Last Friday, members of the negotiating committees of the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents met for the first time since talks between the two sides had broken off on April 12. After the ATA presented its new franchise agreement proposals, WGA West Executive Director David Young told the…

Ah, the dangers of pre-taping topical television. Stephen Colbert experienced that tonight, as his obviously pre-recorded monologue focused on Kellyanne Conway and her alleged violations of the Hatch Act was a beat behind the actual news. Colbert started off strong. When he said Conway’s name, resounding boos filled…

Linda Giannecchini, who worked for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for five decades, died at home on June 11th in San Francisco, CA of natural causes. She was 70 years old. Giannecchini held nearly every elective office in NATAS, serving as a chapter president, governor, vice chair and secretary of…

Employees at KCRW, the public radio station in Santa Monica, have voted to recognize SAG-AFTRA as their union. The new bargaining unit will cover more than 90 public media professionals, including DJs, hosts, producers, reporters, production engineers, board operators and others who create content for all areas of…

In one corner, we have President Donald Trump, coming into the ring at 6’3 inches. On the opposing side of the squared circle we have ABC news anchor George Stephanopoulos, who measures 5’5 inches in height. Obviously, there’s a bit of a vertical difference. The President subtly pointing that out during his interview…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is making his first extensive comments about reports of a possible U.S. antitrust probe into the tech giant, saying he is not surprised. “We have gone through similar situations in Europe, so it’s not a surprise to us,” Pichai said in an exclusive interview with CNN Business. “For some of the…

Did you ever hear the phrase, "You’ve gone to the well one too many times"? That definitely applies to this hapless and misguided attempt on Sony and Amblin’s part to revive the Men in Black franchise without director Barry Sonnenfeld or stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, whose onscreen chemistry was so crucial to…

The third set of merger talks between CBS and Viacom is expected to ramp up as June winds on, and CBS board members are said to have met Friday to begin exploring some of the issues involved in reuniting the companies. The two companies certainly are familiar with each other, having been under the same corporate roof…

BREAKING: The former Paramount Marketing President is expected to take the top post at UA and be named next week. He has a former history in marketing the Bond movies, so he’s a huge plus at UA. Rich was already consulting for UA we hear. Rich left his Marketing President position at Paramount in 2008. Earlier today Da…

Fans of K-drama in Singapore will soon have a new lineup from Netflix's ensemble of Hallyu's best content this summer and fall seasons. "There's just so much love for Korean content in this region, especially in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Netflix started adding Korean titles three years ago, and we've seen…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Cristina Rodlo, who can be seen as a series regular opposite Miles Teller and John Hawkes in Too Old To Die Young, the Amazon cop series created by Nicolas Winding Refn and Ed Brubaker. The show had its debut at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and is currently available to stream. The Mexican…

MILD SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of the third and final season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, which launched on Netflix today.  "I have to tell you, I feel incredibly proud of what was done," states Marvel's Jessica Jones executive producer Melissa Rosenberg firmly of the third and final season that…