EXCLUSIVE: Viewers can’t seem to get enough of The Drew Barrymore Show.
16.05.2023 - 19:07 / variety.com
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America argued Tuesday that the strike will end up costing studios more if it goes on for “weeks and months” than it would cost to agree to writers’ demands. In an email to members, the WGA negotiating committee said that its proposals would cost an estimated $429 million per year. The guild argued that is “modest” compared to the billions spent on content every year, and the billions in revenues earned each year by the major entertainment companies. “These companies have made billions in profit off writers’ work, and they tell their investors every quarter about the importance of scripted content,” the committee stated. “Yet they are risking significant continued disruption in the coming weeks and months that would far outweigh the costs of settling.”
The WGA also broke down the cost of its proposals by studio. According to the guild’s estimates, the WGA proposals would cost Disney $75 million per year; Netflix, $68 million; Warner Bros. Discovery, $47 million; Paramount Global, $45 million; NBCUniversal, $34 million; Amazon, $32 million; Sony, $25 million; and Apple, $17 million. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf of the studios, has previously raised doubts about the WGA estimates. The WGA is seeking increased streaming residuals and substantial hikes in minimum pay scales, among other monetary items. But it is also seeking significant provisions regarding the way TV is made, arguing that studios should employ a minimum number of writers over a minimum period of time, and that writers should be hired throughout the production and editing process.
EXCLUSIVE: Viewers can’t seem to get enough of The Drew Barrymore Show.
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A classic motorcycle run from Dumfries to Kippford organised by a man from the seaside village has raised more than £4,000 for charity.
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Keanu Reeves reunited with his band Dogstar for their first performance in more than 20 years over the weekend. The indie-rock trio performed at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, marking its first live set in 23 years. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Reeves and his bandmates Robert Mailhouse and Bret Domrose played a mix of songs from their earlier albums, 1996's Our Little Visionary and 2000's Happy Ending, as well as new songs from their forthcoming record.
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Keanu Reeves reunited with his rock band Dogstar at the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley festival. The star of The Matrix played bass with the group for the first time in public in more than 20 years.
As Laurie Williams and Robyn Love gaze at their newborn, their pride is evident.The couple have achieved more than many in their life so far, but this feels like their biggest accomplishment yet.They fell in love while representing Great Britain at wheelchair basketball. 31 year old Laurie is a wheelchair user after an undiagnosed viral infection at 18 months old caused partial paralysis of her motor nerves. Robyn, 32, was born with arthrogryposis, a condition where the muscles are shortened, meaning her right leg is shorter than her left.They’ve had plenty to celebrate since – a fourth place finish at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, a historic silver medal win at the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, and their 2020 engagement in Paris.
EXCLUSIVE: A solidarity assistance fund that the Writers Guild and several of its prominent members established to help non-members during the guild’s ongoing strike has now grown to over $2.2 million and has already helped more than 400 industry members. The needs-based fund is administered by the Entertainment Community Fund, formerly known as the Actors Fund.
When it comes to nailing down Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren’s looks for the hit show "1923," Emmy Award-winning costume designer Janie Bryant has got it covered. During an interview with Fox News Digital, Bryant detailed what it was like creating a historic look for Ford and Mirren’s characters -- married couple Cara and Jacob Dutton. "I'll never forget, I had my first fitting with [Ford] and he was like, ‘Janie, do you have a three-way mirror?’ I said, ‘Of course, Harrison … let me show you.
Police are appealing for the public's help to trace a man who has not been seen in more than two weeks.
EXCLUSIVE: Verve has told the troops it will conduct a strategic series of employee layoffs as the WGA-AMPTP strike continues. The layoffs so far pertain mostly to support staff. Agency leaders and agents will also see reduced salaries and expenses as part of the cost-saving measures that are being taken to ensure Verve maintains its position as an independently owned talent agency.
It looks like it’s bad luck for Aziz Ansari‘s “Good Fortune.” THR reports that the current WGA writers’ strike has forced Lionsgate and Ansari to indefinitely suspend filming on the project. Lionsgate made the decision last night after picketers interrupted filming in LA’s Koreatown two days in a row earlier this week, on May 16 and 17.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney’s culling its content on Disney+ and Hulu is coming as early as next week — with the media company pulling off more than two dozen titles, including series “Willow,” “The Mysterious Benedict Society” and “Dollface,” and movies such as “The One and Only Ivan.” A Disney rep confirmed that 27 titles will be pulled off Disney+ and Hulu. On the company’s earnings call last week, CFO Christine McCarthy said Disney expects to take a write-down in the June quarter of $1.5 billion-$1.8 billion from removing content from its streaming platforms. “We are in the process of reviewing the content on our DTC services to align with the strategic changes in our approach to content curation,” McCarthy told investors. “As a result, we will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms.”
Douglas C. Hart, an assistant camera operator on more than 50 feature films including Kramer vs. Kramer and such Woody Allen movies as Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo and Zelig, died Tuesday while under hospice care at an assisted living facility in New York City. He was 73.
The ongoing Writers Guild strike “could be costing about $30 million a day in lost studio output,” according to WGA East Vice President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, who said in a message sent today to WGA members that that’s “based on prior estimates.” That estimate, the guild says, “came from WGA West Research Department.”
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor UPDATED: Producers of the Tonys will file an appeal of the WGA’s waiver denial. The decision was made Monday during a meeting of the Tonys management committee. A source tells Variety, “Everyone is still trying to see if there is a workable solution.” On Friday, the Writers Guild of America denied a request for a strike waiver from the show’s producers, meaning the Tonys won’t be televised on June 11. Ariana DeBose was set to return as host but it is believed she’ll cancel if the strike is still on. The Tonys were scheduled to take place at the United Palace in New York’s Washington Heights. The ceremony was to start at 8 p.m. ET and air live on CBS, as well as the streaming service Paramount+.
Rep. Katie Porter joined writers on the picket line at the Culver Studios in Los Angeles on Friday in solidarity with the ongoing WGA strike.
A trio of SNL greats joined the WGA picket line Tuesday at Silvercup Studios in Queens.