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The film industry needs to put more emphasis on mental health. Everyone who works in the industry knows that it’s a high-stress business with erratic work schedules and unemployment periods that can last for months. This past year the pandemic...
Although many of us have returned to work, everyone who works in the industry is well aware of how productions stopped filming at a moment’s notice last spring. As we struggled through the shutdown with no end in sight, industry...
The current movies that are up for award consideration this year are not what I would have expected from a year like 2020. This past year has been a train wreck crashing into a dumpster fire for many of us....
Things at work have certainly changed in the past year. All the adjustments we’ve had to make since last March seemed temporary at first, but we’re still adapting to a new reality. When the pandemic eventually ends, we can get...
Personality traits have been found to strongly influence the types of jobs in which we’ll thrive, versus the types of jobs for which we’re ill-suited. You’ve probably come across people who don’t seem well-suited for or content with the jobs...
It’s award show season in Hollywood, but are industry award shows even relevant anymore in the middle of a pandemic? This time last year, people were talking about Oscar parties and picking their favorite films. This year everyone seems less...
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