Alec Baldwin Was Offered Lenient Plea Deal, Before Prosecutors Withdrew It variety.com/2024/film/news…

'Rust' Producers Still Owe Money to Halyna Hutchins' Widower and Son, a Year After Settlement variety.com/2024/film/news…

I’m afraid surfing is about to get a lot more dangerous. slate.trib.al/AdETUVL

With Tatiana Siegel : When Superman and Batman Copyrights Expire in a Decade, Will It Be Kryptonite for DC? variety.com/2024/biz/news/… via @variety

Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain: ‘It’s Finally Happening’ variety.com/2023/biz/news/… via @variety

Exclusive: Tense emails from late #LisaMariePresley to director Sofia Coppola reveal Elvis' daughter was deeply concerned about his depiction in Friday's wide release #Priscilla .

In addition to Kenya Barris and Noah Hawley, other showrunners who have been involved in discussions about setting up a meeting with WGA leadership include Tyler Perry, Sam Esmail, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Lena Waithe and Dan Fogelman. variety.com/2023/biz/news/…

Entertainment Workers Pull $44 Million From Retirement Plans Amid Strikes variety.com/2023/biz/news/…

Scoop: 10 notable writer-directors were targeted in a 'do not elect' campaign ahead of this year's DGA election, one that painted them as members of fringe groups. Read here what one source described as an ugly example of 'union-on-union crime.' variety.com/2023/film/news…

AMPTP Would Give Showrunners Latitude to Set Size of TV Writing Staff variety.com/2023/biz/news/… via @variety

As Writers Strike Reaches 100 Days, the WGA Vows to Stay ‘Resolved and United’ variety.com/2023/biz/news/… via @variety

WGA, AMPTP Meet But No New Negotiations Set Yet variety.com/2023/biz/news/…

Meeting over. Lasted about an hour. On the way in, Stutzman said ‘no’ when asked if she could say anything.

Ellen Stutzman and Tony Segall, chief negotiator and general counsel of Writers Guild of America, have arrived at AMPTP headquarters for the 'meeting to talk about meeting' .... variety.com/2023/biz/news/…

Two Hollywood Strikes and No Talks in Sight: ‘The Plan Is for Them to Call Us,’ Says WGA Leader variety.com/2023/biz/news/… via @variety

NEW from me: Jeff Zucker and his proxies have pitched some of the world's richest people on a potential CNN play. Many of the details of his pursuit emerged in a confidential WB Discovery investigation into a top CNN executive — a Zucker loyalist who mysteriously exited the…

Compelling, at times jaw-dropping tick-tock of how the SAG/AMPTP talks collapsed (and why). By the woman who wrote the book on the last strike, Cynthia Littleton. Must-read IMO: variety.com/2023/biz/news/…