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Clooney, Katzenberg Back Massive MPTF Fundraising Campaign 13 weeks ago

Jeffrey Katzenberg, George Clooney and Tom Cruise are among the big names that have contributed to the Motion Picture and Television Fund...

By Brent Lang

MPTF Lays Off 18 Workers and Caregivers (Exclusive)

January 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 18 weeks ago

Staffing cuts come as the number of patients in the longterm care center has dwindled to 29

MPTF 3 Years Later: Longterm Care Remains Open, But Patients Down to 29

January 13, 2012 By Brent Lang 19 weeks ago

Tensions have cooled as the administration works to find a new partner, but grassroots activists want new residents to be admitted

More MPTF Woes: Medi-Cal Cuts Will Mean 22% Reduction in Reimbursements

November 3, 2011 By Brent Lang 29 weeks ago

Despite the cuts, CEO Bob Beitcher reaffirmed that the organization is committed to maintaining long-term care on its campus

MPTF Makes It Official: Bob Beitcher Named President and CEO

July 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 43 weeks ago

The former Panavision CEO had been serving in the post on an interim basis and has helped cool tensions over a plan to shutter the non-profit's hospital

MPTF Sued Over 89-Year-Old Patient's Mysterious Death

March 15, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Family of Carrie DeLay is suing the hospital looking for answers as to why the elderly woman fell to her death

MPTF Chief Beitcher Grilled: 'It’s a Big Win For Everybody'

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The CEO on how partnering with Providence Health will save the Fund's hospital and longterm care facility

TheWrap's Complete Coverage of the MPTF Closure Saga: A Timeline

February 23, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

From the beginning, TheWrap has followed every twist and turn in the tale of the closing of the long-term care facility. Now, with resolution in the air, check out our exclusive comprehensive reportage.

The MPTF's Original Letter to Patients' Families

January 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

How then-CEO David Tillman announced the impending closure of the Motion Picture and Televsion Fund's longterm care center

Proposed: A New Long-Term Care Facility at MPTF

October 20, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Hunter and Diane Ladd want to raise $150 million to construct a new facility on the Woodland Hills facility

One Message, One Voice ... But No George Clooney at Soulful MPTF Event

October 7, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

The performers were channeling the home's residents to us -- and as a coda to their own stories, we felt the pain of abandonment

MPTF Violated Law When Transferring Long-Term Care Patients

August 11, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

State: Hospital officials failed to give 30 days' notice to residents being relocated

MPTF: A Time When 'Once a Star Meant Always a Star'

July 19, 2010 By David Dukesherer 1 year ago

Mae Murray's riches-to-rags story epitomizes the reason for the existence of the Motion Picture Home, which she helped to found

The MPTF's Deadly Passages

June 25, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

The Motion Picture Home corrupts Gail Sheehy's "Passages" to its own ends

MPTF Fined After Patient Cuts Head

May 20, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

87-year-old patient falls while being moved and home gets severe citation

Exclusive: Notes from the MPTF Board Decision to Shut Hospital

May 5, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

In trustee's meeting about closing hospital, only producer Walter Seltzer raised objections

'DWTS': Who Will Stay, Who Will Go?

April 20, 2010 By Ilana Angel 2 years ago

Ironically, with everything going against her, Kate Gosselin will probably stay

MPTF, Not Us, Is Turning Passover Into a Political Football

March 26, 2010 By Richard Stellar 2 years ago

Beitcher is denying some residents what could be their last meal

The Trickle-Down Theory of Uncaring at the MPTF

March 18, 2010 By Richard Stellar 2 years ago

Put the coffee down! Bob Beitcher, pay attention to the neglect

Ellen a Lot More Helpful Than Paula's Verbal Diarrhea

February 10, 2010 By Jennifer Kelly 2 years ago

Baby blues and a blue-jean jacket add spice to Hollywood Week

Interim MPTF Chief Beitcher: 'We F***ed Up'

February 4, 2010 By Andrew Gumbel 2 years ago

Exclusive: The closure, Tillman's near-$1 million compensation and the fund's "mess"

MPTF: The Whole Story Behind Tillman's Tossing

February 3, 2010 By Andrew Gumbel 2 years ago

“The Fund has come to understand the activists are going to sue them if they continue along this line"

MPTF: There's Nothing You Can Do That Can't Be Done

February 2, 2010 By Richard Stellar 2 years ago

Dr. David Tillman has left the building, but unlike Elvis it was not to a standing ovation

The Brighter Side of the MPTF's 'Transfer Trauma'

December 18, 2009 By Richard Stellar 2 years ago

Some in the administration who finally see the truth are turning the situation around -- but not Tillman and Ellis

A Movable Timetable: How MPTF's Deadline Shifted

October 28, 2009 By Steven Mikulan 2 years ago

With 66 residents currently remaining at the Motion Picture Home, MPTF has had to renew its license for one more year.

One Bed at a Time: MPTF on Home Shutdown

October 25, 2009 By Steven Mikulan 2 years ago

"22 other nursing homes closed -- none have gone to this extreme we have gone to for our residents."

Kafka-esque Twilight at the MPTF

October 20, 2009 By Steven Mikulan 2 years ago

Some 70+ residents remain, but no one is saying for how long.