Women in Film and The Black List Set Projects for Feature Lab and Residency Program

Jeff Vasishta ‘Anger Management’ actress, Noureen DeWulf and husband, Ryan Miller, goaltender for the National Hockey League’s Anaheim Ducks have put their Los Angeles home, located above the Sunset Strip, on the market for just under $3 million.By Hollywood standards this single family, 2,444 square foot, 3- bedroom, 3-bathroom property is something of a starter home. With a young son, the DeWulf/Miller household clearly felt that a larger place was needed.

Pavan Moondi, who is now based in Los Angeles, raised questions about the org’s selection criteria for funding and demanded clarity around its diversity standards.Moondi — a former “Schitt’s Creek” story editor and writer-director of feature films such as 2017’s “Sundowners” — took to Twitter on July 3 to share his experiences with Dan Lyon, Telefilm’s feature film executive for Ontario and Nunavut, whom Moondi named in an extensive thread that used screenshots of a recent email exchange between

HBO Max, under its WarnerMax movie label, will develop a film adaptation of romantic comedy novel When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri. Perri will adapt her novel into a screenplay.

The feature film “Songbird” began production in Los Angeles today, marking the first motion picture to begin filming there since the City of Angels went into lockdown in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

David Robb Labor EditorPatricia Richardson, president of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local, urged the guild’s members today to vote no on the union’s new film and TV contract. “The deal isn’t good enough, and now is the time to fix it,” she said during a Zoom press conference with other leaders of the opposition, which includes the local’s two vice presidents – Frances Fisher and David Jolliffe – and A.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSAG-AFTRA’s Los Angeles board has voted to oppose ratification of a successor deal on its master contract for feature films and primetime television work.The move came Tuesday, two weeks after the national board of the performers union had approved sending out the contract for ratification by a vote of 67.6% to 32.4%.

David Robb Labor EditorThe board of directors SAG-AFTRA’s Los Angeles Local voted overwhelmingly Tuesday – strictly along the guild’s fractious party lines – to oppose ratification of the union’s new film and TV contract. The local is the union’s largest, representing just over 50% of the entire membership.Local board members voted 29-13 (69%-31%) to oppose ratification, almost exactly the reverse of the national board, which late last month voted 67.6%-32.4% to approve the contract.

As Hollywood attempts re-start production after the widespread COVID shutdown, one Netflix film has solidified plans to shoot in Los Angeles this coming weekend. The streamer's upcoming Adam Sandler movieHubie Halloween is slated to shoot a day of pick-ups on Saturday, July 11.

Prince Harry is featured in a recorded video where he speaks about the “challenges of digging deep to find resilience.”

Ruth Negga was raised in Limerick, Ireland before moving to London to study and then onward to Los Angeles. However, it wasn’t until London that the actress said she really experienced racism.

LOS ANGELES -- The union that represents film actors told its members Thursday not to work on the upcoming pandemic thriller “Songbird,” saying the filmmakers have not been up-front about safety measures and had not signed the proper agreements for the movie that is among the first in production after coronavirus closures. Actors had reportedly been rehearsing remotely for the film produced by Michael Bay and directed by Adam Mason.

Carlos Aguilar As a freelance film critic working in Los Angeles for the past seven years, and a resident of the city since I came from Mexico in my early teens, I’ve been lucky to find supporters at publications and film-related institutions who’ve found value in my work and insights.That’s why three years ago when the Trump administration rescinded DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) — the Obama-era program that offered temporary protection to nearly a million undocumented youth — I

Dave McNary Film ReporterFilmLA is reporting that about 14 film permit applications are being submitted per day since resuming remote operations on June 15 — about 20% of the pre-pandemic level.It reported Wednesday that the largest television project to apply to shoot on location is Freeform’s “Love in the Time of Corona.” FilmLA said three soap operas have resumed filming on sound stages in Los Angeles: “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “The Young and the Restless” and “General Hospital.” FilmLA

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are ready to walk down the aisle together, according to a new report. The couple is reportedly “keen to make it happen as soon as possible,” a source told Us Weekly.

J. Kim Murphy editorWomen in Film, Los Angeles and The Black List announced the participants of the 2020 Feature Lab and Residency on Monday.The program is an expansion of the organizations’ original writing lab, providing mentorship and career opportunities to seven emerging women screenwriters over the course of a year.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterWomen and Film, Los Angeles and The Black List unveiled the participants of the​ 2020 Feature Lab and Residency on Monday. The annual program is an expansion of the original writing lab which is a joint effort between WIF and The Black List.The program provides mentorship and career opportunities to seven rising women screenwriters over the course of a year.

Adult film star Ron Jeremy pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday to charges of raping three women and sexually assaulting another. Jeremy, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, entered into a not guilty plea at his arraignment to three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a foreign object and one count each of forcible oral copulation and sexual battery.