Writers Guild Scores $5.25 Million Interest Award From Disney on Fox Animation Residuals

A wooden statue of First Lady Melania Trump, located in her hometown in Slovenia, was reportedly set ablaze on July 4th, prompting its removal. Reuters reported that local police informed Brad Downey, the American artist who originally commissioned the singular sculpture, that the statue was set on fire and that they were investigating.

A wooden statue of Melania Trump has burned down.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorTrain to Busan Presents: Peninsula, the sequel to the hit 2016 Korean horror thriller and one of the 56 titles that was part of the official selection of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, will embark in North American theaters on August 7. It also landed an exclusive streaming deal with Shudder, AMC’s horror streaming site.The zombie horror sequel, which returns Yeon Sang-ho to the director’s chair, will bow on 150 screens across the U.S.

biographies dropping in the coming months about the royal family but they’re not the only ones getting the tell-all treatment.There’s clearly a niche in the market explosive books and another is en route, this time centred around politics.A former aide to the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, is set to reveal some secrets in her book which will land in September.Melania and Me: My Years as Confidant, Advisor and Friend to the First Lady by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff tells the story

Jon Burlingame Viewers were treated to two different takes on an 18th century Russian empress this season: HBO’s four-part “Catherine the Great,” starring Helen Mirren, and Hulu’s 10-part satirical “The Great,” starring Elle Fanning.The aims were very different, and so were the musical approaches by English composer Rupert Gregson-Williams, who undertook HBO’s serious dramatic adaptation, and American composer Nathan Barr, who tackled Hulu’s comedic flight of fancy.Gregson-Williams — reunited

here.In a statement on Monday, Fox News said, “On Sunday, July 5, a report on Ghislaine Maxwell during Fox News Channel’s ‘America’s News HQ’ mistakenly eliminatedPresident Donald Trump from a photo alongside then Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell.

Alyssa Milano has denied allegations that she wore blackface in a 2013 parody clip.Some social media users accused the actor of using blackface in a Funny or Die video, in which she was wearing a lot of fake tan and impersonating Chilean-American reality star Nicole Elizabeth LaValle, who is known by her nickname "Snooki".Responding to her critics on Twitter, Milano wrote: “Hey, a*******.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Menemsha Films has picked up North American rights to Tribeca Film Festival entry Asia, starring Unorthodox actress Shira Haas.The Israeli drama, directed by Ruthy Pribar and co-starring Alena Yiv, is a mother-daughter story of a young, free-spirited single mother named (Yiv) and her daughter (the fast-rising Haas), who is coming of age and living with physical disabilities.

Melania Trump is standing up for her 14-year-old son Barron Trump.

George Floyd's death, Tiffany Haddish has become a prominent figure in the Black Lives Matter movement, often using comedy to make suggestions about how the country can better fulfill its promise of equality and freedom for all.On Friday, June 19, amid nationwide celebrations of Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, the "Girls Trip" star addressed a crowd outside the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles during the comedy club's Juneteenth forum.In a clip from her

If you're a fan of BTS, these past few months have been exciting as the septet is rolling out so much new content for us to be entertained by. Whether it be their docuseries, Break The Silence or even the celebrations for the 7th anniversary, i.e.

David Robb Labor EditorThe WGA West has reached a $5.25 million settlement with Disney for interest owed on late-paid residuals for five Fox animated series: The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, American Dad! and Futurama.The guild, which says it’s the largest interest-only settlement in its history, already has sent checks to more than 250 affected writers for their portions of the interest collected.In 2017, a tri-guild audit conducted by the WGA West, SAG-AFTRA and the DGA revealed

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Writers Guild of America West has reached a $5.25 million settlement with Disney for interest owed on late paid residuals for five Fox animated series: “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” “The Cleveland Show” and “Futurama.”The guild, in a message sent Friday to members as part of its WGAW Connect magazine, said it was the largest interest-only settlement in its history.

celebration of Juneteenth — marking the freeing of the last enslaved Americans, on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas — black artists have exercised their creative freedom with new music.And with June also being Black Music Month, it reminds us that music has always been an important part of the black experience in America — from slavery through the civil rights movement to today’s Black Lives Matter mission.From never-before-heard Aretha and Alicia Keys to Teyana Taylor, here are six reasons to

Aretha Franklin’s ‘Never Gonna Break My Faith’ has been released to mark Juneteenth.June 19 marks the day when slavery came to an end in the US in 1865, with the final slaves in Texas being emancipated.The track was originally released as a duet with Mary J. Blige in 2006 as part of the soundtrack for the movie Bobby.