When the Writers Guild of America went on strike May 2, the early days of the work stoppage saw scribes channel their creativity into picket signs that reflected their rage over such issues as AI and fair pay as their union went head to head with the studios and streamers that comprise the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
As the strike hits day 100 on Aug. 9, however, many writers have turned to new creative outlets that don’t violate the WGA’s rules of working on AMPTP-backed films and TV shows. While some struggle to write without external deadlines or after the picket line grind, others say they are content to remain busy making up for lost time with family.
The last strike, in 2007, lasted 99 days. This time, the studios and streamers were 90-odd days into the walkout before both sides agreed to even talk about talking again. So with no clear end in sight,...
As the strike hits day 100 on Aug. 9, however, many writers have turned to new creative outlets that don’t violate the WGA’s rules of working on AMPTP-backed films and TV shows. While some struggle to write without external deadlines or after the picket line grind, others say they are content to remain busy making up for lost time with family.
The last strike, in 2007, lasted 99 days. This time, the studios and streamers were 90-odd days into the walkout before both sides agreed to even talk about talking again. So with no clear end in sight,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Striking Writers Guild of America members expressed both tempered optimism and wariness Wednesday in response to the news that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had reached out to restart talks amid stalled contract negotiations.
“I hope they’re serious, I hope that they are coming to this with a much more open mind than they had last time,” said three-time WGA negotiating committee co-chair Billy Ray (Captain Phillips), who is not playing that role this year. “I can tell you if they are, a deal will be made.”
Former WGA West president Howard Rodman added in a written statement: “One hopes that the AMPTP may at long last grasp that the cost of negotiating a fair deal is less than the cost of an ongoing strike. But Friday’s conversation is, quite simply, a single and very preliminary step.”
To one of many WGA leaders, who was...
“I hope they’re serious, I hope that they are coming to this with a much more open mind than they had last time,” said three-time WGA negotiating committee co-chair Billy Ray (Captain Phillips), who is not playing that role this year. “I can tell you if they are, a deal will be made.”
Former WGA West president Howard Rodman added in a written statement: “One hopes that the AMPTP may at long last grasp that the cost of negotiating a fair deal is less than the cost of an ongoing strike. But Friday’s conversation is, quite simply, a single and very preliminary step.”
To one of many WGA leaders, who was...
- 8/3/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny and Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to the 212th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
Here’s how the episode plays out:
1. Headlines
911 and 911: Lone Star, FBoy Island, Dancing With the Stars, Sweet Tooth, Monster, The Morning Show, Sydney (and Kyle) Chandler, The Diplomat and Fernando Valenzuela lead the week’s non-strike TV headlines.
2. WGA on Strike
It’s official, the Writers Guild is officially on strike for the first time in 15 years. The last strike, in 2007-08, lasted 100 days and focused on “The Internet” when streaming was in its infancy and Netflix was still a DVD by mail company.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
Here’s how the episode plays out:
1. Headlines
911 and 911: Lone Star, FBoy Island, Dancing With the Stars, Sweet Tooth, Monster, The Morning Show, Sydney (and Kyle) Chandler, The Diplomat and Fernando Valenzuela lead the week’s non-strike TV headlines.
2. WGA on Strike
It’s official, the Writers Guild is officially on strike for the first time in 15 years. The last strike, in 2007-08, lasted 100 days and focused on “The Internet” when streaming was in its infancy and Netflix was still a DVD by mail company.
- 5/5/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Refresh for latest…: As the United States wakes up to the news that the presidential election is still undecided, industry fixtures are beginning to chime in with a mix of hope and anxiety. But, despite Donald Trump’s false claim that he “already won” over Joe Biden on Tuesday night, several stars posting on Twitter are focused on the votes that are still to be counted.
The very politically engaged Mark Ruffalo urged folks to “hang tough,” while others echoed the sentiment:
Hang tough everyone. #CountEveryVote this is what we have been saying about Trump and his #RedMirage. https://t.co/Ao29PH5PEm
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 4, 2020
All your votes are to Be Counted https://t.co/Ap1GcpoLkf
— Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) November 4, 2020
They gotta count every vote.
Every last one.
