Thunderbolts* - beloved by critics and indie fans - isn’t going to break even. But was the point of this particular film to make money ... or to set up the next ten Marvel movies? - The Guardian (UK)
“The advertising world might be at their funeral without even realizing it,” said Geoffrey Colon, an entrepreneur who spent two decades at creative agencies and tech giants. To sum it up, he said: “Iceberg ahead.” - The New York Times
“The most important part of my job besides writing producible scripts that are on time is to keep my show on the air as long as possible, to keep everyone employed as long as possible. And that’s the thing I like the best about it.” - Los Angeles Times
“Five decades on, it’s easy to forget just how remarkably undiluted the pleasures of Jaws were, and how unassailable its craft.” - Washington Post (MSN)
“Rosy projections of a robust recovery this year have not materialized. If anything, the downturn, at least in terms of employment at the studios, has continued.” Also, there’s Trump and the tariffs. - Los Angeles Times (AOL)
How? Well - murder. And our timeline. “Georgia Miller—scammer, charmer, killer—is an American icon for our times, and she deserves public office as much as anyone else.” - Slate
What’s up with guest actors on White Lotus and The Pitt? Will Kathryn Hahn get nominated in Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress? Could an Anna Sawai nomination remind voters they think Pachinko is really darn good? - Vulture (MSN)
"Universal, whose parent company acquired DreamWorks Animation in 2016, was adamant that the new cater not only to young viewers but also to adults who had grown up with the original.”- The New York Times
“Since wrapping production 50 years ago, … the western drama starring James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon … has never gone away, finding fans on cable (currently on TV Land and INSP), home video formats and retro broadcast TV channels such as MeTV before it was discovered by the streaming generation.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
We need to pay careful attention to the uneven power dynamics between major media companies and then the musicians and music lovers who live by the rules established through policymaking. - The Conversation
“What critics of the prime-time cartoon either fundamentally misunderstood (or conveniently overlooked) was its core truths. Bart loved his parents. He went to church with them. The Simpsons sometimes struggled to make ends meet, and they didn’t always get along, but they stuck together. They were a typical middle-American family." - The Atlantic (Yahoo!)
And that’s almost no interference from network executives. Fox was the first new broadcast TV network in decades; new execs were intimidated by multiple Oscar-winner James l. Brooks, the animated series’s producer. So talented writers got to push envelopes with their scripts and were rarely overruled. - Slate (Yahoo!)
According to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in March, 43 percent of Americans supported continuing federal funding for NPR and PBS, 24 percent backed ending funding and 33 percent were unsure. But the survey found a close correlation between partisan leans and views on funding. - Washington Post
Opening arguments before a judge at the British High Court began on Monday. The trial could last for three weeks followed by a written decision from the judge expected at a later date. - AP News
