Hastings cinema says it faces closure without community support
A cinema in Hastings is calling on the community to support it or face imminent closure. Source: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/business/
Blackpool Grand Theatre ‘saved’ by grant but more job cuts looming
“We’re grateful to get this chance to come back. The theatre opened in 1894 and this is a grade listed building however it’s not just bricks and mortar, it’s nothing without people” Source: https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackpool-grand-theatre-saved-grant-19095737
Update on Blackpool IMAX cinema, new restaurants and Wilko store as funding approved
Blackpool has been given the go-ahead to start work on two key regeneration projects after being allocated £8.6m of funding from the Government’s Covid-19 ‘Getting Building Fund’. The schemes which include the redevelopment of Houndshill Shopping Centre and Abingdon Street … Continued
Academy Museum names historian of Black cinema as the new chief artistic officer
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is expected to announce Monday that Jacqueline Stewart will be its chief artistic and programming officer, overseeing exhibitions, programming and education. Stewart is a prominent film historian, scholar and archivist who teaches American film history at the … Continued
Robot performs long-distance bladder surgery using 5G
Chinese medical team has performed a remote radical cystectomy on a patient with help of a surgical robot. Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2267353/robot-performs-long-distance-bladder-surgery-using-5g
Talent Roster Urging Congress To Bail Out Movie Theaters Grows To 120 As NATO, MPA, DGA Warn That Exhibitors “May Not Survive” – Update
The list of people in the creative community attaching their names to an urgent appeal to Congress on behalf of movie theaters has grown to 120 names. (See the full list below.) Talent initially joined with the Directors Guild of America, the … Continued