Just. Keep. Breathing.
This could take a little while.#CountEveryVote
— James Corden (@JKCorden) November 4, 2020
Ruffalo also...
The very politically engaged Mark Ruffalo urged folks to “hang tough,” while others echoed the sentiment:
Hang tough everyone. #CountEveryVote this is what we have been saying about Trump and his #RedMirage. https://t.co/Ao29PH5PEm
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 4, 2020
All your votes are to Be Counted https://t.co/Ap1GcpoLkf
— Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) November 4, 2020
They gotta count every vote.
Every last one.
Just. Keep. Breathing.
This could take a little while.#CountEveryVote
— James Corden (@JKCorden) November 4, 2020
Ruffalo also...
- 11/4/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
When I was touring colleges way back in 2007, a tour guide said something to my group that struck me as both totally right and totally wrong. “Getting into college is like picking out a puppy. It seems stressful at first, but at the end of the day, you get a puppy. You really can’t go wrong.”
At the time, I found this immensely reassuring, and to a large extent it turned out to be true, at least for me: I was lucky enough to get into my dream school...
At the time, I found this immensely reassuring, and to a large extent it turned out to be true, at least for me: I was lucky enough to get into my dream school...
- 3/13/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer Ariel Dumas apologized yesterday for tweeting about her happiness in helping to ruin Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s life. Considering Kavanaugh had just secured a lifelong gig on the Supreme Court, the “ruined life” tweet was, as Dumas later said, an attempt at sarcasm.
But did Dumas go too far – in apologizing? Many of her fellow comedy writers are coming to her defense. One even pledged “fire and fury” from Dumas’ fellow female comedy writers if the CBS Late Show writer is “financially” punished.
“Every comedy writer supports you,” tweeted Danny Zuker, executive producer of ABC’s Modern Family. “How great would it be if the people trolling you were this outraged over a woman being sexually assaulted?
Kathy Griffin tweeted Monday that Dumas is “a comedy writer, being held to a higher standard than the President of the United States. Love you @ArielDumas, f*ck the haters.
But did Dumas go too far – in apologizing? Many of her fellow comedy writers are coming to her defense. One even pledged “fire and fury” from Dumas’ fellow female comedy writers if the CBS Late Show writer is “financially” punished.
“Every comedy writer supports you,” tweeted Danny Zuker, executive producer of ABC’s Modern Family. “How great would it be if the people trolling you were this outraged over a woman being sexually assaulted?
Kathy Griffin tweeted Monday that Dumas is “a comedy writer, being held to a higher standard than the President of the United States. Love you @ArielDumas, f*ck the haters.
- 10/8/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally appeared before Congress to discuss the social media platform’s recent scandals. But while talk on Capitol Hill largely concerned the platform’s impact on recent elections, “fake news,” and the Cambridge Analytica data leak, online chit chat focused on more prosaic issues — like Zuckerberg’s anxious appearance, and general lack of tech knowledge by presiding legislators.
Also Read: 100 Mark Zuckerberg Cardboard Cutouts Go Up on Capitol Lawn Ahead of Facebook CEO's Testimony
The memes started from the get-go as Zuckerberg made his opening remarks, in which he apologized and said “It will take some time to work through all the changes but I’m committed to getting this right.” While s a few people commented on his remarks, it seems that far more noted that the CEO, 33, appeared much paler than usual, a condition attributed to everything from nervousness, to karma, to resemblance to a nerd culture icon.
Quite a few people agreed that Zuckerberg reminded them of Lt. Commander Data, science officer of the Enterprise on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
#Zuckerberg reportedly Told Congress the more of your Data I collect, the more I learn to be human ???? pic.twitter.com/l2TpjIqw0s
— ❤️ Jared T Swift ❤️ (@Jared_T_Swift) April 10, 2018
All this talk of "data" can't be a coincidence… pic.twitter.com/LU9p087k3E
— Guy Cimbalo (@gvcimbalo) April 10, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg’s manner has always reminded me of someone, but I could never quite grasp hold of it.
