I run Irony Point w/ Alex Bach šŗ: Life & Beth, That Damn Michael Che, I Think You Should Leave, Inside Amy Schumer, Astronomy Club. š„: Scare Me, Becks
What exactly does @roywoodjr have to do to get this job? Showing unflinching loyalty to the show and being one of the funniest people alive isnāt enough?
Comedy Central is going back to square one in its efforts to find a new host for #TheDailyShow after Hasan Minhaj's recent controversy.
Minhaj was previously a leading candidate. He remains in the mix of people being considered to replace Trevor Noah. variety.com/2023/tv/news/daiā¦
UPS WORKERS WON
- 48% INCREASE IN WAGES FOR PART-TIME WORKERS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS
- A/C AND FANS IN DELIVERY VANS
- END TO FORCED OVERTIME ON DAYS OFF
- CREATION OF 7,500 FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND THE FILLING OF 22,500 OPEN POSITIONS
- IMMEDIATE PAY INCREASES
UNIONS WORK
What I find most interesting about the āBarbenheimerā phenomenon is that the media initially framed the release date as a competition, but the fan community turned it into a friendly joint marketing movement that benefited both films.
Lena Hall says all of the series regulars for āSNOWPIERCERā Season 4 had to do a āfull body scan and full range of emotion captureā without telling them why.
āNOW I know why and it's really disturbing because I didn't consent.ā
(Source: @LenaRockerHall)
From 2011-2015, Viacom (now Paramount Global) spent 15 billion dollars on stock buybacks that are now worth less than 4 billion. The 11 billion they flushed down the toilet could have paid for the WGAās current contractual requests for *37 YEARS*
For context: 200 million is roughly the annual deficit between what the WGA asked for and what the studios offered (and that amount would have been divided between all 8 studios, whereas this loss is borne entirely by Warner.)
The AMPTP couldnāt have handled this worse. Their arrogance with the WGA only emboldened SAG. If theyād accepted the WGAās terms theyād probably have deals with all 3 unions today. Instead, they are going to feel financial pain that far outweighs what they were asked to concede.
This is not a tease for a new Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
It is simply a reminder that film and television are a collaborative medium, made by the creative work of a LOT of people, not just the vision of one singular person, or a handful of people inputting prompts to AI.
If you are curious about a way Hollywood hits that make WAY more than they cost still somehow āloseā money, thus denying profit participation to the creators, hereās one: (š§µā¦)
If the studio created the LLC, it often has the contractual power to renegotiate the terms of the loan indefinitely. So if there is ever a danger of the film actually paying off the loan, they just increase the interest rateā¦
Therefore on a highly successful film the studio makes a ton of money on the interest from loaning money to its own subsidiary, but on paper the film is in perpetual debt and is never technically āprofitableā in a way that benefits profit participants, even decades later.