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Funding from the Governor’s Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan is available to help businesses expand apprenticeship programs, train workers, and strengthen Maine’s economy.

Backed by $11 million in Federal funding from the Governor’s Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan and additional funding from U.S. Department of Labor’s State Apprenticeship Expansion, Equity, and Innovation (SAEEI) Grant, these new grants can be used by businesses, labor unions, community-based organizations or industry associations to partner with Maine Department of Labor’s Registered Apprenticeship Program to develop new apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs or expand existing apprenticeship programs.

Registered apprenticeship is a proven approach that connects workers to high-quality career pathways and meets employers’ talent needs by preparing and developing their current and future workforce. Apprenticeship programs help employers by upskilling and retaining workers and leads to wage growth for workers—both imperatives for Maine’s economic recovery.

Phillip Hoose’s book ‘Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice’ won a National Book Award.

The movie will be called “Spark” and will be directed by actor Anthony Mackie and star Saniyya Sidney as Colvin, according to an article on the entertainment website Deadline Wednesday. Mackie is playing Captain America in the upcoming “Captain America 4” while Sidney recently played tennis star Venus Williams in the film “King Richard.” The filmmakers are also working with Colvin’s family.

Hoose said Wednesday that he was excited that Colvin’s story will make it to the big screen and was impressed with the cast in place. He was notified by his agent on Wednesday that the filmmakers had secured the rights to his book, which won a National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2009. He had met with Mackie in New Orleans about two years ago and got the sense then the actor was serious about making a movie about Colvin.

Have a screenplay and want to see it on the big screen? It may not be as hard as you think.

The days of cable TV are limited. Streaming services, with Netflix leading the charge, have become the preferred method for people to watch their favorite shows and movies. With no commercials and no wait time, a Netflix user can finish an entire series in just a few short weeks (or a few short days, depending on how good the show is).

So, for any screenwriters out there itching to get their masterpiece accepted by Netflix and watched by millions: you have to go through the proper steps. If not, you’ll be grasping at straws and your show or movie will likely never be picked up.

In this guide, we will review those proper steps and outline the best way to go about getting your screenplay accepted by Netflix.

Space Entertainment Enterprise (S.E.E), the company co-producing Tom Cruise’s upcoming space movie, plan to launch a sports arena and production studio in zero gravity.

S.E.E. has unveiled plans to build a space station module that contains a sports and entertainment arena as well as a content studio by December 2024.

Named SEE-1, the module is intended to host films, television, music and sports events as well as artists, producers and creatives who want to make content in the low orbit, micro-gravity environment. The facilities will enable development, production, recording, broadcasting and livestreaming of content.

S.E.E. intend to produce its own content and events in the module as well as making it available to third-parties.

The move is part of an effort to establish a common vocabulary among those working in this still evolving area of production.

A Virtual Production Glossary launches today at VPGlossary.com, through a collaboration between the Visual Effects Society, American Society of Cinematographers and individuals from the community, with support from Epic Games and Netflix.

It represents part of an effort to establish a common vocabulary among those working in this still evolving area of production. Suggestions for new terms and updates to existing terms are encouraged.