ENTERTAINMENT

Amblin Lay Offs 17% of Staff: Amblin Entertainment, the film and TV production company which last year produced “Hook,” let go 11 employees, or about 17% of its 64-member staff, as part of a “consolidation and streamlining” move. Most of the positions were in administration and post-production, a spokesman for the Universal-based company said, and would not effect current projects in development.