Weekly Journal #17

News

Writers Guild Loses Bid to Toss Agencies’ Antitrust Suit (Variety)

Warner Bros International Enlists AI Specialist Cinelytic, Mostly For Distribution Data – CES (Deadline)

Joaquin Phoenix Is Just Wearing This Tux for Awards Season to “Reduce Waste” (GQ)

Film

‘The Black Godfather’ Clarence Avant and the art of wielding power with honor (Los Angeles Times)

‘Don't F**k With Cats’ Ends By Blaming The Audience (ScreenRant)

The Greta Gerwig Trick That Helps Me Out Every Time I'm Drunk (Thrillist)

Television

The Decade That TV Women Flipped Their Id (Vanity Fair)

'Parasite' HBO Limited Series in the Works From Bong Joon Ho, Adam McKay (The Hollywood Reporter)

‘The Outsider’ Brings a Faceless Terror, and Stephen King, to HBO (The New York Times)

Digital

People Love To Pee Outside Conan O'Brien's House In ‘Death Stranding’ (Kotaku)

The Always Sunny Team Has Made Silicon Valley for the World of Video Games (Gizmodo)

Follow Focus: Autumn Peltier

Meet Activist Autumn Peltier: The Young “Water Warrior” Making A Splash (The Rising)

Young Indigenous Activists are Leading on Climate Justice in Alaska (Grist)

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John Wells