EXCLUSIVE: Ken Loach has been restored to a decision-making role at Bectu after his shock suspension last year, but a bitter internal row at the UK’s biggest film and TV union shows no sign of abating. Deadline revealed in December that Loach, the esteemed BAFTA-winning British film director, was ousted …
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Zaya Wade, Kaavia James Union Wade, Gabrielle Union, and Dwyane Wade Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Dwyane Wade was all smiles as he and his wife, Gabrielle Union, took his daughter Zaya to tour colleges. “We’re in the College Visits season!!!” Wade, 42, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, March 23, alongside a carousel of …
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President Joe Biden, in his first sit down interview since his State of the Union address, addressed one moment of the speech when he was responding to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart asked Biden about his use of the term “illegal” when he was talking about the …
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“If I was smart, I’d go home now,” President Joe Biden began his third State of the Union tonight after receiving one of the few bipartisan rounds of applause. The well-worn line by the incumbent got a laugh as expected, but for Speaker Mike Johnson and many Republicans tonight, that …
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Using fiery language like “solidarity is the solution to corporate greed” and “if we don’t get what we want, we will shut it f–king down day one,” union leaders on Sunday held what was dubbed a “unity rally” to rev up crew workers before joint negotiations begin Monday between IATSE, …
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Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we’ll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking visual effects powerhouse Union VFX, an independent outfit based in London and, more recently, Montréal, which has spent the last …
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Don’t worry, this isn’t an article to either espouse or attack the current global climate change agenda. Debating whether the earth will perish in a few years or not isn’t my plan. While not only being a believer and investor in the Bitcoin echo-system, I am also an avid supporter …
Read More »Hollywood actors have reached a tentative agreement with the major film and television studios to end a strike, the actors union announced this morning. The strike had shut down production across the industry for nearly four months and raised existential questions over the future of the entertainment business. “In a …
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Hollywood’s actors union reached a tentative deal with studios Wednesday to end its strike, bringing a close to months of labor strife that ground the entertainment industry to a historic halt. The three-year contract agreement must be approved by votes from the union’s board and its members in the coming …
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Recently in the news, a Pennsylvania Bill, the “Cryptocurrency Energy Conservation Act”, was stripped of language that would have created a 2 year moratorium on Bitcoin mining. The author of the bill, Rep. Greg Vitalli, cited staunch resistance to the moratorium stating “the strong opposition to sweeping changes to the …
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UPDATE, 7:44 PM: Talks between the studios and SAG-AFTRA didn’t go so well today, we reported Tuyesday, but the Guild has now confirmed the two sides will be back at it tomorrow for another attempt to end the over 100-day strike. “Today, the CEOs came back to the .table,” SAG-AFTRA …
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“We want nothing more than to resolve this and get everyone back to work,” declared Netflix’s Ted Sarandos at the top of the streamer’s Q3 earnings video call Wednesday, exactly a week after talks with the actors guild ceased, for now. “That’s true for Netflix. That’s true for every member …
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