The Best Picket Signs From the 2023 Writers Strike

warns could be used as “plagiarism machines” to craft scripts without writers. According to a WGA memo, the strike is costing Hollywood’s economy $30 million a day. Jack Kyser, the chief economist of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, estimated that the 2007-2008 strike cost his state $2.5 billion; this time the estimate of potential damages are likely to top at least $3 billion. Midway through the last strike, Kyser told the L.A.

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet have taken a new step in their relationship. The new celebrity couple is getting to know each other more, and it seems like the Hollywood star has even met the famous Kardashian-Jenner family.

For most of us umbrellas are acquired through panic shopping at corner stores after being caught in a flash thunder storm as we walk home, resigning to paying the overpriced price tag or risk getting soggy. 

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.

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A Manchester venue has just been named one of the best vegan restaurants in the world for 2023.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Revered Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio is returning to Cannes with “Kidnapped,” a drama that reconstructs the true tale of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who was kidnapped and forcibly raised as a Christian in 19th century Italy. It’s a story that Steven Spielberg had his eye on, having announced in 2016 that he would make a drama about Mortara for which he began scouting locations in Italy. Last year, Bellocchio was in Cannes with another kidnapping drama, the limited TV series “Exterior Night,” about the abduction and assassination of former Italian premier Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists. The veteran auteur’s first foray in TV has had the rare distinction of playing well in Italian cinemas — in two installments — before airing on RAI and selling globally. Earlier this month it also scored a slew of statuettes, including best director, at Italy’s David Awards, the country’s top film prizes.

Kate Bosworth confirmed her engagement to actor Justin Long on Instagram with a series of blurry photos of the two of them cuddling through the years. “Mad Men” star Christina Hendricks announced her engagement to cinematographer George Bianchini with a low-key snap and the caption: “We proposed to each other and we said yes!!!” Allison Williams let her partner Alexander Dreymon quietly drop the news of their upcoming nuptials — the “M3gan” star hasn’t posted on social media in about two years.None of these women posted ring pics.

Play it again! Luke Bryan, Carly Pearce and Kane Brown were just a few of the musicians to take the stage at the 2023 iHeartCountry music festival.  

British Academy Television Awards on Sunday afternoon, as they prepared to find out who had won Britain's most-coveted TV awards in a glittering ceremony hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. From Hollywood royalty like Kate Winslet to Strictly stars Claudia Winkleman and Motsi Mabuse, the red carpet provided many standout fashion moments, with nominees and presenters alike pulling out all the stops for the biggest night in television. The event marks the second year in a row that Kate has been nominated for the best actress award at the TV BAFTAs, and she'll be competing against the likes of Billie Piper, Sarah Lancashire and Imelda Staunton, who all turned heads as they made their arrival outside London's Southbank Centre.

The Hollywood Reporter, which means the show might not be televised on CBS/Paramount+ as planned, or even happen at all. “The Tony Awards is the biggest commercial for the industry at large, and for a show like mine, which is unbranded and just at the stage where we are finally starting to see some lifeblood, it would be devastating to not be able to be part of this,” Mike Bosner, the lead producer of “Shucked,” one of the five shows nominated for Best New Musical, told The New York Times on Friday.TheWrap has reached out to the Tony Awards PR company, as well as WGA, CBS and Paramount+ for comment.The Tony Awards are scheduled on June 11, but the televised ceremony is imperiled by the W.G.A.

Beetlejuice 2 will be released on September 6, 2024, Warner Bros. has confirmed.The upcoming sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 original will see Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder reprise their roles as Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz, respectively.Jenna Ortega — best known for her role in Netflix‘s hit series Wednesday — will also star, playing the daughter of Ryder’s character.The Leftovers star Justin Theroux will also appear in the film in an undisclosed role.The upcoming sequel, which has been in discussion for a decade, will begin filming in London on May 10.Brad Pitt’s Plan B is producing the project, with the screenplay coming from Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who worked with Tim Burton on Wednesday.Little else is currently known about the follow-up to Burton’s 1988 film about a troublesome poltergeist.

The royal family were spotted having several conversations during King Charles III’s coronation on 6 May, and keen royal watchers were eager to find out exactly what was said. Some royal fans have turned to the help of self-proclaimed lip readers, who have offered their interpretations of what might have been said. Prince Harry, whose ghostwriter recently opened up about the process of writing Spare, returned to the UK for his dad’s coronation, and lip readers claimed that he was greeting various family and friends as he entered the Abbey.

William Earl On May 2, the Writers Guild of America called for a strike after negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers fell through. The first week was robust with picketing in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta, with the striking shutting down productions. As the strike enters a second week, Variety is still reporting from the picket lines. *Mother and Kid Day at the Netflix picket drew a huge crowd, seemingly showing that Week 2 crowds would be as robust as Week 1. *Variety spoke with Michele Mulroney, vice president of the WGA West who brought her son Mateo to Mother and Kid Day, about what AMPTP needs to do to resume talks.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to officially have their new royal family titles bestowed upon them during the coronation ceremony.Joining the monarchs for the occasion are the senior members of the royal family, including Prince William and his son, Prince George — who each have special roles in the program. Ahead of the big day, over 2,200 invitations were sent to members of government in the U.K.

ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike in Hollywood have called out Wednesday star Jenna Ortega for her comments on rewriting the hit Netflix show’s script.In March, Ortega – who starred as Wednesday Addams in Tim Burton’s Netflix series – shared that she had gotten involved with the script’s writing while on set for the show, at times even butting heads with the script supervisor because she felt “very, very protective” of her character.“There was times on that set where I even became almost unprofessional, in a sense, where I just started changing lines.

Jenna Ortega has found herself dragged into the writers strike in Hollywood.

Lil Nas X has posted a slew of selfies with fellow fashion-forward celebrities on social media after attending this year’s Met Gala. Check them out below.On Monday (May 1), the Georgia singer and rapper attended the annual fashion event in a futuristic silver outfit inspired by Choupette – the cat of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfield, with Jared Leto and Doja Cat also arriving in costumes inspired by the icon’s feline companion.

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Stewart is the latest star to cancel promotional duties as part of the writers strike.