Judge Limits Biden Administration Contact With Social Media Companies

With all the strike talk about low pay, WGA and SAG-AFTRA members are starting to play a little show me yours and I’ll show you mine when it comes to their (paltry) residual checks.

releasing a FAQ on its strike website ahead of San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. The new rules are uncharted territory for Hollywood labor, as this is SAG-AFTRA’s first strike on the TV/Theatrical contract since 1980.

If you’re a social media influencer and want to take work promoting a film or TV series for a studio, but you’re not a SAG-AFTRA member — you may want to think twice.

Carly Pearce joked about her first on stage fall with a fun video edit shared to social media. Pearce, 33, shared a video of the fall and edited it to repeat the fall portion over and over to the opening beat of Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl." "First fall on stage, better make it count," she captioned the video on Instagram. The country music star also shared the video on TikTok.

This is the season of political town halls, but there’s one on Monday evening that is garnering some attention in the media pundit class: An event featuring Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman designed to promote the group No Labels.

Moody’s Investors Service, which rates corporate creditworthiness, said it expects agreements with three Hollywood guilds will collectively cost big media companies it follows $450 million to $600 million more per year. That includes the recently ratified DGA deal and eventual settlements with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA. Moody’s covers most of the entertainment industry, although some smaller, independent players aren’t captured in the number.

Coronation Street were left 'sobbing' just a few minutes into Friday night's episode thanks to a devastating reminder shared on the soap's social media.

UPDATE, with video Geraldo Rivera said on ABC’s The View today that his recent firing from Fox News’ The Five came amidst his “toxic relationship” with one of the show’s co-hosts.

BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has slammed social media as a “massive fountain of sewage” after he was wrongly accused of being the star who allegedly paid a teenager for sex pictures.

Cara Delevingne is opening up after an awkward moment.

A post shared by Matthew McConaughey (@officiallymcconaughey)“Good for you guys. More parents should have this rule,” one person wrote and another called them “parent goals.” A third commented, “Love this! Made me so emotional.

Ethan Shanfeld After Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign shared a bizarre and wildly homophobic video that includes footage of Cillian Murphy’s character in “Peaky Blinders,” the team behind the British crime drama has denounced the video, adding that the footage of the show was “obtained without permission or official license.”pic.twitter.com/o33HL2zMes The video, shared by DeSantis’ campaign on Twitter, slams Donald Trump, a rival Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election, and his efforts to support the LGBTQ community during his presidency. The DeSantis video uses clips of Trump vowing to “protect our LGBTQ citizens,” standing up for Caitlyn Jenner’s right to choose her own bathroom and allowing transgender women to compete in his Miss Universe pageants. The edit, which was first shared by @ProudElephantUS and then reposted to DeSantis’ “Rapid Response” campaign account @DeSantisWarRoom, then pivots to a clip of outwardly queer rapper Tyler, the Creator yelling “Psych!” before boasting DeSantis’ various legislative attacks against the LGBTQ community.

Former Emmerdale star Charley Webb has revealed the contact she had with Meg Johnson as she paid tribute to her following her death. It was announced on Sunday that the actress, who had played Pearl Ladderbanks in Emmerdale since 2003, died "peacefully" on Saturday aged 86 following a battle with dementia.

The couple is currently vacationing in Europe, and have spent some quality time in Italy, after being invited to a friend's wedding in Sicily. 

Amy Duggar hasn’t been afraid to share her thoughts about aunt Michelle and uncle Jim Bob Duggar — and now she’s opening up about her relationship with cousin Jana Duggar.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor How do you make money in the emerging creator economy? Who better to answer this question than street-level entrepreneurs who were on duty working the show floor and environs on June 22 at Vidcon, fan convention for creators and influencers held annually in Anaheim, Calif. If you’re going to hawk a product or service all day at a convention, you’d better master the 60-second pitch. The seven street-level entrepreneurs who spoke to Variety‘s for this week’s “Strictly Business” podcast offered insights into where the opportunity is and where the market is heading for creators and influencers who aim to ply their trade largely virtually via social, streaming and e-commerce platforms. The companies represented are involved in distribution, technology and visual effects, e-commerce, marketing and promotion and matchmaking between brands and influencers.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The nation’s biggest media chiefs have for months asked investors to be patient. Wait until the back half of 2023, they’ve said, when ad money will start to flow once again. Now companies like Paramount Global, Comcast, Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery need to play a waiting game of their own. Ad budgets are expected to be down in the industry’s “upfront” market, when U.S. media companies try to sew up deals for the bulk of their advertising inventory ahead of the fall launch of their next programming cycle. Big marketers are not only uncertain about what new content will be available come autumn – a writers’ strike has squelched production of everything from late-night programs to scripted comedies and dramas – but what they should expect from the economy over the next few months.

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Director General Tim Davie was in contact with a senior government official on the day he suspended Gary Lineker, raising questions about whether he was pressured to punish the presenter for breaking impartiality rules.

Lindsie Chrisley opened up about her current relationship with her siblings – and why she no longer follows all of them on social media.  

A move to impeach Joe Biden over his immigration policies was pushed off to two congressional committees, as House Republicans avoided splitting their own caucus over the question of removing the president from office.