The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made a $6 million donation that will help support motion picture employees and their families facing severe financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 25 more words

via Film Academy Donates $6 Million to Support Motion Picture Employees Affected by Coronavirus — Variety

Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer is taking the lead on the small screen, producing and starring in “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker.” In Netflix’s four-part limited series, Spencer plays the unlikely entrepreneur, a widow and single mother who became the world’s first female self-made millionaire. 9 more words

via The Essential Octavia Spencer — Variety

Brooke Baldwin, a mainstay CNN anchor who holds forth each weekday in the mid to late afternoon, is the latest of the network’s journalists to test positive for coronnavirus. 30 more words

via CNN’s Brooke Baldwin Tests Positive for Coronavirus — Variety

AMC Networks announced Friday a new coronavirus initiative that includes a host of free programming from across its network portfolio. The “We’re With You” campaign will allow viewers to watch the first half of “The Walking Dead” Season 10 on the AMC website, and will also make several BBC America nature documentaries free to watch.…

via AMC Networks Offers Free Programming Amid Coronavirus Pandemic — Variety

From “Black Widow” and “The Eternals” to “Indiana Jones 5,” Disney has overhauled the release calendar for most of its upcoming films as movie theaters remain closed for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus pandemic. 22 more words

via ‘Black Widow,’ ‘Eternals,’ ‘Indiana Jones 5’ and More Disney Films Get New Release Dates — Variety

Cardi B donated 20,000 bottles of OWYN — a plant-based, vegan meal-supplement drink — to New York City-area hospitals for their medical staffs and ambulance crews, a rep for the rapper confirmed to Variety. 24 more words

via Cardi B Donates 20,000 Meal Supplements to New York-Area Medical Staff — Variety

In today’s film news roundup, Miramax’s owners have sold 49% to ViacomCBS, Imax hires a new investor relations officer and Magnolia is giving early on demand releases to a trio of titles. 25 more words

via Film News Roundup: ViacomCBS Closes $375 Million Deal for 49% of Miramax — Variety

Pink tested positive for coronavirus, the singer revealed on social media Friday night. After self-isolating with her family in Los Angeles, she is on the mend and was recently given the all-clear from her doctor. 23 more words

via Pink Reveals Coronavirus Recovery; Blasts Government for ‘Failure’ to Make Testing Available — Variety

For Daniel Levy, who created “Schitt’s Creek” with his father, Eugene Levy, the show meant six seasons of inventing a world he would want to live in, one guided by compassion and love. 26 more words

via Daniel Levy Looks Back on the Evolution of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ — Variety

Director Jon M. Chu promises “In the Heights” will make its theatrical debut. Exactly when, of course, is another question as the coronavirus pandemic prompted Warner Bros. 33 more words

via Director Jon M. Chu Promises ‘In the Heights’ Will Hit the Big Screen: ‘It Demands to Be in a Theater’ — Variety