By Martin Dale
06.05.2020 - 15:45 / billboard.com
The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is furloughing 41 administrative employees, nearly 20% of its full-time staff, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Met said Tuesday (May 5) that the furloughs are temporary and will start at the end of this week.
Each impacted employee will receive two weeks pay plus continued health benefits.In addition, 11 employees will shift to part-time work, the company said. Before the cost-cutting, the Met had 237 full-time employees. General manager
By Martin Dale
And just like that, the 2020 Met Gala is officially canceled.
Facebook and Instagram on Friday celebrated the Class of 2020 with a graduation event streaming on both social media platforms. Oprah Winfrey delivered the commencement speech, while many top names were in attendance — via video feed — such as Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X and Miley Cyrus, who performed an emotional track for the occasion.
2,100 employees forced into involuntary leave
Endeavor has lined up a $260 million term loan to boost its financial flexibility amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Liv Tyler was worried about wearing a casual top to the 1999 Met Gala because it “wasn’t really appropriate” for the prestigious fashion event.
Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, which earlier this year agreed to sell a majority staketo an investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, on Friday reported lower first-quarter earnings despite an 8 percent revenue gain as carriage and licensing fee gains outweighed the early negative hit from the novel coronavirus pandemic on advertising.
Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, which earlier this year agreed to sell a majority stake to an investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, reported lower first-quarter financials on Friday as the novel coronavirus pandemic started impacting advertising revenue in March.
Staff at a council facility supporting care leavers staged a 'mass resignation' amid allegations teens were breaching the coronavirus lockdown by dealing drugs and having partners over.
Hollywood was a much different place 10 years ago at the 2010 Met Gala and we’re taking a look back at all the photos from that year’s big fashion event!
It's called fashion, look it up. The 2020 Met Gala may be postponed, but that hasn't stopped stars like Mindy Kaling from answering Vogue's call to participate in the #MetGalaChallenge on social media.
Everyone at “The Late Late Show” is getting paid thanks to James Corden.
Starting next week, James Corden will pay the salaries of about 60 furloughed production staffers on The Late Late Show out of his own pocket, likely to be mid-five figures weekly.
By Dade Hayes
The Kardashian-Jenner family knows how to deliver a major Met Gala moment. Over the years, we've seen Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner and Kris Jenner hit the red carpet at the New York fashion event on the first Monday in May.