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Is the Writers’ Strike Really About AI?

AlexGherzo | May 2, 2023 | 0

The big news today is that the Writers’ Guild of America is officially on strike. Their list of demands of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP, includes various forms of “more money,” but that’s not all they want. Other proposals include mandating more writers f...

Hollywood Writers Go on Strike

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | May 2, 2023 | 0

The Writers Guild of America, the WGA, has gone on strike, demanding higher pay in the new streaming-oriented landscape of Hollywood. What does this mean for the average audience member? Very little. At a time when production companies’ stocks are plummeting, budgets are higher, and profits are lo...

Matthew Lawrence Talks About Marvel’s Casting Couch

AlexGherzo | May 1, 2023 | 0

It appears Marvel has a casting couch. On a recent episode of the podcast Brotherly Love, hosted by the Lawrence Brothers (people who didn’t grow up in the 90s are excused from knowing who they are), actor Matthew Lawrence tells a story about a harrowing Hollywood experience when he was auditionin...

Disney Settles with Victoria Alonso

AlexGherzo | Apr 21, 2023 | 0

Victoria Alonso just scored a nice severance package. Deadline exclusively reports that Disney has settled the pending lawsuit with the Marvel producer, whom they fired a month ago. The details of the settlement are being kept confidential, but Deadline has heard that Alonso is getting “a multimil...

Charges Against Alec Baldwin to be Dropped

AlexGherzo | Apr 20, 2023 | 4

Three months ago, charges of involuntary manslaughter were filed against Alec Baldwin. According to various news sources today, his lawyer says those charges are being dropped. Baldwin was being charged in New Mexico over the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, a cinematographer on the Western movie ...

More Alleged Victims Cooperate in Case Against Jonathan Majors

AlexGherzo | Apr 19, 2023 | 0

Things are getting worse for Jonathan Majors – much worse. Variety has learned from “sources familiar with the matter” that “multiple alleged abuse victims of Majors have come forward” and are “cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney’s office.” This comes after Majors’ man...