Malina Saval Associate Editor, Features Entertainment attorney Craig Emanuel, Variety’s 2023 Power of Law honoree, remembers the day he got a phone call asking if he would be interested in meeting with Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. “I knew that they were meeting with a lot of lawyers around town, and I really didn’t think we were going to get selected,” says Emanuel. “A lot of the other law firms were boutique entertainment firms that had huge client lists.” “Months went by, and I thought, you know, nothing’s happening,” Emanuel continues. “And then Richard Lovett, president of CAA, who reps Tom and Rita, called me one evening on the phone. I was at dinner with my partners, and Richard said, ‘I’ve got some good news, you have a new client.’”
Hollywood’s COVID vaccination mandate gets an expiration date
03.04.2023 - 14:35 / nme.com
COVID policy will expire for the film and TV industry next month – including the mandate that required all cast and crew to be vaccinated to receive employment.The policy began in September 2020 per an agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and Hollywood’s unions. The procedure allowed film and TV sets to start working again after an industry-wide lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic.The policy was supposed to end on April 30, 2021.
Still, it was prolonged multiple times, including that same year in June, when set producers were asked, “to implement mandatory vaccination policies for casts and crew in Zone A on a production-by-production basis”. Zone A is where unmasked actors work in a restrictive area on set.The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers released a statement on Friday (March 31), announcing that its decision aligns with the US Department of Health and Human Services, which also recently announced its new policy.“The date coincides with the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services’ end to the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration on May 11,” they said.Over the last few months, the mask mandate has become controversial. In February, Woody Harrelson mocked the policy and called it “absurd” in an interview with the New York Times.“I don’t think that anybody should have the right to demand that you’re forced to do the testing, forced to wear the mask and forced to get vaccinated three years on,” he said.
“I’m just like, let’s be done with this nonsense.”Tim Robbins backed up his statement by saying: “Woody is right. Time to end this charade.”SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher also spoke against the vaccine mandate.
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Paul O'Grady's funeral to be held at Kent animal haven as cause of death is confirmed
Paul O’Grady’s funeral is scheduled to take place at Port Lympne Safari Park, a cause near and dear to his heart, according to reports. The much loved TV star died peacefully at his home last month, with his official cause of death confirmed to be a cardiac arrest due to a cardiac arrhythmia, on Saturday.
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Sharon Acker, ‘Perry Mason’ and ‘Point Blank’ actress, dead at 87
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‘The Crowded Room’: Apple TV+ Limited Series Starring Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried & Emmy Rossum Gets Premiere Date, First-Look Photos
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Los Angeles’ 3 Year Long Covid State Of Emergency Officially Ends Today
More than three years after they were instituted, Los Angeles County’s local emergency declarations due to Covid will be lifted at the end of the day today. The move comes six weeks after California quietly ended its own state of emergency and one day after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced that Hollywood’s Covid protocols will expire on May 12.
Hollywood’s On-Set Vaccine Mandates to End on May 12
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer After nearly three years, Hollywood’s COVID protocols will come to an end on May 12, meaning that productions will no longer be able to mandate vaccines after that date. The industry has been gradually relaxing its on-set regulations over the last several months. But with the federal government officially ending its COVID emergency declaration on May 11, the studios and the guilds agreed to scrap the remaining rules as of the following day. The vaccine mandate has become increasingly controversial over the last couple of months. In February, Woody Harrelson called the protocols “absurd” in an interview with the New York Times.
Hollywood’s Covid Protocols Get Expiration Date
Hollywood’s Covid protocols will expire on May 12, and the vaccination mandate — which gave producers the right to require Covid vaccinations as a condition of employment — will end for all productions except those that were implemented prior to May 12, which can continue to apply for the remainder of the production or the season.
Hollywood’s COVID-19 Safety Protocols Will End on May 12
Los Angeles County’s COVID emergency declaration. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an end to statewide emergency measures at the end of February.
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