Weekly Journal #20

News

The Trans Actors Challenging Outmoded Ideas of Masculinity (The New York Times)

Studios Begin Stockpiling for a Writers Strike: "We Learned the Hard Way Last Time" (The Hollywood Reporter)

Terror in Little Saigon (ProPublica)

Film

Watch Bong Joon-ho Accept South Korea’s First Oscar (Slate)

The Rise Of The Single-Shot Movie In A Hyper-Edited World (NPR)

Inside the collapse of the company that brought indie movies to streaming giants (LA Times)

Television

‘Gentefied’ EP America Ferrera: Netflix Comedy Series Captures “All Of The Things That I Am” — Sundance Studio (Deadline)

Netflix Removed 9 Films And TV shows Due to Government Demands (Mashable)

A Documentary Exploring The Passionate Pursuits Of Black Women Entrepreneurs Premiers On Netflix Today – Here’s Why You Should Tune In (Forbes)

Walt Disney Television Reveals 13 Writers For 2020 Writing Program (Deadline)

Follow Focus: Laurie Kilmartin

A Kobe Bryant Joke Goes Wrong, Revealing Comedy’s Troll Side (The New York Times)

Laurie Kilmartin Hosting a Walk Through the History of Stand Up on Conan (The Interrobang)

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John Wells