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The Writers Strike Is Opening Some Barely Healed Wounds

To be honest, "as Hollywood has transformed since the 1950s, workers and their unions have contended with endemic insecurity". - Los Angeles Review of Books

The Landscape In Hollywood Had To Shift For ‘American Born Chinese’ To Get Made

"When I was growing up, it was a few networks trying to appeal to tens of millions of viewers, but ... look at what’s popular on streaming—it tends to be things that aren’t straight down the middle. People are more willing and able to dive in." - Time

The New Little Mermaid Has Responsibilities

Halle Bailey says she would have liked having a Black little mermaid when she was a kid. "That would have changed my whole perspective, my whole life, my confidence, my self-worth." - The Guardian (UK)

It’s The People You Meet Along The Way

That is, along the way of your quest to succeed at Zelda games, of course. "For me, it's been a way to begin to start opening up and forming friendships when I might not otherwise be willing to engage in conversation." - BBC

Stage Fright? Check Out What Katharine Hepburn Felt Like

The actress was basically terrified of audiences. "Now and again she’d puke in the wastebasket, because she was so wired and scared and 'Oh my God, what’ll they think? I’ve got to do a good job.'" - The Guardian (UK)

Production Companies Arrow In On Mexico City As The Next Big Spot

There are scenes of designers turning the Xochimilco canals into the Ganges River and much more, as "American and European companies send TV and film shoots south of the border, taking advantage of lower costs and experienced Mexican crews." - NPR

Natalie Portman Is Tired Of Double Standards At Cannes

At the French film festival, women are required to wear heels on the red carpet, for one thing. Portman: "The expectations are different on you all the time. It affects how you behave, whether you are buying into or rejecting it. You’re defined by the social structures upon you." - Variety

What Will Happen To Fall TV With The Writers Strike

For one thing, "sports will lead the TV marketplace this year, especially if advertisers can’t get the audiences they want in a strike-hampered prime time." - Los Angeles Times

The Future Of Movie Theatres

A former top lobbyist says that he thinks the future for cinemas is actually kind of bright. "I think the existential challenges — the pandemic, the streaming wars — are gone. I’m really the most optimistic I’ve been in 30 years about the future of the business." - The New York Times

The Differences Between Public Media Radio Listeners And Digital Subscribers

What’s resonating here is the idea of an “always on” membership experience, rather than just pledge-style experience in digital. - Medium

The New Executive Producer of “Jeopardy!” Is Treating It Like A Sport

Michael Davies: "I want to build an elite pyramid of competition that plays a postseason every single year at the same time. … It doesn't mean that Monday-through-Friday Jeopardy! isn't as important. … But I do believe our very best players deserve to be in competition with each other." - MSN (Vulture)

TikTok Creators Sue Montana Over Its Ban Of The App

"Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights … (and) that the state doesn't have any authority over matters of national security." - AP

Survey: Audiences Uncertain About Using AI For Movie/TV Scripts

According to the survey, consumers remain uncertain about how they feel about the use of AI in the entertainment industry, but they’re also open to its potential. - The Wrap

As The Hollywood Writers’ Strike Continues, Writer-Directors Are In A Bind

Directors Guild members are bound by the customary no-strike clause while their contract term lasts, and they're supposed to make necessary minor script changes during production, But the Writers Guild considers such changes writing, and thus verboten while they're striking. What are dual members supposed to do? - The Hollywood Reporter

Montana Just Passed A Law Banning TikTok. But Can The State Enforce It?

"The law will prohibit downloads of TikTok in the state and fine any 'entity' — an app store or TikTok — $10,000 per day for each time someone accesses TikTok, 'is offered the ability' to access it, or downloads it. … Penalties would not apply to users." - AP

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