WGA Leaders Seek Increased Payment for Comedy-Variety Shows on Streaming Platforms

David Robb Labor EditorCreators and showrunners aren’t mentioned in the industry’s protocols for the safe reopening of TV production, but they’ll play key roles in on-set safety, according to leaders of the WGA East.“There have been some rumors going around that the protocols aim to exclude creators, showrunners and writer/producers from set.

The Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay has a bone to pick with conservative pundit Candace Owens. Rachel, 35, a longtime critic of the MAGA firebrand, opened up about why she feels that Candace is “against everything black,” in an EXCLUSIVE podcast interview with HollywoodLife. The interview comes after Rachel retweeted someone who called Candace, 31, a “black white supremacist” for posting a video called I Do Not Support George Floyd.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefGoPlay, the streaming video unit of Indonesian super-app Gojek, has completed a round of independent financing.The move comes at a time when the  more established South East Asian region streamer Iflix has reportedly taken emergency action at board level to stem its financial problems.

here“While we have had some extra funding, it is nowhere near enough."Unless that commitment is honoured, we will soon find ourselves facing some very difficult choices."The council’s estimates are based on assumptions around the easing of lockdown and the longer term impact of social distancing and living with Covid-19.Any further actions taken by the council or government to address the pandemic will also impact on these indicative figures.Proposals to reset the council’s budget will be

Over 100 prominent faith leaders, including LGBTQ clergies as well as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), have condemned President Donald Trump and his administration for failing to denounce racism and using religious symbols as props.

Garrett Yrigoyen, who won the 2018 season of The Bachelorette and is still engaged to Becca Kufrin, is speaking out in support of the police.

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Using her Instagram follower count of 178 million people for good. Selena Gomez announced that she will let black leaders take over her account to shed light on important causes amid the Black Lives Matter movement.

Oprah Winfrey is hosting a discussion with Black thought leaders, artists and activists regarding the civil unrest across American in response to the murder of George Floyd next week as part of a two-night event that will be simulcast across 19 different Discovery-owned networks.

Selena Gomez is using her platform to amplify black voices. The 27-year-old singer expressed on Instagram on Thursday that she’s been trying to find the best way to help amid the Black Lives Matter movement and ongoing protests against police brutality.

Selena Gomez is using her platform to amplify black voices. The 27-year-old singer expressed on Instagram on Thursday that she's been trying to find the best way to help amid the Black Lives Matter movement and ongoing protests against police brutally.

Selena Gomez is allowing important voices to take over her Instagram and use her platform amid protests globally against systemic racism and police brutality.

Greater Manchester leaders have pledged to build ‘stronger dialogue’ with local black communities in the wake of the ‘callous murder’ of George Floyd.

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She says one also has to lose all the inhibitions, and then only one can get to the essence of the character.