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Producer Scott Budnick Details How Hollywood Got California Lawmakers To Agree On Film & TV Tax Credit Program Expansion
The California production community will be keeping a close eye on the state Capitol on Friday as lawmakers are set to seal ...
Vox Media Workers Ratify New 3-Year Collective Bargaining Agreement With WGA East, Successfully Recognizing ‘Thrillist’ & ‘The Dodo’
Members working at PopSugar, The Dodo and Thrillist will be covered under this collective bargaining agreement. Those from ...
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Gavin Newsom confronts his film industry problem - POLITICO
LOS ANGELES — Gavin Newsom wants to claim the role of Hollywood’s superhero. But California’s iconic industry is so battered that even its governor may not be able to save it. Newsom has ...
Randall Emmett & WGA Settle Unpaid “Pump” Writers Dispute; Producer Coming Off Strike List
EXCLUSIVE: After five years in the Writers Guild of America’s really bad books, The Irishman producer Randall Emmett has ...
California Lawmakers Officially Secure $750M Annually For Film & TV Tax Credit Program With Final Budget Vote
The California Legislature has officially made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to up the annual Film & TV Tax Credit funding to ...
California Approves Expansion of Film Tax Credit Program to $750 Million
The California legislature has approved as part of a budget package an increase to the state’s allotment of funds for filming ...
California Film & TV Tax Credit Funding Still In Flux; Filmmakers Encourage Legislators To Support $750M Expansion As Budget Negotiations Continue
California lawmakers have about one week left to lock in the state’s annual budget with billions of dollars of funding ...
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“Hangover” Producer's Helps Transition People Out of Prison
LANCASTER, Calif. — You may not expect an A-list Hollywood movie producer to spend his Saturday outside a California state prison, but Scott Budnick is waiting for a man he knows well to be released, ...