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UPRIVER STUDIOS OFFERS PRODUCTION ALTERNATIVE: As New York City continues to battle coronavirus, film and TV production may resume Upstate. Upriver Studios in Saugerties is offering 104,000 square feet of sound stages and production space in a facility overseen by actress and director Mary Stuart Masterson. “As crazy as it seems to be launching a business in a pandemic,” Masterson said, “it turns out Upriver Studios is the right place at the right time for productions who need to find a safe haven.”
WEBBY AWARDS ANNOUNCED: The 24th Webby Awards, re-named WFH: Webby From Home, handed out awards to Jimmy Fallon, Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai, Tom Hanks, and Game of Thrones. Patton Oswalt hosted the show, which is dedicated to honoring outstanding people and companies using the Internet in response to the challenges imposed by coronavirus.
PENELOPE CRUZ’S WASP NETWORK DROPS ON NETFLIX… Wasp Network, a Cuban political thriller starring Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez, will debut on Netflix June 19th. Olivier Assayas directed and wrote the script. The story is based on the true tale of the Cuban Five, intelligence officers arrested in Florida in the 1990s and convicted of espionage.
ADAM SANDLER SET FOR HUSTLE: Adam Sandler has signed on to star in Netflix‘s Hustle from We the Animals director Jeremiah Zagar. Sandler’s Happy Madison, Roth/Kirschenbaum Films, and LeBron James and Maverick Carter‘s SpringHill Entertainment will produce. Sandler plays a basketball scout.
CHECK IT OUT:
The Webby Awards, via Deadline:
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Webby Award for Celebrity/Fan/Social)
- The Malala Fund (Webby Award for Email Newsletters, Websites)
- #NiceTweets with Tom Hanks (Webby People’s Voice Award for Arts & Entertainment, Social)
- Reebok x Cardi B | Nails (Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Fashion & Lifestyle, Video)
- The Intercept’s Greta Thunberg If We Can Save the Banks, Then We Can Save the World (Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Events & Livestreams, Video)
- Science Rules! with Bill Nye (Webby People’s Voice Award for Science & Education, Podcasts)
ESPN’s Welcome to Bron Bron Land (Webby Award for Best User Interface, Websites) - Lil Nas X – Panini (Webbys People’s Voice Award for Best Art Direction, Video)
- Dolly Parton’s America (Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Mini Series, Podcasts)
- Squarespace’s Make It with Idris Elba (Webby Award for Comedy,Video, and the Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Copywriting, Advertising, Media & PR)
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (Webby Award for Entertainment, Video)
- Game of Thrones: The Dead Must Die Magic Leap Experience (Webby Award for Volumetric / 6-Degrees of Freedom, Video)
- The Catch And Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow (Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Host, Podcasts)
- Celine Dion (Webby People’s Voice Award for Experimental & Innovation, Social)
- HBO’s The Chernobyl Podcast (Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Individual Episode, Podcasts)
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Humor, Social), the Webby Award for Best Web Personality/Host, Video and the Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Comedy: Shortform, Video)
- Luminary’s The Trevor Noah Podcast (Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for News & Politics, Podcasts)
- Saturday Night Live (Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Use of Stories, Social)
- Terry Crews & Reese Witherspoon (Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Fashion & Beauty, Social Content Series & Campaigns)
- NFL TikTok (Webby Award for Sports, Social)
- Harry Potter: Wizard’s Unite (Webby People’s Voice Award for Technical Achievement, Games)
- ESPN’s 30for30 Podcasts (Webby Award for Sports, Podcasts)
- DC Universe (Webby People’s Voice Award for Media Streaming, Websites)
