WGA East Supports ‘Future Of Local News Commission Act’ To Save Struggling News Outlets

David Robb Labor EditorThe WGA East has launched the WGA Audio Alliance to help fiction writers organize high-budget scripted podcasts under the guild’s contracts.In the past two years, the guild has organized several nonfiction podcast companies, including Gimlet, The Ringer and Parcast.

Several media outlets decided not to travel on Air Force One with President Trump as he traveled to a rally in Florida, citing concerns over his recent COVID-19 diagnosis, despite the White House physician clearing him to return to the stump.

Mark David British-born Canadian-American television, film and stage actor Kim Cattrall, best known for her portrayal of sex-positive bombshell Samantha Jones on the HBO series “Sex and the City” (1998-2004), which earned her five Emmy nominations, has her modest and charming (if hardly inexpensive) waterfront hideaway in a woodsy and relaxed area of the tony resort town of East Hampton, N.Y., up for grabs with a $3.25 million price tag.

CNN.Born John Lester “Johnny” Nash, Jr.

confirmed his death to CBS Los Angeles, noting he passed at home.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson Most of the time, Joe Biden is so middle of the road that they should name that yellow line after the former vice president regardless if he wins the election next month or not.“There’s not one single syllable I’ve ever said that could lead you to believe that I was a socialist or a communist,” Biden declared in Miami tonight at an NBC Nightly News town hall with Lester Holt in classic MOR fashion.“Do I look like a socialist? I’m the guy who ran against the

Ted Johnson Joe Biden said that he was not surprised by the news that President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19, telling NBC News’ Lester Holt that “anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying masks don’t matter, social distancing doesn’t matter, are responsible for what happens to them.”Appearing at NBC News’ outdoor town hall in Miami, Biden did say that he was glad that the president “seems to be coming along pretty well.”But alluding to the president’s return to the White

Riverdale actress Vanessa Morgan simply commented, "Triplets." Plus, people were also quick to comment on how much Harlow looks like her mom. "Nicole’s daughter is her exact twin!! So cute," one fan wrote.

Scott Disick dined at Nobu with Bella Banos on Thursday, October 1, after his split from Sofia Richie.The 37-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was seen leaving the Malibu hotspot with Banos, 24, on Thursday. Back in 2017, Disick was linked to the model after he was caught with a girl in his Costa Rica hotel room during a family vacation filmed for the E! series.“At first, Scott was just my friend.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe House of Representatives passed the revised $2.2 trillion “Heroes Act” coronavirus stimulus package on Thursday evening, which includes provisions of the $10 billion bipartisan Save Our Stages Act designed to provide financial assistance to independent music and live-entertainment venues across the U.S.

Megan Thee Stallion and Sofia Carson are slaying the streets of New York City!

Men are incorrigible Lothario scoundrels, motherhood is full of loneliness and self-doubt, and complicated father/daughter relationships are constantly tested in Sofia Coppola’s “On The Rocks,” her latest dramedy, an effervescent, charming, and soulful affair.

David Robb Labor EditorLeaders of the WGA East, which represent thousands of news writers and producers, condemned comments made Tuesday by President Donald Trump when he told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh that he was happy to have seen police rough up a journalist.

Sen. Chuck Schumer vowed to fight for entertainment venues hard hit by the coronavirus crisis.The New York Democrat and Theater District representatives touted the proposed Save Our Stages Act as a much-needed lifeline to live venues and most importantly Broadway, which has been shut down since the beginning of the pandemic.“The phantom of COVID has hit Broadway maybe the hardest of all live venues in America,” Schumer said at Duffy Square at Seventh Avenue and West 47th Street.

Dave McNary Film ReporterFormer Writers Guild of America East president Michael Winship has been re-elected to the guild’s governing council as a freelance rep along with four other incumbents: Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana and A.M. Homes.Gina Gionfriddo and Eric Saleh were also elected to open freelance seats.

David Robb Labor EditorWomen writers carried the day in the WGA East’s Council elections, winning nine of the ten seats up for grabs. The only man to win a seat was former WGA East president Michael Winship.