“The point of all these actions is to chill speech,” Gomez told the small crowd. “We all need to understand what is happening and we need people to speak up and push back.” - Los Angeles Times
This is not a new problem but the TV Academy has not made any changes to the talk or variety categories to address the situation, which comes as late-night is facing its own existential issues. - Deadline
“Paramount Global in recent days has offered $15 million to settle, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump’s team wants more than $25 million and is also seeking an apology from CBS News … (and) has threatened another lawsuit against CBS related to alleged bias of its news coverage.” - The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
“Those terminations would affect the 800 remaining workers at the agency, after nearly 600 VOA contractors were dismissed by the Trump administration earlier this month. Employees have been advised by management to expect termination notices in the coming days.“ - Politico
“Once pioneers of Indian cinema, Marathi films have long been hurt by Bollywood's dominating influence in the state of Maharashtra - where the language is spoken - and elsewhere in the country. But in the past decade, they've been quietly making a global mark, with diverse, acclaimed titles lighting up international festivals.” - BBC
During the height of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Boston’s daily newspapers employed some of the nation’s best-known film critics. All of them were women. They tended to travel as a pack, lugging typewriters and formal gowns to movie premieres all over the world. - WBUR
Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the prestigious Palme d'Or for his film It Was Just an Accident on Saturday, a political drama inspired by his time in prison. Following the win, French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Panahi's win was "a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression". - BBC
Cartoon Network is an excellent case study for how the conditions of media conglomeration shape how media is made and curated. And in making a wide variety of animation available, Cartoon Network also helped make audiences think differently about animation. - The Conversation
“More than 20 key stakeholders behind its success — from author Margaret Atwood and adapter Bruce Miller to producers, executives and the cast led by Elisabeth Moss (June/Offred) — share how the Trump-era drama captured the cultural zeitgeist … and launched a Gilead universe with sequel series The Testaments.” - The Hollywood Reporter
“Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government,” Corp. for Public Broadcasting chief Patricia Harrison told NPR in a statement. - Los Angeles Times
Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value won the Grand Prize; The Secret Agent took honors for best director (Kleber Mendonça Filho) and best actor (Wagner Moura); Nadia Melliti won best actress for Hafsia Herzi’s The Little Sister; the Dardenne brothers took best screenplay, their ninth Cannes prize, for Young Mothers. - AP
The singer and actress shared pictures on social media of herself arriving at the Amazon MGM Studios and Vanity Fair Party in Los Angeles the night before this year's Golden Globes. Photographer Edwin Blanco and Backgrid have each filed lawsuits saying they own the copyright to two photos. - BBC
We carried out extensive interviews with 29 participants from across the sector who painted a bleak picture of overwork, financial instability, discrimination and barriers to career progression. - The Conversation
Google is funding short films about AI that portray the technology in a less nightmarish light than in many Hollywood science fiction depictions. - Los Angeles Times
“The Korean public holds celebrities to a higher moral standard than normal people, and the media is very aggressive (in) reporting on scandals. They take unconfirmed allegations and report them as facts. (Yet) when it comes to politicians and public figures with real power, the media is very cautious.” - The Hollywood Reporter
