid timeline for when it might return.

AEG is implementing significant employee cuts starting July 1, AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman announced in an email today, saying staff and cost reductions were a result of the long term impact of a global shutdown of concerts and events from the spread of the virus causing COVID-19.

Bradley Walsh recently celebrated a landmark birthday but has left fans utterly baffled as a result.The popular television presenter, who recently made a dig at Good Morning Britain star Piers Morgan, turned 60 on 4 June and, as a result, ITV marked the occasion with a one-off documentary which delved into the star’s life and career.

When Khloé Kardashian showed off her quarantine makeover on Instagram in May, it gathered tons of attention from family, friends and fans including her mom Kris Jenner, B.F.F.

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Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman pushed back Wednesday against a Wall Street Journal report the new streaming service was considering laying off 10% of its approximately 250 employees.

Quibi staffers are reportedly up in arms over Reese Witherspoon's recent raking in of $6 million for her narration of one of its shows while employees of the streaming service are facing layoffs. The platform launched in April, with Witherspoon lending her voice to "Fierce Queens," a documentary series produced by BBC that showcases the remarkable abilities of female animals from around the world.

It’s a protest, not a meet and greet! As you might know, Halsey has joined the Black Lives Matter protestors in the streets to fight for a better future with no more racism and police brutality but it looks like some people took this opportunity to ask her for selfies! In response, the singer took to social media to make it very clear that she is not willing to take pictures with anyone at this time and requested that they stop asking! ‘Don’t even ask me, I won’t say yes.

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Nationally-known reporters are among those affected by the CBSViacom layoffs, according to reports.

CBS News was hit hard by a round of corporate cost-cutting that saw "a single-digit percentage" of the network's news staffers laid off, according to an estimate given by network president Susan Zirinsky during a Wednesday afternoon all-hands conference.

Rogers & Cowan/PMK is the latest Hollywood firm to be hit with COVID-19-era layoffs. The venerable publicity, integrated marketing and communications agency let go of 35 publicists — or about 10 percent of its staff — in offices from Los Angeles and New York to London.