Sheryl Lee Ralph delivered an impassioned speech that evoked Rihanna during a rally for striking writers and actors Wednesday in Los Angeles. “You know why we’re here. You know what we deserve. And in the words of one of our SAG members, ‘Pay us what you owe us. Don’t act …
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As ticket-holders for The Drew Barrymore Show lined up along the CBS Broadcast Center entrance Tuesday, Writers Guild of America members and Barrymore’s three co-head writers circled the block chanting and cheering in protest. According to the WGA, the daytime talk show is “a WGA covered, struck show that is …
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As The View audience members formed a line along the show’s 66th Street entrance in Manhattan, a dozen Writers Guild of America members marched around ABC Studios holding signs of protest. When Mikey Day, a Saturday Night Live cast member and former writer (as well ashost of the hit Netflix …
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The Drew Barrymore Show resumed filming in the midst of the dual writers’ and actors’ strike, sparking criticism from the show’s writers who picketed outside the studio on Monday. The Writers Guild of America East also confirmed in a statement on Twitter, “The Drew Barrymore Show is a WGA covered, …
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Drew Barrymore confirmed in a statement Sunday that her talk show will resume this month despite the ongoing writers strike that has shut down both daytime and late-night. Back in May, Barrymore stood in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America when she dropped out of the MTV Movie & …
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“I don’t really think of the movie as an assassin movie, said David Fincher. “I think of it more as a revenge movie.” The acclaimed director behind Se7en and Zodiac was discussing his new film The Killer, which is making its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Michael Fassbender stars …
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“Everyone is kind of based in this film,” offered Harmony Korine. “They’re all just… based.” The form-shattering filmmaker and visual artist behind works like Kids and Spring Breakers is at the Venice Film Festival — where his directorial debut Gummo premiered back in 1997 — to unveil Aggro Dr1ft, his …
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Nobody — outside of maybe Henry Selick — can adapt a Roald Dahl story quite like Wes Anderson, whose 2009 stop-motion animated Fantastic Mr. Fox remains a high watermark. Well, the Texas auteur is back at this year’s Venice Film Festival with another take on Dahl, this time taking on …
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In an ordinary TV year, this would be the kind of column that writes itself: a rundown of somewhere between 10 and 20 of the new and returning shows we’re most excited to see this fall. But as you may have heard, this is not an ordinary TV year. The …
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With Hollywood studios currently floating offers on AI protections, the sharing of streaming numbers, and residual raises to Writers Guild of America members, SAG-AFTRA members have reached Day 33 on the picket lines hoping to get the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to the bargaining table. Thus, …
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