WGA East Council Finalizes Proposal to Restructure Digital Media Unionization Efforts

Naman Ramachandran Leading Indian producer Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures has signed a multi-film production deal with Armaan Zorace’s U.S. genre label Dark Hell and prolific Hollywood producer Steven Schneider.Under the terms of the deal, a slate of high-concept films in the thriller-horror genre will be produced in Hindi and other Indian languages jointly by the three entities.

EXCLUSIVE: Singapore-based Indian financier Vistas Media Capital has launched a North American division to be run by film industry vet Ben Waisbren.

Bad Bunny has been forever immortalized, joining a long list of celebrities to be recreated in wax form.2 time Grammy Award-winning Latin singer-songwriter and producer, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio--better known as Bad Bunny--revealed his two new wax figures this week at Madame Tussauds in New York City. The wax museum celebrated the reveal with a side-by-side photo session of Bad Bunny and his figures, making fans in-person and online do a double-take.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Black-ish” ended its eight season run on Tuesday night by going back to the beginning. Literally. The opening to the ABC comedy’s series finale began much in the same way the pilot did in 2014, with Andre Johnson (Anthony Anderson) waking up to his iPhone alarm clock and narrating a bit about his state of mind.Even the opening strains of Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks” opened the finale, just as it did the series premiere all those years ago.

An East Lancashire drugs gang which raked in over £70,000 selling heroin, crack, and a variety of recreational drugs promised people they'd "make your dreams come true" as they flooded homes with illegal drugs.

Wiz Khalifa and Logic have announced a co-headlining tour titled ‘Vinyl Verse’, which will take them across the US this summer. Find tickets here.The announcement comes alongside news of special guests 24kGoldn, DJ Drama, C Dot Castro and Fedd the God, who will appear at various dates.The 28-city tour kicks off on July 27 in Irvine, making stops in cities including Atlanta, Brooklyn and Nashville before finishing up in St.

A drone is to be flown above Salford Quays to pinpoint the best place to install a nesting tray for peregrine falcons. It is hoped the move will help a pair who have tried to breed since 2017 have a family.

The WGA East, whose leaders last year talked openly about spinning off their digital news members into a separate union, is now fully embracing them by proposing changes to the guild’s constitution that would ensure “balanced representation” on its governing body for members from its different work sectors.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorLeaders of the WGA East have reached a compromise after months of friction over the membership base of the union that represents film and TV writers on the East Coast.The WGA East council voted unanimously to pursue major changes to the union’s constitution to allow for different classifications of membership. The council is recommending changes that will be voted on in a member referendum later this spring.All of this is an effort to settle the divide over the WGA East’s big push during the last decade to organize writers for digital news and entertainment outlets.“The WGAE Council has spent the last several months working together and with an outside facilitator.

A man who was on the run for almost 10 years after he failed to appear in court to be sentenced for a drugs conspiracy has been caught in Warrington. Jason O’Connor, who is originally from Merseyside, was detained at an address on Stansfield Avenue at around 12pm today (Thursday, April 7).

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterDigital sensation JoJo Siwa has bounced from her planned feature film debut.The YouTuber, “Dancing with the Stars” contestant and highly visible LGBTQ figure told Variety that she is no longer attached to a movie adaptation of “Bounce,” based on the YA book by Megan Shull. Furthermore, insiders familiar with the project said that Paramount Pictures has also removed the project from its development slate.“That project got put on hold, and then went away,” Siwa told Variety at the GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday.

Plans to create a £26m food and drink venue at Media City have been scaled back, it has been revealed. Peel L&P’s revised proposals would now see the firm invest £5m to build a waterside venue at the Quayside shopping centre's southern walkway.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K. government’s decision on Tuesday to go ahead with the privatization of broadcaster Channel 4 has unleashed a storm of protest from media unions and filmmakers. “This is nothing short of cultural vandalism.

When Paramount announced the return of the original cast return for “Star Trek 4” with director Matt Shakman (“WandaVision”) at the helm a few months back, it was news to the entire cast, who were reportedly “shocked.” And in case you’re wondering if that’s changed, and they’ve been updated those cast members, the answer is no. In a conversation with IndieWire while promoting “All The Old Knives,” actor Chris Pine said he still doesn’t know what is actually happening with “Star Trek 4” and hasn’t read a script, although the studio announced everyone was back and production was to begin before the end of 2022.