Weekly Journal #14

News

#PayUpHollywood Explained: Industry Assistants Are Speaking Out About Their Wages

(LA Times)

The Everything Town in the Middle of Nowhere (The Verge)

Nickelodeon And Netflix Set Multi-Year Output Deal For Films And TV Series

(Deadline)


Film

Here Are 5 Movies Disney Plus Put ‘Cultural’ Warnings On (Forbes)

Can Film Save Indigenous Languages? (The New Yorker)

Watch for These Five Films, Dramatic and Absurd, in the ‘International Oscar’ Category

(LA Times)

Japan Festival to Show 'Comfort Women' Film After Backlash (BBC)

Television

The Best TV Pilots of the Decade, Ranked (IndieWire)

‘Star Trek’ Internship Program Goes Warp For CBS TV Studios, Television Academy

Foundation (Deadline)

‘The Mandalorian’ Could Be the Best TV Western Since ‘Justified’ (The Ringer)

Digital

The One-Trick Tech Pony is Dead (CNN)

The Internet Dream Became a Nightmare (The New York Times Magazine)

China’s Internet Is Flowering (The New York Times Magazine)


Follow Focus: Sean Evans

Meet the Host of 'Hot Ones': He Eats Spicy Wings With Stars for a Living (The Hollywood Reporter)

Watch 'Hot Ones' Host Sean Evans Freak Out Celebrity Guests by Shaking Bottles of Hot

Sauce (Mashable)

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John Wells