Just now it hit me, watching him testify about data. pic.twitter.com/4Zs2eGlsHD
— Matthew Teague (@MatthewTeague) April 10, 2018
Mark #Zuckerberg == Data from #StarTrek pic.twitter.com/ONLKh5KKbH
— Chuck Reynolds (@ChuckReynolds) April 10, 2018
Though it wouldn’t be a “Star Trek” party without an appearance from fans of “Deep Space Nine,” who countered that Zuckerberg looked more like the shape-shifting changelings from the “Next Generation” spinoff series.
pic.twitter.com/vci0nskBP5
— manu saadia ???? (@trekonomics) April 10, 2018
update (by popular demand): pic.twitter.com/l7xzuWkWfg
— manu saadia ???? (@trekonomics) April 10, 2018
This Zuckerberg hearing turned into a battle of Tng vs DS9. pic.twitter.com/lyro4V1Gel
— April Wolfe (@AWolfeful) April 10, 2018
Meanwhile, here’s what non-nerds had to say:
Find someone who looks at you the way Zuck looks at the inside of his eyelids: alarmingly often. #ZuckerbergTestimony pic.twitter.com/eGgK33adXn
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) April 10, 2018
adore my incredible dad who loves his family so much that he got eye enlargement surgery so he can look at us more pic.twitter.com/EAnILTmib2
— Patricia Lockwood (@TriciaLockwood) April 10, 2018
Also Read: Here's How to Check If Your Facebook Data Was Leaked
That face when you just wanted a faster way to rank girls by looks and ended up installing a fascist government in the most powerful country on earth pic.twitter.com/VEaQjz9Z6s
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) April 10, 2018
ʜᴇʟʟᴏ ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇss ᴍʏ ᴏʟᴅ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ pic.twitter.com/3v5SYmehTr
— Laura Bradley (@lpbradley) April 10, 2018
"I've made a huge mistake." #Zuckerberg pic.twitter.com/UqXWAs8lnw
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) April 10, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg is a cylon. There are many copies. And they have a plan.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 10, 2018
“You’re in a desert. Walking along in the sand”
“Is this the test now”
“Yes, you’re in a desert walking along the sand when all of a sudden you see a tortoise”
“What’s a tortoise?” pic.twitter.com/WBZaKt0MV4
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) April 10, 2018
Of course, here’s context for Zuckerberg’s apparent nervousness.
What it’s actually like to be on Facebook: pic.twitter.com/bAPPNoHwQ1
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) April 10, 2018
Meanwhile, some users couldn’t help but think of Facebook’s vanquished competition:
“Who is your biggest competitor?”
“It’s hard to say who our-”
“Who is your biggest competitor?”
*distant look*
“The sound of birds in the Spring. Hints perfume of a loved one in a crowd, although you know she is gone. The rose that is the blossom of unexpected love. Also Twitter pic.twitter.com/A7nJXRdfVO
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) April 10, 2018
“Well you can always use myspace” is what Mark Zuckerberg should say and walk out #Zuckerberg
— doug (@Porkchopismydog) April 10, 2018
tfw you aren't being grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee pic.twitter.com/0gbOmDtJq8
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) April 10, 2018
Not that the Senate was off the hook, nor its members’ apparent lack of tech savviness:
Mark Zuckerberg prepared for this hearing by meeting with a team of experts (including a former special assistant to a U.S. president), and it is not clear to me from this hearing that many of these lawmakers also prepared to the same extent.
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) April 10, 2018
“Mr. Zuckerberg, a magazine i recently opened came with a floppy disk offering me 30 free hours of something called America On-Line. Is that the same as Facebook?” pic.twitter.com/U7pqpUhEhQ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 10, 2018
There should have been a pretest for senators to get into this hearing https://t.co/Cg4JWtHkGS
— Nik DeCosta-Klipa (@NikDeCostaKlipa) April 10, 2018
Also Read: 'Senator, We Run Ads': Hatch Mocked for Basic Facebook Question to Zuckerberg
Sen. Hatch: "If [a version of Facebook will always be free], how do you sustain a business model in which users don't pay for your service?"
Mark Zuckerberg: "Senator, we run ads." https://t.co/CbFO899XlU pic.twitter.com/bGKWks7zIk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 10, 2018
Read original story Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony Spawns Memes (and a Ton of ‘Star Trek’ Jokes) At TheWrap...
