Tag: Hollywood
Hollywood Writers Go on Strike
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...
Read MoreMatthew Lawrence Talks About Marvel’s Casting Couch
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...
Read MoreDisney Settles with Victoria Alonso
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...
Read MoreCharges Against Alec Baldwin to be Dropped
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 ...
Read MoreMore Alleged Victims Cooperate in Case Against Jonathan Majors
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...
Read MoreDisney Fires Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter
The heads continue to roll at Disney, with the most recent being one nobody expected, but everybody probably should have. Ike Perlmutter, the chairman of Marvel Entertainment, has been laid off by Disney. Marvel Entertainment is a separate division from Marvel Studios and is in charge of merchandisi...
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