Dispatches From The Picket Lines, Day 11: Strikers Disrupt ‘FBI: Most Wanted’ Shoot For Second Consecutive Day: “We’re Serious About This”, Showrunner Dan Futterman Says

It was Pride and Drag Queen picket day in Los Angeles, where around 300 people hit up Warner Bros. Discovery to highlight their issues as the strike marches into its second month.

As one of Reality TV’s royal family crossed the line, striking film and television writers joined forces on Wednesday in New York City with another group of culture workers involved in a pay dispute: musicians. 

The writers strike has entered its fifth week and is about to enter its second month and shows no sign of abating.

Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber are celebrating their love! On Monday, the 57-year-old supermodel shared photos from her wedding to the 61-year-old Casamigos founder in 1998, along with a heartfelt message to her guy. The caption reads, «25 years ago today, Rande and I got married at the Ocean Club in the Bahamas. It was a picture perfect wedding all captured by @arthurelgort.

Jason Sudeikis and the cast of “Ted Lasso” are backing writers.

As the Writers Guild of America strike continues with no end in sight, rumours are swirling that the Directors Guild of America and SAG-ACTRA will be following suit when those unions’ contracts come up within the next few weeks.

Striking film and television writers got a signal boost on Thursday from U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (d-NY), who spoke at a rally outside the East Coast offices of Paramount Global in the busy heart of Manhattan’s Times Square. 

As the WGA strike entered its fourth week, Tony Kushner swore, Steve Earle sang, Wanda Sykes led union chants and Busy Philipps told CEO jokes for more than 1,000 demonstrators and hundreds of onlookers who filled the street in front of NBCUniversal headquarters Tuesday in Midtown Manhattan. 

Coronation Street's Elle Mulvaney stunned fans as she donned a dress with a plunging neckline for a night out with pals.The actress, 20, looked worlds away from her character Amy Barlow as she beamed for the camera before hitting the town. As she enjoyed a night out with friends, Elle oozed glamour as she teamed the neon dress with white open-toe heels and a matching bag. Taking to her Instagram account, the actress shared a selection of snaps from the night out, which showed the star beaming alongside pals as well as posing solo.

Striking writers in New York made a bid on Monday to disrupt work on American Horror Story by picketing outside a production facility in Queens where the popular FX series known for its macabre plot lines and star-studded casts is filming season 12.

The last time WGA picket lines formed in 2007, writers didn’t have an efficient way to communicate with fellow strikers about group meet-ups, illegal productions, and all those clever placards. The only place they could turn to for regular information was this very space, in which the late Nikki Finke would post regular missives about strike action, the broken-off negotiations and the financial impact of the 100-day work stoppage.

Foo Fighters have officially revealed their new drummer, who will take over from the late Taylor Hawkins. Josh Freese has joined Dave Grohl and the rest of the band ahead of the release of new album But Here We Are and an upcoming summer of live shows and festival appearances.

There was come old-school writer cred on the picket line outside the Fox lot in Century City today. David E. Kelley, he of the 11 Emmys and 30 nominations, is a veteran of multiple WGA strikes going back to 1988. Introducing himself as “David E. Kelley, old writer,” the Love & Death creator — whose many credits also include Big Little Lies, Big Sky, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Undoing, The Practice, Ally McBeal, and Picket Fences — told Deadline why he’s striking this time.

Picketers gathered outside Warner Bros. in Burbank today found themselves buoyed by a unique presence: Flavor Flav. The hip-hop icon-turned-reality star showed up to cheers from the assembled WGA supporters.

With just the CW left tomorrow, the near-talent-free upfronts are winding down, and shows are still being shuttered in New York City, while on the picket lines in LA there was Mariachism, tacos, tunes and some Mandalorians to galvanize the troops.

It was a tale of two coasts today, as WGA picketers and their allies targeted Disney’s upfront presentation in New York and also the company’s Burbank lot in Los Angeles. And the two scenes were very different.

"Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings was criticized after he crossed the Writers Guild of America picket line to continue filming the game show. "Big Bang Theory" star Wil Wheaton called out Jennings in a Facebook post. "This is a VERY small town, Ken Jennings, and we will all remember this," he wrote.

Refresh for updates Amid all the noise here at the Cannes Film Festivals about festival sexual predators, Johnny Depp’s return in Jeanne du Barry tonight and the admitted assaulting history of that movie’s director Maiwen; the WGA Strike is not forgotten.

The NBCUniversal Upfront presentation was the center of Day 14 of the writers strike on the east coast.

After yesterday’s Imagine Dragons party outside Netflix, it was Paramount’s turn to pop.