Also Read: 100 Mark Zuckerberg Cardboard Cutouts Go Up on Capitol Lawn Ahead of Facebook CEO's Testimony
The memes started from the get-go as Zuckerberg made his opening remarks, in which he apologized and said “It will take some time to work through all the changes but I’m committed to getting this right.” While s a few people commented on his remarks, it seems that far more noted that the CEO, 33, appeared much paler than usual, a condition attributed to everything from nervousness, to karma, to resemblance to a nerd culture icon.
Quite a few people agreed that Zuckerberg reminded them of Lt. Commander Data, science officer of the Enterprise on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
#Zuckerberg reportedly Told Congress the more of your Data I collect, the more I learn to be human ???? pic.twitter.com/l2TpjIqw0s
— ❤️ Jared T Swift ❤️ (@Jared_T_Swift) April 10, 2018
All this talk of "data" can't be a coincidence… pic.twitter.com/LU9p087k3E
— Guy Cimbalo (@gvcimbalo) April 10, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg’s manner has always reminded me of someone, but I could never quite grasp hold of it.
Just now it hit me, watching him testify about data. pic.twitter.com/4Zs2eGlsHD
— Matthew Teague (@MatthewTeague) April 10, 2018
Mark #Zuckerberg == Data from #StarTrek pic.twitter.com/ONLKh5KKbH
— Chuck Reynolds (@ChuckReynolds) April 10, 2018
Though it wouldn’t be a “Star Trek” party without an appearance from fans of “Deep Space Nine,” who countered that Zuckerberg looked more like the shape-shifting changelings from the “Next Generation” spinoff series.
pic.twitter.com/vci0nskBP5
— manu saadia ???? (@trekonomics) April 10, 2018
update (by popular demand): pic.twitter.com/l7xzuWkWfg
— manu saadia ???? (@trekonomics) April 10, 2018
This Zuckerberg hearing turned into a battle of Tng vs DS9. pic.twitter.com/lyro4V1Gel
— April Wolfe (@AWolfeful) April 10, 2018
Meanwhile, here’s what non-nerds had to say:
Find someone who looks at you the way Zuck looks at the inside of his eyelids: alarmingly often. #ZuckerbergTestimony pic.twitter.com/eGgK33adXn
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) April 10, 2018
adore my incredible dad who loves his family so much that he got eye enlargement surgery so he can look at us more pic.twitter.com/EAnILTmib2
— Patricia Lockwood (@TriciaLockwood) April 10, 2018
Also Read: Here's How to Check If Your Facebook Data Was Leaked
That face when you just wanted a faster way to rank girls by looks and ended up installing a fascist government in the most powerful country on earth pic.twitter.com/VEaQjz9Z6s
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) April 10, 2018
ʜᴇʟʟᴏ ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇss ᴍʏ ᴏʟᴅ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ pic.twitter.com/3v5SYmehTr
— Laura Bradley (@lpbradley) April 10, 2018
"I've made a huge mistake." #Zuckerberg pic.twitter.com/UqXWAs8lnw
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) April 10, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg is a cylon. There are many copies. And they have a plan.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 10, 2018
“You’re in a desert. Walking along in the sand”
“Is this the test now”
“Yes, you’re in a desert walking along the sand when all of a sudden you see a tortoise”
“What’s a tortoise?” pic.twitter.com/WBZaKt0MV4
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) April 10, 2018
Of course, here’s context for Zuckerberg’s apparent nervousness.
What it’s actually like to be on Facebook: pic.twitter.com/bAPPNoHwQ1
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) April 10, 2018
Meanwhile, some users couldn’t help but think of Facebook’s vanquished competition:
“Who is your biggest competitor?”
“It’s hard to say who our-”
“Who is your biggest competitor?”
