NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and Film Academy Go Virtual With Latinx Festival

A couple running the virtual London Marathon today (October 4) got a big surprise – a meeting with Prince Harry!

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerTwo Los Angeles Dodgers greats who helped lead the team to World Series wins in the 1960s have died.Ron Perranoski, the lefthanded weapon of the Dodgers’ bullpen who helped them win a pair of World Series championships in the 1960s, died Friday night in Vero Beach, Florida.

Having already delivered a special video message to London Marathon participants, Prince Harry decided to surprise runners in Los Angeles this weekend.Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the London Marathon is taking place remotely in 2020, with runners completing the 26.2 mile run in locations all over the world.

The demand is there for the return of the Los Angeles quintet Why Don’t We and their new song “Fallin”.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday issued an emergency proclamation for the counties of Los Angeles, Del Norte and Mendocino to bolster the response to various fires which have burned thousands of acres, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of residents.In Los Angeles, the Bobcat Fire had burned close to 114,000 acres on Friday. The fire’s progress has slowed significantly in the past few days.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorA moderately strong earthquake struck the Los Angeles area late Friday night, rattling nerves already frayed by wildfires and smoke across Southern California. Hitting at 11:38 p.m., the quake registered a magnitude of 4.5 and was centered in the San Gabriel Valley near South El Monte, about 13 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, according to the U.S.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe Los Angeles area was shaken by an earthquake late Friday night. The tremor struck at 11:38 PM and lasted about 20-30 seconds.

The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival is launching an inclusion fellowship series to provide a pathway for filmmakers from the Latinx community with Netflix on board to sponsor its inaugural effort. Each year, the fellowship will champion an underrepresented group from within the Latinx community with year one focusing on five filmmakers who identify as Afro Latino.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterNewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have teamed once again for the annual NFMLA Film Festival InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Festival — but this time it’s virtual.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“This is quite a day and quite a time,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at the beginning of his news conference on Wednesday.Earlier in the day, the L.A. City Council voted to declare a fiscal emergency and approved plans to furlough more than 15,000 city employees.

Ellise Shafer editorThe Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications, has announced that its 36th edition will take place virtually from Sept. 24 to Oct.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After postponing its in-person festival that was originally slated for May, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) is ready to return — virtually, of course.

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