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Dave Chappelle Not “Cause” But “Symptom” Of Transphobia, Says Netflix Staffer Who First Criticized Streamer Over ‘The Closer’
Reed Hastings might not have wanted to talk Monday about Dave Chappelle and the controversy around remarks centered on the trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his Netflix special The Closer, but the Netflix staffer who called out the streamer on the "attacks" in the October 5-launched show certainly does – in-depth and at…
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Netflix Trans Employee Walkout: Organizers To Give “List Of Firm Asks” To Ted Sarandos; Talent Backs With PSA
Organizers of a planned walkout this week at Netflix of the streamers’ trans employees said Monday that they will present a list of “firm asks” to company co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos and are working on a public service announcement supporting their cause that includes participation from Queer Eye‘s…
Netflix’s Reed Hastings Refuses To Address Dave Chappelle Controversy, Trans Staff Walkout Or Even Earnings On Philanthropy Panel
"All philanthropy today," Netflix’s Reed Hastings said Monday at the Milken Conference after moderator and CNBC correspondent Julia Boorstin lamented that she wasn't able to ask the co-CEO about the Dave Chappelle backlash, earnings or anything else related to the streamer.
Staying strictly on message, Hastings today…
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Details Of New IATSE Contract That Averted Strike: “Strongest Contract We Have Achieved In Our History,” Says Union – Updated
(Updated with more IATSE statements & details) IATSE appears to have gotten much of what it was asking for in a deal with the AMPTP that averted a nationwide strike, including more rest between workdays, a significant investment in the health and pension plans, improved wages and working conditions on streaming…
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Hollywood Strike Averted As IATSE & AMPTP Reach Deal On New Film & TV Contract
EXCLUSIVE: With Hollywood on edge and picket signs at the ready, IATSE and the AMPTP have reached an agreement on a new film and TV contract, averting a threatened nationwide strike.
The new three-year contract, which must now be ratified by the union’s members, comes just hours before the deadline – midnight PT…
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IATSE Says “Making Progress” As Talks With AMPTP End For The Day; Union & Producers Set To Resume Bargaining Tmrw As Strike Deadline Looms
Just over 48 hours before the deadline for a strike that will shut most of Hollywood down, IATSE struck both optimistic and unsentimental tones this evening as talks with the AMPTP have wrapped for the day.
"So, to repeat, we're still at it," Local 800 national executive director Chuck Parker told members Friday night…
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Jamie Lee Curtis & Ryan Murphy Teaming On Netflix Limited Series About LA Dodger Glenn Burke Who Gave First High Five
EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Lee Curtis revealed to us on today’s Hero Nation that while she’s not expecting a third season of Scream Queens, she is reteaming with that series co-creator Ryan Murphy on a new Netflix limited series tentatively titled Outfielder. (According to sources close to the matter, there are no deals for the…
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Hero Nation: ‘Halloween Kills’ Star Jamie Lee Curtis On Sequel’s Statement About Mob Violence; Update On ‘Scream Queens’
“By the end of this trilogy, in 20 years, you’re going to look back at these movies as the greatest history lesson of our times, and yet they’re slasher movies,” Halloween Kills star and actress in six pics in the franchise Jamie Lee Curtis tells us on Hero Nation today.
The movie has already beat the preview…
Dave Chappelle ‘Closer’ Controversy Blast Radius Grows As Netflix Pink Slips Dismayed Staffer Over Leak
Now things are really getting messy.
Netflix has today fired a long time employee who leaked confidential financial information in response to the streamer’s launch of Dave Chappelle’s controversial The Closer special on October 5.
“We have let go of an employee for sharing confidential, commercially sensitive…
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America Ferrera, Tanya Saracho & Gloria Calderón Kellett Team Up For DEAR Hollywood; “Real Action” Based Latine Representation Project Aims To Partner With Studios
EXCLUSIVE: Three of the most dynamic creators in Tinseltown have brought together two of the most preeminent advocacy organizations to further advance Latine representation and equity in the industry.
America Ferrera, Tanya Saracho, and Gloria Calderón Kellett have partnered HARNESS and the Untitled Latinx Project…
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The Show You Have To Watch This Week: ‘Succession’ Season 3, ‘Home Sweet Home,’ ‘Dopesick’ & ‘What Happened, Brittany Murphy?’ Reviewed
For the first time in its 128-year history, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees could go on strike this weekend and shut most of Hollywood down, unless the studios, networks and streamers agree to a new contract for below the line workers.
In that context of conflict, which show is the one you…
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IATSE Tells Members “Assume There Will Be A Strike”; Union Prepares Latest Contact Proposal For AMPTP As Monday Deadline Looms
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood is on the precipice tonight as talks between IATSE and the AMPTP continue in the hope of averting a strike early next week that could bring most of the industry to a standstill. "Assume there will be a strike and hope there isn't," Local 800 members were told this afternoon in the first of two…
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