Yeah, I was wondering about that too. She’s apparently been hiding out in Saudi Arabia or something. Just surviving weird Hollywood is an accomplishment for her.

The driving-yourself thing is pretty non-standard at least in NYC union shoots. At least in NYC) “above the line talent” usually get schlepped to locations by Teamsters and not necessarily in a limo. It’s not done to pamper anybody so much as it’s done to make sure production knows the A-listers are on their way. Even…

The biggest offense is how the new Gervais special was just meh. But if you’re still getting offended by Gervais, that’s on you. It’s like complaining about hot sauce being hot.

Ride defensively. Assume every parked car is a possible door opening up in your path. That’s how motor vehicles should operate.

“...literally full of more bucks.” Really? We’re still doing that with “literally”?

I don’t believe for one second that Neil Patrick Harris “...never even heard of Doctor Who.”

It’s always a disservice to look here for any insight into actual newsworthy events. It’s a parade of failed sitcom writers demonstrating how they go that way.

I’m fine with Rife’s material. I just thought it was kind of mediocre. It’s the article’s pearl clutching I found lame.

This is not about Rife’s banal, edge-lord jokes. It is about manufacturing outrage over whatever is handy and trending so you can sell advertising. You are not doing this to aid people “on the spectrum” or victims of domestic violence. You are doing this to advance numbers on a board that are tied to the performance…

Seems like you might explain who (or what) “Miranda Sings” is.

This sounds anything but “definitive”.

It’s exhausting reading media accounts of the strike that are thinly disguised pro-union stuff...and then you read snide junk like this that’s even worse.

Jessica Simpson is a phenomenon I never actually experienced until today. I was quite (genuinely) impressed with her hootchie-kootchie dancing. We shall never see the likes of that again and the world will be a poorer place.

Last week’s Halloween episode brought back the strangling bit. I’m not going to spoil it, but with the show’s lead time, it’s unlikely meant as a commentary on this recent “controversy”.

Contracts can take forever to negotiate, hence the “deal memo” where all the major points are spelled out and the language is all fine-tuned later. It’s a “gentleman’s agreement” and it’s kind of dickish to thwart it.

Yes, it was “completely free before”. Now it costs money. Yes, when I am on drugs, I lack the patience to sit through commercials. When I am on not on drugs, I lack the patience to sit through commercials.I find the fee acceptable in both scenarios.

It means she signed a deal to do the film with the details to be worked out later. It’s pretty common with the expectation that you’ll sign the final agreement eventually. A lot of times productions start without a full budget or a firm distribution deal locked down. A participate might get $X if the film goes to…

The “supposed benefits” are in cash. Cases like this are precursors to the lawyers huddling together and doing the math about going forward with a civil trial or just buying the silence of the victim. It’s ugly out there.

It’s probably 50/50 real Lennon and AI replica. They had an AI model of his voice that was created from previous recordings. What is “real” or “simulated” is a philosophical debate. And judging by some of the comments from McCartney, George Harrison is nowhere on “Now and Then”...the Harrison-like slide guitar is 100%…

When  hit “publish” I go re-directedto a page hawking the book mentioned here.