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Texas High School Laramie Project is Back On After Outcry

Playbill: After students and community members rallied against a Texas school district's decision to cancel a high school's spring production of The Laramie Project, the Keller Independent School District has elected to reverse the decision, allowing the production to continue as planned.

Posted by David at 3/08/2024 10:34:00 AM

Actors' Equity Association and Chicago Theatres Come to Agreement Over Wage Increases and Benefits

www.broadwayworld.com: Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, and Producers' Association of Chicago Area Theatres (PACT), an association of 21 professional Chicago area theatres operating under the Chicago Area Theatre (CAT) contract, have ratified a new four-year agreement.

Posted by David at 3/06/2024 02:36:00 PM

Film and TV industry could be facing another major strike in 2024

NewscastStudio: Just when the land of TV and movies was starting to get back to normal after dual strikes affecting hundreds of productions, the industry could be facing another strike.

Posted by David at 3/07/2024 02:41:00 PM

An Oscar win for Lily Gladstone would be a huge step for Native Americans in an industry that has reduced them to stereotypes

theconversation.com: Killers of the Flower Moon is an unsettling and powerful historical epic. For her quiet but captivating performance as Mollie Burkhart, Lily Gladstone has rightly been nominated for best actress at the Academy Awards – making her the first Native American woman to compete in this category.

Posted by David at 3/08/2024 10:34:00 AM

Kate Winslet Says Intimacy Coordinator Benefits Sex Scenes

variety.com: Kate Winslet championed intimacy coordinators in a recent interview with The New York Times. The Oscar winner said having an intimacy coordinator on set would’ve benefitted her every time she was required to perform a sexual situation on camera, be it more graphic scenes featuring full frontal nudity or far tamer scenes with just kissing.

Posted by David at 3/06/2024 02:34:00 PM

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time:

Tectonic Theater Project Responds to Texas High School Cancellation of The Laramie Project

Playbill: A Texas school district—Keller Independent School District—has cancelled a high school's spring production of The Laramie Project, the groundbreaking play about the murder of Matthew Shepard. Parents of students at Timber Creek High School received an email February 23 announcing that the production would be replaced with something along the lines of Mary Poppins or White Christmas, according to a local news report.

Posted by David at 2/29/2024 10:58:00 AM

'Rust' Trial: Gun Expert Shreds Videos of On-Set Safety Violations

www.thewrap.com: A seasoned on-set firearms expert and witness for the prosecution of “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on Thursday picked apart several videos showing alleged gun-safety violations on the ill-fated set. The footage included actors swinging muzzles in all directions as well as producer/actor Alec Baldwin furiously rushing the crew to reload his revolver and using it as a “pointing stick.”

Posted by David at 3/01/2024 10:04:00 AM

Slave Play allocates two nights for all-Black audience to watch ‘free from the white gaze’

The Independent: A new West End play has allocated two nights exclusively for Black-identifying theatre-goers to enjoy the performance “free from the white gaze”. Slave Play, written by American playwright Jeremy O Harris, will run at the Noël Coward Theatre in London from 29 June to 21 September and will co-star Kit Harington, best known for his role as Jon Snow in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Posted by David at 2/29/2024 11:03:00 AM

PLASA Launches Industry Survey On Sustainability

Live Design Online: PLASA is running an industry-wide survey on sustainability. The association aims to understand how and if companies across the entertainment technology sector are tackling the important issue of sustainability and carbon reduction.

Posted by David at 3/01/2024 10:11:00 AM

Legally, It Doesn't Matter If Amazon Used AI to Finish 'Road House'

www.indiewire.com: Amazon has vehemently denied using artificial intelligence to finish its upcoming remake of “Road House,” despite a new lawsuit alleging the studio did just that to race the film out before the studio’s copyright on the original IP lapsed. But whether or not the studio did employ AI for the project, it won’t matter to a jury when it comes to determining if Amazon screwed the original “Road House” screenwriter out of some royalty money.

Posted by David at 3/01/2024 10:02:00 AM

There are no bad ideas

Friday, March 15, 2024

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Worth a Look

Texas High School Laramie Project is Back On After Outcry

Actors' Equity Association and Chicago Theatres Come to Agreement Over Wage Increases and Benefits

Film and TV industry could be facing another major strike in 2024

An Oscar win for Lily Gladstone would be a huge step for Native Americans in an industry that has reduced them to stereotypes

Kate Winslet Says Intimacy Coordinator Benefits Sex Scenes

Friday, March 08, 2024

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Monday, March 04, 2024

Worth a Look

Tectonic Theater Project Responds to Texas High School Cancellation of The Laramie Project

'Rust' Trial: Gun Expert Shreds Videos of On-Set Safety Violations

Slave Play allocates two nights for all-Black audience to watch ‘free from the white gaze’

PLASA Launches Industry Survey On Sustainability

Legally, It Doesn't Matter If Amazon Used AI to Finish 'Road House'

Friday, March 01, 2024

DP Weekly Wrap Up

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