SAG-AFTRA Preparing For Various Coronavirus Scenarios

In an unusual — but under the circumstances, unsurprising — move, SAG-AFTRA’s approximately 80-member board of directors voted 93.73 percent to 6.27 percent to delegate all of its authority to the organization’s executive committee due to the impossibility of holding in-person meetings during the coronavirus pandemic and the impracticality of holding large meetings even electronically, the union announced Tuesday.

Citing the coronavirus pandemic, SAG-AFTRA’s 80-member board of directors has delegated its authority to its 38-member executive committee.

In its earnings report for 2019, BMG, the world’s fourth biggest music rights-holder, showed a revenue increase of 10.1% to $674 million for the year, according to Music Business Worldwide. The figures are included in the latest report from the firm’s Germany-based parent, Bertelsmann, which also showed that BMG’s operating EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization) at $155 million for the year — a 13.1% jump from last year’s

LONDON – BMG parent company Bertelsmann says it is "well prepared to emerge safely" from the current coronavirus crisis with group revenues rising to €18 billion ($19.3 billion) in 2019.BMG contributed €600 million ($645 million) to that total, a 10% rise on the previous year when revenues totaled €545 million ($586 million at today's currency conversion rates).The record label and publisher's operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were up 12.7% to €138

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris didn’t use to spend a lot of time in the house. More often, she could be found at the union’s Los Angeles headquarters, or around town with friends and family, at meetings or visiting the organization’s offices in New York or across the country.

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SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris has issued a video detailing the union’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The unions representing arts, media and entertainment are calling on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Congress to pass emergency relief legislation that both enhances and expands state unemployment benefits, and sends direct cash to the impacted workers they represent.

SAG-AFTRA’s national headquarters in Los Angeles has been closed due to minimize the risk of exposure to the coronavirus.

Kylie Jenner's currently on her 8th day of quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic; on her Instagram story, she urged her fans to follow suit, posting, "another daily reminder to take this social distancing serious and self quarantine." The youngest Jenner isn't new to self-isolating, she said, comparing the experience to staying indoors while concealing her pregnancy with baby Stormi. "my pregnancy prepared me for this," she wrote. "i didn't leave the house for months."

Kylie Jenner was absent from the spotlight for much of 2017 during her pregnancy with daughter, Stormi Webster. Now, the lip kit founder, 22, is revealing it was the months she spent holed up in her Calabasas, Calif., home during that time that has prepared her more than ever to self-quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Kylie Jenner is well prepared for self-isolation because she stayed at home for months while pregnant with her daughter Stormi.

Kylie Jenner has said her pregnancy with daughter Stormi Wesbter prepared her for coronavirus.The 22 year old, whose best pal Stassie recently launched her own shoe collection with British brand EGO, took to her Instagram Stories to talk to her 166 million followers about the current pandemic.The self-made billionaire, who shares her two year old with rapper Travis Scott, first wrote: "another daily reminder to take this social distancing serious and self quarantine!!" [sic] alongside a grey

Museums, art galleries, day centres and swimming pools could be shut as Manchester town hall looks to focus all its resources on ensuring vulnerable people are protected during the coronavirus outbreak.

The contestants of German Big Brother were finally informed about the deadly Coronavirus Pandemic in a live episode. When the 14 contestants entered the house on February 6, the disease had only made news for its effect in China. However, it has become a global issue now. According to the latest report by WHO, the Coronavirus has infected more than 184,000 people across the world. Globally, the virus has killed about 7,500 people, Al Jazeera reported. Germany has 6,000 cases and 13 deaths.

In today’s film news roundup, a disaster fund for SAG-AFTRA members is launched, the Doc10 festival is postponed and the Miami Film Festival plans to present awards, even though the event was called off in the middle of the festival with 27 films still to screen.

By Bruce Haring