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UNION NEWS

Intimacy Coordinators unanimously join SAG-AFTRA

By Reel 360 Nov 12, 2024

Intimacy coordinators, who serve as advocates and liaisons for actors in scenes involving nudity and simulated sex, have officially joined the ranks of SAG-AFTRA following a Na...

CW grounds ‘Supergirl’ after this season

By Laura Day Sep 22, 2020

CW’s Kryptonian heroine will grace our televisions for the 6th and final season of Supergirl. Production on the show’s last 20-episode season is slated to begin late Septem...

Legal

Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli sentenced

By Laura Day Aug 25, 2020

Lori Laughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have taken plea deals for their participation in the infamous college admission scandal, now known as Varsity Blues . The actres...

Reviews

Waiting For the Barbarians, timely but more of the same

By Laura Day Aug 8, 2020

Waiting For The Barbarians shows its thematic hand early. There will be, in actuality, very little waiting before the irony at the crux of its story is revealed: that the truly...

Ellen: Daytime TV’s “Queen of Mean?”

By Laura Day Aug 5, 2020

The great quarantined-cultural-reckoning has come for none other than Ellen DeGeneres. Having built her image around her end of show catchphrase “Be kind to one another," the...

In memoriam

Nick Cordero, Broadway star, dead at 41

By Laura Day Jul 7, 2020

Nick Cordero may have made his name on Broadway playing the rough and tough guys, but those who knew him can not say enough about his warmth and kindness. Cordero died on Sunda...

Curtain Calls

Broadway will remain shut down until early Jan 2021

By Laura Day Jul 1, 2020

Broadway’s stages will stay dark for the coming months. The shutdown is now set to extend through early January. Broadway League announced producers have offered refunds a...

The Craft

White actors voicing Black characters is “Blackvoicing”

By Laura Day Jun 30, 2020

We all know of the historical stain the United States has of "Blackface" -- the portrayal of Black people by Whites who darken their skin with shoe polish, greasepaint or burnt...

Film

‘Mulan’ seems destined for another delay

By Laura Day Jun 25, 2020

Those of us eagerly anticipating Disney’s live action Mulan will have to keep waiting. The live-action film, based on the animated classic, directed by Niki Caros and star...

Awards Season

Golden Globes pushed from January to February 2021

By Laura Day Jun 25, 2020

Gear up for laughs, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be the 78th annual Golden Globe awards on Sunday, February 28th, 2021. Celebrating the accomplishments of the film and televis...

Bill Cosby’s 2018 conviction appeal approved

By Laura Day Jun 23, 2020

Bill Cosby will have his day in court as his 2018 conviction will be appealed. The actor has won the right to have two aspects of his case reexamined by the Pennsylvania Suprem...

National

Halo Top wants us to stop “shoulding” ourselves

By Laura Day Jun 23, 2020

Halo Top’s new spot- featuring music from Momma Haze and some really bad-ass dance moves, serves to solidify the brand as the angel of ice cream. Offering a wide assortment...

Laura Day’s hellish journey from Chicago to New York

By Laura Day Jun 7, 2020

Even as a privileged white woman, Covid-19 has been a personal hell for me. Early March, I land back in Chicago from a blissful weekend vacation and the world takes its fi...

Reviews

Review of “I, Tonya”

By Laura Day Jan 23, 2018

Just nominated for three Academy Awards this morning (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Editing) I, Tonya is not made to satisfy anyone hoping to find an ironclad e...

How to fight sexism in the film industry

By Laura Day Dec 11, 2017

About one month ago, I wrote an editorial in response to the Weinstein scandal. I wrote about my personal experiences working in the film industry — and those of my peers — ...