Writers Guild Cancels NYC Pickets Today As Heatwave Bakes East Coast

The hand-drawn picket signs were, like several of the people carrying them, wrapped in waterproof plastic at a rain-soaked march in New York City on Tuesday afternoon. But a passer-by could still see the images: Bender, the cranky robot from Futurama; BoJack, the half-equine hero of BoJack Horseman; Courage, the pink-hued canine star of Courage the Cowardly Dog; and several more beloved cartoon and animation characters going back the original, Mickey Mouse. 

Tyler Childers is bringing country to the City.The popular singer has 15 shows remaining on his ‘Send in the Hounds Tour’ including two huge gigs at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 2-3.He’ll be bringing along special guest Elle King for both evenings.And if you need tickets for both boot-stompin’ good times, it’s not too late.At the time of publication, our team found seats going for as low as $162 before fees on Vivid Seats.Can’t make those back-to-back nights?Childers, 32, is also slated to headline at Bethel, NY’s Catbird Music Festival at the Bethel Woods Center For The Arts on Aug.

Brett Goldstein is crossing the pond.The comedian, “Ted Lasso” star and two-time Emmy winner just added eight additional shows to his North American ‘Second Best Night Of Your Life Tour.’He’s now set to play New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Friday, Nov. 10, Saturday, Nov.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined striking writers and actors on a picket line outside the neighboring Manhattan offices of Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery on Monday morning, and caused as much of a stir as any celebrity spotted at Writers Guild of America or SAG-AFTRA demonstrations in New York City since early May.

who died Friday at age 96.The park’s iconic carriage drivers left a touching note on the perch, slightly tweaking the lyrics to his 1953 song “Please Driver (Once Around the Park Again),” to read: “Please, Tony, once around the park again…We can’t believe you’re gone…”“RIP, Central Park icon, Tony Bennett,” they wrote.Tourists were seen taking pictures of the multiple bouquets and note on the bench, which is located on Center Drive near Central Park South and Sixth Avenue.The jazz singer often visited the park and was seen in the later years of his life being pushed around the beautiful greenery in a wheelchair. The Astoria native lived on Central Park South for 25 years.He also would sit in the park and paint his favorite spot in watercolor. “I have many spots I like around the park,” he told the New York Times in 2015.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Daniel Radcliffe has joined more than 160,000 people at the picket line during the SAG-AFTRA strike.The former-child star, who rose to fame playing Harry Potter in the franchise, brought along his newborn son alongside his American actress girlfriend Erin Darke.The 33-year-old was seen cradling his son, who was born in April this year, in a support sling across his chest while he marched alongside other actors and writers in the industry. He becomes the latest major star to join the picket line in support at the first industry-wide strike against film and TV studios since 1980.

EXCLUSIVE: There is no deal in sight for the writers and actors with the studios and streamers, but one of Hollywood’s consummate dealmakers was on the picket line today in New York City

It’s Day 5 of the SAG-AFTRA strike and Day 79 of the WGA strike. 

Passengers have been warned ahead of train strikes later this month.

 show lifestyle contributor Jill Martin shared a health diagnosis on Monday. «I have been diagnosed with breast cancer,» the 47-year-old morning show contributor told hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie through tears. «And it feels like someone else is telling this story.»Martin said that her diagnosis «happened really fast,» just one week after she tested positive for the BRCA gene.

Todd Gilchrist editor Named after a word that sounds similar in Korean to both “spring” and “tiger,” Pom Klementieff has appropriately showcased ebullience and viciousness throughout her career — and especially in the past few months. In May, she reprised her role as Mantis in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” empathetically shepherding her fellow outcasts through an adventure to save Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) from unapologetic MCU villain the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji). She also appears in “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” as Paris, a ruthless assassin who will stop at nothing to kill Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and anyone else who gets in her way. Ahead of “Dead Reckoning Part One,” Klementieff spoke to Variety about her character in the film, whose backstory she worked closely with Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie to develop. In addition to talking about how she “manifested” the opportunity to be a part of the franchise, she revealed the panorama of influences — from Jean-Paul Belmondo to animal videos on YouTube — she enlisted to ensure that audiences never forget Paris.

Selome Hailu After a spring spent breaking audiences’ hearts and viewership records for HBO, “The Last of Us” co-creator and showrunner Craig Mazin is having a complicated summer. On one hand, Mazin’s show just earned 24 Emmy nominations — more than any other show this year besides HBO peer “Succession.” Highlights include lead acting nods for Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey; a whopping seven guest acting nods including deaf 10-year-old actor Kevionn Montreal Woodard; and another in the outstanding drama series category. But on the other, Mazin is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike for 72 days against the studios, networks and streamers that make up the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Shawn Johnson just revealed some happy news – she’s pregnant!

Shawn Johnson and her husband, Andrew East, are preparing to add another baby to their family.

In a joint statement today, unions IATSE, Teamsters, the DGA, and the WGA East and West extended “unwavering support and solidarity” with SAG-AFTRA in the ongoing contract negotiations with producers.

Just like their U.S. counterparts, British writers fear an A.I. future.

K.J. Yossman The U.K. Writers Guild has published its policy on artificial intelligence, setting out the challenges and potential benefits of the technology for writers. On the back of a recent survey organized by the Guild, which found 65% of respondents believed AI would reduce their writing income, the org. has published “Writers and AI: A policy position statement.” Among the concerns the policy document sets out are worries about fewer job opportunities, pay, copyright infringement and lack of regulation. The Guild suggests that although AI is not yet “sophisticated” enough to mimic professional writers, “this is a likely future scenario.”

Daniel Ricciardo is back on the grid and in the car!

Saying that the production and presentation of Canadian programming “is in a state of collapse,” the Writers Guild of Canada revealed today that during the past five years, the aggregate earnings of its Canadian citizen members have declined by nearly 22% when adjusted for inflation.