NLRB Judge Rules Art Directors Guild Fired Accountant For Unionizing Guild’s Staff

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterCalifornia is poised to add a diversity requirement to its $330 million tax incentive for film and TV production, as lawmakers seek to use their leverage to make the industry better reflect the state’s demographics.Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a bill, SB 485, that will extend the tax credit through 2030.

EJ Panaligan editorKCET, the Los Angeles public broadcaster, announced the student finalists and eight industry judges who will take part of the 23rd Fine Cut Festival of Films. The festival will broadcast as a series of six one-hour episodes starting Wednesday, Sept.

Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner.A “sternal fracture due to blunt trauma” — often occurring when an accident victim’s chest hits the steering wheel — was another “significant condition” after she crashed her car into a Los Angeles home on Aug. 5.

A heavy topic. Jennette McCurdy raised eyebrows with the title of her memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died, but her older brothers didn’t have a problem with her point of view.

Desus Nice returned to late-night for the first time since his Showtime series ended.

Round of applause. Josh Peck is celebrating fellow Nickelodeon alum Jennette McCurdy on the release of her first memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died.

Phoebe Bridgers appeared in court yesterday (August 12) in an ongoing defamation lawsuit and the judge in the case appears to be leaning towards throwing the case out.The lawsuit was filed against Bridgers by the producer Chris Nelson last year. It came about following an October 2020 social media post in which Bridgers directed her followers on Instagram to a thread written by her friend Emily Bannon, which Nelson has claimed was defamatory.Nelson subsequently sued the singer for defamation and is currently seeking $3.8million (£2.8million) in damages.

between Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde continues, now that a judge has dismissed the actor’s petition to travel with his kids to New York City, moving with them from Los Angeles, where they currently reside with their mom.Legal documents obtained by Page Six reveal that a judge denied the petition and sided with Wilde, as it was previously reported that Sudeikis had agreed to send 8-year-old Otis and 5-year-old Daisy to school in Los Angeles, after calling off their engagement in 2020.“For better or worse, I am a New Yorker,” Jason stated in the legal documents from October 2021, declaring that he wants to bring his kids to his home in New York City. “Recently, however, Jason decided that he wanted to go to New York for the next year while he is not working, and wanted the children to be with him there during this time off,” Olivia previously wrote.

Jason Sudeikis' custody petition against Olivia Wilde was dismissed this week after a judge ruled that their children's home state is California. confirmed the ruling on Wednesday. Sudeikis first brought a case against Wilde in New York City family court over their two shared children -- Otis, 8, and Daisy, 5 — in October 2021.

Staying put in the Golden State. A judge has granted Olivia Wilde’s request to dismiss ex Jason Sudeikis’ petition to move their custody battle from California to New York.

Olivia Wilde is walking out victorious after Jason Sudeikis took her to court over the custody of their children.

A journey to healing. Jennette McCurdy‘s attempts to work through her trauma following her time in the spotlight take center stage in her new book, I’m Glad My Mom Died.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVisa said it is suspending payment privileges of TrafficJunky, the advertising arm of online porn network operator MindGeek. The announcement comes a week after a judge denied Visa’s request to be removed from a case in which MindGeek is being sued for allegedly distributing child pornography — and which alleges that Visa knowingly facilitated MindGeek’s ability to monetize it.Visa CEO Alfred Kelly, in a blog post Thursday, said the payment processing giant “strongly disagree[s]” with the decision and that the company is “confident in our position.”However, the court’s decision “also created new uncertainty about the role of TrafficJunky, MindGeek’s advertising arm,” he wrote.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise to sign a bill that would extend the state’s $330 million-a-year film and television production tax credit program until 2030 is receiving high praise from the Entertainment Union Coalition, whose members include SAG-AFTRA, the DGA, the California IATSE Council, Teamsters Local 399 and Laborers International Union of North America Local 724.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA Los Angeles judge on Monday ruled to limit the amount of information that could be obtained by Harvey Weinstein’s defense team for his upcoming trial on 11 counts of rape and sexual assault.Judge Lisa B. Lench approved the prosecution’s motion to quash subpoenas from four witnesses for their correspondence, including personal emails and texts dating as far back as 2004, with one of the alleged victims (referred to as Jane Doe #4).

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn a setback for Visa in a case alleging the payment processor is liable for the distribution of child pornography on Pornhub and other sites operated by parent company MindGeek, a federal judge ruled that it was reasonable to conclude that Visa knowingly facilitated the criminal activity.On Friday, July 29, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the U.S.

Tough act to follow! Tom Sandoval said he makes “bigger” music than his Vanderpump Rules costars — literally.

Union activists are going medieval in Orange County – Medieval Times, that is. On Friday, a supermajority of 50 employees – knights, show cast and stable hands – working at the Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Buena Park threw down the gauntlet and filed for a union election with the NLRB to be represented by the American Guild of Variety Artists. The move comes a week after performers at the Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament Castle in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, voted to unionize with AGVA.