*distant look*
“The sound of birds in the Spring. Hints perfume of a loved one in a crowd, although you know she is gone. The rose that is the blossom of unexpected love. Also Twitter pic.twitter.com/A7nJXRdfVO
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) April 10, 2018
“Well you can always use myspace” is what Mark Zuckerberg should say and walk out #Zuckerberg
— doug (@Porkchopismydog) April 10, 2018
tfw you aren't being grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee pic.twitter.com/0gbOmDtJq8
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) April 10, 2018
Not that the Senate was off the hook, nor its members’ apparent lack of tech savviness:
Mark Zuckerberg prepared for this hearing by meeting with a team of experts (including a former special assistant to a U.S. president), and it is not clear to me from this hearing that many of these lawmakers also prepared to the same extent.
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) April 10, 2018
“Mr. Zuckerberg, a magazine i recently opened came with a floppy disk offering me 30 free hours of something called America On-Line. Is that the same as Facebook?” pic.twitter.com/U7pqpUhEhQ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 10, 2018
There should have been a pretest for senators to get into this hearing https://t.co/Cg4JWtHkGS
— Nik DeCosta-Klipa (@NikDeCostaKlipa) April 10, 2018
Also Read: 'Senator, We Run Ads': Hatch Mocked for Basic Facebook Question to Zuckerberg
Sen. Hatch: "If [a version of Facebook will always be free], how do you sustain a business model in which users don't pay for your service?"
Mark Zuckerberg: "Senator, we run ads." https://t.co/CbFO899XlU pic.twitter.com/bGKWks7zIk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 10, 2018
Read original story Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony Spawns Memes (and a Ton of ‘Star Trek’ Jokes) At TheWrap...
- 4/10/2018
- by Ashley Boucher and Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Chelsea Clinton and Donald Trump Jr. may not agree on much, but they did manage to find some common ground on Twitter this week.
Trump’s oldest son expressed his gratitude to Clinton on Thursday, one day after she defended Donald and Melania Trump’s 11-year-old son, Barron, from a Twitter troll.
After comedian Zack Bornstein joked in a since-deleted tweet that the first lady’s special guest at the State of the Union, 12-year-old Preston Sharp, had been “recast as Barron,” Clinton fired back: “Whatever our politics, I hope we can agree to both leave 11-year old private citizen...
Trump’s oldest son expressed his gratitude to Clinton on Thursday, one day after she defended Donald and Melania Trump’s 11-year-old son, Barron, from a Twitter troll.
After comedian Zack Bornstein joked in a since-deleted tweet that the first lady’s special guest at the State of the Union, 12-year-old Preston Sharp, had been “recast as Barron,” Clinton fired back: “Whatever our politics, I hope we can agree to both leave 11-year old private citizen...
- 2/1/2018
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Chelsea Clinton defended President Trump’s 11-year-old son once again on Tuesday after comedian Zack Bornstein joked in a since-deleted tweet that Melania Trump’s special guest, 12-year-old Preston Sharp, had been “recast as Barron.”
“Whatever our politics, I hope we can agree to both leave 11-year old private citizen Barron Trump alone and celebrate 12-year old Preston Sharp for his work to honor the graves of every military veteran,” Clinton tweeted.
She also linked to a GoFundMe page highlighting Sharp’s work honoring veterans at military cemeteries, which earned him an invite to Trump’s first State of the...
“Whatever our politics, I hope we can agree to both leave 11-year old private citizen Barron Trump alone and celebrate 12-year old Preston Sharp for his work to honor the graves of every military veteran,” Clinton tweeted.
She also linked to a GoFundMe page highlighting Sharp’s work honoring veterans at military cemeteries, which earned him an invite to Trump’s first State of the...
- 1/31/2018
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Day six of the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival is upon us!
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Tuesday, November 13th
Band Of Sisters
Band Of Sisters plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre
nspired by Vatican II (a 1962-65 council of Catholic bishops) and the great social movements of the 1960s and .70s, U.S. nuns left their convents, found their mission with the poor, and grew in their spirituality . often to the chagrin of the Vatican hierarchy. Against this backdrop, .Band...
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Tuesday, November 13th
Band Of Sisters
Band Of Sisters plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre
nspired by Vatican II (a 1962-65 council of Catholic bishops) and the great social movements of the 1960s and .70s, U.S. nuns left their convents, found their mission with the poor, and grew in their spirituality . often to the chagrin of the Vatican hierarchy. Against this backdrop, .Band...
- 11/13/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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