Is this a sign of the times for the movie business and creative professions in general? The Art Directors Guild (ADG) has suspended its Production Design Initiative program, which gives people hands-on training and job placements, saying, "we cannot in good conscience encourage you to pursue our profession while so many of our members remain unemployed.” The unemployment rate for members of the ADG currently stands at 75 percent. Here's more from IndieWire.
Cannes Film Festival, which begins on May 14, may see its first strike since 1968. Freelance festival workers from a labour group called Sous les écrans, la dèche (Broke behind the screens) want to raise awareness of the growing instability of the film industry in France. The group includes around 200 projectionists, programmers, PR representatives, and ticketing and guest relations workers, most of whom also work at other festivals across France. Here's more from Euronews.
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DETHKLOK's BRENDON SMALL Weighs In On A.I.'s Impact On Entertainment
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Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" is about to join the billion-dollar club, having earned $774.5 million in its first 12 days of release. It's just the first of a clutch of toy-based movies that will be released in the next few years — some with unexpected names attached. But which of these three upcoming films did we make up? We'll reveal the answer tomorrow.
Another day, another Hollywood union story. This time it's the turn of production workers at Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network, who are attempting to unionize with The Animation Guild. Sixty-six staffers who worked on shows like "Teen Titans Go!" and "Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake." yesterday filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96
The iconic and barrier-breaking performer died Tuesday of congestive heart failure.
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