LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.
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Matthew Belloni
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- New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.
- BIG news: Warner Bros. is shutting down its Writers/Directors Workshop and Stage 13 unit. Both are major paths for underrepresented voices in television. Big setback for Hollywood's diversity movement.
- Dodger Stadium has run out of Jumbotron hype videos, now just showing Ohtani skin care commercials in Japanese.
- The timing and optics are terrible, but Stephen Colbert’s show costs more than $100M a year to produce and is losing more than $40M a year. CBS execs had been mulling for a long time whether to pull the plug. Details ⬇️⬇️
- ABC source says "no plans" to pull Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. At least not until @BrendanCarrFCC sees this tweet and asks that it be pulled.
- Potentially important: I’m told CNN received a litigation hold letter recently from Chris Cuomo lawyers, demanding, among other things, preservation of all communications between Zucker, comms chief Allison Gollust, and Andrew Cuomo.
- Yep, Cena’s actually naked #OSCAR
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextNo, John Cena did not appear naked at the Oscars. He wore skin-colored "adhesive underpants" that covered his pubic area and buttocks but left his thighs exposed. thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2… - Big news: JON MF STEWART is returning to host The Daily Show on Mondays through the election, with a deal to EP all nights and possibly stay through 2025. A big test of his appeal in a media landscape that’s changed A LOT since 2015, but for me this news is literally this gif:
GIF - Jake Tapper just described Rudy’s PA press conference as “Something out of a Coen brothers film.” So @jaketapper has officially won this election.
- It’s official: Stunt performers are getting their own Oscar, starting with 2028 show. Very hard faught win for stunt community and will add more blockbusters to the telecast…
- Eminem wanted to take a knee during halftime today. The NFL said no way. The backstage clash reveals a larger truth about how the league uses legal threats as image management.
- Wonder why????Programming Note: Jon Stewart will be hosting The Daily Show tonight at 11/10c on Comedy Central. Just don't tell him it's Thursday 🤫
- A simple message, dramatically-communicated, from a face that most people recognize. This is why an actors strike is so dangerous to studios....President of SAG-AFTRA Fran Drescher's speech against the AMPTP was fantastic. A historical day.
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