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Passengers have been warned ahead of train strikes later this month.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Bill Block is out as CEO of Miramax. The executive and film producer was hired in 2017. Block’s contract expired this week and was not renewed, sources said.

A train operator has issued a warning to passengers to check services before they travel over planned rail strikes on Saturday.

Ellise Shafer Thomas W. Sarnoff, a longtime NBC executive who went on to hold leadership roles at the Television Academy, died on June 4. He was 96. From 1965 to 1977, Sarnoff served as staff executive vice president, West Coast, and president of NBC Entertainment Corporation. During his time there, Sarnoff negotiated production deals with all-star talent such as Bob Hope and Colonel Tom Parker for many of Elvis Presley’s television specials, as well as spearheaded the contracts for NBC’s Burbank Studios. He was also credited with the production of worldwide touring family acts in partnership with Walt Disney such as “Peter Pan” and “Disney on Parade.”

On the West Coast, the chief negotiator for the striking Writers Guild of America, Ellen Stutzman, is more than a week into an existential battle between the 20,000 union members she represents and the movie and television studios that are, for now, not at the bargaining table. 

EXCLUSIVE: James Corden is heading to TikTok, sort of.

Mark Hansson and Valdez Flagg will be honored at the 75th Annual DGA Awards for their career achievements and “extraordinary service” to the guild. Hansson, a veteran first assistant director, will receive the Frank Capra Achievement Award, and Flagg, a longtime stage manager, will receive the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award.

BBC Studios powerhouse Natural History Unit (NHU), which makes Frozen Planet, Blue Planet and Jon Favreau’s Prehistoric Planet, has nearly doubled employment in the Bristol creative industries over the past few years, according to a BBC report that says almost 50,000 jobs will be forged outside London by 2027. The news comes with the BBC under significant financial pressure, made worse by inflation, according to a speech by Nations Director Rhodri Talfan Davies earlier today.

Travellers face a 'weekend of misery' as under-fire rail firm Avanti West Coat issued a 'do not travel warning' and slashed services. "It's going to be a nightmare", said one fed-up passenger as she waited to catch a train at sun-soaked Manchester Piccadilly.

Leaders in Greater Manchester have joined the Mayor of London in condemning Avanti West Coast to cut the number of services to and from the capital. City-region mayor, Andy Burnham, leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, and London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have penned a letter to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, asking for an urgent meeting to restore the full timetable.

Mayor Andy Burnham has blasted Avanti West Coast following the decision to suspend ticket sales and reduce Manchester to London trains to just one an hour. It comes as it has limited its timetable due to an “unofficial strike”.

Transport bosses have issued a warning to the public across Greater 'not to get caught out' as the rail strike enters its third day on Saturday - the first weekend day of the industrial action. The action means Manchester Piccadilly railway station will close at 7pm on Saturday.

A train company have been slammed after they said a well-used station underpass which links a Stockport suburb with the town centre would be closed during next week's rail strikes.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorASCAP Experience, the performing rights organizations annual conference for songwriters, composers and creators, returns virtually this month. It kicks off on Tuesday (March 8) with an International Women’s Day panel featuring three of the industry’s leading composers and songwriters.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMotown founder Berry Gordy had a galaxy of star executives helping him build the company into the powerhouse it became, but not many of them shone as brightly as Suzanne de Passe.Joining the company relatively late in its heyday, de Passe moved from her native Harlem to Detroit in 1968 and soon convinced a skeptical Berry to sign a group of kids calling themselves the Jackson 5. She quickly took charge of developing the group into the pop-culture juggernaut they immediately became — their first four singles went to No.

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Universal has elevated two of the top-notch corporate communications execs in the biz. Cindy Gardner, who has been head of global communications for the past four years, has been promoted to the new role of Executive Vice President of NBCUniversal West Coast to support all lines of business across the West Coast and help position the company competitively for the future.

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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterLongtime NBCUniversal executive Cindy Gardner has been elevated to the newly-created role of Executive Vice President, West Coast.The venerable communications lead previously served as EVP of global comms for Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, working closely with chairman Donna Langley.In a Tuesday memo from NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and chief administration officer Adam Miller, the pair said Gardner will now collaborate “with West Coast business leaders to

Ron Dominguez, a former vice president of Disneyland and exec vp of Walt Disney Attractions for the West Coast, died on Jan. 1, according to a post by the Disneyland Alumni Club on Friday.

hereNorthern are conveying passengers between Manchester Piccadilly and Leeds in both directions until further notice, Avanti West Coast said.The operator said the following trains have been cancelled:11:40 London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly, due 13:4611:55 Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, due 14:0612:20 London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly, due 14:3512:40 London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly, due 14:4612:55 Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, due 15:07No further details have

Manchester Evening News has been contacted by staff concerned about a 'lack of communication and support' from Avanti management during the outbreak.But Dave Whitehouse, safety and security director at Avanti West Coast, said: "We’re providing support for all of our people who have tested positive for Covid-19 and those self-isolating at home."We’ve been in regular contact; providing advice and guidance as well as stringently following Government guidelines.

2 min read The first Pride Train staffed by an all LGBTQ+ crew has had its maiden journey today in the UK countryside. Launched by train company Avanti West Coast, who run routes across the UK, have unveiled the train just two months after the end of Pride Month.

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the true character of America’s leaders. The White House has proven to be a boiling cauldron of bleak conspiracy, callousness, and ineptitude while on the sunny-side up West Coast, Gov. Gavin Newsom shines a light of optimism even on the dreariest of fact-based days.

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Trains from Manchester to London Euston later this evening have been cancelled due to 'damage with overhead wires'.

By Dominic Patten