Business of Hollywood Intro for May 26, 2023 Dear Gossips, The writers’ strike continues, while the Directors’ Guild is currently in closed-door talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and SAG-AFTRA is gearing up for a strike authorization from its 160,000+ members. June is going to be a VERY active month on the strike By Sarah • May 26, 2023 09:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews ScarJost turns it on in Cannes Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last night to largely positive reviews. The film is rated at 86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes so far and several critics have said that this is his best work since The Grand Budapest Hotel which, to me, basically translates By Lainey • May 24, 2023 09:37 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 12, 2023 Dear Gossips, This week, Paramount closed down MTV News for good as part of a larger program of layoffs. The Hollywood Reporter put together an oral history of MTV News that is as much a eulogy for the once-powerful youth news organization as it is recollection of MTV’s heyday By Sarah • May 12, 2023 08:59 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 9, 2023 Dear Gossips, The writers’ strike continues, but I want to talk about one specific facet, which is the Taylor Sheridan of it all. He is, of course, the actor-turned-hitmaking screenwriter behind the Yellowstone television universe, which is basically the only thing propping up Paramount right now. They had a bad By Sarah • May 09, 2023 09:03 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 5, 2023 Dear Gossips, Lost amidst the Met Gala madness and writers’ strike drama this week was the announcement from the Academy that they have changed some of their Oscar “for your consideration” and campaigning rules in the wake of the Andrea Riseborough controversy earlier this year. These rules will be in By Sarah • May 05, 2023 09:20 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 4, 2023 Dear Gossips, The writers’ strike is on, and here’s where we’re at three days in. UK-based writers want more clarity on how to work with studios during the strike, while Canadian and Aussie writers are siding with the WGA, not working on projects from US-based studios that are By Sarah • May 04, 2023 09:04 am
Business of Hollywood It’s a strike Monday night, amidst all the Met Gala madness on the East Coast, the West Coast was the site of the final hours of negotiation before the strike deadline between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), aka the studios that produce movies By Sarah • May 03, 2023 10:42 am
Music Lance Bass's lesson Lance Bass is clearing up some misconceptions surrounding his time in NSYNC. During an appearance on The Jess Cagle Show, Lance revealed the discrepancy between the boy band’s level of fame and their wealth. "Well, the worst thing is people thinking that we were rich, because we were By Stephanie • Apr 28, 2023 01:40 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for April 28, 2023 Dear Gossips, A strike is looming. Those of us old enough remember the writers’ strike of 2007-08 and all the weird entertainment that grew out of it have been through this before. Some of the strike-era productions were good—like Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (although many of us may By Sarah • Apr 28, 2023 08:55 am
Douchebags Steven and Ali’s Overdue Statement Please note that this post contains references to sexual assault and may be triggering for some. Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, along with Beef showrunner Lee Sung Jin, were criticised last week for their prolonged silence re: the David Choe situation. Finally, on Friday afternoon, nearly two weeks after journalist By Lainey • Apr 24, 2023 10:18 am
Douchebags The Ongoing David Choe Silence Please note that this post contains references to sexual assault and may be triggering for some. It’s now been almost ten days and a full business week since reporter and producer Aura Bogado tweeted about David Choe’s past, his role on Beef, and why he was given the By Lainey • Apr 21, 2023 02:35 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for April 21, 2023 Dear Gossips, One month after she was unceremoniously fired, Victoria Alonso, the ousted Marvel executive, has settled with Disney in her wrongful termination suit. Deadline reports she received a “multi-million dollar” settlement. No one expected this to go to court, as with Scarlett Johansson, it does not behoove Disney to By Sarah • Apr 21, 2023 08:54 am
Break Ups Taylor Swift: Business and Personal As I’ve often said, Taylor Swift’s business acumen has always been more interesting to me than her Easter eggs. She is a great songwriter, but she’s also a great businesswoman. And she’s making headlines this week for a great business decision. As we’ve heard, many By Lainey • Apr 20, 2023 01:01 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for April 20, 2023 Dear Gossips, Duana sent me a tweet this morning that made me laugh but also made me mad. It’s about Succession. And it’s a little inside baseball for screenwriters but …I dunno, LOL, isn’t everyone an aspiring screenwriter these days? https://twitter.com/Bitterstaff/status/1648411714155851776?s= By Lainey • Apr 20, 2023 10:30 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for March 31, 2023 Dear Gossips, Finally, a bit of good-ish news for Disney-Marvel, or at least it is from the perspective of people who like even a modicum of diversity in their superhero movies. Ike Perlmutter, the long-time head of Marvel Entertainment, was booted from the company this week. Disney is in the By Sarah • Mar 31, 2023 09:10 am
Business of Hollywood The Marvel mess continues Last week, longtime Marvel Studios executive Victoria Alonso was fired after almost 18 years with the company. The initial reporting was that she “exited” the company, but that was always euphemistic language, and over the course of the week, more and more details spilled into the public’s view, making By Sarah • Mar 27, 2023 01:04 pm
